The Ōkami Clan

Background
The  Ōkami   clan wasn't a clan originally. The history of the  clan begins when there was of a abandoned child in the woods who was raised and protected by wolves, like the she-wolf. The child was known as Zoruko. He was brought up by five wolves who were named Reizuka, Varino, Ariku, Nashion and Arine. Zoruko is the main elder of the clan now whilst the five wolves are now the clans noble spirits who guide each member, providing them guidance and protection. Zoruko tells children of  Ōkami  to live in determination of assistance with wolves if we gave them shelter, food and protection.

Shiori's and Gaiton's father -Tashion  Ōkami  - was in line to be the next heir of the clan. After years had passed, her father became the clans leader and was the new protector of the wolves of  Ōkami . Their family doesn't exactly inherit the chakra element, it depends on their chakra type which they are tested on when they are six years old. There are five symbols representing each element. Depending on the shape of the symbol, it tells your chakra. Shiori for example has the lightning as her chakra type and so given the symbol for lightning - along with her older brother Gaiton. The  Ōkami  clan has five chakra elements which are all represented with their own symbol. These elements are: Lightning, Earth, Water, Ice and Fire.

 All members share the same surname. Also, each member of the clan has their own wolf to summon at times in need during a battle.

 However, the  <span style="padding:0cm;font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;">Ōkami  clan has it's cons. The clan has a curse, known as the Kataruku wolf spirit. The first signs of the curse is when a member of the clan suffers from an illness with symptoms similar to Lemierre's. syndrome. The symptoms of such an illness are - shortness of breath, spiked fevers, swollen cervical lymph nodes, abdominal and muscle pain, headache and vomiting. It is caused by a bacterium which then flows into the blood and if left untreated, it can cause brain abscess -or even death. Those who are diagnosed with a brain abscessed had to go under a operation to remove the abscessed. The illness is life-threatening. The members who suffer from the illness are then placed into hospital in an intensive care unit for several weeks and are monitored constantly. To enable those with the illness to fully recover (along with large amounts of medication - and surgery if it's required), they require to have the kataruku wolf spirit to be placed into the member suffering with the illness. This is done by the elders of the clans. One of the elders would use hand signs in order to summon the spirit and allow it to be placed within the user. After this, it then becomes a survival game. Those who suffer from the illness and the curse have a 50% percent of survival - even with strong medication beforehand to destroy the bacteria within the sufferers bloodstream. Those who do survive then have to go under intensive physiotherapy to regain their strength as the illness makes them physically weaker. Once this is done, they are fully recovered and can continue with their life. The illness occurs once in every generation within the clan. And since members can die just from suffering with the symptoms - meaning those who do survive from the illness and the curse is rare.

Kekkei Genkai
Members of the Okami clan possess a Kekkei Genkai which allows their eyes to glow. This Kekkei Genkai allows them to scan and oversea their environment; as well as allows them to have enhanced senses such as vision, smells, sounds and chakra. This enables them to develop more characteristics to that of wolves. As the member grows with age (18-22), the Kekkai Genaki will change as the iris will gradually turn black, which demonstrates their wolf-like characteristics and senses are developing. However, when the member is under the influence of the curse, their Kekkei Genkai changes as the eyes turn red and the iris turns black.



Un-matured Kekkei Genkai (age: 11-17)

Matured Kekkei Genkai (age: 18/22 +)

Kekkei Genkai: Curse Form (when under the influence of the curse)