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sunshinehistory) wrote2013-11-06 01:35 am
sunshinehistory) wrote2013-11-06 01:35 am
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Ame
Village Map
Mission Standards and Pay:
All pay is what the client pays! The pay is split with two fifths being given to Ame, and the other three fifths split between the shinobi that took the mission. No matter the number of shinobi involved, the total amount paid by the client will not change. In Ame, it is not uncommon for an additional amount of the pay to be given to the village when a shinobi can afford it.
D-Ranks
These ranks are given to Genin, but some Chunin do them as well. These include things such as ensuring the drainage system is in good repair, fixing roofs, hunting game, and growing plants for the village.
Pay for these missions is between 4,000 and 18,000 Ryo.
C-Ranks
Both Genin and Chunin take these missions. Missions at this level tend to contain an element of danger, and consist of guard duty, information gathering, going afield to find dissidents, and escorting trade caravans.
Pay for these missions is between 18,000 and 90,000 Ryo.
B-Ranks
Chunin and Jounin both sit at this mission bracket. More dangerous than C-ranks, missions at this level also tend to be far more important, and this is the first mission rank which would actually have one of the Paths personally contacting a shinobi to give them the orders. These missions include spying, fighting off brigands, out of country missive carrying, espionage, and routing spies.
Pay for these missions is between 90,000 and 200,000 Ryo.
A-Rank
Jounin get these. This is the highest rank that a non-Akatsuki shinobi would receive, but they're still far more dangerous than most, often being highly political in nature. They involve escorting nobles to and from the village, taking care of treaties, and making sure that the people are satisfied (often with the authority to settle on the spot).
Pay for these missions is between 200,000 and 900,000 Ryo.
S-Rank
Akatsuki get these missions. The kind of Akatsuki who are Ame raised get all the highly charged political missions of diplomatic nature, such as speaking to Daimyos and transporting volatile documents. The kind who are missing nin get the missions that involve political assassinations, planned long term spying, and anything else that might put the village at risk if they were discovered.
(Please note missing-nin also are free to take contracts elsewhere even while in Ame, so long as these missions do not endanger Ame in any way.)
Pay for these missions is 900,000 Ryo and beyond.
Promotions:
Please note that if Nagato decides to decline a promotion, then the promotion is declined. Usually if this happens the candidate gets a very long look because of it.
Entrance to Academy
In Ame, you can start classes as early as 4 with no limit on how old you may be. Students are placed with students who entered the same year as them, though they're sorted by age group, with students of 4-8 in one group, 8-12 in another, and the last being anyone over that age range. Anyone over 12 years of age will be taught in a different manner than the children as difficulties in their training will be expected.
Academy Graduation
The Academy is a very big deal in Ame, having one graduation a year of three classes at a time in September. Age isn't actually a huge factor in graduating, with those coming out of the classes being anywhere from 8 to 12, and it's mostly a matter of if the children in question have done their full two years of schooling.
The requirements for passing out of these classes are to have proven capable of avoiding all strikes against you for at least one minute, being able to use chakra to warm yourself, and water walking.
Promotion to Chunin from Genin
Though peace is still solid, Chunin exams are held biyearly, in January and June. They cycle through the five major powers. Ame has over the years been one of the most persistent about making sure that their genin get in every year among the small villages, and more than one Ame shinobi has made it to the finals.
Promotion from Chunin to Jounin
Jounin are the leaders of Ame, those who take care of and teach the genin teams that will be part of the future. Because of this, a chunin must first have proven that they make sound decisions in the field and can handle shinobi from other lands. If that is proven true, then they have to have an elemental affinity and one outstanding skill before they can be tested for combat prowess to be brought up a rank.
Akatsuki
Unlike in the original series, here, Akatsuki serves a dual purpose. Those oldest in Akatsuki are those best trusted by Nagato, who have stood by him from when Akatsuki had been nothing more than a group fighting Hanzo. As such, any new promotions into these ranks are those who are the most trusted, and who have proved very very good at what they do. It's understandable it's by appointment only.
The other purpose of Akatsuki is as a fold to tuck any missing-nin who come to them into so that they can do no harm amid the official ranking system of the village if they decide not to give their allegiance to Ame. Becoming one of these missing nin does, however, require an oath to be good to Ame, and any who renege on this are immediately hunted down so that they can pay for their dishonesty.
Village Views:
Bijuu and Jinchuuriki
These people will never get treated poorly in Ame, because it's a jinchuuriki that actually let Nagato become mobile again after he'd started to become ill, and one who has since allowed him to walk personally among his villagers. He's made very sure that anyone who comes to light with this situation thus is treated kindly, no matter who they are.
Bloodlines
Given that the 'god of Ame' has a bloodline, they're often treated well in the village, if sometimes a bit cautiously at first.
Civilians
Even the civilians work hard in Ame, and you'll be very hard pressed to find a shinobi who would allow them to be treated poorly for not having combat skills.
Outsiders
Of all the groups, this is the only one that will incite honest wariness and anger from the denizens of Ame. Too many times those from outside the country have destroyed their land and killed their people, so any outsiders are met with wary suspicion, at the very best.
Village Bloodlines/Clans:
As Ame is a village that doesn't use last names, all the people simply preferring to be known as 'of Ame' instead of using anything like family names, it's hard to track anything like clans here. Bloodlines, as well, tend to come and go from one generation to the next, so what bloodlines there are, they're hard to document.
Historical Summary:
Please note all Village Summaries will be written from the view of a native of the village.
Ame is an interesting place to live, because while it is now filled with people who have hope for the future, this didn't used to be the case. In fact, before the current leadership the country was a ruin, a tyranny that was miserable to live in.
What changed it was Nagato, as he has in most recent times taken to being called, who leads an organization for peace named Akatsuki as a god. It's a warranted reputation, as he took down the country's former leader, Hanzo, and destroyed everything that the man symbolized in his quest to fix this country. Some would claim it was vengeance, but most who would be asked would call it justice, because the god and his angel had to do something to bring the land back to prosperity.
During all of this, however, the borders were closed tightly against anyone coming or going, save information gathering on the outside. But this was not enough, and about ten years before this writing, a woman, one who shared the same odd coloration of the god, had been brought to the village after attempting to break into the borders. To this day she claims she was attempting to open negotiations for trade, but every Ame shinobi knows to be careful of such declarations.
No matter the reason, whatever was said that day changed something in the god of Ame, the air feeling lighter and the borders were, indeed, opened to outsiders once more. Trade began, and the Akatsuki seemed to take up their posts as those who would do what those of lesser ability couldn't quite do. After that visit, the god of this country decided to go by Nagato, though his paths were still called by their proper titles, of course.
Village Reputation:
All Reputations will be written from the view of someone not from this village.
Ame is a village that has caused many questions with their policies about Missing-nin. They make no secret that they house them to take on missions, even though they don't make them openly declare their alliance to their new home. Still, in spite of this, the leader is known to be ruthless about protecting his nation, and will go out of his way to keep any hostiles outside their borders.
Ame nin are known for their resilience and ingenuity... as well as their ability to escape almost any poor situation.
Mission Standards and Pay:
All pay is what the client pays! The pay is split with two fifths being given to Ame, and the other three fifths split between the shinobi that took the mission. No matter the number of shinobi involved, the total amount paid by the client will not change. In Ame, it is not uncommon for an additional amount of the pay to be given to the village when a shinobi can afford it.
D-Ranks
These ranks are given to Genin, but some Chunin do them as well. These include things such as ensuring the drainage system is in good repair, fixing roofs, hunting game, and growing plants for the village.
Pay for these missions is between 4,000 and 18,000 Ryo.
C-Ranks
Both Genin and Chunin take these missions. Missions at this level tend to contain an element of danger, and consist of guard duty, information gathering, going afield to find dissidents, and escorting trade caravans.
Pay for these missions is between 18,000 and 90,000 Ryo.
B-Ranks
Chunin and Jounin both sit at this mission bracket. More dangerous than C-ranks, missions at this level also tend to be far more important, and this is the first mission rank which would actually have one of the Paths personally contacting a shinobi to give them the orders. These missions include spying, fighting off brigands, out of country missive carrying, espionage, and routing spies.
Pay for these missions is between 90,000 and 200,000 Ryo.
A-Rank
Jounin get these. This is the highest rank that a non-Akatsuki shinobi would receive, but they're still far more dangerous than most, often being highly political in nature. They involve escorting nobles to and from the village, taking care of treaties, and making sure that the people are satisfied (often with the authority to settle on the spot).
Pay for these missions is between 200,000 and 900,000 Ryo.
S-Rank
Akatsuki get these missions. The kind of Akatsuki who are Ame raised get all the highly charged political missions of diplomatic nature, such as speaking to Daimyos and transporting volatile documents. The kind who are missing nin get the missions that involve political assassinations, planned long term spying, and anything else that might put the village at risk if they were discovered.
(Please note missing-nin also are free to take contracts elsewhere even while in Ame, so long as these missions do not endanger Ame in any way.)
Pay for these missions is 900,000 Ryo and beyond.
Promotions:
Please note that if Nagato decides to decline a promotion, then the promotion is declined. Usually if this happens the candidate gets a very long look because of it.
Entrance to Academy
In Ame, you can start classes as early as 4 with no limit on how old you may be. Students are placed with students who entered the same year as them, though they're sorted by age group, with students of 4-8 in one group, 8-12 in another, and the last being anyone over that age range. Anyone over 12 years of age will be taught in a different manner than the children as difficulties in their training will be expected.
Academy Graduation
The Academy is a very big deal in Ame, having one graduation a year of three classes at a time in September. Age isn't actually a huge factor in graduating, with those coming out of the classes being anywhere from 8 to 12, and it's mostly a matter of if the children in question have done their full two years of schooling.
The requirements for passing out of these classes are to have proven capable of avoiding all strikes against you for at least one minute, being able to use chakra to warm yourself, and water walking.
Promotion to Chunin from Genin
Though peace is still solid, Chunin exams are held biyearly, in January and June. They cycle through the five major powers. Ame has over the years been one of the most persistent about making sure that their genin get in every year among the small villages, and more than one Ame shinobi has made it to the finals.
Promotion from Chunin to Jounin
Jounin are the leaders of Ame, those who take care of and teach the genin teams that will be part of the future. Because of this, a chunin must first have proven that they make sound decisions in the field and can handle shinobi from other lands. If that is proven true, then they have to have an elemental affinity and one outstanding skill before they can be tested for combat prowess to be brought up a rank.
Akatsuki
Unlike in the original series, here, Akatsuki serves a dual purpose. Those oldest in Akatsuki are those best trusted by Nagato, who have stood by him from when Akatsuki had been nothing more than a group fighting Hanzo. As such, any new promotions into these ranks are those who are the most trusted, and who have proved very very good at what they do. It's understandable it's by appointment only.
The other purpose of Akatsuki is as a fold to tuck any missing-nin who come to them into so that they can do no harm amid the official ranking system of the village if they decide not to give their allegiance to Ame. Becoming one of these missing nin does, however, require an oath to be good to Ame, and any who renege on this are immediately hunted down so that they can pay for their dishonesty.
Village Views:
Bijuu and Jinchuuriki
These people will never get treated poorly in Ame, because it's a jinchuuriki that actually let Nagato become mobile again after he'd started to become ill, and one who has since allowed him to walk personally among his villagers. He's made very sure that anyone who comes to light with this situation thus is treated kindly, no matter who they are.
Bloodlines
Given that the 'god of Ame' has a bloodline, they're often treated well in the village, if sometimes a bit cautiously at first.
Civilians
Even the civilians work hard in Ame, and you'll be very hard pressed to find a shinobi who would allow them to be treated poorly for not having combat skills.
Outsiders
Of all the groups, this is the only one that will incite honest wariness and anger from the denizens of Ame. Too many times those from outside the country have destroyed their land and killed their people, so any outsiders are met with wary suspicion, at the very best.
Village Bloodlines/Clans:
As Ame is a village that doesn't use last names, all the people simply preferring to be known as 'of Ame' instead of using anything like family names, it's hard to track anything like clans here. Bloodlines, as well, tend to come and go from one generation to the next, so what bloodlines there are, they're hard to document.
Historical Summary:
Please note all Village Summaries will be written from the view of a native of the village.
Ame is an interesting place to live, because while it is now filled with people who have hope for the future, this didn't used to be the case. In fact, before the current leadership the country was a ruin, a tyranny that was miserable to live in.
What changed it was Nagato, as he has in most recent times taken to being called, who leads an organization for peace named Akatsuki as a god. It's a warranted reputation, as he took down the country's former leader, Hanzo, and destroyed everything that the man symbolized in his quest to fix this country. Some would claim it was vengeance, but most who would be asked would call it justice, because the god and his angel had to do something to bring the land back to prosperity.
During all of this, however, the borders were closed tightly against anyone coming or going, save information gathering on the outside. But this was not enough, and about ten years before this writing, a woman, one who shared the same odd coloration of the god, had been brought to the village after attempting to break into the borders. To this day she claims she was attempting to open negotiations for trade, but every Ame shinobi knows to be careful of such declarations.
No matter the reason, whatever was said that day changed something in the god of Ame, the air feeling lighter and the borders were, indeed, opened to outsiders once more. Trade began, and the Akatsuki seemed to take up their posts as those who would do what those of lesser ability couldn't quite do. After that visit, the god of this country decided to go by Nagato, though his paths were still called by their proper titles, of course.
Village Reputation:
All Reputations will be written from the view of someone not from this village.
Ame is a village that has caused many questions with their policies about Missing-nin. They make no secret that they house them to take on missions, even though they don't make them openly declare their alliance to their new home. Still, in spite of this, the leader is known to be ruthless about protecting his nation, and will go out of his way to keep any hostiles outside their borders.
Ame nin are known for their resilience and ingenuity... as well as their ability to escape almost any poor situation.