Sōzō Clan

The Sozo (Literally Meaning; "Creation") clan is one of the oldest families in all of the world, and are also reputed to be the creators of Medical Ninjutsu, developing healers that are exceptionally intelligent and skilled. Currently, most of the clan - which happens to be about 50,000 people, live within the Land of Fire, while a smaller percentage resides in the country the family hails from, the Land of Woods. There are, however, scattered clan members throughout the world.

The above symbol happens to be the Sozo clan emblem. It is a more recent one, representing their current association with the Fire Country and the clan's official diligence in protecting it, as attributed by the Will of Fire. The symbol is a seal of peace because whenever someone sees it, they know the Sozo are close or at least near by, dragging happiness along with them. The current Clan Head is Heiwa Sozo.

Background
As stated before, the Sozo clan is a family of Medical Ninja and Sensor Types dating back to times of despair and terror caused by primordial beasts of the past. During times of hardship and discomfort, the wealthy clan was always on the front lines, providing medical attention wherever necessary. In fact, the original Sozo clan members were the first to create the basic healing art used all throughout the world today. It is said that the clan began when a group of women wanted to regulate their own body weight using the – at that time unexplained, power of chakra in hopes of attracting a husband to marry. They were attempting to follow in the foot-steps of their long forgotten ancestor, Kaguya Otsutsuki the first human wielder of chakra. When the women were shown to be successful, they began to experiment with other skills and thus the Sozo clan was born, originally being called the Taiju (Literally Meaning; “Bodyweight”) clan. The name Sozo wasn't adopted until Wa Sozo began using it to better define the changing nature of the family. Now it is customary for all Sozo clan members to have 'wa' at the end of their names. Wa helped to establish the peaceful and kind nature the clan has today. He was a feared samurai who fought against oppression.

Kekkei Genkai
Members of this medical and sensory clan harvest herbs and connect to nature directly in order to make the best of their Kekkei Genkai. Clansmen have the natural gift of medical healing afforded to them by Igaku Chakra while the Naibugan gifts them amazing vision of the body's systems. The family’s archives are full of hundreds; if not thousands of abilities created centuries of years ago by the clan’s founding mothers. Besides their list of techniques, the Sozo clan takes pride in their ability to manipulate all aspects of the human body. Clan members have an innate medical knowledge, enabling them to easily treat others' injuries and create medicines. One with this ability can cook up concoctions and remedies for ailments with nearly anything in one's environments. They are also able to tell which things in the wild are poisonous and which are safe to ingest or to use to treat injuries. This generally means that clansmen have an immense knowledge of anatomy and body functions, such as pressure points. They can also gauge a subject's level of health or gauge the level of a subject's bodily damage, as well as any adverse effects that sicknesses or injuries may pose in the future. Those born into the Sozo are also natural Sensor Types.

Special Locations
Besu o Shiru Shrine – A few centuries ago, when the livelihood of the Sozo clan came under question due to formidable anti-ninja samurai governments, Wa Sozo, the founder, created a shrine. Within the shrine, he forged a secret tablet, one that would hold the secrets of the Sozo clan. The shrine itself, and 100 meters in the forest around it, is protected by an invisible barrier created with Igaku Chakra. This barrier is always being watched by Sozo clansmen within the shrine located in the Land of Woods. Just by looking at the tablet, one would only see stone. But by using the Naibugan eye, a Sozo will have a tribal language revealed to him. This language holds the stories of the clans founding, the secrets of the clan's techniques, and the goal every family member should have. The large tablet inside of the cave just behind the shrine stands at about 15 feet high and is a good 40 inches thick, a large monument for the Sozo heritage.