Has Hazou heard anything about Iron country?
That it used to be prosperous, but then they ran out of Iron.
How many seal-masters and medical ninjas were there in Mist?
Hazō has no way of knowing the former. For the latter, there are enough to treat ninja in Mist itself, and enough to send on a few important missions, but not enough to place one in even a quarter of all squads. - V
How many ninja live to retire?
Very few. It is a high mortality profession. - J
What are the prominent known clan-bloodline powers?
- Mist: Houzuki, Yuki, McPuncherson [although not the part about making seal blanks], Wakahisa, Mori.- J
- Leaf: Hyuuga, Uchiha, Aburame, Inuzaka, Akimichi - EJ [NB: you don't know all the details, just the rough outlines -- "sees everything, copy jutsu/see fast, controls insects, controls dogs, really advanced Henge powers"]
What are the stated reasons for ninja wars?
About like the real world. Politics, economics, philosophical differences, personal enmity, etc.
What does Mist do to prevent missing-nin from running around?
Track them down and kill them?
What is the effect of raising the Transformation, Clone, and Substitution technique, in game, using XP?
Transformation increases the variety of forms available (as well as the degree to which their natural abilities can be utilised), and makes one less likely to pop back to normal if struck or distracted. Basic clones become more convincing and capable of following more complex instructions. Substitution is performed quicker, with fewer hand seals and with less appropriately sized objects.
What do we know about the Jinchuriki and their current locations/village affiliations?
Apart from that Yagura is one and that major villages generally have one or two? Not a lot. You know that the nine-tails rampaged through Konoha about 12 years ago. - J
List of questions then, I'll try to keep it simple. Out of Iron, Waterfall, Snow, Tea, Sea, Fire, and Mist what are their current general political climates,
- Iron: Isolationist, and mostly left alone because of its unimportance and low value.
- Waterfall: Allied with Earth country, produces a lot of food.
- Snow: No one on your team knows. Snow is North Nowhere to most of the world.
- Tea: None of the genin remember and Inoue has never had a mission there.
- Sea: A de facto neutral ground with little by way of natural resources, and much by way of unsavoury dealings between ninja villages and civilians alike. Ruled by elusive ninja pirate lords.
- Fire: Hiruzen is known as a calm and peaceful man and a great leader, but there are stories from a few decades ago about what happens when you push him too far; there's a crater on the spot where one of those stories happened, and it's big enough to put a small hamlet in. Add to that the Sharingan, Byakugan, Inuzaka, Aburame, etc etc etc and everyone walks soft around Fire. Inoue has gone on infiltration missions there; she knows that there is some internal strife -- clan leaders who would like more freedom, differences of opinion on how things should be done, etc -- but none of it is strong enough to be exploitable. See comments about Hiruzen above.
- Mist: Generally stable. Yagura is respected for both his power and his intelligence. The Bloody Mist thing was a long time ago and long since gone. (Although not forgotten by people like Shikigami.) Recently attempted to annex part of Noodle. You're not sure how the attempt fared without your group there to join in the fighting.
State of borders (who crosses, how often, how do they cross, and why?),
There's some mercantile trade, all of which is escorted by ninja because civilians couldn't travel more than a day or so through MurderWorld without being eaten. Diplomatic missions go back and forth periodically. Hunter-nin are allowed to pass. Scouts/spies slip across the borders periodically -- as fast as ninja travel and as few of them are, borders are fairly porous to small groups. -EJ
trade goods that go through,
Specialty foods, cloth, metals, spices, art, etc. About like you'd find in the real world. -EJ
estimated strength of their ninja villages, stance towards civilians, and connections with rest of the world?
- Iron: No organized ninja village that you're aware of, although they do have ninja. Bit of a second-rate place -- not much in the way of natural resources or anything to attract outside attention.
- Waterfall: Allied with Earth.
- Snow: No one on the team really knows. They trade a bit, but not much.
- Tea: One strong clan and some non-clan ninja.
- Fire: 1200 - 1400; supportive; allied with Noodle, Tea, and Sand; generally open to trade
- Mist: Mist: ~1300; civilians are producers and second-class citizens; suspicious, allies with Nagi and Honey, although definitely as senior partners and not equals.
How far does Water's sphere of influence reach? Particularly, how many of the islands are allies of Water?
What does Hazou remember from his history lessons? Rabbit Goddess and the Sage of the Six Paths?
The Sage he remembers, the Rabbit he does not. - J
Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara and the founding of the Village system?
Two people and a historical event?
EDIT: Oh, wait, this was probably attached to the 'what does Hazou remember' question. Same as in canon, at least as far as he remembers. History was never his best subject. Yes, Hashirama gave away the 1-8 Tails. You've no idea why he would do something like that.
Anything that happened in the 900 years between Sage of the Six Paths and the founding of the Villages?
People lived, loved, hated, fought, made peace, married, divorced, were born, and died. Also, lots of battles.
Could you be more specific?
Shinobi World Wars I through III and who was fighting who?
The wars were brief, and the death toll atrocious.
What happened to Whirlpool and was it a glorious victory for Water, or did some other nation take them out?
Whirlpool was famous for its sealing ability. It became SO powerful with seals that it made everyone else nervous, so Lightning wiped it out in a pre-emptive strike. Mist helped.
The world sucks. Chakra monsters everywhere. Small enclaves of humanity here and there. Never enough ninja to protect them. Nobody cares about civilians anyway, because ninja are the master race.
For the sake of clarity, could we have a list of known and rumored chakra monsters?
Meh, that sounds like work. It's a very long list. Basically, take any real-world animal, add "and then it kills you in horrible ways" and it's probably on the list. Chakra monsters also tend to be ecologically sensitive, so they will often have extremely specific ranges -- sometimes just a few dozen square miles around an area with particular trace elements in the soil. As a result, most of them are regional and therefore not well known outside their home turf. -EJ
Do the swamp creatures count?
Yes.
Daimyos are subordinates of Kages -- basically glorified bureaucrats.
There was a problem with the Uchiha, and a bunch of them died. How many? Dunno. The fact that one of their best and brightest (Itachi) was instantly branded a traitor is highly suggestive of what probably happened.
Every country has ninja or it wouldn't be a country.
The Land of Iron is neutral; they haven't been taken over because they don't have much that anyone wants (the iron is largely mined out and the economy has mostly collapsed although there are still pockets of moderate wealth here and there). The northern bit is essentially tundra.
The Land of Tea. Got a port up north-west and a port mid-east (yay trade). Mountain pass for trade 50 miles south of the border. Lots of coastal villages (yay fish). A single clan commands the military which focuses almost exclusively on monster killing, they're friendly with Leaf and hold the Capybara summoning scroll. They live in the mountains in their fortress. Fairly ninja-lite as countries go.
