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The prodigy student of the Third Hokage, he, [[Jiraiya (Naruto)|Jiraiya]], and [[Tsunade (Naruto)|Tsunade]] are known as the Legendary Three Ninjas (伝説の三忍, "Densetsu no Sannin"). A missing-nin from Konoha, Orochimaru is a twisted, manipulative, and ruthless man, whose prime ambition is to become "the ultimate being" by achieving [[immortality]] and knowledge of all jutsu in the world. While technically a [[Naruto ninja ranks#Jōnin|Jōnin]], as it was the last rank he made in Konoha before defecting, his abilities are obviously far beyond those of the average Jōnin, and even those of some Kage-level ninja. Orochimaru has a knack for winning otherwise desperate people to his cause, filling the void in their life with loyalty to him; he brands some of his subordinates with a cursed seal which corrodes their body and free will in exchange for power. He relishes conflict and unrest.
Orochimaru's specialty is forbidden techniques having to do with souls, departed or otherwise, which he has researched to the point where he can defy death itself and his mind transcends the body it happens to currently inhabit. He is also very talented with techniques related to snakes (hence the name Orochi, a legendary eight-headed snake from Japanese folklore) and can summon snakes of various powers, such as the 'Boss Snake', [[List of Naruto summons#Manda|Manda]]; the equal to Jiraiya's [[List of Naruto summons#Gamabunta|Gamabunta]] and Tsunade's [[List of Naruto summons#Katsuyu|Katsuyu]]. In fact, his introduction is riding a gigantic snake. His own appearance is bordering on inhuman, with very pale skin, slitted eyes, and an extending, snake-like tongue (Vollldeemooortt...) (this tongue is actually a permanent jutsu, which enables the user to extend parts of their body to infinite lengths). Orochimaru has the unique ability to molt or repair his skin as easily as someone else's clothes. Even [[List of Konoha Jōnin#Morino Ibiki|Morino Ibiki]], Konoha's veteran torture and interrogation specialist, admits that when he saw Orochimaru for the first time, he was very frightened and was convinced that what stood before him was not a man but rather something else which had merely donned human skin. Overall, Orochimaru is meant to embody evil incarnate and does not possess a single redeemable quality.
=== Years in Konoha ===
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