Reluctant to leave Muse or Myst more than a page behind, as I know how painful it can be to play catch-up.<br/><br/>As an aside, the timeline of this game is roughly 33 years before Part I of the manga, (or 20 years before the Nine Tails attack on Konoha) and the PCs are basically mini-Raziels (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raziel_(Legacy_of_Kain)) that are the sole entities able to change the timeline at will.  ::) Assume that the Bansen exist in the 'canon' manga, but were never discovered by your characters and were thus permitted to run amuck.<br/><br/>The next major event in the timeline is the third world war which would occur 17 years before Part I if the timeline is not dramatically altered. Meaning if this game took place strictly during the second war, I'd have about 16 years of free reign.<br/><br/>What does everyone think about other time-skips down the road? Sort of Assassin's Creed-style, where some parts might happen hours or days apart... while others last for months or years when the trail goes cold or the PCs are doing something requiring a bit of time.<br/><br/>In this vein, I'm also trying to think of possible long-term plot points, destinies or somesuch.<br/><br/>Tashi, Mari, and Kaname all have bloodlines which by themselves make them particularly juicy targets to the antagonists. Tashi's also got his clan back home- alongside the whole Mibu vs Daimyo bit... plus some secrets the Mibu might have of their own. Mari's acquainted with a few movers and shakers in Konoha, along with having some influential ancestry. Kaname has her mother's true origins, whether or not her mother is still alive and what sort of relationship the two of them might have when they meet...<br/><br/>Jun, however, being the badass normal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassNormal) of the group, should be no less important. :P So, a few ideas for Myst...<br/><br/>Going to the land of wolf summons and meeting the wolf Sage? (aw dude, I just thought of Xexen entering sage mode himself and how rad a tag-team that would be.  ::))<br/>Further down the line, Kawa Daimyo? (While Tashi would be the same level during that time, putting a Mibu in charge of the village would be very contentious. Plus the unlikelihood of her having children might be preferential to some movers and shakers in the village...)<br/>Acquiring normally non-transferrable possession of certain macguffins (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacGuffin) that would give her a fair amount of power over the plot... not to reveal too much.  ::)<br/>