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So we've got a period in history where Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all have their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch show up and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon joins together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continue to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are the 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first school is in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities break away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much sexy tension exists between the two schools, much to the chagrin of the gods on both sides. Some Time Later, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the Senior Shinobi position. Humiliated and angry, he steals much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He finds the darkest shadows in Japan and makes profane sacrifices to whomever will heed him. He's contacted by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by the Beast with dark and terrible magics. He becomes the Dark Shinobi, and starts a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos copy the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools even unlock their own esoteries, though few of them come close to the power of a true Shinobi. These secular assassins are called Ninja.

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 Students of the Shinobi arts develop magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
-From the [[Shinto]] pantheon, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'Divine Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the entire Shinto pantheon and essentially demigods in their own right.
+From the [[Shinto]] pantheon, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests.  These ascendants are [[Divine Shinobi]], literally divine emissaries of the entire Shinto pantheon and essentially demigods in their own right.
-The first schools were founded near Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distrust one another.
+The first schools were founded near Koga. As the appeal of the ninja clans grew in the eyes of the Shinto, temple-schools were erected across Japan. Some overlapped with Buddhist monasteries and ancient shamanistic traditions, integrating the esoteries of ritual magic with their religious customs and worship. Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distrust one another.
-Around 1730, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate was passed over for appointment to role of Divine Shinobi. Humiliated and angry, he stole much forbidden knowledge, murdered the Sensei, and forsakes forsook his oaths of silence. He found the darkest shadows in Japan and mades profane sacrifices to whomever would heed him. His prayers were answered by an ancient and malevolent entity call [[The Beast]].
+Around 1730, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate was passed over for appointment to role of [[Divine Shinobi]]. Humiliated and angry, he began a campaign to assassinate every ninja, Sensei, and Shinobi he could. He travelled across Japan, sometimes dueling other Shinobi in honorable combat, and other times assassinating the population of the school and stealing their ancient texts and techniques for himself.  He found the darkest shadows in Japan and made profane sacrifices to whomever would heed him. His prayers were answered by an ancient and malevolent entity call [[The Beast]].
-In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he was empowered by The Beast with dark and terrible magics. He became the [[Dark Shinobi]], and started a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which was eventually called [[The Hand]]. Murderers, poisoners, provocateurs and sabotagers, they would sell their talents to anyone with the coin-- or donate their assistance to anyone who advacned their causes. As jealous masters hoarded their own knowledge, splinter groups inevitably sprung up as factions within the Hand. Only leaders of supreme charisma and significant personal power are capable of uniting all five factions of The Hand into a single fist.
+In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he was empowered by The Beast with dark and terrible magics. He became the [[Dark Shinobi]], and started a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which was eventually called [[The Hand]]. Murderers, poisoners, provocateurs and sabotagers, they would sell their talents to anyone with the coin-- or donate their assistance to anyone who advacned their causes.
 Over time, shoguns and daimyos copied the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools unlocked their own magical esoteries, though few of them came close to the power of a true Shinobi. Still, these agents of espionage became what people in the larger world consider 'Ninja' in modern parlance.

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 In the later 14th Century Ce,  Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation had also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers started to drift more and more apart and the gods bickered over increasingly weaker domains.
-The Dutch arrived in 1640. The introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.
+The Dutch arrived in 1640. The introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. Moreover, particularly potent entities of significant temporal power on Earth arrived in Japan and offered Faustian bargains for power, furthur corrupting Japan's leaderships.
-The Shinto pantheon joined together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. Their methods are very idiosyncratic; every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time.
+The gods of the [[Shinto]] pantheon sought to arm their people against these hostile ideologies and new [[magic]]. They empowered certain faithful with remarkable, rare [[magic]]al talents, training their select few in remote and inaccessible locations. Priests actied as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. Methods and results were very idiosyncratic; every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. Relatively few of the gods have a working relationship with one another.
-Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they mastered increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school became the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
+Students of the Shinobi arts develop magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
-From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'Divine Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the entire Shinto pantheon and formidable peers to demigods themselves.
+From the [[Shinto]] pantheon, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'Divine Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the entire Shinto pantheon and essentially demigods in their own right.
-The first school was founded in Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distrust one another.
+The first schools were founded near Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distrust one another.
 Around 1730, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate was passed over for appointment to role of Divine Shinobi. Humiliated and angry, he stole much forbidden knowledge, murdered the Sensei, and forsakes forsook his oaths of silence. He found the darkest shadows in Japan and mades profane sacrifices to whomever would heed him. His prayers were answered by an ancient and malevolent entity call [[The Beast]].

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-In the later 14th Century Ce,  Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains.
+In the later 14th Century Ce,  Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation had also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers started to drift more and more apart and the gods bickered over increasingly weaker domains.
-The Dutch arrived in 1640 and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.
+The Dutch arrived in 1640. The introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.
-The Shinto pantheon joined together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperated with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they mastered increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school became the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
+The Shinto pantheon joined together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. Their methods are very idiosyncratic; every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time.
-From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the Shinto pantheon and formidable peers to demigods themselves.
+Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they mastered increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school became the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
-The first schoowl was founded in Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distruest one another.
+From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'Divine Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the entire Shinto pantheon and formidable peers to demigods themselves.
-Around 1730, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate was passed over for appointment to the Divine Shinobi title. Humiliated and angry, he stole much forbidden knowledge, murdered the Sensei, and forsakes forsook his oaths of silence. He found the darkest shadows in Japan and mades profane sacrifices to whomever would heed him. His prayers were answered by an ancient and malevolent entity call [[The Beast]].
+The first school was founded in Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distrust one another.
-In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he was empowered by The Beast with dark and terrible magics. He became the [[Dark Shinobi]], and started a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which was eventually called [[The Hand]]. Assassins, poisoners, provocateurs and sabotagers, they would sell their talents to anyone with the coin-- or donate their assistance to anyone who advacned their causes.
 Over time, shoguns and daimyos copied the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools unlocked their own magical esoteries, though few of them came close to the power of a true Shinobi. Still, these agents of espionage became what people in the larger world consider 'Ninja' in modern parlance.

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−	In the later 14th Century Ce, Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains.	+	In the later 14th Century Ce, Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains.

	The Dutch arrived in 1640 and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.		The Dutch arrived in 1640 and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.

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−	~~So we've got a period in history where~~ Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all ~~have~~ their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch ~~show up~~ and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon ~~joins~~ together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less ~~cooperate~~ with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they ~~master~~ increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents ~~continue~~ to advance. The champion of each individual school ~~becomes~~ the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are ~~the~~ 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first ~~school is~~ in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities ~~break~~ away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much ~~sexy~~ tension exists between the ~~two~~ schools, ~~much~~ to ~~the chagrin of the gods on both sides~~. ~~Some Time Later~~, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the ~~Senior~~ Shinobi ~~position~~. Humiliated and angry, he ~~steals~~ much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He ~~finds~~ the darkest shadows in Japan and ~~makes~~ profane sacrifices to whomever ~~will~~ heed him. ~~He's contacted~~ by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast~~, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons~~. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by ~~the~~ Beast with dark and terrible magics. He ~~becomes~~ the Dark Shinobi, and ~~starts~~ a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos ~~copy~~ the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools ~~even unlock~~ their own esoteries, though few of them ~~come~~ close to the power of a true Shinobi. ~~These secular assassins are called~~ Ninja.	+	In the later 14th Century Ce, Japan was fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos, warring for dominance, all had their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains.
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		+	The Dutch arrived in 1640 and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more.
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		+	The Shinto pantheon joined together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperated with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they mastered increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continued to advance. The champion of each individual school became the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron.
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		+	From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi was selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These ascendants are 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries of the Shinto pantheon and formidable peers to demigods themselves.
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		+	The first schoowl was founded in Koga. A second one was opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities broke away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much tension exists between the gods of the schools, though their followers tend to find more reasons to cooperate than distruest one another.
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		+	Around 1730, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate was passed over for appointment to the Divine Shinobi title. Humiliated and angry, he stole much forbidden knowledge, murdered the Sensei, and forsakes forsook his oaths of silence. He found the darkest shadows in Japan and mades profane sacrifices to whomever would heed him. His prayers were answered by an ancient and malevolent entity call [[The Beast]].
		+	In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he was empowered by The Beast with dark and terrible magics. He became the [[Dark Shinobi]], and started a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which was eventually called [[The Hand]]. Assassins, poisoners, provocateurs and sabotagers, they would sell their talents to anyone with the coin-- or donate their assistance to anyone who advacned their causes.
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		+	Over time, shoguns and daimyos copied the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools unlocked their own magical esoteries, though few of them came close to the power of a true Shinobi. Still, these agents of espionage became what people in the larger world consider 'Ninja' in modern parlance.

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	+	So we've got a period in history where Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all have their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch show up and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon joins together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continue to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are the 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first school is in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities break away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much sexy tension exists between the two schools, much to the chagrin of the gods on both sides. Some Time Later, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the Senior Shinobi position. Humiliated and angry, he steals much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He finds the darkest shadows in Japan and makes profane sacrifices to whomever will heed him. He's contacted by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by the Beast with dark and terrible magics. He becomes the Dark Shinobi, and starts a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos copy the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools even unlock their own esoteries, though few of them come close to the power of a true Shinobi. These secular assassins are called Ninja.

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−	So we've got a period in history where Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all have their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch show up and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon joins together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continue to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are the 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first school is in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities break away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much sexy tension exists between the two schools, much to the chagrin of the gods on both sides. Some Time Later, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the Senior Shinobi position. Humiliated and angry, he steals much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He finds the darkest shadows in Japan and makes profane sacrifices to whomever will heed him. He's contacted by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by the Beast with dark and terrible magics. He becomes the Dark Shinobi, and starts a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos copy the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools even unlock their own esoteries, though few of them come close to the power of a true Shinobi. These secular assassins are called Ninja.

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	So we've got a period in history where Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all have their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch show up and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon joins together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continue to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are the 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first school is in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities break away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much sexy tension exists between the two schools, much to the chagrin of the gods on both sides. Some Time Later, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the Senior Shinobi position. Humiliated and angry, he steals much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He finds the darkest shadows in Japan and makes profane sacrifices to whomever will heed him. He's contacted by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by the Beast with dark and terrible magics. He becomes the Dark Shinobi, and starts a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos copy the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools even unlock their own esoteries, though few of them come close to the power of a true Shinobi. These secular assassins are called Ninja.		So we've got a period in history where Japan is fractured and falling apart socially. Shoguns and daimyos all have their personal assassins, trained in esoteric but mortal methods of discreet warfare. This fragmentation has also broken the power of the Shinto pantheon, as worshippers start to drift more and more apart and the gods bicker over increasingly weaker domains. The Dutch show up and the introduction of trade and other religious beliefs starts to weaken the Shinto pantheon even more. The Shinto pantheon joins together to start the first school for training Shinobi, with priests acting as sensei and spiritual leaders alike. It's super idiosyncratic because every god has their own school of magic, combat, and tactics. But they more or less cooperate with all schools under one roof for the first time. Students of the Shinobi College start developing magical talents as well as refining esoteric physical ninja skills. As they master increasingly difficult and arcane methods and secret instructions, their magical talents continue to advance. The champion of each individual school becomes the Emissary for their god, a true Shinobi and empowered with unique and divine power from their patron. From those schools, the most worthy Shinobi is selected to represent the entire pantheon's interests. It's a lifetime appointment-- keyword 'lifetime'. These are the 'True Shinobi', literally divine emissaries. The first school is in Koga. A second one is opened up in Igo not long after, as several of the female deities break away to form a college for training the women (the Kunoichi). Much sexy tension exists between the two schools, much to the chagrin of the gods on both sides. Some Time Later, an ambitious young Shinobi candidate is passed over for appointment to the Senior Shinobi position. Humiliated and angry, he steals much forbidden knowledge and forsakes his oaths of silence. He finds the darkest shadows in Japan and makes profane sacrifices to whomever will heed him. He's contacted by an ancient and malevolent entity call The Beast, one of the First Gods who has been dormant for aeons. In exchange for giving the Beast all the secret knowledge of the Shinobi, he is empowered by the Beast with dark and terrible magics. He becomes the Dark Shinobi, and starts a secret guild of magically-trained assassins which is eventually called The Hand. Over time, shoguns and daimyos copy the Shinobi method and start their own schools and secret monasteries. Some of these schools even unlock their own esoteries, though few of them come close to the power of a true Shinobi. These secular assassins are called Ninja.