Seion [Serene]: The mysterious metal ore that is exclusive to the Norimune clan, it is unknown exactly how or why it came to be. The first of the true Norimune, Kyato Norimune named it Seion due to its faint blue colored hue. Its fully capabilities are unknown, but are actively researched and tested by members of the clan. What they do know however is that it naturally absorbs chakra, leading in part to its natural strength and durability, which is slightly greater then that of steel. It is due to this extremely durable, high-quality, and non-magnetic metal that Norimune made weapons are considered to be among the greatest in the world, and the foundation of the Clan's strength.

All norimune have the ability to produce and manipulate this special metal, known as seion, in order to craft weapons in an instant on the battlefield, or whatever else they please, the only exception being that they have, over time, stopped creating armors. Norimune cannot find it within themselves to create armor out of their seion, even if the situation demands it; they would rather just block with a wall of weapons or the broad side of an axe. What exactly the metal is forged into is entirely up to the person shaping it's imagination, however, as the metal can be formed into any non-armor. It can be anything from a simple knife, to a rose, to an anchor. However, the size/amount of seion that can be produced by a norimune is entirely dependent on their mastery of the bloodline. Also, producing and manipulating this seion, without using a technique that is, costs no chakra, as the seion is part of the Norimune's body and they have developed to be able to wield it as naturally as one wields their fists.

At D-ranked mastery, a practitioner can only produce and manipulate up to 3 cubic feet of seion at a time. Any more than this that is created will cause older structures to disintegrate and turn into nothingness.

The amount increases to 5 cubic feet at C-ranked mastery, then to 8 at B-rank, and 15 at A-rank, finally increasing to 30 at S-rank (That's alot of seion). These limits and withering effects only apply to non-technique seion creations, any creations made in a technique will last only as long as the technique does.

Any seion weaponry/items created in this way, not using techniques, is equal in strength to a weapon of the creator's bloodline mastery rank, and thus is as durable, however will fade out on their own at the end of the thread they were created in. Permanent creations can be made using jutsu, or by paying the appropriate price to purchase a weapon/item/whatever of it's supposed rank, meaning in order to make something permanent, the Norimune must apply and pay for it as normal, though they do get a 25% discount for being able to supply the metal themselves.

As master smiths and connoisseurs of craftsmenship, the Norimune make and wield weapons as both a way of war as well as an art form. As such, they are always on the lookout for ideas and inspiration, seeing them in almost everything. More importantly, however, they are always interested in works of other smiths. Norimune also aren't too proud to copy the details of and reproduce things that they see, in an attempt to understand just how it was made and use that technique for themselves. As such, when a Norimune examines a weapon, they gain a perfect understanding of the weapon as well as it's nature. This includes how it works and what it's name is. If they hold the weapon and study it (length set below), they are then able to copy it in the future, making their own version. This ability does not allow the Norimune to copy a weapons unique abilities if the weapon is of S-rank quality; they can only copy the basic form and function of such masterpieces.

At D-ranked capability, this takes 5 full posts of study, and decreases at a rate of 1 post for 1 rank until A-ranked, where it stays at 2-post required study time.

All Norimune also all share the ability to sense seion within 100 meters of them, which really only means that they can sense other members of their clan within that range.

The average weight of Seion is similar to that of steel, at a whopping 500 pounds per cubic foot. However, creations of seion weigh close to nothing to the norimune that made them, so this only matters for the distance that things can be thrown (as their weights will pull them down faster, regardless of the norimune not being hindered), and for the weight of items gifted to other people by the norimune, since they will weigh the appropriate amount for the thread that they exist in. Because of this, any weapons the user owns that are noted as seion creations weigh nothing to the Norimune that made them. The exact perceived weight of the seion by a norimune is (W/100), where 'W' is the weight that the seion would weigh to anyone else.

In every generation, there can be up to 7 'special' norimune. All norimune possess the power of Seion, however these select 7 members are known as the 'nobles' of the clan, and have a special type of seion, selected at character creation. No two members have the same special type of seion, however, and the type must be selected from the list below;


Silver: When used against supernatural creatures the Norimune's attacks do damage normally, and also do aggrivated damage, meaning that the wound feels like it is on fire and does damage as if it was (regardless of creature's immunities) for 1 post after the attack makes contact. The user's seion also appears to be silver in color, instead of vaguely blue. Silver 'weighs' about 650 lbs. per cubic foot.

Mithril: Decreases the weight of the creation by 50% as well as making it shiny and reflective, capable of deflecting light-based attacks. This is the standard blueish color of seion, however light seems to radiate from it. Mithril, as such, weighs only 250 lbs. per cubic foot.

Adamantite: The creation of adamantite is considered to be indestructible, only being broken by S-ranked jutsu, or any jutsu that is two ranks higher than the user's bloodline mastery level. When the user's bloodline mastery level becomes S-ranked, the metal actually becomes indestructible, except in the case of sustaining multiple S-ranked jutsu in quick succession. This seion type appears to be dark gray in color. Adamantite weighs double that of normal seion, at 1000 pounds per cubic foot.

Abasolite: Abasolite holds the unique property of absorbing chakra when touched. This translates into being able to absorb chakra based jutsu of one rank lower than the user's bloodline mastery or below, if the creation makes contact with the jutsu. Abasolite is black in color, seeming to drain the light out of the area directly around it. Abasolite weighs about 450 lbs. per cubic foot.

Charnite: Creations made of Charnite can channel the norimune's ninjutsu techniques through it, and even reduces the cost of jutsu used in this fashion by one rank. Charnite is deep crimson in color. Charnite is only slightly heavier than normal seion, at 510 lbs. per cubic foot.

Copper: Copper is weaker and lighter than the normal type of seion, and thusly doesn't seem like much of a blessing. However, the person born with copper seion can produce and manipulate 1.5x more seion than their bloodline mastery rank would normally allow for. Because copper is so light, the user of the copper seion is also treated as having a speed of one rank higher when wielding their seion weapons, in regards to attacking and defending only. Copper appears to be just that, copper in color. Copper weighs only 400 lbs. per cubic foot.

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Emperium: Creations made of Emperium do damage equal to a jutsu of the rank of the user's bloodline mastery level, making this the most deadly form of seion to possess. If the seion is used for a bukijutsu technique that is higher ranking than their bloodline mastery, the technique does normal damage. Emperium is bright, solid, milky white in color, and has a yellow shine about it. Emperium weighs 750 lbs. per cubic foot, and is considered to be as durable as a weapon one rank higher than the user's bloodline mastery rank.

Though the origin of the Norimune clan is shrouded in the depths of history, both it's recent history and it's founding are known to all of those who know the history of the Norimune Clan. A man known as Kyato Norimune was the founding member of the clan, born with an incredible power in which he couldn't believe existed, however he saw the potential in the kekkei genkai that had been granted to him. Kyato was able to form a foreign metallic ore from his body into his bloodstream so that he could call upon it at any time. He found that he could control the metal in any which way he wanted to, however there were many mysteries he did not know about it. He created the Norimune Clan for the few who were like him and founded the beliefs of the clan, that to forge a weapon, one must first know the weapon and then know how to use that weapon. You see, Kyato created a new way to create weapons, by taking the foreign metal in his blood and forging it with his chakra. He created many treasured weapons and expanded the clan's influence with the Shodai Mizukage, establishing a base within the hidden hurricane.

Under Kyato's leadership, the Clan flourished, and it did so for many more years, however a hundred years after Kyato's reign, things started to change for the worst when the clan's young prodigy Makoto Norimune left to join Tsukigakure. She was ordered to slay both Sazaku's father Takashi and himself, and this split the clan in two, one faction siding with the hidden moon and one with the hidden hurricane. The ensuing slaughter by Matoko caused the clan to further shatter, members eventually spreading to all of the great shinobi villages. Sazaku was allowed to live, however he was captured by Tsukigakure, however due to a series of events she ended up becoming the clan head there, and eventually the members of the clan who had scattered either died out or convered on the hidden moon. Over several decades, Sazaku finally died, and the Norimune clan became a clan of fairly good standing in Tsukigakure. Originally, the clan was not as capable at molding the metal into weapons, and focused more on the armor side of things, using the seion to form super durable barriers on themselves. They were known as the Metarumasuta.

Over time, the 'Norimune' family of the Metarumasuta clan developed the ability to craft weapons from the Seion, abandoning the concepts of armor in order to distance themselves in secret from the Metarumasuta, wanting to become an independent sect of Seion users. They didn't hold any distaste or hatred for the Metarumasuta, it was just in their blood to want to stand on their own, be their own clan, mostly due to a few disagreements on the way things should proceed. They didn't cut ties with the metarumasuta clan, but, eventually they succeeded in becoming a separate group from them. Even further; they developed incredible ability to craft weapons of high quality and even produce weapons from their bodies as if it were no effort at all. Moreover, they even developed, naturally, new and unique seion types, only 7 of which are ever seen in each generation. The members of the clan with these special seions were immediately dubbed as the 'royalty' of the new clan, and the split was complete. The Norimune family had left the Metarumasuta, and had become their own clan in the hidden moon, and though they were still allied to the Metarumasuta through a need to maintain some sort of kinship with their 'ancestors', the Norimune were glad to finally be on their own, to do things the way they wanted to.