-Fujibayashi Naoe Story-

Fujibayashi Naoe(born c. 1564)
was a kunoichi from Iga.
-Born to the rōnin Fujibayashi Nagato in the midst of the Sengoku period, she was trained by him and became a member of the Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins.
-In 1581, Oda Nobunaga's forces invaded Iga.[3] Although Oda's retainer Yasuke was a participant of the attack, he later became Naoe's ally, assisting her in both intelligence gathering and assassinations.
-As a young woman, Fujibayashi Naoe was passionate of temperament and determined in her goals.
-She brought into her relationships an intensity that was tempered by the more grounded and pensive Yasuke.
-While she wore her heart on her sleeve, unafraid to express herself honestly, she harboured her own wisdom as well that grew continuously throughout her life.
-The foundations for this wisdom was instilled in her by her father who alongside her Iga community also taught her the values of valour and benevolence.
-Morally conscientious, she challenged Yasuke to discover a path apart from the seeming universal reality of "greed, power, and vengeance".
-After her run in with Ido Yoshihiro, Naoe sported a permanent reminder of his kanabō attack in the form of two prominent facial scars.
-Additionally as a result of a member of the Shinbakufu breaking her leg, she walked with a limp for some time.

-Skills and equipment-

-Trained in ninjutsu by her father, Naoe was an incredibly agile warrior skilled in parkour and in stealth.
-Her ability to infiltrate locations as secure as tenshu was augmented by her wide arsenal of tools that included smoke bombs and grappling hooks.
-To maximize ease of movement, she always wore light armour at most—notably shin guards and a chainmail sleeve on her left arm—that offered only minimal protection.
-However, she was unerringly swift in combat and was highly lethal in an assortment of weapons, ranging from the katana and the kusarigama to throwing weapons like the shuriken and kunai.
-Naoe started out wearing her simple robes, dark green in color with a blue sash around her waist.
-Tools and equipment hung at her waist.
-She also carried the katana gifted to her by Auntie Matsu.
-During her infiltration into a tea ceremony hosted by Imai Sōkyū, Naoe wore a black Portuguese silk kosode with gold trim.
-She later took to even wearing in around the Hideout on occasion.
-As an Assassin, Naoe wore a Hidden Blade on her left arm per tradition.
-Originally a gift from her father, the Hidden Blade was forged in the manner of a tantō blade and could pivot at a 90° angle to be used as such.
-She wielded this in conjunction with a conventional tantō to perform double assassinations.

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