Black Spider Ninja Clan

The Black Spider Ninja Clan is a prominent group of villains in Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Ninja Gaiden II.

History
The Spider Ninja Clan are said to have ties to the ancient deities (as proven with their strained alliance with Vazdah and his fiends). Their hatred toward the Hayabusa Ninja Clan is unrivalled, for despite being a Ninja elite, they always come up short in comparison to the Hayabusa Ninja. Craving nothing more than power, their twisted hunger has apparently twisted their bodies as well.

Obaba, the Sorceress Witch, was once the head of the Black Spiders, but after her defeat and death at the hands of Ryu Hayabusa, the Ninja Overlord Genshin took over. Following Genshin's death, the clan allied itself with the Lords of Alchemy.

The Black Spider Clan´s ninja operatives have changed from game to game. On the first Xbox game (and it´s consequent upgrades), they were agile ninja in an all-black shozoku. They were first found in Tairon, where they were scouting the place looking for the Dark Dragon Blade (in higher difficulties, they appeared first in the Shadow Clan Ninja Fortress, but that can be considered apocryphal), and wielded normal katana and Incendiary Shurikens. They were trained to fight against fellow ninja, like Ryu, but they were extremely unprepared to face fiends and the Vigoorian military, since many of them died in the raid before facing the Dragon Ninja. It is also worthy of notice that they carried diaries as a common practice, since many could be found while scavenging the bodies of the deceased ninja, learning about their hardships and deaths. While loyal, many of these ninja questioned their motivations for their quest: searching for the Dark Dragon so their leader could make Tea out of it, asking themselves if so many lives and sacrifices were justified with such a inane objective.

Hierarchy
The Black Spider Ninja clan is composed of a hierarchy which mostly includes ninjas.
 * Green - Weakest members in the clan. Green ninjas utilize swords or claws along with shurikens.
 * White - A step directly above above green ninjas. White ninjas are stronger but they utilize only swords.
 * Black - Stronger than green and white ninjas combined. Black ninjas use claws and incendiary shurikens in battles.
 * Blue - Mages who are capable of Ninpo and teleportation. Mages can also perform aerial suicide techniques and they are equipped with sais.

There are two factions that aren't ranked according to the clan's hierarchy.
 * Shadow - The clan's second strongest ninjas. They can transform into monsters known as fiends.
 * Overlord - The leader of the Black Spider Ninja clan. The overlord is also the clan's strongest and toughest member.
 * White Spikes- White Spikes ninjas use claws and incendiary shurikens. They are mostly the same as white ninjas along with black ninjas and shadow ninjas. The main exceptions of the White Spikes are their superior strength and more aggression.


 * Tactical Teams - Teams of ninjas who are fully able to wield sub machine guns or bazookas. These particular ninjas wear tactical suits and some of them wield swords. Each tactical ninja has a different amount of strength which depends on the color of their suit.

Trivia

 * Rasetsu is a shadow ninja.
 * Mages have the lowest amount of vitality in both games.eams