Shinkoku School
Sept 25, 2021 16:24:49 GMT -8
Post by [???] - Bahamut on Sept 25, 2021 16:24:49 GMT -8
Name: Shinkoku School of War
Founder: Susano Van'Syn'Skryra, the Dragon Star
Territory: Dojos in almost all major territories
The Shinkoku School of War's primary purpose is to bring the teachings of war and combat to as many people as possible, aiming to find the strongest and pit them against the strongest to forge the greatest warrior to grace the mortal plane. Due to this, the Shinkoku School is highly competitive and it is encouraged to have rivalries amongst other students and even teachers, seeing them not as allies but as assets and targets to overcome. To this end, the Shinkoku School has access to restricted magics only usable by members of the school and further, most of these spells are locked off until one becomes a Ranker.
Though there are hundreds of members of the Shinkoku School, all of them have a common goal in regards to the School itself; to become a Ranker. At the top of the ladder, there are 50 special members of the Shinkoku School, these are known as the Rankers, rated from Rank 50 as the weakest of the Rankers all the way down to Rank 1, the strongest member of the school and the one who must prepare to face the Divine.
Normal members of the School can only ever challenge the Rank 50 member, if the challenger wins the bout they may choose to either demote the loser, exile them or kill them, either way they take the magical jingasa that marks a Ranker and becomes Rank 50 themselves. At this point, the Rank 50 may challenge any other Ranker in order to take their jingasa and move up in the listings, although with some exceptions.
Ranks 20 to 50 fight freely amongst themselves, changing Ranks frequently. Once Rank 20 has been achieved, the Ranker is then able to challenge Ranks 2-19 and move further down the listings. Once the Rank 2 jingasa has been acquired, the Ranker is able to face the First Ranker and if successful in defeating them, take their Jingasa and ready themselves to face the Gods in a yearly series of duels.
The Jingasa are powerful magical items that become more powerful the lower the Rank of the Jingasa, usually going in blocks of 9, with the Rank 1 Jingasa being the most powerful. These Jingasa do have a number of protections however.
If a Ranker is ever slain by a non-Shinkoku School member, the Jingasa returns to the Shinkoku Tactician's School, the first dojo founded and can be claimed by any other Ranker that reaches the dojo, unless the Jingasa is of Rank 1-10, in that case there is a tournament held to choose the winner of the Jingasa, with everyone else being shifted down except Rank 50, however should Rank 50 lose a bout, they are not stripped of their hat, instead the unclaimed space goes to the winner of the bout, potentially causing them to massively overrank the 50th Ranker.
Additionally, should two Rankers fight, their Jingasa resonate and the Jingasa lose all of their magical abilities during the bout, meaning that fights between Rankers are through pure skill alone, this formal bout initiation also heals and refreshes each Ranker but they are compelled to fight until one is defeated and the Jingasa are traded or the loser is slain or exiled.
The Jingasa are coloured based on the Rank bracket and each has a large crest on the front in the shape of the Shinkoku School symbol that glows a colour based on the wearer's primary elemental affinity. They also have a large paper talisman hanging from the front of the brim with the Jingasa's Rank written onto it, if destroyed this talisman reforges itself after an hour.
Rank Bracket - Jingasa Base Colour
50 to 40 - Green
39 to 30 - Red
29 to 20 - Blue
19 to 10 - Purple
9 to 2 - White
1 - Black
1. Amaterasu Van'Syn'Skryra, The Phoenix Dancer
2. Vincent Nightheart of the Wicked Grin
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5. Ozymandius Shyre, The Shattered Beast
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8. Yvresse of the Sanguine Glow
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13. Volkar Hart, The Titanic Edge
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16. Glassbreaker Evelynn
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25. Mercurio, The Empty One
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27. Ryssa Amari, The Storm's Roar
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32. Moonglow of the Last Caress
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36. Summer Sol Invictus, The Witchblade
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41. Sunblazer Violet
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47. Skully Vorn, The Tremorheart
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49. Danika Windhowler
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Restrictions: Anyone is free to join the Shinkoku School at any point by visiting a Dojo or when making a character are free to make a Shinkoku School Member.
However, when making a character who is already part of this school, if one chooses to already be a Ranker, they cannot be any lower than Rank 35, anything from 36-50 is fair game unless the Rank has already been taken.
Lastly, when someone becomes a Ranker, they must choose a title for themselves or be granted such by another person.