[Nohime Minami]

Nōhime Minami

Hankō[lit. Defiance]

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Nōhime Minami
AGE: 32
GENDER: Female
BIRTHDAY: 9/15
VILLAGE: Iwagakure
CLAN: Nōhime
RANK: Elite Jōnin
POSITION: Ops Team 3 Leader/ Guardian Corps Grand Marshal
OTHER ALIAS:

Hankō [lit. Defiance] [village]

Jigoku no Ha Minami [lit. Minami of the Hellblade] [village/world]

Iwa Saigo no Kabe [lit. Last Wall of the Stone] [village/world]

APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 165 lbs 

Forged from battle, Minami emerges as an impressive figure that radiates strength and confidence wherever she decides to go. Her body is lean and athletic whilst retaining womanly curves, a testament of a life of dedication to the defense of Iwagakure. Her sun tanned skin shows faint scars that lightly mar her skin upon the biceps of her right arm and left forearm. Brown hair flows from her hair, reaching her shoulders and mid-back, usually tied into a tight braid. Brown eyes shine with an inner fire and unyielding zeal. Invitingly her face displays a fierce beauty with full lips marred by a light scar that runs on the left upper lip, a straight nose and thin eyebrows, all coming together on a serious expression. 

During battle she wears a light set of armor that includes dark brown cuirass over which she wears a red and gold cape that doubles as a hood, upon her legs she wears greaves of polished copper right to her knees, whilst her tights are protected by leather tassets. upon her forearms she wears braces of leather and steel, bearing the symbol of Iwagakure on one of them. 

Out of battle she wears loose fitting robes of either grey, red and dark green threaded by cloth of gold and silver during formal occasions, opting for a sea-weed green or plain grey top and grey trousers during less formal occasions. When training she wears a heavier version of her battle armor, the cuirass lacking the shoulder guards and no cape attached.  

PERSONALITY

NINDO: 'Focus and Fury!"

Minami stands as a paragon of defiance and duty, an example for the people of Iwagakure. Fiercely loyal to the village the Nōhime embodies the ideals of a model shinobi, brave and courageous even against overwhelming odds, never seeking to gain a favor from the village but simply willing to carryout her duty with peerless zeal and inspiration even under pressure. 

As a shinobi she put her mission first but not at the cost of the people that are under her command, finding heavy losses as unacceptable and the mark of an uncaring leader, same with civilians and those that cannot truly defend themselves. This care is extended to the people of her village and homeland, coming to deeply care for those that inhabit Tsuchi no Kuni, thus being seeing as an idealist. 

Despite her good nature, she is a woman able to hold grudges and being moved by vengeance, raising her sword in violent retribution to those that have the village, the nation and even bringing harm and pain to those she cares or are able to defend themselves, not stopping until vengeance has been exacted and justice has been brought to traitors and criminals, cutting a bloody swath if necessary, although mercifully this instances are rare and she is able to control her anger, tempering in the rage of battle.

Her martial upbringing and nature dictates her to return the favor to those enemies that act in a manner she considers as honorable, not indulging in toying with them, granting them a quick and painless death if they have proven their valor after fighting them or leaving them be if her objectives have been met, deciding that needless slaughter is not worth it showing a great level of compassion. 

To those under her command she comes off first as a strict commander, demanding the best of all under her command but placing herself in front line along with her subordinates, instilling a strong sense of loyalty on those that follow her. To those that die under her command she silently mourns, accepting that for a shinobi must also feel sorrow instead of ignoring sadness. 

Above all, it is Minami's desire to stand defiantly as a wall between the enemies of Iwagakure and the village itself, hoping that her devotion would become an inspiration to the future generations of shinobi that thread through the same path that she had taken so far. 

HISTORY

From the Born to Nōhime Yahiko and Himishi Tōru, two renowned members of the clan and the village much was expected of her. From the moment she was set in the cradle after her birth, Minami was set on the path to rise for the protection and service for Iwagakure by her father. For years Yahiko had grown coveting the leadership of the clan but his skills had never been enough to claim the leadership of the clan.

Seeing that his dreams would become ever unfulfilled as he had reached the ceiling of his abilities, he didn't simply accept that his ambitions would die down, but he decided that it would be through his daughter that he would manage to rule the clan as she would certainly ascend and become the most powerful of the Nōhime with her great skill with the element and with his words being whispered to her ear.

The plan was put in motion, even despite the protest of his wife, and by the time she could walk, the man would spend his time making sure the girl was able to manifest Jinton, training her for his grand plan, making sure that she was the weapon that he needed her to be. However this plan came with its sacrifice as his relationship with his wife would be strained to the point that the two would not speak to each other for weeks at a time. 

For years the only life the girl was that of constant training as she combined the early lessons of the academy from her instructors after she had begun her studies are the age of five, with the relentless training her father provided as he instilled the basics of the legendary element of their clan hoping that she was one of the few blessed with the ability to wield Dust Release.

His plan would fail at first, as while his daughter was loyal to the village, clan and to even himself, she would struggle to understand him struggling to demonstrate the affinity to even conjure to element with each passing session of training. 

As time passed, frustration began to mount within Yahiko, the training became increasingly grueling, driving apart the family even more, but despite that, the young girl would raise to meet the challenge, wearing the bruises in her body and the worn and callused and bandaged hands result of the strenuous training yet determined and undaunted by the lack of effort she continued to ask her father for training. 

To his surprise, by the time she had turned seven she would be able to manifest a tiny and feeble cube that would barely singe the flesh of anything, but that was undoubtedly the fabled element of their clan. Exited by this prospect, Yahiko would show one of the rare instances of affection to his daughter, prompting her to carry on with the training with even greater zeal.

However, he would press his daughter far harder after this, blindly seeking continue his unfulfilled ambitions through his daughter training her until she was unable to stand due exhaustion. Rumors of the aggressive training would spread around the village and many within the clan would begin whisper among themselves as what could be thought as a cruel training and the decision on whether or not they should intercede. 

Ultimately they didn't interceded allowing Yahiko to proceed with the aggressive training he had put his daughter through, using the convenient excuses of living to the clans expectations and produce another loyal and skilled kunoichi in the service of the village. 

Frustration would mount in the girl as well, as the praises she received from her instructors from the academy would be wasted on deaf ears from her father, increase the intensity of the training even further, as he tried to strengthen her skills with Jinton as her father insisted that the progress she showed was not the adequate. 

It was then during a training session in which tragedy would strike as a training session was not going particularly well, Yahiko began to push Minami further and further with each exercise yielding poorly for the girl until finally a frustrated Yahiko would strike his daughter, knocking her to the floor and letting out his displeasure be heard for her. 

In an impulse of fury, she allowed all the resentment she had accumulated after faithfully trying to please her father and for a brief second lost a handle of her power, blasting her father with pillar of Jinton that atomized every single particle of the man, killing him in that instance. 

Exhausted by this she fell unconscious being found hours later by her mother and shinobi from the village that had been alarmed of their disappearance. Awaking days later, she would be informed of what they had found and questioned by members of the Wardens from the Guardian Corps. After analyzing all the available information, the Wardens would come to the conclusion that it had been an accident and absolved the girl from any punishment, allowing her to continue her studies at the academy.

However things didn't went well at home, her mother fearful of her would stop addressing her daughter entirely, her self-confidence would crumble and with it her own skills, she would stop training her ability with the element entirely during the next few months. 

Even as her skills degraded, she would find enough resilience within herself to continue carrying on and graduate from the academy at the age of twelve. Initially she would be placed in a Genin team under the guidance of a Jonin it was hoped that she would develop as a shinobi, but the first few years would only yield difficulties and frustration, as Minami was still unable to shake the fact that she had slayed her father, and to make it worse her mother would treat her as if she didn't exist. 

The bonds with her team were non-existent as they saw the girl as little more than a burden. It would thanks to his Jonin teacher, Tantetsu Inori that her self-confidence and skill would begin to resource. A noted master of bukijutsu and the sword he would tutor her, seeing her as a blank slate to work on, specially as she still refused to use Jinton, feeling unsure of the element as a whole. 

Slowly and thanks to his guidance, she began to tailor her fighting style, acquiring great abilities with the sword, the spear and even shield, coming to her own and dispelling the doubt that shackled her and becoming more useful for her team. Proving herself a natural of bukijutsu, she would come to master the intricacies of weapons with her master, Inori considering her a natural of the art. 

As the months passed the cohesion of the team grew and the missions they took became more important, slaying wild animals, subduing criminals that would pray on roads, any time not dedicated to missions was put into training as Inori began to put in drills for the Chunin Exams, preparing them as he would see promise in them. 

By the time she had turned fourteen, she and her teammates entered the exams with a renewed zeal, passing the written exam and then fighting through the remaining trails that weeded out the candidates. It was during the final test, as her squad was pitted against several others that would see her gain some renown in the village. 

In a game of a capture the flag, she would find herself alone after her teammates had been disabled after attempting to seize the flags of their opponents. Alone, Minami stood her ground, three other teams coming to seize the flag guarded by a single individual thinking her to be an easy prey. With shield, spear and sword, the Nohime stayed her ground, determined in her tenacity and stubbornness that if she would not win, she would outlast them and not surrender her position. 

With ferocity she fought the three teams by herself, giving ground to goad her foes into a sense of security, pushing when she new she had an immediate advantage. The round would finally end at a stalemate, the opposing teams too battered and bruised to continue and a single figure standing in victory at the midst of the arena, it was Minami's, bruised, tired and with blood trailing from her upper lip. 

That day she would gain two things, the scar that slightly marred her upper lip, a souvenir of the exams, yet it was the other one that would become a badge of honor for her,  the epithet of Defiance for the actions during her exams against. It was in light of her tenacity and strategy that had managed to obtain a victory against terrible odds. 

With her return to the village, tense weeks would pass as the hierarchy of the village considered what had gone during the last exams in which she only had light training as she and her teammates would attempt to recharge batteries for any incoming missions, the anticipation eating at them as days passed. 

It was then that she and her Jonin teacher would be summoned to the village's administrative building. With Inori standing behind her proudly, she would be granted the rank of Chunnin from the Tsuchikage himself, becoming the sole member of her team to receive the rank. Radiant by receiving the news she would be congratulated by her teacher and her teammates, but the news itself would not be celebrated by her mother, who had become even more distant during the passing of the years.

With the celebration soured, she would focus her efforts on the missions assigned to her, alongside her new squad, still retaining bonds with her mentor and her former teammates. However the new realities of her responsibility would become self evident as the missions increased in difficulty, and while she was able to complete them, she understood the needs of the village and what it demanded of her. 

Seeking to face her own demons, she would accept the past and move from it, retaking her training of Jinton at the age of fifteen under the guidance of a member of her clan. In many ways it felt as as exercising an old muscle, moving a limb that she had been not moved in years. 

With time she would refine the skill and was able to even cast several of the most powerful technique, being deemed an adept of the element by the time she had become seventeen. As time went on, she would continue to impress the village hierarchy, receiving commendation upon commendation as she followed suit mission after mission. 

By the time she was eighteen, she would not only be promoted to the tank of Tokubetsu Jonin but also be extended an invitation from the Guardian Corps to join their ranks as Warden. Elated by this, she would humbly accept the invitation and the promotion. 

However she would not rest upon her laurels and would continue to improve herself and her mind considered the idea of marrying the skills that had seen her early raise to recognition and the new weapon that she had mastered and used with precision for the sake of the village. 

The first attempts would be a failure, the weapons breaking and failing to properly sync with the dust release chakra. It would be than that she would seek her old master and transmit her idea. Intrigued by this, her master would call in some favors from within his clan and begin to forge weapons strong enough to withstand and transform the deadly element into something that could enhance weapons. 

The genius of the tantetsu would come forth, and with it, the desired weapons she needed to complete her own personal project. At first the weapons would feel unwieldy, heavy, meant for another person, but with patience, time and training she would master them.

Soon the weapons would be put to test, their power and her combined skills would soon be known by the enemies of Iwagakure. And through the village the murmurs of her sword that sliced all creation to ash and sowed fear to all who knew who she was. The alias of the Hellblade would be added, becoming her second alias after Defiance. 

By the time she was twenty-three she was given command of three shinobi squads as the village was hired for a side of a civil war in a far away land, her force coming as a relief force for the beleaguered loyalists. As the shinobi would stay behind to hold a fortress against a larger force of made from mercenary shinobi, giving time for the feudal lord of the Land of Caves to escape to a more secure location, her shinobi and those forces loyal to the Daimyo facing an opposition with superior numbers.

Weeks later, a relief force from other squad of shinobi from Iwagakure would return, the fortress still standing with the fields before them filled with the bodies of enemy shinobi as crows and vultures feasted upon their remain, with the defenders tired and wounded, but unbent under the command of the Defiant One and the tale of the Siege of the Fortress of Shura would spread among the youths of the village upon her return.  

Taking a brief respite she would rejoin the effort in the Land of Caves with the men under her command and fight under the command of Yutakako Shinso, following his orders during the war effort, only deviating from her orders when she saw the chance to keep more of the shinobi under her command alive. 

During the final push to the capital, she would find herself taking command as Shinso would be wounded. Expertly dividing her forces into a triple front attack, leading from the middle while the other sides of their attacking force would ambush from the side and break into the castle with minimal casualties. 

After the war was finished, the young woman would be brought next to the Yutakako, the man impressed by the result, the man would congratulate her for the skills she had displayed and the few losses they had taken. 

Taking a few weeks to rest, the shinobi from Iwagakure would return  to the village, receiving commendations for how they had conducted the mission and upon Yutakako Shinso's recommendation, Minami was promoted to the rank of Joni at the age of twenty-four her skills even further recognized. 

Whilst professionally her life was great, personally she struggled, as she dedicated herself to her duty and found no way to form a lasting relationship beyond that of friendship. Not bothered by this she would continue to carry on, trying to mend the relationship with her mother only to find that her mother was unwilling to do so, unable to forgive the accidental death of her father. 

Understanding that there would never be a reconciliation with her mother, Minami simply left her, deciding not to waste her time with someone that despite all her accomplishments felt nothing but contempt for her, carrying on and completing more missions for the village. 

As time passed and she gained further recognition for her skills as a shinobi, Minami would come to embody the values of Wardens within the Guardian Corps steadfast, selfless and modest, content with her role as a bringer of justice and peacekeeper within the village, thinking it the greatest honor she could ever hope to attain, eshewing achieving the leadership of her clan.  

By the time she had turned twenty-seven, the village would be embroiled in a short but violent civil war as a faction led by her own clan and another by the Tantetsu would clash upon the leadership of the village which would present a problem between the members of the Guardian Corps and other organizations within the village. 

While several members of the organization would take a side, Minami herself would see herself torn between the loyalties to her clan, the bonds to the Tantetsu through her own teacher and her love to the village. Ultimately, she would remain neutral, becoming a sentinel manning the walls just in case someone took the opportunity to take advantage from the civil war that the village suffered. A decision for which some members of the clan would hold a bit of resentment towards her. 

As the war concluded and Yutakako Takara would raise to the position of Tsuchikage beginning the rebuild of the village and the mending of the wounds that had being a result of the civil war the village had suffered. Maintaining her positions as a respected veteran of the Wardens, Minami would continue to serve during this time of rebuild. 

Being often send in missions as the leader of a detachment of the Guardian Corps on missions relevant for the village, her expertise in fortress defense and siege and the loyalty that she inspired unto those under her command yielding a great success during all those assignments. 

By the time she had turned thirty-two, an in light of her dedication to the village and devotion to her role as a beacon of inspiration for the village, she would be promoted to the rank of Elite Jonin and placed in command of the Guardian Corps as their Grand Marshal, ever standing in vigil on top of the walls and mountains that surround Iwagakure. 

FIGHTING STYLE

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SPECIAL ABILITIES

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Henge no Jutsu [Transformation Technique]
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