Sakuken

Sakuken Clans
Originally divided up into tribes for each element of chi that the tribe specialized in, the Sakuken have changed to a clan culture. While many clans still specialize in the old tribe teachings when it comes to abilities and fighting styles, some clans have become inclusive of numerous styles and chi abilities.

Clans of Fire
Hot-Blooded and always up for a good fight, this would be best way to described the Fire clan. Sakukens that hail from the Fire Clan employ a speed based fighting style that's designed to emulate just how much damage flames can cause in just mere seconds. Sakuken of the fire variety often have reddish color hair of varying shades. They're not afraid to speak their minds, and can be a bit difficult to deal with, but they generally don't mean any harm, and can get along just well with other clans.

Clans of Water
Wise and Patient, two qualities that automatically make one think of the Water Clan. The water based Sakuken clan employ a style that best emulate the fluid and ever changing flow of water, always prepared to adapt to its surroundings. You can easily tell if you're looking at Water Clan member if they sport a shade of bluish hair. They tend to approach problems in a far more cautious manner, which over the years, have turn them into a very tactic base clan. Their minds played a great role in protecting Sakura from outsiders during the invasion, along side the planning of the Light Clans.

Clans of Wind
Cheerful and Free, that is the best way to present the Wind Clans. The windy Sakukens employs a fighting style that represents a leaf that dances gracefully in the wind. Sakukens that hail from the wind tribe often have greenish shades of hair, or they can sometimes be born with grayish hair. The wind clan, though they're just as potent in battle as any other clan, seem to be more into having fun then anything else. It could be the reason that their fighting style looks far more like a dance then actual fighting. They're quite easy to get along with. They also tend to be the clan that welcomes any outsiders that come to visit, just as long as they have good intension of course.

Clans of Earth
Sturdy and Humble, those words sum up the Earth Clans quite nicely. The Earth Clans employ a defensive grappling based style emulating the sturdy and ridged ground. They tend to have various shade of brown hair, and also distinctive by being quite tan compare to the other Sakukens. Quite like the Wind tribe, they love nothing more then to enjoy the peaceful land. On the flip side, the love nothing more then to challenge themselves, and have one of the more rigorous training regiments. The harsh training has easily turned them into most powerful clan when it comes to pure brawn.

Clans of Lighting
Lawful and Courageous, this is the ideal on which the lighting clans have built themselves upon. The Lighting clans fighting style best emulate the powerful and unpredictable aspects of lighting. They're unique in that they don't actually have their own unique hair color, as it can be anything. Instead, they all bar tattoo of the Kanji for lighting somewhere on their body. They’re very protective of Sakura and the clans that live within it, and we’re considering the very backbone of the Sakuken forces during the invasion. They’re also normally the ones that organize anything that has to do with protecting Sakura or enforcing its laws.

Clans of Darkness
Trustworthy and Fierce is the best way to describe the clan of shadows. They lay in wait, prepared to strike down anyone who threatens the Sakura's peace. The Darkness clan fighting style is meant to overwhelm and shroud its enemies within the suffocating shadows. The Darkness clan, when you actually see them, can be told about by their dark colored hair. The Darkness clan is known for being quite the loners; they don't really socialize much with the other clans. In return, they're generally left alone to do their own things. Even with that hanging above their heads, the clans know that the seldom seen Dark Sakukens can be trusted, and will always show up when truly needed.

Clans of Light
Knowledgeable and Precise, they are both traits that fit the Light Clans to a fault. Their fighting style was developed to emulate speed of light itself, their speed being unparallel. The light clan is known for having hair of gold, sliver or pure white. The Light Clan is known not only for their speed, but also for their minds. Along with the Water Tribe, they have produced some of smartest minds around, which helped a great deal during the invasion. They're often left to handle roles that required brains rather then brawn for this reason, and generally make very good leaders.

The Kobayashi Clan of the Holy Flame
The Kobayashi Clan is a very unique line of Sakukens, with traits from both the Light and Fire clans, being blessed directly from the Nature Goddess Sakura herself. Sakura had created them so if Demons ever tried to invade; the Village would have far greater chance against them. This special breed of Sakukens wields a blue flame, the flame flows with the holy blessing of Sakura, making it a highly effective weapon against demons or any other unholy being. The Kobayashi all have varying shades of blond hair, and will very likely have blue eyes as well. The Kobayashi fighting style mostly employs various style of Ninjutsu, using that in combination of their great speed to quickly dispatch anyone in their way. That being said, they’re also quite loyal to the Village and other Clans, and more then willing to lend a hand when needed.

=Abilities=

When the Goddess Sakura decided to cerate the Sakuken Race, she gave them the tools to be able to survive in the world. Some of the more well known abilities are their Chi Control. Chi is one life force, and with training, one can convert it into energy. With further training, this energy can take on the form of an element. It’s not an easy process though, even for the Sakuken. It can take a few years to truly get grasp of it. Since it’s using your life force, it can really take a lot out of you in the early stages as well. While at first it was something only Sakuken could do. Their generally hospitable attitude though foreigner that visit or perhaps come to learn, it was discovered that other races are also capable of learning how to control their Chi.

It seem that a Non-Sakuken has a harder time of doing so, unless they’re have a higher then normal affinity for it, but that it rather uncommon. When one can finally fashion their chi into an element, the element it take on depend on one’s natural affinity. This is already determined for Sakuken depending on there bloodlines, but for Non-Sakukens, it seem come down to random factors about themsleves to figure out what their natural element may be.