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First Name: Lee
Last Name: Ketsueki
Alias: The Masked Man; Double M; Mr. Mask; The Bloody Blade

Gender: Male
Age: Twenty-Nine
Height: 185 cm (6'1")
Weight: 69 kg (152 lbs)
Birthday: April Seventh
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationships:

Affiliation: Hyougagakure Ouraborus
Rank: Jōnin (High Ninja)
Element(s): Chiton (Blood Release); Suiton (Water Release); Raiton (Lightning Release)
Specialization(s):  Kenjutsu; Ninjutsu; Taijutsu; Fuuinjutsu

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Personality: Lee Ketsueki tends to adopt a very flexible persona when it comes to meeting those that have never met him before. He tends to be very wise and understanding to most and aim to get others to look at him in an almost mentor-like state. He will usually be very helping and protective of those he just meets for the first time if they are of interest to him. In actuality, Lee is a very cold and calculating person and wishes for nothing more than to have his own power grow, using others to accomplish this to further himself. He is willing to use whatever means is given to him to see his goals turn into reality. He is willing to cause injury to himself and others around him if it means his own objective is reached.

Likes:

• The Weak: Lee tends to see the weak as pawns capable of transcending themselves if given the right motivation. He enjoys the company of those weaker than himself because it gives him satisfaction that both he is superior in strength and that they would idolize/fear him.
  
• Unique Blood: Be it of a powerful shinobi or a lowly genin, Lee finds the blood of unique individuals something he must see for himself. It causes his own blood to rise and it is a personal satisfaction that not all share.
  
• Cold: Living in the frigid land hidden in the glacier, Lee tends to dislike the dry air and always finds solace in colder climates where his bloodline can work naturally.
  
• Swords: Being a master of swordsmanship, Lee finds the majority of swords worth his time. Not every sword is worth his attention but he can tell a unique blade when he see's one or one of sentimental value upon first glance. He is always happy when holding a blade.
  

Dislikes:

• Crazy People: Lee has had his own run-ins with people that were not completely right in the head and he does not like them. They do not follow the rules of others and are an unpredictable element that he doesn't enjoy.
  
• Raw Vegetables: Cooked or mixed in with meat, he does not have much issue with them but raw, Lee will downright throw what is given to him to the dirt in disgust.
  
• Heat: Being a manipulator of water release and an inhabitant of the naturally cold living environment, it is only natural for Lee to dislike too much heat.
  
• Not Fighting: Lee doesn't go looking for fights but he hates seeing others not willing to fight for something. He thinks that everyone, without exception, needs to have something to fight for. He does enjoy fighting a great deal himself as well.
  

Motivation:

• Sword of the Seven Sages: He wishes to obtain all seven of the 'Swords of the Seven Sages' for his own.
  
• Dominate Hyogagakure: Lee wishes to take control of the land hidden in the glacier and make it the strongest village of all under his rule.
  
• Master Swordsman: Lee wishes to not only be known as a master swordsman across the world but make this an undisputed fact.
  

Fears:

• Blood Loss: Lee dreads that one day he will have no blood to use and his body will run dry, a common way for his clan to meet their fate.
  
• Sword Loss: Lee dreads that he may one day lose what swords he has acquired or come close to obtaining a sword, only to have it fall beyond his reach.
  
• Unreached Goals: Lee dreads that his goals and aspirations will go unfulfilled.
  

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Bloodline Name: Ketsuekijunkan (Blood Circulation)

Bloodline Ability: (屍骨脈; Literally meaning "Blood Circulation") is the kekkei genkai of the Ketsueki clan, which give them the ability to manipulate their own blood (their endorphins and iron). By infusing their blood with chakra, they could manipulate the growth and properties of their blood to their liking. The ability seems to not manifest itself in all clan members.

Location: Hyougagakure

Clan History: The Ketsueki clan (かぐや一族, Ketsueki Ichizoku) is a clan that has been deeply rooted in the Hyouga ice-lands. The kekkei genkai of the Ketsueki gave them the ability to stay in such frozen temperatures with clothing that would be seen on tropical islands or beaches if they so wished. This gave them the perfect advantage for passive training for the younger generation which would come naturally to them later in life. The clan aimed to strive and keep itself alive by all means, even if it meant the down playing of their own abilities in order to keep outsiders from fearing the Hyouga for any reason.

The Ketsueki are a clan that are looked upon in a negative light for the use of such a thing as blood and turn it into a weapon. It took many years for the clan to show that they are not as evil or demonic as their bloodline would lead others to believe. They have even gone as far as to be able to manipulate their own blood to match that of fallen comrades in order to give them much needed blood so they themselves do not die of blood loss, even at the cost the clansman's life. This has lead some to believe that while it may look evil in appearance, some are willing to look past this in order to see the many beneficial uses of having a Ketsueki as part of a squad.

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History:  

1. The Birth: The day was like any other in the land hidden in the glacier. The winds outside of the massive walls howled and raged but inside it was like the eye of the storm, calm and collected. The winter's bite could get to the best of anyone but for a certain clan and a certain couple, today was a special day. Today was the day of a new member to be brought into the world.
   
   The couple were as in love as anyone and were as normal as anyone could be. They were not star-crossed lovers or better at anything in any given area. They were both apart of the Ketsueki clan within the village and felt pride in the village and the special blood that flowed through their veins. They had decided finally that it was the best time to have a child as they would be able to care for it properly.
   
   The delivery went normal and without complication, the mother finally being able to hold her child in her hands for the first time. This boy would carry the last name of the clan and would have a simple name. Lee Ketsueki.
   
   Lee would grow up with his parents who saw at a very young age that he was going to be anything but normal. He began to exhibit signs of the clan bloodline limit Ketsuekijunkan within him, this first noticed shortly after he scrapped his forearm and was found pushing the blood around his knee in a frantic effort to push it back it. He was far from mastering it nor did he show any special skill in the area but he was one with the Ketsuekijunkan.
   
   
2. Life as an Academy Student: When he finally reached the acceptable age of six, he was enrolled into the Hyougagakure Ninja Academy. He did not wish to be away from his parents for the start but after a week, he wished for nothing more than to learn more and more about being a ninja. At the Academy, he learned the boring ordinary school subjects such as history and mathematics but they also taught the basics of ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.
   
   Though he felt the best when he was given a weapon, such as a kunai or a sword. He was able to finish the top of his class in the area of ninja tools but he did not lack or excel in many other areas, he just simply focused more than others in the one area during his school days. He found out that different people liked different things but one thing was always the same. If you acted like someone was special, they would inevitably open themselves up to you and help you with things that normally are looked down upon, like stealing or cheating. Lee would remember this well.
   
   
3. Genin Through and Through: Lee was able to graduate from the academy with the majority of his own class, still not distinguishing himself in any given area or showing himself to be a prodigy of some kind and he was okay with this. It was mainly during his time as a genin that he began to really come into his kekki genkai. His teacher was one that carried around a sword and preferred weapons to fight.
   
   Lee instantly grew attached to his sensei and his teammates. Each of them wished nothing more than to do their village proud and through helping one another, they would be able to do just that. Lee would practice his bloodline in any given moment he could but whilst with his teammates, he would take up the blade. He found that most enemies would aim to disarm a swordsman and claim them weak once this was accomplished. Lee would prove them wrong.
   
   While he did have ninjutsu to fall back on, he would show anyone that he was far more than he appeared, taking in taijutsu for those that would look down upon him and show them he was not one to be trifled with in any light, weapon or no.
   
   
4. The Chūnin Arrives: Through countless missions with his squad and many close calls, Lee was selected out of his team to participate in the Chunin exams in order to advance himself in rank. While his squad were not picked to participate, they did root him on through the challenges ahead with everything they could muster. Lee, wishing nothing more than to show his mettle, make his squad proud and show that he was willing to do what he could for the village, he took the tests head on.
   
   Everything went as he expected for the most part. Many aimed to disarm him of his sword and would assume him defenseless afterward only to end up face down in the dirt. He was able to obtain all items he needed during the second phase and when it came down to the semifinal's, he was able to finish off his opponent, nearly killing the other genin in one swift movement through a fierce fight which would leave his opponents fate unknown afterward but because of that single fight, he was promoted to the rank of Chunin.
   
   
5. A Special Tokubetsu Jōnin: Becoming a Chunin was a dream come true and it was only the start. While becoming a chunin was great, he needed to be more. He found that so long as he held a sword in his hand, he was more than he ever was without. He would be able to enhance his prowess with this weapon and he had an unnatural knack for cutting things up.
   
   So much so that he had learned a good number of the sword techniques that were passed down through the glacial lands. This caused more and more to look to him for guidance in the matter. So much so that he began to become a teacher of sorts so it would only be logical that he would be dubbed worth of advancing to the Special Jonin rank for his efforts only a single year after becoming a chunin. He did not see this as a stop but only more training for himself.
   
   The more he taught to others, the more he was able to see himself and the stronger he would become and the stronger he became, the more he wished to acquire. He wished to acquire friendships, admiration, and swords. It was around this time that he learned of the existence of the Seven swords of the Sages. Seven unique weapons that were immensely powerful. Something he felt would not only go well in his own hands but that they needed to be there.
   
   
6. Jōnin Is Here: After another few years, Lee began to branch out and increase his parameters further. This caused him to become a full fledged Jonin. This was the major point in his life. It was during this advancement that his clan began to rely on him more frequently. Because ever since his time in the academy, he constantly trained in the kekki genkai of his clan and because he spent so much time on this, the secrets of the Ketsueki were an open book to him. He knew every skill of the clan though his knowledge of ACTUALLY using those jutsu were still a bit of a blur to him but he was sure that in time, he would unlock them.
   
   His parents were proud of him and what he had accomplished in his life. They even prompted him to submit himself to acquire the sword of the clan as no one was better than him to have it. He was actually given the sword without any nay's and to the best wishes of the majority of the clan. He would now have a sword worthy of his name and his power. A power that he would use to advance the village hidden in the glacier but how would he do that? The Glacier had what some would name the impenetrable wall that put any other defense of any other village to utter shame.
   
   But that was all it was. A wall. A defense. Lee saw so much more, gathering forces to attack those that posed the greatest threat and if things were to turn sour, they could just simply fall back and protect and bide their time. No village aside from Hyouga would be able to camp out in the iceland that was outside the walls. It was a hollow idea as no one would ever follow him and to speak out and pursue such an action would surely name him a black sheep.
   
   How could he possibly strengthen something that had no reason to do so on its own? It was then, in the middle of the night that the answer came to him. He would have to become that reason. Force the change. If he were to be that change, he could not do it from within. He needed to be on the other side of the wall and show that if he could be a force that could not be ignored, he would make it stronger than ever before. That very next night, he left the hidden glacier village with no words or seemingly a cause.
   
   
7. Ouraboros Bound: Lee faded into a state where he would fight in any battle that would have him. He did not wish for his skills as a swordsman to go diminished. It was this that caught the eye of the Ouraboros leader to the Ketsueki man. Lee had heard of rumors about the Ouraboros and its willingness to find nothing but the strongest for reasons they would not say. Lee on the other hand had no real reason to dismiss them as an unreliable source.
   
   He had made many 'friends' in his time away from the village. He had decided the best way to achieve his goal was to gather more and more people from everywhere that would, one day, show the wall of Hyouga to bow before the man that brought them to face it. The Ouraboros seem to be the perfect kind of people to do this and if not that, he would be able to hide himself among them and fulfill his goals in his own time. It took a few shows of overwhelming power to fully draw the attention of Ouraboros to him but once they did, he had no quarrels with them and would do his job effectively, no matter what was asked of him so long as he would be able to accomplish his own matters.
   
   His time within the Ouraboros was eventful, the missions taking him from one land to another. What was more important was the individuals that he ran into on his little outings. During his first time out, he found that if he wore his own face, it would make meeting certain individuals hard and he remedied this with a mask of sorts from his own village but his village symbol on it made him feel as though he was shaming it and he fixed this by not erasing it but instead, slashing a line across the symbol to show his own defection.
   
   
8. The Ninth Opening: The leader of the Ouraboros was always a secretive person. Lee never needed to know who the person was, he was used to hiding himself so why would he ask someone to do otherwise? This person did not wrong Lee in anyway that he knew of so he found the person to be a very fine leader. But this all changed when the person came into the light.
   
   The day that every member of the Ouraboros were located in one place at one time. It was a room full of some of the most powerful ninja in the known world. Tensions were high as most did not trust other members but it was then that the leader of the Ouraboros would show himself and come by the name of Naga. The man radiated with such a power that would actually cause Lee to question his own in every known way. Naga would speak about the plans of world domination.
   
   This was not something Lee was against. Someone that spoke of dominating the world would surely be able to get him the walls of the glacier. Though, in order to do this, they would have to bring back a man named Dominic Edrick and to do so, the Ouraboros, with its members would have to use their own chakra to fuel the jutsu in order to revive him. Lee was not so simply tricked into weakening himself so that a massive power could be born but when the consensus of the Ouraboros came right down to it, they were all in.
   
   It was in the midst of the summoning jutsu that the Ouraboros were set upon by "The Machine". A large group that would seemingly stop at whatever means to halt their progress. This group was lead by none other than his own village's leader. This battle was not one that looked to be in the Ouraboros' favor as each and everyone of them had temporarily been drained of their chakra in order to fuel the jutsu and Lee was no exception to this rule. The ensuing battle was nothing compared to what was about to happen.
   
   Naga, not wishing to waste the most opportune time to finish what they had started, completed the jutsu and brought forth what could only be considered a great evil. The nine tailed beast which Lee only assumed to be a myth had appeared and even with the combined forces of every well known village, they were dust within a matter of moments. Lee was not sure what happened in the mass of death and destruction as he was regrouping himself but the beast was gone in a moment.
   
   But that was all it took. That one moment for every land and village to turn on each other for that kind of power. Lee was a member of the Ouraboros, an organization that aligned with no village or land without reason. What was happening right now was something that he just could not believe. Power corrupts but the dangling of power in front of those that wouldn't even know what to do with it was even worse. The Ouraboros also seemed to have members within it that had their own problems to deal with.
   
   Lee found that in order to try and quell the fighting, he would have to fight himself in order to become the most dominate threat as he had planned on doing with the hidden glacier. It was then that the blades of the Ketsueki were bathed in blood, cleaving numerous ninja in a single swing and the very blood of his own body caused the death's of more than he could keep up with. But in the midst of this, everything was forced to a halt as the tailed beast returned to the battlefield, seemingly stronger than before.
   
   Many lost all hope of victory, Lee held onto that small flicker that he would be able to overpower this beast. He had his entire life and his goals to back him up, to keep that spark from dying out. It was then that Storm, a member of the same organization as he brought forth a speech that would begin to turn that flicker into a raging inferno. Lee was one of the first to head head first into the fray, his swords and blood aimed to take down the nine tailed beast. He thought that, with every drop of blood spilled and poured, they could do something but in the end, he wasn't even sure.
   
   He remembered that, before he was able to release his clan's ultimate jutus, there was an explosion. This very explosion seemed like only a moment and in that very moment, Lee found himself in the Ouraboros headquarters, with nothing more than questions on how he was even there but his life was still intact and that meant that his dreams and goals were as well.
   

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Source: Bleach Dynasty

Face Claim: Gin Ichimaru (Bleach)

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