Icebound Shadow
History
The Yukimura ninja clan traces its lineage all the way back to the Sengoku period. Their claim to fame, apart from the oni bound to serve whoever reigns as grandmaster, was their corpus of ice manipulation techniques. As the forward march of time pushed ninja into the shadows of irrelevancy, this particular clan survived through the shrewd political maneuvering of their grandmaster. The clan persisted as a tool of the wealthy, their primary rivals thinning out over the years with one notable exception. For much of its history after the unification of Japan, the clan existed in comfortable secrecy, known to those with the means to employ them yet unknown to the public as much more than a myth to inspire stage plays and stories. Those who rose to the top of the organization did so not only because of their talent, but their willingness to adapt to the times. Opportunism and change go hand in hand--be it the eventual predominance of the merchant class, the rise of organized crime, or even a wartime government, the Yukimura persevered.
Junpei Yukimura was born in the early 1990s, to what he believed was a painfully ordinary family. On his sixteenth birthday, he discovered that his father's 'business' and his mother's 'software development' were intricately crafted deceptions for himself and for the outside world, inducted into the clan and trained in its arts. He took to his training like a natural, all the while maintaining a flawless facade of an ordinary student, even into his college years. Embracing the internet as a source of leads, Junpei shot into relevance as a capable member of the clan, impressing his great uncle, the grandmaster at the time. The computer science degree he earned still has a place on his mantle.
It's because of Junpei that the clan is known internationally--he pushed for the clan to branch out in the 2010s, and the decision has paid dividends. By the time he fended off an attack on the clan's holdings, his great uncle had an easy decision to make when it came to the next grandmaster. At twenty-five, Junpei was the youngest member in recent history to have earned the position and the consequent title of Icebound Shadow. Under his leadership, the clan has bolstered its digital presence, allowing it to mobilize and effectively strike beyond its power bases in Japan and the Isles.
Unconventionally, he even personally takes some assignments, though seldom for something as pedestrian as money.
Personality
Any idealism that Junpei had is gone as of his college days
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