Shikaji Clan

The was one of the oldest clan in the world. They were experts in preserving foods and deceased bodies, which they sold these services for living. They also reached the pinnacle of embalming with the invention of Living Dead Embalming. This discovery led them to Golden Era but also to extinction as it attracted Tengen Shinshō, the man who subsequently murdered the entire clan for the secret technique.

History
Shikaji Clan was one of the oldest clans in the world, existed since ’s arrival. Their specialty is preservation of foods and corpse and their core business is embalming. Despite their main business was making a decent amount of income, their leaders were never satisfy. Their desires of perfection gave born to the research and development of this Hiden. After countless generations’ dedications and efforts, it was finally completed by Ryōshi Shikaji, unanimously the strongest and smartest Shikaji of all time. Under his leadership, Shikaji Clan entered a period that many referred as Golden Era.

This unique embalming technique piqued the interest of the leader of Shinshō Clan, Tengen Shinshō, who was actually one of the best friends of Ryōshi. Blinded by jealousy, ambition and greed, Tengen schemed to steal the Hiden. Tengen first move was married his younger sister to Ryōshi in order to lower his guard. After a few months, Tengen found an opening and proceeded to ambush Ryōshi with his elite forces. After a long and gruesome battle, Ryōshi was defeated. He was murdered by Tengen after the secrets of the Hiden was extracted from his brain. Barred his sister, Tengen killed every single family members of Ryōshi. To protect his clan reputation as well as his own legacy, Tengen took extreme measure to make sure every single members of Shikaji Clan were executed. Without their leader, Shikaji Clan quickly went extinct. Most Shikaji died by committing suicide and the rest who attempted to escape were murdered mercilessly.

A few years after the incident, it was revealed that Tengen was actually after the core concept of the secret technique in order to accomplish his clan’s dream of inventing a weaker version of their Kekkei Genkai.

Abilities
Most Shikaji were experts in food preservation and embalming. It was mandatory for Shikaji to learn these techniques when they reached five years old. Their strong dedications and undying perseverance were the reasons Shikaji Clan had been the leader of preservation business for centuries. Living Dead Embalming, the pinnacle of embalming technique was invented by Ryōshi Shikaji after countless generations failed to do it. This revolutionary secret technique could preserve the dead bodies so well to the point they were mistaken as alive.