The Okibi Clan

[Okibi Kaen]

The Okibi clan consists of Kaen's family, both immediate and extended, but as of yet only three other members are known by name: Hoshi, her father. Menou, her mother. And Hiiro, her younger brother. Below are their profiles. If anyone feels like they need to use them, go right ahead! Just...don't hurt Hiiro-chan, okay? XD

NPC's Name: Okibi Hoshi

NPC's Gender: Male

NPC's Age: Thirty-eight

NPC's Status: Father

Any Other Notes: Father to Kaen and Hiiro, husband to Menou, and an elder of the Okibi clan, Hoshi gives the appearance of being a very easygoing man despite his vast responsibilities as well as a doting father. He'll even force captive enemies to look at pictures of his children! As a jounin, he is currently semi-active, not exactly full-time but not retired either. Mostly his duties revolve around making sure things in his branch of the Okibi clan move smoothly. He understands the importance of training, but is not as strict about it as his younger siblings are (he is the oldest of five siblings with two brothers and two sisters). In the Okibi clan, the position of elder is determined not by age but by skill, and Hoshi has been chosen at a young age to be the elder of his sibling's home after his father passed on the title. (There are three Okibi houses, each with one elder and the three make up a council. Their compound consists of the tree houses together and a council house for making important decisions. Just a little note there). Despite being rebellious in his youth he takes his job as one of the tree elders seriously, and hopes that one day Kaen will succeed his position.

Physically, he looks a lot like his daughter: pale skin, long dark hair, and the Okibi two-colored eyes. When on missions he wears the usual jounin uniform with the Okibi symbol sewn onto the back of his vest, but at home he wears a red yukata with orange flame bursts on the right shoulder. He says it's more comfortable to wear than his ninja clothes, but Kaen and Hiiro tell him he looks weird in it. His limiter takes the form of a chain around his neck with a single orange glass pendant; the chain was his original limiter, while the pendant was a gift from Menou.

Being a high-ranking member of his clan, he is a master of his kekkei genkai. His flame, when he has to give it shape, is that of a three-legged crow.

NPC's Name: Okibi Menou

NPC's Gender: Female

NPC's Age: Thirty-seven

NPC's Status: Mother

Any Other Notes: Mother of Kaen and Hiiro and wife of Hoshi, Menou is actually the stricter of the two. At the young age of twenty she married into the Okibi clan, but was originally from a small artisan family in the village whose craft was to produce glass sculptures. It was this talent that first caught Hoshi's attention, she likes to point out, and still keeps a large collection of her old works. She was the only one in her family to become a ninja, and managed to make jounin by the age of eighteen. After she married, she continued taking missions until she became pregnant with Kaen, and resumed work after she was born. However, she retired for good after Hiiro's birth, preferring to stay home and watch over her kids than do the dangers field work that left far too many shinobi children orphans. She cares for both her children, but seems to baby Hiiro in particular because he's her "baby boy". (Hiiro gets really embarrassed when she points this out, especially in front of his friends). She pressures(or pressured, in Kaen's case) the children to do well in the academy, so that they can get a head start on becoming the best possible ninja they can be.

Looking at Menou, you probably would not be able to tell that she and Kaen are related, save that she is nearly as short as her daughter. More delicately built than Kaen, she never excelled in taijutsu but was more of a joint ninjutsu/genjutsu specialist. She also has brown hair, something of hers neither of her children seemed to have inherited, and green eyes. Unlike her husband and his traditional clothes, Menou finds more comfort in ordinary street clothes, and changes the style periodically.

NPC's Name: Okibi Hiiro

NPC's Gender: Male

NPC's Age: Thirteen

NPC's Status: Brother

Any Other Notes: Hiiro is the son of Okibi Hoshi and Okibi Menou as well as the younger brother of Okibi Kaen. A peppy little guy, Hiiro makes friends easily and is very popular in his academy year (he will soon be graduating), as well as one of their best students. He is very polite, always remembering to use the honorifics his sister so often forgets, and is respected as a good friend. He does not understand why his sister is shunned by some of the others in the village as he has the same kekkei genkai as she does, but Kaen tells him not to worry about it. And so he tries not to. After all, Hiiro-chan cares a great deal for his nee-san, and his main goal in life is to become a strong ninja so that neither his sister nor parents will have to worry about him.

Hiiro is already attracting attention from the academy girls for his looks, although he does not seem to notice. His hair is even darker than Kaen or Hoshi's, so deep a blue that it is almost black, and is rather long for a boy. He likes to tie it in a short ponytail, although his sister often teases him about it ("Hiiro-chan looks more like a girl than I do!""Nee-san, that's no fair!"). His eyes are aqua with the usual Okibi band of color, which for him is naturally a lighter yellow-orange shade. He likes to wear anything he finds comfortable, which at his age is usually a plain tee-shirt and a pair of shorts. His limiter is on his right arm in the form of several thick bracelets. Finally, he is also is about the same height as Kaen now much to her dismay.

He is getting pretty good at using his kekkei genkai, and his personal "flame" is that of a salamander.