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History of Kumokagure


After what was known as the Hundred-Year War. Kumogakure also know as the Hidden Village of the Clouds was in dire straits. It had sustained heavy losses during the war on all ranks, even the students, who were forced to fight. It slowly began to rebuild though thanks to the many missions it received due to its strong standing during the war. Sadly, however, even though they had all these missions a majority of the ninjas and civilians were in a state of poverty. The Raikage that was elected after the war, Iwa Sango had to use most of the money to pay reparations to villages they had destroyed during the war. This though being a peaceful and generous maneuver by the Raikage still angered the villagers.

It went on like this until one day an elite jounin became sick of it. He rallied the villagers and staged a coup. It was a bloody battle that was finally ended by the death of the Raikage, who was murdered by his own ANBU bodyguard who had defected. Thus, the dark reign of Zin Ryo began. His first order as the new Raikage was known as “The Great Purge.” A horrific period in Kumogakure where countless innocents who were considered loyal to the deceased Kage or were raising rebellious ideas were put to death! Ryo then stopped paying reparations and instead put the money towards advancing weaponry and sadistic scientific experiments. The village itself prospered, growing stronger, while the people in the village remained poor. Soon the forces of Kumogakure grew to the state it had been during the hundred-year war. Ryo promising a revival of the once great village mobilized the troops to perform a surprise attack on their once allied village of Sound. A great siege occurred and much of the village of Sound was destroyed.

It seemed over for the nin of sound, but then word got to Konoha and Mist of the siege. Fearing another hundred-year war, the two villages joined forces and attacked the Cloud forces from both sides. The bottleneck surprise maneuver completely put the forces of Cloud off balance and soon they were in full retreat from the three combined village forces. It all ended with Ryo whose forces were pushed all the way back to Kumogakure itself. The allied forces over ran the village killing Ryo and his supporters. The village was in ruins, Zin was dead, and the innocents of Kumogakure were left homeless.

One ninja from Konoha seeing that the innocents that were going to be left behind would surely die unless someone stayed behind to help them made an important decision in his life. He spoke to many of the men in the allied force about the great good of the people of Kumogakure disguised by the evil that Ryo created and even convinced a few to join his quest. The ninja as well as a few other volunteers stayed behind to lead and rebuild the village. The ninja from Konoha became the new Raikage, his name, Aburame Tsuki. He was a generous Raikage and rebuilt the village better then it ever was before. He was even able to restore relationships with the villages the past Raikages had waged war against.

The Jikan Clan rose to power in this Era as the strongest clan after the Aburames and they made a great deal in the village's power. Their head, Jikan Choro became representative of Kumogakure on behalf of the greatest clan present and the clan provided the village with many outstanding ninja.

The Raikage passed away years after the rebuilt of the village, but not without marrying a native of Kumokagure and bearing one son. When the time came his son, Aburame Kyo took over as the new Raikage of Kumogakure. He ruled the village hoping to surpass his father and create the perfect village.

The Jikan Clan became the most influential Clan after the death of Tsuki, the Aburame Clan shrunk and the Jikans soon became the strongest clan in the village, still loyal to the Raikage they fulfilled their job as ninja and protected the village from dangers whenever they arose. The ANBU was led by Jikans as well, Jikan Tsurugi had led the primary squad since Kyo became kage and maybe even longer and his brother Yoroi aided him as second man. Together they were the commanders of the ANBU and they became the Kage's most trusted men.

But Kyo didn't stay Kage for long, after a while Raikage Jikan Choro succeeded him after Kyo put down his term, proving that the old still can replace the young and hoping to lead Kumogakure into an era of peace and alliances just as his two predecessors did.

By the time Choro took over Kumogakure had shrunk a lot in military power, a re-organization was necessary and it soon came. a fluent economy was set up, since Rai no Kuni was rich in metal ore, weapon industry was the most logical choice, and since there were a lot of good weapon smiths the high-quality products were sold like hot cakes, this boost in money was just what was needed for the reformation. Ninja were trained and the once dying ANBU was replaced. This time, Kumogakure was back as a worthy village among the five main powers.

That is, until Choro passed away. His death seemingly triggered all sorts of bad luck, as trade started to slow down and eventually, of course, the Masters were revived. But, for better or for worse (most probably worse), before the Lightning Master could stake his claim on the village, it was completely wiped out by a freak avalanche, and you could never tell that it had even existed in the first place.

Kumo's Revival!


But people... people are resilient, people never change. Among the funeral in the snow, the survivors picked up their heavy hearts and moved on. It could be said there were hundreds of now displaced citizens of a once-great nation. These survivors were shocked by this sudden event and so confused as to how such a great nation would fall so easily. The survivors of Kumo were greatly varied-- some Shinobi, but even more the average inhabitants.

All shared grief.

It wasn't long that these people moved on, down the familiar mountain that they lived on. The base welcomed the people as they all gathered... they were so lost...

It was then a few surviving ANBU brought the refugees to the cave where they had been trained. It was a decent shelter as the few shinobi were able to make fire and feed off the land. The cold would take the better of them however, as nearly six-hundred people could not hope to survive on the meager charity of the harsh nature...

It would be then the hunting parties came.

Only weeks after Kumo's demise, mercenaries from all corners of the world began to hunt these refugees, to eliminate the left-overs of a once-great village. It was the scattered ones to be killed first. The people by the base of the cave were hidden for the first few days, however, a convery from the Lightning Daimyo led the mercenaries to the hiding population of the village.

The mercenaries came in numbers, however the Kumo ninja fought for their dying people. They weren't in vain, but not in success, either. They fought and fought..

When it would seem all hope was lost, a young man came, with a popular and well-known Sennin named Miesko Roar Luka and young and quiet, but beautiful girl to help turn the tide of the deep conflict. The man's name was Satsuki Biorr Yuria. With a few hundred now laying dead, it was another heavy setback for the villagers. Many had lost their will to live-- however as the precious days after the 'Battle at the Base', the fate of this village would be decided. Satsuki implored his people to not give up hope, saying that this isn't what the village would want. He spent hours upon hours speaking to the people-- the kids-- often reminding them, that they didn't have the right to simply give up. It was their job to earn the blessing that they were alive.

Because these 'talks' would take place near a massive bonfire, they became known as 'Satsuki's Fireside Chat'. The villagers, still reluctant, wiped their tears and raised their chins. With a weak smile and a still-broken heart, they decided to rebuild their Village hidden in the Clouds. The next few weeks would be known as the 'New Divide', as the villagers labored at digging deeper into the caves that had sheltered them so lovingly. Satsuki's Plasma-release helped with controlled explosions. The few Earth-release ninja tunneled many different tunnels to confuse any mercenaries still to come...

It proved a smart idea as the sadness had finally come to and end.

In the next few days, a beautiful underground cavern would be found and it was decided that this would be the new home of Kumokagure's people. In the middle of the massive cavern were two gigantic crystals, dozens of meters in height. Laughing, many of the kids climbed the crystals and raised their hands, yelling, proclaiming that this was their new village.

As many villagers raised their hands, bringing and offering their jobs to the table, it was realized that medics, engineers, blacksmiths and even Jounin had survived. There were many cooks and many tailors too! ANBU would leave the village solely at first, going back to the ruins to recover whatever they could--

The Lightning Daimyo continued to send supplies the best he could. The Raikage stressed the need for natural resources.

The village-- slowly and surely saw that their was true hope. In the few months following, Satsuki Biorr Yuria would spend countless hours sculpting the two massive crystals with his plasma. He would go into a coma carving this symbol of hope, having already exhausted himself with the blasting of the mountain.

It had been a few months since the destruction of the village now, the winter had left. Satsuki's eyes slowly opened one morning, the medics around him smiling and running outside, screaming. He couldn't make this out and slowly stood up, forcing his body to move.

The man walked outside to see the people smiling up at him, screaming, happy, clapping. The Sennin who he'd arrived with, Roar , his teacher smiled, putting his hand on the surprised ninja's shoulder. He'd been voted the Raikage unanimously.

The Juugodaime Raikage continued his work over the next two and a half years, the village once again gaining respect. The village also continued the Juugodaime's Fireside chat, when in the morning, the village would wake, making tea and filling the Crystals of Hope. The Raikage would sit in the middle with a massive fire. This would be a village-wide discussion where no person needed to be silent, even the children.

In addition to this, the elders had a massive village-wide dinner everyday. The many cooks would spend the day working on various foods the Gennin would go out to collect with ANBU supervision.

New-Kumo still carries on the tradition of it's ninja carrying swords, the Gennin are all given one sword of their choice by the village's genius sword smiths.

The Raikage spends time in his office, often sending letters to the various clients, making sure it is known his village is once again a power.


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Kumokagure Sountrack:

(I wanted to express the emotion of the history, and day-to-day things of the village. A few sounds I spent the last few weeks looking for an compiling. You'll see these songs reoccuring in the various threads. Listen to em and enjoy! All the songs are from /after/ the avalanche.)



1. The Destruction of Kumokagure
2. Fight against the Mercenaries/Kesshouton
3.Burying the wake of the Hunting Parties
4.Why the Fireside chats began...
5. Starting Kumokagure anew...
6. Satsuki's Crystal Hope/Coma
7. Juugodaime Raikage
8. Reconstruction of Hope
9.The beauty of the new village...




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Council of Elders:
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The rules while in my village:

(All the standard rules for Gaia and WoTN need to be followed. )



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