Post by Gerontis on Feb 26, 2014 11:36:11 GMT
Kumogakure
Village Hidden in the Clouds
Village Hidden in the Clouds
History - Detailed
*Credits to Chromehound for lending a helping hand and writing a great part for Kumo's history.
A strong clan that resided near what is now modern day Kumo, was set on finding and capturing a tailed beast in order to use it's power to protect them. The head of this clan Tsueno came the closest to capturing the beast, fighting it until he dropped due to exhaustion. The beast, recognizing Tsueno skill decided to spare his life and fled.
After Tsueno came to, he realized that the beast had spared his life. Instead of causing him to give up the pursuit of the tailed beast, however, it renewed his desire to find the beast and use it's power. Travelling to nearby clans, Tsueno convinced them of his search for the beast, and told them the knowledge he had gained from fighting it. He gathered the most powerful shinobi from many different clans and they set out to hunt for the beast.
When they came across the tailed beast once again, the odds were in their favour. Still, many died trying to bring the beast under control. In the end they managed to hold the beast back, just long enough for (TBN) to seal it within himself. With the power of the beast now under his control, (TBN) united the clans and brought them together to form Kumogakure, believing that they were safer together than apart. The other clans unanimously Tsueno to be their protector, both for his skills as a ninja, and for his ability to bring people together. Tsueno accepted this position and thus became the First Raikage.
- The beast that Tsueno sealed within himself was the Hachibi. While it resented being sealed away, it respected Tsueno skill enough to lend him its power. Once Tsueno passed away, and the Hachibi was sealed away in another vessel, its resentment grew, believing none to be fit of using his power like Tsueno was. This is a part of the reason that the beast began to hate people, believing their reasons for wanting his power to be selfish and arrogant.
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When the First Raikage began to show signs of his age, and became ill, the people began to worry about who would take over his place. At the same time, Tsueno began searching for someone worthy of having the Hachibi sealed inside of them.
The other members of the village thought that a tournament would be the best way to decide who was best fit to become the new Raikage, and so they picked their best fighters to compete. To Tsueno however, the position of Raikage was not one to be decided by pure fighting prowess alone. He argued with the council that they should find another way to choose a candidate, but the council's mind was set. To them the Raikage needed to be the strongest member of the village. They also felt that the Raikage should always be the posessor of the Hachibi, so that its power could always be used to protect the village.
(TBN) felt differently from the council. It was his belief that the Hachibi and the Raikage should be separate entities. He had only taken the position in the first place because the villagers looked up to him and he could keep the peace. So, while the council held the tournament to decide who should be the next Raikage, Tsueno set off in search of a person who was pure of heart, to be the new host of the Habichi.
Tsueno searched throughout the village to find one who was both pure minded, and also skilled enough to control the beast's power. All the while the council was holding the tournament of champions. The tournament was long and bloody, with many skilled shinobi battling until they could fight no longer. While it was not supposed to be a fight to the death, there were still many casualties in the tournament.
Finally a lone victor stood. He was young and talented, but he was also rash and easy to anger. The council put that down to his young age however, and they decided that Koji ( (光司): Japanese name meaning "light/shining second (child)." Would be a worthy Raikage.
Tsueno had seen the young man's performance, and while he was impressed with his skill, he saw the anger in the young man and it troubled him.Tsueno again spoke with the council, asking that they not be so quick to choose his successor, and allow him to have a say. Instead of listening to the Raikage however, the council accused him of being too soft, and said that his age was blinding him. They demanded that Tsueno make preparations to have the beast sealed within Koji upon his death.
Angered by their arrogance, and their utter refusal to listen, Tsueno instead made his own plans. He found someone within the village that he knew the council would never consider worthy of becoming Raikage, and he asked her to become the next host of the Hachibi. He had chosen a medical nin, that held the name of Kiyoshi ( (淳): Japanese name meaning "pure."), someone who was selfless by nature, and someone who the council would deem inferioir to other shinobi. While the council groomed Koji to become the Second Raikage, Tsueno began making preparations to transfer the Hachibi to the new host that he had chosen.
When the council came to ask for the Hachibi to be transferred into Koji They were horrified to discover that Tsueno had instead selected a different host. The First Raikage's last act had been one of defiance against the council. He had done what he had always done, what he thought was best for the village. The council was furious with his decision but they refused to take the new host of the Hachibi as the Second Raikage, something that the First Raikage had hoped would happen. The council announced Koji as the Second Raikage.
As the First Raikage had hoped for all along, the Hachibi was no longer attached to the role of the Raikage. Despite the First Raikage's wishes, the Hachibi greatly resented his new host. He viewed this host as being too weak for his powers and mocked her hesitancy to use his powers when she had the opportunity. Thus the start of the beast slowly rise of aggression.
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The reign of the Second Raikage was less than spectacular. Though Koji did in fact lose much of his foul temper as he grew older, his inexperience soon became quite clear. The Second Raikage relied heavily upon the advice of the council, much to their pleasure. He was convinced that the job of the Raikage was simply to protect the people in times of war. Kumogakure started to struggle under Koji reign.
Despite his best efforts, he simply wasn't cut out for the diplomatic side of being the Raikage. As the village began to slip into a downward spiral, the council focused more on fighting for their own power than its well being.
Soon people began to give voice to their concerns, and unrest grew amongst the villagers. There was even talk of a coup if the council couldn't be convinced to select a new Raikage. The only problem was that the council was happy with their position of power, and the Second Raikage merely acted as a figurehead while they pulled all of the strings. (TBN#2) Began to notice the unrest amongst the villagers and he attempted to fix the situation by confronting the council. His actions were futile however, as the council simply convinced him that the problems would soon go away, and that it was only because of his youth that the villagers doubted his leadership.
Koji never got a chance to see whether or not the people would grow to accept him, as his reign was cut short due to his untimely demise. The cause of his early death is much disputed and many blame the Third Raikage who took the position very shortly afterwards.
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The rise of Genmyou to Raikage was a rather grim one. It was around the last years of the Second Raikage and most of the notes, scrolls and books that tell about Genmyou's rise to power have seem to vanished for some reason. The masked man, who had been part of Kumo's ANBU, was rumoured to have poisoned and drugged the Second Raikage. Some say the dubious man had started to corrupt the Second Raikage, in order to get the seat. It was the start of when many Kumogakure nin saw the rising process of Kumogakure to become stagnant.
For the next three years, Genmyou didn't improved the situation in Kumogakure. It seemed like that the village was already at it's maximum, of both military as economical strength. Many were however against that, wanting that Genmyou would do something to keep their progression they had to continue. Many were never heard from. Using a clan, the Antare clan, for his own use, Genmyou had given them a special ANBU position. Making sure that political opposition wouldn't rise, Genmyou did manage to keep an overal stable situation in Kumogakure.
It stayed like that until the year of 455. It was when the First Shinobi World War came to dawn on the land. Because of the little improvement, Genmyou hadn't prepared Kumogakure. It resulted that the first operations and moves of Kumogakure were met with defeat. Even with commanders that had quite some talent, the Cloud wasn't a major player in the first six months of the conflict. Their main opponent was Iwagakure, but in the first month they had some small skirmishes against Kirigakure and Konohagakure.
Though the other villages were fighting with all they had, Kumogakure was keeping a rather defensive and self focused stance. It would only happen when at the year of 456, when the duration of the war had began to enter the second year, that Kumogakure was starting to take more actions. With Konohagakure still managing to keep their defenses up against Iwa, Kiri and Sungakure, Genmyou proposed a co-operation against Iwagakure. It was because of this co-operation that Iwagakure started to lose more ground, while both Konoha and Kumo started to gain more. While Konoha eventually started to focus om more on the threat of Suna and Kirigakure, Kumogakure's focus remained on Iwagakure.
With the end of the war in sight, Kumogakure was the only village that hadn't lossed a Kage. Though many said it was due Genmyou's leadership and skill, some others knew the truth. The man hadn't leff the Cloud during the entire war. The Antare clan had been assigned to guard the Raikage Office, while Genmyou stayed safe out of harm's way. Some people were resenting the rule of the man, while they knew how the first two Raikages had been. The resentment only grew when they saw that the other villages were growing again. Even Iwagakure, that had been suffering some losses, was something that gave the cause that many began to lose faith in Genmyou. The only improvement they saw in the years that was called the Decade of Peace, was that Genmyou finally accepted an alliance with Konohagakure. Those who had been disgruntled by Genmyou's rule, were starting to resent the Third Raikage only more. Even while they had nothing against Konohagakure, many started to complain in secret about Genmyou's slow actions. Even while Genmyou tried to use the Antare clan to trace and silence those people, it started to get slowly out of hand.
An important event of the faith in Genmyou being lost was when the host of the Hachibi had been kidnapped. Many claimed it was Iwagakure, as an act of revenge and trying to weaken Kumogakure. Nobody is sure who or what had kidnapped the host, but only for the Hachibi to appear in the year of 472. The Eight Tailed Beast started to cause a lot of damage as it attack with a rage. Even while Genmyou was there to aid the sealing of the beast in a sealing jar, the faith in the Third Raikage had now truly hit the bottom. Some high ranked people left the village, like Chase Irozaki. If it wasn't for the fact Sunagakure declare war on them and send a mercenary force to stall the Kumogakure nin. Much like how it went with the First Shinobi World War, Genmyou simply send forth a host, under the command of Jinyaru Sanosuke. Though Kumogakure had recieved no actual damage, many started to openly question the Third Raikage, seeing that they had little belief in the abilities of the Raikage. But as Genmyou wanted to do something about it, he had a meeting with the Hokage at the Palace of Peace.
In the Palace of Peace event, Genmyou found his death. By a mysterious group, he fought until his death, but was relativly easily beaten by the cunning assistant of the Third Hokage, who had betrayed her superior and then took the mantle of Genmyou. It was the start of Kumogakure's decline. Underneath the leadership of Naomi Hanamoto, the Cloud was losing some of it's best jounin. It would last until that Jinyaru Sanosuke had rosen up against Naomi, finding somehow out that she wasnt the real Genmyou.
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After a long and fierce battle, Jinyaru had defeated Naomi the imposter. With that, he took over the title of Raikage. He was backed up by many, due his achievements and record during the First Shinobi World War as well the short war against Sunagakure. Within the first few months, Kumogakure's might started to grow again.
It's economical situation started to prosper and people started to gain faith in the Yondaime Raikage. However, Jinyaru didn't extend the alliance with Konohagakure, that was under the leadership now
of Koi with Zakito gone from the village. However, it seemed there was something with the rank of Raikage. Slowly, Jinyaru stopped to improve the situation of Kumogakure. Though his improvements managed to keep the village in line of that with the other Great Five, Kumogakure started to stop growing again.
With the rise of Shoji, it became clear that though Jinyaru had done some things, that he wasn't a great improvement from Genmyou either. With the oppression of Shoji's forces, it painfully became clear to
Kumogakure that they were suffering too much from the fact they weren't able to get leaders as they once had. Jinyaru didn't do much to liberate his people, unlike the leader of the secret Rebellion, Asami Sanosuke. Jinyaru's niece. With the plans and actions, Asami managed to liberate Kumogakure and prepare a host to march to fight against the last of Shoji's forces in the Land of Fire, together with Konoha and Amegakure. But while they had managed to fight off that threat, Jinyaru had been poisoned by some Metsuke (agents of Shoji, that are ex-shinobi.) Though they had managed to save Jinyaru's life, the man was now in a coma.
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Needing a new leader, the council didn't had much choice. The jounin commander and uncle of Jinyaru, Waki Sanosuke was too old and past his prime. Asami Sanosuke declined the offer for her own reasons. Unsure who they would chose, but then it happened that Jinyaru managed to recover somewhat from his coma. But while he has recovered, will he be able to continue to guide Kumogakure? Cause the question remains :
History - Summary
The year of 420, the founding of Kumogakure
Kumogakure is founded by the First Raikage, that united clans together as he managed to lead them together to seal the Hachibi away in him. Soon after, the Village Hidden in the Clouds was founded and build.
The year of 441
With growing ill, the First Raikage and the council sought for another Raikage. Organizing a tournament to find a worthy successor, the First managed to seal the Hachibi away as he was of the opinion that the Raikage shouldn't be the strongest person, but one that had the abilities to lead the village. Thus the reign of the First Raikage ended and that of the Second began.
The year of 442
Koji rises as the Second Raikage. While being a very strong shinobi, his rule wasn't that impressive. He is the one that is the first of the Raikages that showed that incapable leadership causes a village to decline in power and prosperity.
The year of 452
With his sly work, Genmyou managed to become the Third Raikage. The growth and progression Kumogakure was making is even slower than had ever been under the rule of Genmyou. Under his command, the Antare clan rose to a better position as Genmyou made them his own kind of ANBU, only being loyal to him.
The year of 455
The start of the First Shinobi World. Though being part at the brink of war, Kumogakure didn't participated as much as the other villages had done. Its main rival and opponent was Iwagakure and soon Kumogakure made a military alliance with Konohagakure to crush most of Iwagakure's forces. It was the time that names like Jinyaru and Waki Sanosuke were made infamous, same as Chase Irozaki.
The year of 459
The end of the First Shinobi World War. With the end, Kumogakure managed to gain some war payments from Iwagakure as well managing to become together with Konohagakure a super power, as the two held a good bond together. Genmyou's decline also started around this time.
The year of 471
An alliance is made between Kumo and Konohagakure, due their good bonds and as a honor to the alliance they had held in the First Shinobi World War.
The year of 472
The attack of the Hachibi on Kumogakure, causing Kumogakure to weaken. Shortly, Sunagakure launched a war campaign against the alliance of Kumo and Konohagakure. Like before Genmyou did little to inspire any leadership abilities, sending Jinyaru Sanosuke to lead the host of Kumogakure against Sunagakure.
The year of 473
The end of Genmyou's reign as the Third Raikage, due the event of the Palace of Peace. Being murdered by a mysterious group, Naomi Hanamoto takes up the fake identity of Genmyou. It started the decline of Kumogakue, as Naomi ended the life of several jounin and taking out the Antare clan.
The year of 474
Jinyaru Sanosuke, find out that Naomi's identity. A fierce battle erupts, where Jinyaru manages to defeat and kill Naomi. With Naomi's death, the man got the seat of Raikage. The start of his reign saw that Kumogakure started to grow again in power, only to become stagnant as Jinyaru's pacfistic nature didn't allow the economical and military expansion it needed.
However, in the same year Jinyaru's reign ended with Shoji's oppression. With the oppression of Shoji, Jinyaru was put out of office and when the oppression was nearly defeated, he got poisoned. Though the poison was later neutralized, but due the long time of being ill Jinyaru entered a coma state.
The year of 475
The start of Takeru's reing as the Fifth Raikage.
*Credits to Chromehound for lending a helping hand and writing a great part for Kumo's history.
The Founding of Kumogakure,
By Tsueno, The First Raikage
By Tsueno, The First Raikage
(Tsueno means : (恒雄, 恒夫): Japanese name meaning 1) "eternal hero" or 2) "eternal man.")
A strong clan that resided near what is now modern day Kumo, was set on finding and capturing a tailed beast in order to use it's power to protect them. The head of this clan Tsueno came the closest to capturing the beast, fighting it until he dropped due to exhaustion. The beast, recognizing Tsueno skill decided to spare his life and fled.
After Tsueno came to, he realized that the beast had spared his life. Instead of causing him to give up the pursuit of the tailed beast, however, it renewed his desire to find the beast and use it's power. Travelling to nearby clans, Tsueno convinced them of his search for the beast, and told them the knowledge he had gained from fighting it. He gathered the most powerful shinobi from many different clans and they set out to hunt for the beast.
When they came across the tailed beast once again, the odds were in their favour. Still, many died trying to bring the beast under control. In the end they managed to hold the beast back, just long enough for (TBN) to seal it within himself. With the power of the beast now under his control, (TBN) united the clans and brought them together to form Kumogakure, believing that they were safer together than apart. The other clans unanimously Tsueno to be their protector, both for his skills as a ninja, and for his ability to bring people together. Tsueno accepted this position and thus became the First Raikage.
- The beast that Tsueno sealed within himself was the Hachibi. While it resented being sealed away, it respected Tsueno skill enough to lend him its power. Once Tsueno passed away, and the Hachibi was sealed away in another vessel, its resentment grew, believing none to be fit of using his power like Tsueno was. This is a part of the reason that the beast began to hate people, believing their reasons for wanting his power to be selfish and arrogant.
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The Passing of the First and rise of the Second Raikage,
When the First Raikage began to show signs of his age, and became ill, the people began to worry about who would take over his place. At the same time, Tsueno began searching for someone worthy of having the Hachibi sealed inside of them.
The other members of the village thought that a tournament would be the best way to decide who was best fit to become the new Raikage, and so they picked their best fighters to compete. To Tsueno however, the position of Raikage was not one to be decided by pure fighting prowess alone. He argued with the council that they should find another way to choose a candidate, but the council's mind was set. To them the Raikage needed to be the strongest member of the village. They also felt that the Raikage should always be the posessor of the Hachibi, so that its power could always be used to protect the village.
(TBN) felt differently from the council. It was his belief that the Hachibi and the Raikage should be separate entities. He had only taken the position in the first place because the villagers looked up to him and he could keep the peace. So, while the council held the tournament to decide who should be the next Raikage, Tsueno set off in search of a person who was pure of heart, to be the new host of the Habichi.
Tsueno searched throughout the village to find one who was both pure minded, and also skilled enough to control the beast's power. All the while the council was holding the tournament of champions. The tournament was long and bloody, with many skilled shinobi battling until they could fight no longer. While it was not supposed to be a fight to the death, there were still many casualties in the tournament.
Finally a lone victor stood. He was young and talented, but he was also rash and easy to anger. The council put that down to his young age however, and they decided that Koji ( (光司): Japanese name meaning "light/shining second (child)." Would be a worthy Raikage.
Tsueno had seen the young man's performance, and while he was impressed with his skill, he saw the anger in the young man and it troubled him.Tsueno again spoke with the council, asking that they not be so quick to choose his successor, and allow him to have a say. Instead of listening to the Raikage however, the council accused him of being too soft, and said that his age was blinding him. They demanded that Tsueno make preparations to have the beast sealed within Koji upon his death.
Angered by their arrogance, and their utter refusal to listen, Tsueno instead made his own plans. He found someone within the village that he knew the council would never consider worthy of becoming Raikage, and he asked her to become the next host of the Hachibi. He had chosen a medical nin, that held the name of Kiyoshi ( (淳): Japanese name meaning "pure."), someone who was selfless by nature, and someone who the council would deem inferioir to other shinobi. While the council groomed Koji to become the Second Raikage, Tsueno began making preparations to transfer the Hachibi to the new host that he had chosen.
When the council came to ask for the Hachibi to be transferred into Koji They were horrified to discover that Tsueno had instead selected a different host. The First Raikage's last act had been one of defiance against the council. He had done what he had always done, what he thought was best for the village. The council was furious with his decision but they refused to take the new host of the Hachibi as the Second Raikage, something that the First Raikage had hoped would happen. The council announced Koji as the Second Raikage.
As the First Raikage had hoped for all along, the Hachibi was no longer attached to the role of the Raikage. Despite the First Raikage's wishes, the Hachibi greatly resented his new host. He viewed this host as being too weak for his powers and mocked her hesitancy to use his powers when she had the opportunity. Thus the start of the beast slowly rise of aggression.
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The rule of Koji, the Second Raikage
The reign of the Second Raikage was less than spectacular. Though Koji did in fact lose much of his foul temper as he grew older, his inexperience soon became quite clear. The Second Raikage relied heavily upon the advice of the council, much to their pleasure. He was convinced that the job of the Raikage was simply to protect the people in times of war. Kumogakure started to struggle under Koji reign.
Despite his best efforts, he simply wasn't cut out for the diplomatic side of being the Raikage. As the village began to slip into a downward spiral, the council focused more on fighting for their own power than its well being.
Soon people began to give voice to their concerns, and unrest grew amongst the villagers. There was even talk of a coup if the council couldn't be convinced to select a new Raikage. The only problem was that the council was happy with their position of power, and the Second Raikage merely acted as a figurehead while they pulled all of the strings. (TBN#2) Began to notice the unrest amongst the villagers and he attempted to fix the situation by confronting the council. His actions were futile however, as the council simply convinced him that the problems would soon go away, and that it was only because of his youth that the villagers doubted his leadership.
Koji never got a chance to see whether or not the people would grow to accept him, as his reign was cut short due to his untimely demise. The cause of his early death is much disputed and many blame the Third Raikage who took the position very shortly afterwards.
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The rule of Genmyou, the Third Raikage
The rise of Genmyou to Raikage was a rather grim one. It was around the last years of the Second Raikage and most of the notes, scrolls and books that tell about Genmyou's rise to power have seem to vanished for some reason. The masked man, who had been part of Kumo's ANBU, was rumoured to have poisoned and drugged the Second Raikage. Some say the dubious man had started to corrupt the Second Raikage, in order to get the seat. It was the start of when many Kumogakure nin saw the rising process of Kumogakure to become stagnant.
For the next three years, Genmyou didn't improved the situation in Kumogakure. It seemed like that the village was already at it's maximum, of both military as economical strength. Many were however against that, wanting that Genmyou would do something to keep their progression they had to continue. Many were never heard from. Using a clan, the Antare clan, for his own use, Genmyou had given them a special ANBU position. Making sure that political opposition wouldn't rise, Genmyou did manage to keep an overal stable situation in Kumogakure.
It stayed like that until the year of 455. It was when the First Shinobi World War came to dawn on the land. Because of the little improvement, Genmyou hadn't prepared Kumogakure. It resulted that the first operations and moves of Kumogakure were met with defeat. Even with commanders that had quite some talent, the Cloud wasn't a major player in the first six months of the conflict. Their main opponent was Iwagakure, but in the first month they had some small skirmishes against Kirigakure and Konohagakure.
Though the other villages were fighting with all they had, Kumogakure was keeping a rather defensive and self focused stance. It would only happen when at the year of 456, when the duration of the war had began to enter the second year, that Kumogakure was starting to take more actions. With Konohagakure still managing to keep their defenses up against Iwa, Kiri and Sungakure, Genmyou proposed a co-operation against Iwagakure. It was because of this co-operation that Iwagakure started to lose more ground, while both Konoha and Kumo started to gain more. While Konoha eventually started to focus om more on the threat of Suna and Kirigakure, Kumogakure's focus remained on Iwagakure.
With the end of the war in sight, Kumogakure was the only village that hadn't lossed a Kage. Though many said it was due Genmyou's leadership and skill, some others knew the truth. The man hadn't leff the Cloud during the entire war. The Antare clan had been assigned to guard the Raikage Office, while Genmyou stayed safe out of harm's way. Some people were resenting the rule of the man, while they knew how the first two Raikages had been. The resentment only grew when they saw that the other villages were growing again. Even Iwagakure, that had been suffering some losses, was something that gave the cause that many began to lose faith in Genmyou. The only improvement they saw in the years that was called the Decade of Peace, was that Genmyou finally accepted an alliance with Konohagakure. Those who had been disgruntled by Genmyou's rule, were starting to resent the Third Raikage only more. Even while they had nothing against Konohagakure, many started to complain in secret about Genmyou's slow actions. Even while Genmyou tried to use the Antare clan to trace and silence those people, it started to get slowly out of hand.
An important event of the faith in Genmyou being lost was when the host of the Hachibi had been kidnapped. Many claimed it was Iwagakure, as an act of revenge and trying to weaken Kumogakure. Nobody is sure who or what had kidnapped the host, but only for the Hachibi to appear in the year of 472. The Eight Tailed Beast started to cause a lot of damage as it attack with a rage. Even while Genmyou was there to aid the sealing of the beast in a sealing jar, the faith in the Third Raikage had now truly hit the bottom. Some high ranked people left the village, like Chase Irozaki. If it wasn't for the fact Sunagakure declare war on them and send a mercenary force to stall the Kumogakure nin. Much like how it went with the First Shinobi World War, Genmyou simply send forth a host, under the command of Jinyaru Sanosuke. Though Kumogakure had recieved no actual damage, many started to openly question the Third Raikage, seeing that they had little belief in the abilities of the Raikage. But as Genmyou wanted to do something about it, he had a meeting with the Hokage at the Palace of Peace.
In the Palace of Peace event, Genmyou found his death. By a mysterious group, he fought until his death, but was relativly easily beaten by the cunning assistant of the Third Hokage, who had betrayed her superior and then took the mantle of Genmyou. It was the start of Kumogakure's decline. Underneath the leadership of Naomi Hanamoto, the Cloud was losing some of it's best jounin. It would last until that Jinyaru Sanosuke had rosen up against Naomi, finding somehow out that she wasnt the real Genmyou.
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The rule of Jinyaru, the Fourth Raikage
After a long and fierce battle, Jinyaru had defeated Naomi the imposter. With that, he took over the title of Raikage. He was backed up by many, due his achievements and record during the First Shinobi World War as well the short war against Sunagakure. Within the first few months, Kumogakure's might started to grow again.
It's economical situation started to prosper and people started to gain faith in the Yondaime Raikage. However, Jinyaru didn't extend the alliance with Konohagakure, that was under the leadership now
of Koi with Zakito gone from the village. However, it seemed there was something with the rank of Raikage. Slowly, Jinyaru stopped to improve the situation of Kumogakure. Though his improvements managed to keep the village in line of that with the other Great Five, Kumogakure started to stop growing again.
With the rise of Shoji, it became clear that though Jinyaru had done some things, that he wasn't a great improvement from Genmyou either. With the oppression of Shoji's forces, it painfully became clear to
Kumogakure that they were suffering too much from the fact they weren't able to get leaders as they once had. Jinyaru didn't do much to liberate his people, unlike the leader of the secret Rebellion, Asami Sanosuke. Jinyaru's niece. With the plans and actions, Asami managed to liberate Kumogakure and prepare a host to march to fight against the last of Shoji's forces in the Land of Fire, together with Konoha and Amegakure. But while they had managed to fight off that threat, Jinyaru had been poisoned by some Metsuke (agents of Shoji, that are ex-shinobi.) Though they had managed to save Jinyaru's life, the man was now in a coma.
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The Fifth Raikage
Needing a new leader, the council didn't had much choice. The jounin commander and uncle of Jinyaru, Waki Sanosuke was too old and past his prime. Asami Sanosuke declined the offer for her own reasons. Unsure who they would chose, but then it happened that Jinyaru managed to recover somewhat from his coma. But while he has recovered, will he be able to continue to guide Kumogakure? Cause the question remains :
Will Kumogakure finally start to rise or will it continue to crumble?
History - Summary
The year of 420, the founding of Kumogakure
Kumogakure is founded by the First Raikage, that united clans together as he managed to lead them together to seal the Hachibi away in him. Soon after, the Village Hidden in the Clouds was founded and build.
The year of 441
With growing ill, the First Raikage and the council sought for another Raikage. Organizing a tournament to find a worthy successor, the First managed to seal the Hachibi away as he was of the opinion that the Raikage shouldn't be the strongest person, but one that had the abilities to lead the village. Thus the reign of the First Raikage ended and that of the Second began.
The year of 442
Koji rises as the Second Raikage. While being a very strong shinobi, his rule wasn't that impressive. He is the one that is the first of the Raikages that showed that incapable leadership causes a village to decline in power and prosperity.
The year of 452
With his sly work, Genmyou managed to become the Third Raikage. The growth and progression Kumogakure was making is even slower than had ever been under the rule of Genmyou. Under his command, the Antare clan rose to a better position as Genmyou made them his own kind of ANBU, only being loyal to him.
The year of 455
The start of the First Shinobi World. Though being part at the brink of war, Kumogakure didn't participated as much as the other villages had done. Its main rival and opponent was Iwagakure and soon Kumogakure made a military alliance with Konohagakure to crush most of Iwagakure's forces. It was the time that names like Jinyaru and Waki Sanosuke were made infamous, same as Chase Irozaki.
The year of 459
The end of the First Shinobi World War. With the end, Kumogakure managed to gain some war payments from Iwagakure as well managing to become together with Konohagakure a super power, as the two held a good bond together. Genmyou's decline also started around this time.
The year of 471
An alliance is made between Kumo and Konohagakure, due their good bonds and as a honor to the alliance they had held in the First Shinobi World War.
The year of 472
The attack of the Hachibi on Kumogakure, causing Kumogakure to weaken. Shortly, Sunagakure launched a war campaign against the alliance of Kumo and Konohagakure. Like before Genmyou did little to inspire any leadership abilities, sending Jinyaru Sanosuke to lead the host of Kumogakure against Sunagakure.
The year of 473
The end of Genmyou's reign as the Third Raikage, due the event of the Palace of Peace. Being murdered by a mysterious group, Naomi Hanamoto takes up the fake identity of Genmyou. It started the decline of Kumogakue, as Naomi ended the life of several jounin and taking out the Antare clan.
The year of 474
Jinyaru Sanosuke, find out that Naomi's identity. A fierce battle erupts, where Jinyaru manages to defeat and kill Naomi. With Naomi's death, the man got the seat of Raikage. The start of his reign saw that Kumogakure started to grow again in power, only to become stagnant as Jinyaru's pacfistic nature didn't allow the economical and military expansion it needed.
However, in the same year Jinyaru's reign ended with Shoji's oppression. With the oppression of Shoji, Jinyaru was put out of office and when the oppression was nearly defeated, he got poisoned. Though the poison was later neutralized, but due the long time of being ill Jinyaru entered a coma state.
The year of 475
The start of Takeru's reing as the Fifth Raikage.
Important Figures
Kages
The First Raikage,
Tsueno the Strong
The founder of Kumogakure. Uniting the clans in the Country of Lightning, Tsuneo managed to create a strong foundation that is known as the Cloud. He was said to be an immense powerful shinobi, able to control and use the power of the Hachibi. The stories that tell about him even say he was powerful enough to almost take alone the Eight Tailed Beast. And the deed of his courage are also unmatched so far.
The Second Raikage,
Koji the Impatient
Though a man that was great in fighting abilities and experience, Koji was nowhere at leadership as Tsuneo was. Though he managed to gain some experience in leading the Cloud, Koji eventually showed that a Kage shouldn't just be the most powerful nin in the village. But also one that can lead. His reign was short before it was taken over by Genmyou. The rumours of how the Second Raikage died are still vague, as some believe it was the doing of Genmyou.
The Third Raikage,
Genmyou the Sly
While weaker than his predecessor, Genmyou was certainly different in leadership abilities. Though he wasn't the man that could inspire many, he knew how to keep his opponents out of the game with sly and rather low tricks. Using the Antare clan to his bidding, Genmyou managed to keep the seat of Raikage for himself for quite some time. At least longer than Koji had been able to. Eventually he was killed by Naomi Hanamoto and a few others, ironically the assistant of the Sandaime Hokage.
The Fourth Raikage,
Jinyaru Sanosuke the Chef
A person that managed to get an impressive record, fighting in the First Shinobi World War. Jinyaru is the first Raikage after the Second and Third who managed to get the Cloud into a better state. Both the economy as the militiary strength started to grow again. However, due his pacifistic view, Jinyaru wasn't planning on expanding the might of Kumogakure, while the other four Great Nations were planning or doing it.
Asami Sanosuke, The Red Devil. The assistant of the Fourth Raikage.
A young and talented woman who had been serving the ANBU for quite some time, before she was appointed to become the assistant of the Yondaime Raikage. Before that, she had already made a reputation with her sharp tongue and sneering. But on the other hand, she already show great talent for sealing ninjutsu and being a cunning leader. It was her plan that managed to free Kumogakure from Shoji's oppression and it was her that lead the Kumogakure forces into the last battle against Shoji's minions.
Midori Sato, Jinchuriki of the Hachibi as well 'Saviour of Kumogakure'.
The young girl who has been the jinchuriki of the Eight Tails for some time now. First feared and avoided due what people called 'The Motormouth', Midori is however praised as the one that also saved and liberated Kumogakure. Though her view is different on it, the people in Kumogakure regard her as a rising heroine and likely will support her as she will continue on her path of becoming stronger.
Kages
The First Raikage,
Tsueno the Strong
The founder of Kumogakure. Uniting the clans in the Country of Lightning, Tsuneo managed to create a strong foundation that is known as the Cloud. He was said to be an immense powerful shinobi, able to control and use the power of the Hachibi. The stories that tell about him even say he was powerful enough to almost take alone the Eight Tailed Beast. And the deed of his courage are also unmatched so far.
The Second Raikage,
Koji the Impatient
Though a man that was great in fighting abilities and experience, Koji was nowhere at leadership as Tsuneo was. Though he managed to gain some experience in leading the Cloud, Koji eventually showed that a Kage shouldn't just be the most powerful nin in the village. But also one that can lead. His reign was short before it was taken over by Genmyou. The rumours of how the Second Raikage died are still vague, as some believe it was the doing of Genmyou.
The Third Raikage,
Genmyou the Sly
While weaker than his predecessor, Genmyou was certainly different in leadership abilities. Though he wasn't the man that could inspire many, he knew how to keep his opponents out of the game with sly and rather low tricks. Using the Antare clan to his bidding, Genmyou managed to keep the seat of Raikage for himself for quite some time. At least longer than Koji had been able to. Eventually he was killed by Naomi Hanamoto and a few others, ironically the assistant of the Sandaime Hokage.
The Fourth Raikage,
Jinyaru Sanosuke the Chef
A person that managed to get an impressive record, fighting in the First Shinobi World War. Jinyaru is the first Raikage after the Second and Third who managed to get the Cloud into a better state. Both the economy as the militiary strength started to grow again. However, due his pacifistic view, Jinyaru wasn't planning on expanding the might of Kumogakure, while the other four Great Nations were planning or doing it.
Asami Sanosuke, The Red Devil. The assistant of the Fourth Raikage.
A young and talented woman who had been serving the ANBU for quite some time, before she was appointed to become the assistant of the Yondaime Raikage. Before that, she had already made a reputation with her sharp tongue and sneering. But on the other hand, she already show great talent for sealing ninjutsu and being a cunning leader. It was her plan that managed to free Kumogakure from Shoji's oppression and it was her that lead the Kumogakure forces into the last battle against Shoji's minions.
Midori Sato, Jinchuriki of the Hachibi as well 'Saviour of Kumogakure'.
The young girl who has been the jinchuriki of the Eight Tails for some time now. First feared and avoided due what people called 'The Motormouth', Midori is however praised as the one that also saved and liberated Kumogakure. Though her view is different on it, the people in Kumogakure regard her as a rising heroine and likely will support her as she will continue on her path of becoming stronger.
