I fully support the idea of a starter only item, but as has been said it should not be GotW. Since the starters don't have a certain theme it is harder to come up with an item that is specific to them. The reason the villages have their own items is because the item plays off the theme of the village, like fire for Honoo. The starters don't really have anything that at the same time connects them and separates them from other characters. Therefore, the admins would have to come up with something truly unique to the starting characters. Something that binds them and would not make sense for other characters to have. I'm sure that can be done, but it will probably be harder than coming up with normal village items.

There would be next to no point for a starter only item. How I see the village items. Is they are a clan artifact/possession, that they have treasured for years. And they give it to you as a gift. The thing is though, The only way to harness it would be to use the clan's ability. I imagine only the honoo would be able to harness the eternal flame. Or only the kusa, with their knowledge of plants, would be able to use the flower to is fullest extent. The shishi' flute is self explanitory.

Secondly the starters, if I am not mistaken, are not ninja by this games standard, they don't use any special techniques. And son't have any special powers. For their to be a starter only item, it would have to make sense in the story that only they can use it. Pretty much anything jinsei could use, asami could use just as well. Plus they were soldiers in the military, its not like their was some item that held dear to them. As far as I know. The starters don't even come from the same family.

This is the reason I don't see it happening, though it would be cool

Yuki should have sake as is personal item. He really seems like a drunkhard to me

Yeah, the starters have no correlation between them but being samurai, so perhaps if more samurai are included in the game at a later date, we can think of some items only samurai can use. But, until then, it's good as it is now, and guard of the warbrininger will not be changed.

Closed.

EDIT: Also, Yukigaaru is like, seriousness to the max, he is not a drunkard.