Type: Weapon
Rank: S
Range: Short - Long
Chakra: - 5 per turn
Damage: N/A
Description: Valkyrie's Incarnation, a Ray relic passed down through time. Transcending from battlefield to battlefield; ever roaring its zealous berserker war-cry. Its feral howl forever emanating throughout the bloodshed of time, the prideful weapon crushing the wills of swine. Forged from the severed tail of a battle genius; Valkyrie, used as a replacement for her prided extremity. Upon her death the weapon was reforged, her organs containing fading life fabled to be sealed within. Thus she became reincarnated, forever to live on the battlefield. A Ray turned immortal deity, forever to march with the Rays, to transcend through antiquity. The weapon itself, a unique hybrid between a staff and a whip. But it could not simply be called a weapon for it was alive, it's bloodthirsty malice sent shivers down many a warriors spine. But beneath it's thick exterior of demented carnage, lay a vivacious personality; wise, bubbly, and filled from crest to to bottom with courage. And so the weapon fell into the hands of a person of which she favored, and thus unto it her secrets she mastered. In the hands of the user the weapons sobriquet's came to light, the Black March, The Green April, thus the weapon was further esteemed and held in delight.
Abilities:
Valkyrie, often dubbed The Green April is a two meter long weapon. At its core lies a expertly worked structure of tough, thick and strong Ray Shagreen. Interwoven into the core are numerous lengthy wires which are likewise woven into countless stingray barbs which shield the interior, around which is layered a second layer of specialized Shagreen which forms the weapons exterior. Due to the way the weapon is forged, it allows for immense versatility in terms of flexibility and tautness. The inner layer of Shagreen being tempered to a point in which it rivals even the toughest of metals, the wires confirming the integrity of the leather while adding the immense strength of the specially chosen barbs, while the exterior forms a surface that remains to be incredibly difficult to cut, and is perfect for displacing the force of attacks across a larger area; the placoid scales of the hide contributing to the toughness of the exterior surface, and while to the user it seems like smooth Shagreen, to another gripping the weapon would create an effect similar to rubbing a sharkskin the wrong way.
Valkyrie constantly drains chakra from the user to remain functional, being self capable of manipulating its unique interior so as to alter flexibility and other similar aspects. Due to Valkyrie's thirst for chakra, it seeks the user, and when not held it often wraps around the users body rather than being sheathed. Alongside adjusting her flexibility, Valkyrie can make the barbs hidden within her exterior stand upright, the spikes protruding forth from her seemingly smooth outer layer without compromising the integrity of the weapon, the new exterior being perfect for flaying and shredding. Lastly, the user and Valkyrie posses an innate ability in which the user is capable of wielding Valkyrie from range through use of chakra. While this ability costs a one time activation fee of 30 chakra, it's maintained through use of the transmitted and leached chakra, therefore the user is capable of manipulating the weapon to float, move and attack within a mid range radius, the force and speed of the weapons attacks equating to that of the users current physical capabilities to a max effect similar to that of of A-Rank Taijutsu.
The real special ability of The Green April, is that by drawing blood unto the weapon and then swinging it, the user is capable of summoning a ray while releasing an elemental wave like stream of wind or water, in which the summoned Ray rides in/on. This is a capability similar to Temari's Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance, requiring no handseals and being offensive. Other elements can be used in the summoning, but only if that element corresponds with the affinity of the summoned Ray. Alternatively, the user can summon a small swarm of basic flying vulture sized Rays which ride the wave to the target, so as to flock and consume them.
The advanced summoning ability is the result of something called Authority. A wielder of Valkyrie's Incarnation has a stronger bond with their Summoning Contract, and as a result Rays are more comfortable in their presence and will seek the users acknowledgement when attempting to return home (Doesn't alter turn restrictions). Ultimately, this prevents many Summon-Dismissive techniques from undermining the Summon - Summoner bond; in which both parties display immense loyalty and devotion to each other. At any point in time, the user can transmit and release a pulse of chakra from Valkyrie that will affect any Rays within a Long range vicinity. A Ray, coming to forced recognition of the revered heirlooms presence, will fall back into alignment with the user while being dispelled of the majority of adverse mental stimuli; such as unease, or even Genjutsu (A reflexive, Genjutsu-releasing surge of chakra is released by an affected Ray in response to the pulse). This effect counts as a jutsu (A-Rank), and any Ray affected by this technique will experience positive effects for the remainder of that turn and the next, in which they will gain a boost in morale and bonus of +10 to their techniques.
Finally, through movement Valkyrie is capable of manifesting and releasing completely intangible and life-like bestial projections of chakra. These projections are in essence, a variation of the E-Rank clone technique (And are therefore harmless but can serve distraction based purposes), being chakra projected illusions passively created through the infusion of small amounts of chakra (5 per projected beast). Traditionally used to create false images of Rays - in aims to confuse an enemy between usages of fake and real summons, this capability extends to encompass the passive illusionary production of absolutely any beast that the user is familiar with or can vividly imagine. However the requirement of motion means that Valkyrie must be in constant motion for the projections to remain active - thus projections can be forcefully dismissed by an enemy by simply halting the momentum of Valkyrie; although Valkyrie's remote control makes undermining this requirement a difficult task.
Notes:
- Summoning Wave counts as a jutsu. The wave being equivalent to A rank in power, with extra chakra sacrificed for the summon. The flock of Rays are also equivalent to A rank.
- Wave summoning can only be done 3x, after that it's simply a faster summoning process.
- Valkyrie's Incarnation is near indestructible, and can only be cut perpendicularly through use of a Forbidden ranked piercing/slicing technique.
- Valkyrie's Incarnation is sentient, it can communicate to the user, but it cannot speak, thus it communicates through an unknown method, presumably a mental/spiritual/emotional link. It is not aware of its surroundings to a human degree, but instead simply reacts to the users will.
- The barbs do not contain any poison whatsoever.
- Activation of remote manipulation counts as a jutsu.
- Chakra pulse is intangible, fluorescent and slightly visible, is extremely quick and it and its response signal create an aesthetically pleasing, yet relatively inconspicuous effect.
- Projections can be created every other turn - they move, look and seem realistic, but may variate depending on the users wishes.
- Can only be wielded by a signer of the Ray Contract.
