Orochimaru

__Height:__ 179,4 cm (Part I); 172,0 cm (Part II)
__Affiliations:__ Konohagakure (Leaf), Root, Akatsuki, Otagakure (Sound)
__Classification:__ Sannin, Sage, S-rank, Missing-nin

Orochimaru is a major antagonist of the Naruto series. They are a missing ninja from Konohagakure, who is recognized as one of the most powerful ninjas and known as one of the "Legendary Sannin" (Legendary Three Ninja), which was a title that was given to them and their former teammates, Jiraiya and Tsunade, by Hanzō during the Second Shinobi World War. their main goals are to capture Uchiha Sasuke as his new body to gain possession of the Sharingan and to destroy Konoha.

__Background__

From their childhood days Orochimaru was identified as a genius shinobi and a once-in-a-generation prodigy. Their parents died when they were young and according to Jiraiya, Orochimaru's goals, which were quite alien to the ideals within the village, were associated with these painful memories. They were a student of the Third Hokage, who recognized Orochimaru's natural talent and often told Jiraiya to be more like Orochimaru. The Third was aware of malice and a lust for power within Orochimaru, but chose to pretend not to notice and hoped that he could quell this part of Orochimaru's personality. Orochimaru's desire for power grew as the years went by. One day while visiting his parents' grave he found the shedded skin of a white snake. As the Third Hokage explained, it was known to represent good fortune and luck which inspired Orochimaru. They began to study kinjutsu (forbidden techniques) and became obsessed with learning all ninjutsu that exists in the world. After leaving Konoha, Orochimaru joined an elite criminal organization called Akatsuki. What he did while he was a member of the organization is pretty much unknown. The only information that was revealed is that his partner was Sasori and they made an attempt to take control of Uchiha Itachi's body to gain possession of the Sharingan.

~! After a failed attempt to take over Uchiha Sasuke's body, they were absorbed by Sasuke, who didn't want to give himself up to a weakened Orochimaru. During Sasuke's later fight with Itachi, as Sasuke was too weak to suppress his chakra, they managed to escape and tried to take over his body once again, however was trapped in an inescapable dream-like realm by the legendary sword of Totsuka used by Uchiha Itachi. They were resurrected by Uchiha Sasuke during the Fourth Shinobi War, who used Anko's cursed seal and a piece of Kabuto's flesh to bring him back. After his resurrection, they reabsorbed the chakra Kabuto stole from him and revealed that they don't have enough power to take over Sasuke's body and has no interest in the war.!~