The Hoshi Clan

[Celes]

 

 

Hoshi Clan | Hoshi Ichizoku | 星一族

"Good and evil exist equally in everyone, my children, no matter how small or large. You must always strive to maintain a balance in all you do and with everything you are." -Hoshi Shira

 

Country of Origin:

Tsuki No Kuni | The Land of the Moon | 月の国

 

Village of Residence:

None. The Hoshi possess many estates that most of the "main family" reside in, but much of its scattered members are known to reside in any number of Hidden Villages.

 

Clan Progenitor:

Hoshi Shira. Following the death of his father, Hoshi Kuroi, he set out to right the wrongs of his father by committing himself and his future descendants to helping the world instead of aiding in its destruction.

 

Clan Head:

Hoshi Kiiro. A young upstart who took over the position following his grandfather, Hoshi Shira’s, death, possessing many of the man’s own formidable skills.

 

Clan Status:

Renown. Ignorant to the clan progenitor's history pertaining to his father, the Hoshi have become known instead far and wide as specialist in yokai extermination, ridding the world of the beast for the sake of protecting its inhabitants from their evil.

 

Clan Age:

Relatively young. Though the Hoshi family that Hoshi Kuroi was born into were fairly ancient, the newer Hoshi clan with Hoshi Shira as its forebear is considerably younger.

Clan Element:

None. The Hoshi clan has never been associated with any particular elemental affinity.

Edited March 30, 2019 by Celes

[Celes]

Clan History:

 

The Hoshi clan. A family whose name was laced with acclaim despite its origin stemming from a dark truth in history. The truths to the story have strayed over the years, given the natural occurrence of tales diverging from teller to teller, but it all began with a Hoshi Kuroi.

 

Following the Warring States Period, the creation of the Getsugakure no Sato came about promptly following the formation of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. However, the Land of the Moon, which housed the newly formed Hidden Village, possessed far fewer shinobi for its military in comparison to the other villages, major and minor. This prompted the Land of the Moon's political leader to employ samurai to strengthen its forces, a feat easily achieved given the nation's considerable wealth. Not only did the nation require these individuals to fend off impending attacks from other nations, they also needed soldiers capable of defending the nation from rampaging yokai, which were especially abundant in the remote land.

 

One of such yokai possessed a man by the name of Hoshi Kuroi, one of the many samurai employed by the Land of the Moons. Though most shinobi offered resistance against the yokai, the young man didn’t offer as much resistance given his inferior mental, chakra and physical states, allowing the beast to fully claim him. However, this yokai wasn’t like most. No, it possessed an awareness of itself and its surroundings. For as long as it could remember, it grew to envy the humans, who were compassionate and loving towards one another. The yokai’s own kind were savage, volatile creatures largely incapable of a concept like “love”, which the beast came to yearn for.

 

And so, the yokaigata took over the samurai and lived his life. Having such a long time to sit and observe the human race, the beast grew quite familiar with emulating their behaviors in almost every way. This included courting. During its short life as a human, the possessed Kuroi came upon a beautiful Getsu kunoichi and immediately sought after her. It took some time, given the woman’s duty as a ninja  first and foremost and general lack of interest in anything besides preserving her home. The beast was persistent, however, and followed after her during one of her recon missions.

 

While it appeared easy enough, the Getsu-nin were discovered and combat ensued. The clash led to the deaths of many shinobi from both villages, but a few remained. One of few that carried on the fight was the woman the beast was attracted to, a Kamo Amatsu, but she was injured and unable to defend herself. Without hesitation, the beast leap in and slew the remaining shinobi. Though she rejected him time after time before, her overwhelming appreciation towards the Kuroi-beast for saving her life made her develop similar feelings for him. It was clear the two had fallen in love after spending more and more time together after that fateful day.

 

Before long, the two grew to three as Amatsu beared a child, a boy they named Hoshi Shira. They lived a happy family, especially as Shira’s parents came to understand the boy was not only the most benevolent child ever, but he was a prodigy to boot. Anything he learned and observed, he absorbed like a sponge, from his father’s swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat skills to his mother’s various Jutsus. Even some of the more complex ninja techniques, such as fuinjutsu, were greatly understood by the child despite having only just graduated from the Academy. The Kuroi-beast and Amatsu couldn’t be prouder, knowing their son would become a prodigious Getsu-nin before long.

 

Unfortunately, this would not come to past as even the distant shinobi village was not exempt from being dragged into the First Great Shinobi War. Much of the Getsugakure was devastated by a surprise assault from a rivaling village, leaving many dead. It was fortunate that Kuroi and his son were in the outskirts of the village training, but Amatsu was killed in the one-sided massacre. Rather than returning to the village, they fled not only from their home but the country itself, a decision prompted by a seeming changed Kuroi.

 

Anguish and grief overcame the beast housed within the former samurai, having never fully grasped these emotions. More and more of the bestial side of the yokai came out, its mind gradually consumed with vengeance against all shinobi kind.

 

However, the beast still knew he could not conquer the likes of the shinobi alone. And so, the yokai formulated a plan. A plan to stockpile the power of several yokai that the beast could control at his will. The beast possessed no power to command other beasts, however, simply resourcing to human means of doing so. He coaxed the Hoshi child into aiding him in wreaking havoc upon the shinobi of the world for killing their mother and hurting their family. While hesitate initially, the young Shira did as his father told him. Using the beast's accumulated knowledge over the many years and Shira's phenomenal skills in the Sealing Arts, they came upon a Jutus capable of sealing yokai into an already yokai-possessed body, which would forcibly merge them into the original if their psyche remained superior. The possessed man used his son to seek out and infuse the lesser, non-yokaigata beast within his body, strengthening himself further. 

 

 

Since the escape from Getsugakure no Sato, the observant Shira noticed a change in his father over the years. It went mostly unnoticed by the young boy at first, holding a similar grudge against shinobi for what they’d done to his family. However, his father grew more and more volatile and aggressive with each day. Following one of his father’s returns from seeking information on more yokai, he spied upon the man's demented and blood-soaked appearance, having seemingly slaughtered dozens or even hundreds of individuals. The man beast howled and flailed about not unlike the very yokai they hunted down. Assuming the innumerable yokai had seized control of his father's mind, the young boy questioned how long had the possession gone on and more. Though anxiety fought to overcome him, Shira confronted his father and extracted the yokai embedded within him. Directing the extracted essence of the beast into a black-colored ninjato that belonged to the original Hoshi Kuroi from his samurai days, the efforts of the boy were disrupted by the beast’s escape. Though part of its chakra body was sealed into the weapon, the remainder managed to escape, disappearing into the wind. Moreover, Hoshi's father, himself again for only a brief moment, explained all that he could to his son since the first day of his possession before passing away from the constant years of being possessed by the yokaigata.

 

After a long period of grieving, the orphaned Shira would set out to exterminate the evil beasts of the world. It would take more than a lifetime to do so, however. Although he would accomplish much to bringing his desires to fruition, he left everything else in his will to his future family, who would also have families of their own and so on and so forth until the Hoshi clan was created. Over the years, the Hoshi clan would do much in making up for the sins of their progenitor's father, becoming yokai hunters in order to seal away the yokai that continued to roam the world indiscriminately. The clan founder’s hatred for the beasts and their potential violent actions were similarly taught and passed down through the generations. As luck would have it, there were plenty of individuals that were especially grateful for their work, providing them monetary rewards for their good deeds. While reluctant to take payment for committing the acts highlighted by the clan progenitor, continuing such work had required funding after some time.

 

These services offered by the Hoshi clan would provide them with considerable wealth, establishing estates and businesses around the world. This boom would promptly slow down following the Fourth Great Shinobi War, the threat the bijuu had imposed on the world having passed after they’d been sealed away in secret. A similar practice applied to the yokai that remained in the world, sealing them away for good despite the lesser threat they held. In turn, this would led to many of the Hoshi to find new professions, including as shinobi, to acquire money and maintain a lifestyle they'd become accustomed to. This would lead to the "branching" of many families, taking on variations of their surname so as to protect themselves from those that would use them to learn the clan’s secrets and the truth behind their origin. With time, many of the newer generation of Hoshi would know little to nothing of their ancestry, some believing this to be the best in the coming times of peace.

 

Not that such would last long. Following the invasion of the Kumogakure shinobi and the aftermath of Kusagakure’s destruction, a whirlwind of impending devastation was released in the form of hundreds and thousands of yokai being liberated into the world once more. When word of the events that transpired in Kusagakure reached the new clan leader of the Hoshi, a young Hoshi Kiiro, the news was well received.

They were back in business.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Celes

[Celes]

Notable Clansmen:

 

Hoshi Sennin-equivalent:

 

Hoshi Shira | Deceased

Alias: Saint of Swords

Gender: Male

Shinobi Rank: N/A

Specialization: Fuinjutsu; Bukijutsu [Kenjutsu]; Elemental Ninjutsu; Medical Ninjutsu; Genjutsu

Information: Hoshi Shira was a good-natured man who fulfilled many tasks prior to having his family, which would evolve into the Hoshi clan. He devised many newfangled fuinjutsu that ‘sanctified’ most of his father’s creations and ideas, while others established a foundation of strength upon which his descendants could utilize and carry out his intentions.

 

Hoshi Kiiro | Alive

Alias: Wild Child

Gender: Male

Shinobi Rank: N/A

Specialization: Fuinjutsu; Bukijutsu [Bojutsu]; Taijutsu; Elemental Ninjutsu

Information: Hoshi Kiiro is the grandson of the late Hoshi Shira, having abruptly taken over as the clan leader. Some members were opposed to this idea given his foolhardy and brash behavior. However, his undeniable skills and intellect which rivaled the previous clan leader’s, as well as those of his father could not be dismissed entirely.

 

Hoshi Akane | Alive

Alias: The First Living Weapon

Gender: Female

Shinobi Rank: N/A

Specialization: Fuinjutsu; Bukijutsu; Barrier Ninjutsu; Yokai Jinchuriki

Information: Hoshi Akane was the very first of the Hoshi clansmen to do what was originally considered unthinkable. While on the verge of death at the hands of a yokai she had single-handed hunted down and defeated, she opted to seal the yokai inside herself to not only fulfill her duty of sealing away the beast to prefer further harm to others, but to also bolster her life energy through its overwhelming chakra. Though several dared not to commit such an act, she was instrumental in training others that chose a similar course of action as it undeniably made hunting the beasts easier.

 

Cultural Information:

 

Clan Traits:

• There aren't a lot of defining features exhibited by the Hoshi clansmen. Their bodies are mostly similar in some respects, such as their fine muscular tone and fairly tanned skins - a feature evident by their constant travels, exposed to the rays of the sun. Those that have branched away from the Hoshi clan, have lost most signs of these specific bodily characteristics, though they are heavily susceptible to adopting similar physiques and skin tones when engaging in certain strenuous activities. Their hair colors vary from light to dark, though more often than not, a clansman will don a lighter hue. However, what is undoubtedly a defining feature for the last few generation of the Hoshi clansmen are the five-pointed star-like pupils they have come to possess, all in an array of colors that differ from person to person. It is uncertain why this physiological mutation came about, as at present, it doesn't appear to be a doujutsu, but its appearance in even the branch family members are quite the topic of discussion.

 

Clan Names:

• A tradition the Hoshi clansmen have upheld since Hoshi Shira’s family are the given names. Each member possesses a name that corresponds to a color, often times related to their hair or eye color at the time of birth, but can also pertain to other aspects. Though this tradition has taken place for quite some time, some members of the Hoshi that have branched out and taking on variations of the ‘Hoshi’ name have deviated from this practice, instead naming their children based off the elements or aspects related to such.

 

Clan Outlook:

• As descendants of a man who was possessed by a murderous beast that was involved in the deaths of many, the Hoshi typically err on the side of cautious when it comes to their actions, including the newer generations. They attempt to refrain from missing any sort of violent, criminal or all around bad acts, possessing a strong preference to not walk down the same path as the progenitor's father. Nevertheless, they offer a helping hand whenever they can and excel in all they set out to do to better the lives of those around them. Performing random good deeds when the situation permits it is fairly common for these individuals, inheriting the benevolent spirit of their progenitor. The same cannot be said of those that have branched outside of the clan, possessing any manner of outlooks influenced by their upbringing and environment.

 

Clan Professions:

• Yokai hunters. While not the most customary profession, the Hoshi have taken up arms against the demonic beasts that wreak havoc upon the world. However, much of their expertise has gone down over the dozens of years, only a handful having even encountered yokai. Nevertheless, they remain the subject matter experts when it comes to the yokai, always reliant upon old documents detailing encounters with the beasts. Having not committed themselves to demon slaying for some time, many have gone on to become shinobis capable of filling many roles given their skills in general combat from the tracking of creatures, whether man or beast, as well as their plethora of techniques designed to protect themselves and others from the yokai they once hunted. Otherwise, those that have remained as Hoshi clansmen employ their abilities for mercenary work. Though the occupation lacks 'refinement', the bills have got to be paid somehow.

 

Clan Housing:

• While there exist a number of estates for the clansmen to operate out of, there exist two primary estates that serve as 'headquarters' for the clan: their main one exists within their home country, the Land of the Moon, while the other, serving as a secondary residence for those located on the mainland where the many Great Shinobi Nations reside, is located within the Land of Iron. The establishments mirror one another to a fine tee, the second modeled meticulously after the first. It is rather large and extensive, more so a mansion or castle now, having started off as a simple and modest house, with a couple of bedrooms, an inner courtyard, and a bath that drew water from underground springs within the land.  However, over time, the house had gotten bigger, Much bigger. The original Hoshi offspring sought to contribute to the expansion of their home, each with their personal touches. One clansman added a northern wing with a conservatory, another suggested an eastern wing with a dojo, while another expanded upon the southern ring for the ‘Flame Center’, which was a convenient blacksmithing area filled with all of the necessary tools of the trade. Even more ideas went into the expanding house until it was comparable to a palace. Maintaining the house and keeping it clean was always a pain - for the hired help at the least - but in the end, they had more rooms than they knew what to do with, resulting in many members going so far as to not see each other for days as they tended to their personal duties and desires. It was not unlike many families in a way.

Edited March 30, 2019 by Celes

[Celes]

Clan Skills:

 

Nine Syllables Seals

Though the fundamental twelve seals exist to fashion Ninjutsu and Genjutsu of all types, there also exist unique variants without direct relation to the fundamentals. The same can be said of the Hoshi, possessing their own unique variant of forming 'hand seals'. Using specific hand placement along the surface of a weapon as they wield it, these actions function in a manner similar to that of traditional hand seals, allowing the Hoshi to manipulate their inner Chakra as needed in the creation of Jutsu without requiring their hands to be free of their weapons.

Effect: Being equipped with weapons does not prevent characters with this skill from performing hand seals. This skill may be taken in place of 'One Handed Seals' for the Path of the Warlord's 'Advanced Weapon Warrior' Mastery bonus.

Restrictions: Hoshi Clan. 25 Post Hoshi Jounin Training.

Cost: -2

Edited March 30, 2019 by Celes

[Celes]

Clan Techniques:

 

Genin Jutsu:

 

Chuunin Jutsu:

 

Jounin Jutsu:

 

Sennin Jutsu:

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Clan Items:

 

Clan Weapons:

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Clan Rules:

 

Clan Positions

• The Hoshi clan has a maximum of four available positions at any time.
• Upon reaching a total of four active characters, the clan will be locked and new character applications will not be accepted.

 

Clan Character Rules

• Hoshi characters may never possess the ‘Shiva the Destroyer', 'Brahma the Creator' or 'Vishnu the Protecter' skills.

 

Clan Skill, Technique, and Item Rules

• Hoshi clan skills and techniques may not be taught to, or stolen by, characters outside of the Hoshi clan nor may items be purchased by those outside of the clan. An exception exists for characters with surnames containing ‘Hoshi-’ as a prefix; however, they must travel to one of the clan estates, convene with the clansmen and train accordingly.

 

Clan Roster

• Hoshi Iteza | disthawk12
• Slot Two | Open
• Slot Three | Open

Edited March 30, 2019 by Celes

[Cellar Door]

Approved

[PandaMattMatt]

So, clans that are spread more than a single village are harder to approve. With the destruction of the Whirlpool, I get that the clan members would be scattered, except that (if I am reading your history correctly) in the fall of the Whirlpool there were maybe.... three or for "clansmen"? I'm finding it a little hard to swallow that all four of them went to different villages. 

 

For example, you better believe Sunagakure would not let this clan in their village. Suna has been an isolationist country for a long time and would not want any secrets being leaked and has taken steps to prevent that. A Clan across all countries is just too risky with Intel.

 

From a Logic AND RP standpoint, it also wouldn't make sense for village that aren't allied with one another to allow a faction of a clan into their village for fear of secrets being leaked to enemies. My suggestion would be pick 1 village you think they would most likely evacuate to or pick like... 2 villages and give a really good reason why they are split between the two. 

[Celes]

There was no actual clan before the destruction of Whirlpool. The three clansmen I believe you're referring to is the mother, father and the son. The mother was killed off, while the father and son fled elsewhere. However, it is actually the son that created this particular clan long after Whirlpool's destruction, having had a family of his own who all had families of their own, etc etc. Eventually, after their "family business" was largely dried up following the Fourth Great Shinobi War, members branched off to do their own things, all while changing their surnames, so it's not as though they're particularly recognizable. And over the hundreds of years or so, some newer generations don't even know of their origins. The main Hoshi family are primarily a mercenary group, and thus wouldn't be affiliated with any single village due to neutrality, besides Konohagakure at best given their and Uzushiogakure's seeming good relationship in the past. But those that branched off, for the most part, would indiscriminately go wherever work would have them. Swearing loyalty to their particular village didn't seem too far off.

 

I do see some questionable problems coming forth from newer generations of Hoshi clansmen discovering their origins and attempting to reconcile with the main Hoshi family, though I simply imagined that would follow a sort of case-by-case determination from the village's Kage on said member's loyalty. I, at the least, planned on doing something along these lines through a GM arc for my character. I do understand where you're coming from, but given the elements in place to not particular violate this secrecy factor, it didn't seem far-fetched to play out reasonably so. I had checked a few Other Clans with multiple villages in which their members attend, including the Rinha Clan, who, if I'm interpreting such correctly, send their members out to other villages despite having a specifically known and apparent tie to their home village and a different Land altogether. I'd like to think this clan is more roundabout and small-scaled in that respect.

Edited June 7, 2017 by Celes

[cntrstrk14]

@PandaMattMatt please return and comment here.

[PandaMattMatt]

I suggest working in reverse to your original idea. I'd make the "main family" of the Hoshi be where ever makes the most sense to you, then on a case by case basis, allow other characters to be created in different villages. Or go the route of the Uzumaki and say "A maximum of 1 character may be created outside the village" or whatnot. 

 

However, as it currently stands, I still do not support the idea of a clan spread across all villages without restraint.

[Cellar Door]

Not to step on your rulings PMM, but you should maybe look around at some of the clans that exist right now. Kaguya are Kiri/Oto. Namikaze have 3 different villages. Otsutuski live on the moon, and the two PC's are from 2 separate villages.

These guys having "no village" is about the same as the Otsutsuki coming from the moon, or any clan that comes from one of the non-PC villages. Like Princess' Rinha guys, they come from "The Village Hidden In Reflection" but I mean, that doesn't mean a whole lot by NA standards. Basically stuff like that just gets dropped into the "Other Clans" section.

 

I'm not overwriting your decision or anything, just presenting some information that might change your mind a bit. (I also haven't read any of this clan at all. At all. Just the discussion about it. It would still need a reason for why it doesn't have a centralized village.)

Edited July 17, 2017 by Cellar Door

[Celes]

Heh, Cellar Door beat me to most of it essentially. But yeah, to add, the "main family" aren't even ninja so being affiliated with a Hidden Village is kind of questionable in its own right. You could even lump them in with samurai, which I think there was one of somewhere if I'm not mistake. But yes, the members from years ago left and took on whatever jobs they could, whether that was being mercenaries, bounty hunters, farmers, samurai or shinobi. Only the latter most is the one that matters more so as far as PCs go, of course, given the nature of the RP. With the members having taken the necessary measures to not be identified to a non-Hidden Village related family, I still don't even see from a logical standpoint why it isn't sound for members, that are scattered and have been scattered for more than a century, to wind up in any number of villages.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Celes

[PandaMattMatt]

So then will each village's Hoshi clan have a different subset of skills and techniques?

 

If they don't know they are from a central clan, or that others even exist, how will a Hoshi in Kumo know the same "clan" skills and techniques as a Hoshi from Kiri?

 

The logic piece is that a family, not yet a clan, split into different parts of the world and breeding with locals and Basically being unaware of different family branches no longer makes this a clan.

 

I have seen and read all the other clans and I get what you're stating, and KC is right,  we have precedent for this,  but I was not one of the people to approve those clans. I disagree with the notion of clans spread across multiple villages.

 

However, there is nothing wrong with your clan aside from my personal qualms. I disagree and do not like the multi-village aspect, but if other approval staff is fine with it, I'm definitely not going to prevent this from being approved. 

[Celes]

I understand, that's fair. However, I'm not following how the "main family" who have been located in their respective clan estates/locations for however long are not considered a clan. Just because some that branched off years ago are located elsewhere, including in shinobi villages, doesn't make them automatically not a clansman. If they had a bloodline, they would still have access to it even if they had no clue where it came from (though they still share blood, so). But yes, members do not and should not have access to the clan techniques and skills unless they somehow, through RP, discover their origins and seek the main family out, which I've specified in the rules. Unless they're from the "main family" itself.

 

Realistically though, it's not all that farfetched that the elders of the clan that left the "main family" years ago still possess the skills and techniques, still pass them on to their children and so on and so forth without letting them know of their past. I partly specified that some do not know of their origin due to my own character being ignorant to such. I can see others following a similar practice if they desired or go an easier, simpler route where they're from the main family and decide they want to be a ninja for XYZ reason.

Edited July 17, 2017 by Celes

[Cellar Door]

I still haven't read the history. (Because it's a clan and I ain't got time fo dat) However, I did have a little idea.

They'd be an interesting clan to have hail from one of the lesser-known villages that fit their motif a bit more. The Village Hidden by the Moon is a canon village (like beyond the anime itself), and then the anime had a Hoshigakure itself. These places have virtually no clans known to reside within them. You might actually get more mileage from being from there since there isn't another big, important clan that'll overshadow their importance. (Uzumaki in this instance. It'll be hard to get a foothold of importance when these fucks literally have Uzushio's symbol as their clan symbol.)

Just food for thought.

[Celes]

That was definitely an interesting idea. They're not exactly ninja though, being more like onmyouji than anything else, which is where the clan's theme and symbol originates from, so having a centralized village doesn't make sense. Also, it didn't matter much that the Uzumaki (or the other two of the Big Three) would have more importance and overshadow this clan, considering the history. Nothing wrong with being a "minor" clan anyways. Still, with that, I could see them being tied into the Land of the Moon, so I changed that much at least, including a decent bit of the history (yikes, seventh re-write now). Overall, largely the same, but if the lack of a centralized village is still an issue, despite it likely being Getsugakure no Sato which will still have its members going to any village not unlike other non-PC villages, I'll adjust accordingly.

Edited July 19, 2017 by Celes

[Yurane]

Strictly out of curiousity for flavour purposes - If they have no centralized village they belong to, why is leaving a village considered a punishable offense for them? Aside from general village policy, anyway, which wouldn't be specific to the Hoshi. You've indicated that they often work as mercenaries, is there a reason why they'd be particularly averse to finding their work elsewhere, such as by travelling to a branch in another country?

 

Another question to consider, because it's probably bound to come up - What's their stance on siding with the 'enemy'? How would a Hoshi who acquired a Yokai, or assisted/associated with a Yokai Jinchuuriki be responded to? 

[Celes]

Ah yeah, in a copy/paste effort following similar villages, I kind of left it in as an indication that they're still subject to general village policies as you said. It is pretty redundant and I 'debated' keeping it in or not. Removed though. And nah, shouldn't be any reason that they'd be against going somewhere in particular outside of such being an individual clansman's choice. Go where the money is and all.

 

Indeed, I partly considered that to be something that would be brought up. Mostly, it was the clan progenitor that held the grudge against the yokai. Over the years, while having 'inherited' said animosity initially, the future clansmen, especially the current generation who haven't had much experience with yokai at all, began to not care that much one way or another. They possess the tools to combat yokai, but primarily do so for monetary reasons or whatever personal reasons the individual in question might have. If someone wanted to become Jinchuuriki, it'd be 'an all the power to them' kind of thing. Especially since a clan creation I'm mulling over kind of has them 'using' yokai, so they have no reservations about such things. Just (mostly) all around neutral and fight fire with fire mindsets.

Edited July 25, 2017 by Celes

[Yurane]

Can't see a reason to hold this up. App #1.

[cntrstrk14]

Approved