The Time Before History (Unknown - Unknown)
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-The world is formed, and it is an empty, desolate place. Deserts and bare rock, empty waters; that is all that exists save for a single oasis in the barren lands. A single spring, the first spring. The origin of all life and the source of the chakra that will run the world.
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- The world is unchanged, static. Nothing moves, nothing lives save for the earliest forms of life fueled by the spring. Then, something new: from within the spring emerges the first beings, the original life of the world. Shishikame the Lion-Turtle, with the infantile bud of the Shinju upon it's back. Shishikame and the Shinju leave the oasis spring and begin to travel the world.
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- The journey of Shishikame and the Shinju is complete. They have traveled the whole of the barren world and have returned to the oasis. The Shinju has grown into it's adolescent phase during their travel; now a tightly closed bud on a small stalk, still perched upon Shishikame's back. Here the two remain for an unknown amount of time.
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- Shishikame and the Shinju leave the spring once more. As they travel the world, the Shinju drops the seeds of what became the primordial plants; the first and oldest forests, the earliest grasslands and most ancient swamps. Seeds dropped into the great oceans, lakes, and seas become the foundations of the watery biospheres.
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-The pair return to the spring once more, this time summoned home by the spring itself. Something new emerges from the spring; the earliest animals. Dozens in total, they are the progenitors of all animal life on the planet. In time, they will come to be worshiped as the first Gods for their immense power. Shishikame gives them the knowledge of the world beyond the spring oasis and they disperse into the world; settling in all the various empty areas of the world. Shishikame and the Shinju remain at the spring for a time.
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- The first beasts have settled into the world and begun to populate it in various ways. A second wave of animals have long emerged from the spring and joined their predecessors. The first animal clans form, as do the various beasts that will come to be known as demi-gods and mythical creatures.
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- Shishikame and the Shinju once more travel the world, the Shinju releasing new seeds and creating new plants and biospheres for the animals to fill.
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- The last wave of primordial animals emerge from the spring.
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- An unknown amount of time passes and the world matures. Animals and beasts life in peace for the most part; few wars are fought in this time. Shishikame and the Shinju travel between the various animal clans, imparting knowledge and wisdom upon each in turn. During this time the earliest Sages emerge; born of the elder beasts and the strongest creatures of their time.
The Age of Animals (Unknown - Unknown)
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-The lands are at peace; the animal clans have grown strong. There is no need for war anymore; nature provides all they need.
-Within the oasis spring, something new stirs, but does not emerge.
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- Summoned home once more, Shishikame and the Shinju return to the spring. With them, the original beasts of the world; now elderly and near the end of their lives. The enter the spring one by one and return the power borrowed to it. The Shinju absorbs the energy and converts it within it's body to the earliest form of usable chakra. This energy fuels it's growth towards adulthood. The pair leaves for one last journey around the world.
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-Within the spring, a new sign of life. Once again, this new life doesn't emerge; it is not yet it's time.
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-Shishikame's journey is complete and the pair return. The time is now right for the emergence of the final primordial animal. From within the spring, the first humans finally emerge; infantile in mind and culture, barely more than the lowest animals. They are weak and lack the powers of the other animals.
-Shishikame and the Shinju take pity on the creatures; offering them the gift of knowledge before taking them into the world. The gift of the knowledge of fire is granted by Shishikame, while the Shinju grants the tribal instinct that would eventually cause the creation of the nation-states of humanity.
-Shishikame takes the first human tribe upon it's back and takes them out into the world, choosing a place for them to live that would give them the best chance at survival. Forests filled with game and fruits, wood for construction and fuel; grasslands full of root vegetables and ripe for farming and grazing, mountains full of ores and materials. A paradise that would cradle them for generations to come. During their journey, the early humans struggle to understand their benefactors; eventually creating a God mythos around them both.
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-The Shinju is soon to reach maturity now, and it's time upon it's brother's back has ended. Shishikame takes the Shinju across the globe a final time until it chooses it's final home; situated near the shores of the great ocean. Once planted, it releases the last of it's infantile seeds and creates around itself a great and vast forest that drew many of the animal species from their various home ranges together. After a time, a tribe of humans joined the animals and created a village at the base of the Shinju. This village would grow into a thriving port and the center of the earliest kingdom of humanity. The worship of the Shinju as a god becomes the dominant religion of humanity.
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-From one of the early tribes rises the first human that would attempt to unite the various peoples under one banner. Humanity's first war begins.
The Age of Humanity (Unknown - 100 AS)
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-The Shinju reaches full maturity and bears fruit for the first time. Shishikame approaches humanity and forbids them to eat of the fruit. The worship of the Lion-Turtle and the Shinju is so pervasive in the realms of humanity that they heed the warning and forbid themselves from the fruit.
-The first human emperor succeeds in uniting a large swath of humanity under one rule.
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-The First Emperor dies. The short peace created by his rule shatters, sending humanity into a new cycle of war that would not end for generations. Humans begin to refine weapon technology and look to nature for any edge they can find. Herbology and the taming of animals as machines of war begins.
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- The first chakra beasts are tamed. The wars destroy the ancestral home of humanity, forcing them to leave and take up residence among the far flung tribes that split away long before. Only the Shinju and it's forest remain of the original lands of humanity. The village at it's base continues to thrive.
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- Wars have raged for generations. The Shinju blooms and fruits for the second time.
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- The animals and chakra beasts have had enough of humanity's wars. They begin to attack human settlements, attempting to force them from their homelands and back to the tiny corner of the world they once lived in.
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- The Shinju bares fruit for a third time.
The Time of the Sage (100 BTS - Year 130 OTS)
-100y BTS
-Humanity has been at war longer than anyone can remember. Various religions and belief systems have caused more rifts between the peoples of the world; and certain clans have begun to condense power before a final assault. The Shinju begins showing signs that it will bloom and bear fruit for the fourth time since humanity was born.
- 30y~ BTS
- Kaguya Ōtsutsuki is born, the eldest daughter of the leader of the village beneath the Shinju. She is raised in a time of war and strife, taught to fight and leader her people from an early age.
- 5y BTS
- Princess Kaguya has been fighting her entire life, and sees no end in to the conflict. The world is burning around her, and she cannot stand to see her people suffer. Above her, the Shinju moves quickly toward it's 4th bloom. A plan is hatched, she only needed to survive a few more years.
- 1y BTS
- The Shinju begins to bloom and fruit once more. In the dark of the night, Princess Kaguya scales the mighty tree and steals a single fruit. Upon consuming it, she is filled with the raw power of the Shinju itself.
-The tides of war turn in her favor; the stolen power of the Shinju gives an advantage that no other human can counter.
- Year 0
- Princess Kaguya gives birth to her first and only son, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki. The child is the first human born with the power of the Shinju; the first human born with the chakra that gives the highest orders of beasts their powers.
- He is raised much as his mother; a warrior and protector of his people.
- Year 15
- Hagoromo is kidnapped and taken deep into the forest surrounding his home. He is able to defeat and escape from his captors; but becomes lost in the process. After wandering around for a few days, he stumbled upon the shore of the ocean. Waiting for him was Shishikame; bearing a warning for the young man. His mother's theft of the fruit of the Shinju had enraged the God Tree; and if the chakra was not returned the rage of the ancient being would warp and change it into a mindless, raging beast. Shishikame offered two choices: return the chakra, or be granted the knowledge of how to properly use is, and risk the rage of the Shinju. Hagoromo chose not to return the chakra, believing fully that it was his destiny to bring peace to humanity and the world, and that the power of the chakra would allow him to do that. Shishikame accepted this decision, giving the boy the knowledge of how to form and use his chakra, as well as the knowledge of how to create elemental chakras.
-The Shinju begins to wilt and collapse in upon itself. This is the first sign of the horrors to come.
-Year 20
-Hagoromo begins to travel the world spreading his philosophy of peace and coexistence between the various tribes and species of the world.
-The Shinju disappears from the forest. Within a few weeks, reports of a rampaging monster destroying human settlements reach across the globe.
-Year 30
- Hagoromo has amassed a sizable following among the people and beasts of the world. His closest disciples are given the gift of chakra, as well as the knowledge of how to use it. From these first, the majority of the great ninja clans will arise.
- The first clash between the Juubi and Hagoromo occurs. The battle levels an entire mountain range and turns the inland grass sea to dust. Earthquake shatter the land and cause the Great Inland Sea to drain into the cavernous spaces below the former bedrock layer. With the loss of this inland water source, a great desert rises to split the world in half. The sea becomes the aquifer that allows the desert to support life.
-Year 40
-Hagoromo and Juubi clash again, this time leveling entire forests and leading to the creation of the grasslands that will one day become the lands of Hana, Makkura, and Kusa. The battle lasts for weeks, with neither side conceding any ground. While Juubi had it's full power, Hagoromo had slowly been weakening himself by giving bits of his chakra to his disciples. However, he refused to allow his followers to aide him in the fight. Once more, the final result is a draw; the Juubi retreated back to the mountains in which it hid, and Hagoromo returned to spreading his doctrine of peace to the world.
-Year 50
- Juubi and Hagoromo clash again. The fight lasts for over a month. Neither side gains any ground.
-Year 60
- Hagoromo's first son is born. This son inherits Hagoromo's "eyes" (his powerful chakra and spiritual energy) , and will become the ancestor of the Uchiha clan.
-Juubi attacks only weeks after Hagoromo's son is born. This battle the Juubi wins, destroying Hagoromo's home village and sending the man and his family fleeing.
-Year 70
-Hagoromo has gained the title "The Sage of Six Paths" due to his teachings on the nature of chakra and the various paths of life.
- The second son of the Sage is born. The younger son will inherit the "body" of the father (his powerful life force and physical energy), and will become the ancestor of the Senju clan.
- Once more the Juubi attacks only weeks after the birth of Hagoromo's son. This time however, Hagoromo is able to repel the beast.
-Year 80
- The cycle of attacks continues; Juubi and the Sage class once more. No winner rises.
-Year 90
- The cycle of attacks continues; Juubi and the Sage class once more. No winner rises.
-Year 100
- Juubi attacks again, only this time the sage is determined to end the senseless fighting. The Sage bans his followers from aiding him in this battle, which raged for weeks without end. The Sage has a plan however, landing a devastating blow and stunning the great beast long enough to seal it within his own body. Hagoromo becomes the very first Jinchuuriki and is regarded as the savior of the world. His followers began to revere him as a God above all others.
-Year 120
- Hagoromo has been the Jinchuuriki of the Juubi for 20 years. Using the knowledge and power gained from the Juubi, he had created his "Treasured Tools of the Sage of the Six Paths" and laid the foundations of what will become the ninja world.
-Year 130
- The Sage senses he is near the end of his life. In order to save the world from the return of the Juubi, he removes the chakra from the beast and separates it into the original 9 Bijuu. Hagoromo raises the beasts as he did his children, giving them names and teaching them of his ideals and history. Using Chibaku Tensei, he creates a moon in the sky. Removing the husk of the Juubi from his body, he seals the beast into the newly formed moon.
- 6 months later, the Sage passes from the world; leaving behind the greatest legacy of any human that ever existed. His sons begin to fight over which would carry on his legacy, spawning the great war between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
The Age of Ninja (10 AS - Current)
-Year 10 AS
-The bijuu separate from each other, moving out into the world. The disciples and followers of the Sage begin to argue and fight among themselves. Many begin to form factions which support the sons of the Sage, while other branch off to form their own groups.
-Year 20 AS
-The eldest son of the Sage dies.
- Year 25 AS
- The younger son of the Sage dies.
- Year 50 AS
- The first attempts to capture and seal chakra beats within humans fail. Rifts begin to form once more between humanity and the animals and chakra beasts.
- Year 100 AS
-The first human Animal Sages come into being. The earliest beast tamer clans form.
-Year 200 AS
- The first ninja villages begin to form. The old empires fall. New nations come into being.
-Year 250 AS
- The Uchiha and Senju clans form a truce. Konoha is founded.
- Elsewhere, the seeds of the other great villages take root.
-Year 300 AS
- The 5 Great ninja villages have formed, as have the famous minor villages. Hanagakure has become the hub of technology for the world; while Makkura's descent into the shadows begins. Uzushiogakure falls, and the Uzumaki clan comes to Konoha. Legends of a jeweled village in the deserts far beyond Sunagakure begin to reach the ninja world. Sailors tell stories of a great vortex within a bay that exists surrounded by dense forests and nothing else; some say the bay was once the site of a village.
-400 AS
-Konoha is attacked. Kurama the 9-tails is removed from his Jinchuuriki, Kushina Uzumaki. The 4th Hokage Minato Namikaze battles the beast, eventually sealing him within his newborn son Naruto.
-412 AS
-Naruto Uzumaki, Son of the 4th Hokage and the former Jinchuuriki of Kurama the 9-tails graduates from the Konoha Ninja Academy as a Genin.
-416 AS
- Naruto leaves Konoha to train with the Sannin Jiraiya.
-418 AS
-Naruto returns to Konoha.
-419 AS
-Madara, Obito, and Sasuke Uchiha start the 4th Great Shinobi World War.
-Naruto fights and wins against Obito and Madara before the Juubi is fully revived. Several times during the fight the Juubi is resealed and released from captivity. Finally, the Juubi is able to return to full power, although without reacquiring the chakra it lost via the creation of the Bijuu. The Bijuu agree to be sealed within Naruto, giving him power comparable to that of the Sage of Six Paths.
-Naruto is able to defeat the Juubi and seals the beast within himself; thus becoming the true Second Sage of the Six Paths.
- Naruto takes up the mantle of the Sage, travelling the world and renewing the word and spirit of the Sage.
-440 AS
-Naruto retires from his travels to become Hokage of Konoha. His children travel for him, continuing the spread the word of the Sage's religion.
-490 AS
-Naruto lays on his death bed. Instead of repeating the actions of his predecessor, Naruto is summoned by Shishikame to the Valley of the Chakra Beasts; the place from which all life originated and where the Spring of Life still existed. Once there, Naruto fused the body of the Juubi with the Spring, returning it to it's Shinju form and calming the spirit of the beast before it passed from the world. The chakra and power of the Bijuu was also returned to the Spring; making room in the world for new and different bijuu to come into existence. His task done, Naruto's life ended; and he was buried with full honors of all the ninja world within the Hokage Monument.
The Second Age of Ninja (490 AS/1 A2S - Current)
-1 A2S
-The first reports of a strange sickness affecting fishing villages on the coasts reach the major villages.
-150 A2S
- Kirigakure and Konohagakure form an alliance shifts the balance of power in the world firmly in their favor.
-Iwagakure responds by panicking and massing forces.
-Sunagakure makes first contact with Yokuchi.
- Kumogakure forms tentative alliance with Suna.
-200 A2S
-Kirigakure falls under suspicious circumstances. Rumors of a plague ravaging the village before it was burned to the ground reach Konoha along with the few survivors. Konoha absorbs them into it's population.
-Amegakure rises to fill the void left by Kiri's fall.
-Iwagakure panics harder. The village attempts to invade Kusagakure in a play for power.
-Konoha responds by thrashing them back into the mountains.
-250 A2S
-Iwagakure is destroyed from the inside; a coup lead by the few remaining powerful clans. Before they have a chance to rebuild, the plague that ended Kirigakure ravages the village and the plains around it. The few survivors mix into Kusa, Suna, and Kumo.
-275 A2S
-Kumogakure makes first contact with Yokuchi. Delegations sent from Kumo manage to establish an alliance with the desert village. Yokuchi devolves it's alliance with Suna.
-Amegakure falls victim to the plague. The village and surrounding territory are deemed off limits to all. Reports of fishing villages dying out by the dozens reach the inland countries. Talk of the plague being manmade begins in Hanagakure once the scientists there begin to study it.
-300 A2S
-All contact with Sunagakure is cut off suddenly. Konoha sends a squad of Jounin to investigate. They find the entire village destroyed and turned to glass. Very few survivors were ever found. Most fled into the desert, eventually making their way to Yokuchi.
-400 A2S
-A young Ookamizuka heir defects from Kusa, taking his pregnant wife with him. The wife is the current head of Konoha’s Inuzuka clan. Somewhere near the border between the lands, their baby is born.
-405 A2S
-Most of the coastlines and deltas of the world are uninhabitable; the plague has begun to spread inland. River villages are evacuated, and the first steps to protect Konoha and Kumo begin.
- In Konoha, a plot to kill several high ranking members of the Inuzuka clan is foiled too late. The Ookamizuka defector and his wife are killed by the Ookamizuka’s brother; leaving behind their young son.
- Hanagakure scientists confirm the plague is manmade.
- Yokuchi and Kumo sign a trade agreement. The first clan delegations from Kumo arrive and begin to teach the desert merchants the ways of the ninja.
-410 A2S
-Hanagakure begins construction of a wall around the village and prime farmlands in order to ‘protect’ their citizens from the plague. Has the secondary effect of keeping out the ‘undesirables’.
-Kumo begins the process of freezing their lakes in order to stop the plague from ever reaching their city. The glacial ice that is their only water source is placed until armed guard. Civilians begin to grow afraid, and some migrate to Yokuchi for safety.
- Konoha and Kusa formulate a plan to create a sanctuary in the high mountains. Kumo leadership is willing to provide maps of the mountains in exchange for guaranteed access to this stronghold for it’s citizens. A treaty is reached between the villages, granting all peoples access to this sanctuary. Codename for the project: Shinboku
-In Konoha, a young boy wakes up from a 5 year coma; wasted and weak, but determined to make a name for himself.
-415 A2S
-Creation of the mountain stronghold is progressing rapidly. The Senju clan lends their power in order to create a single, mighty tree at the center of the valley. Many question the reasoning behind this; but the only explanation is that the symbolism feels right. References to the ancient worship of the Shinju begin to circulate.
-In Konoha, a new crop of Chuunin are promoted; and immediately sent to Kusa to aide in the preparation to evacuate the village before the summer monsoon. Unfortunately for them, the monsoon season comes early; and the lives of much of the villagers and Konoha ninja stationed there are lost. One Konoha ninja stands above them all; a freshly promoted Chuunin that ended up leading the entire surviving populace to safety while battling mother nature herself. That Chuunin name is Kenta Inuzuka. For his bravery and skill in both leadership and battle, he is awarded the rank of Special Jounin.
- 6 months after the fall of Kusa, the glaciers of Kumo suddenly melt. Obviously foul play, the sudden disaster leaves the people vulnerable and in extreme danger. Konoha sends a team of their best Doton and Suiton experts to assist in the evacuations. Leading the group is Kenta Inuzuka; on his first mission as a battalion commander. His skill with Suiton combined with his leadership skills ensure that over half the remaining population of Kumo was evacuated safely. The last Raikage grants him several of their highest awards, and the Jounin Council of Konoha unanimously agrees to promote him again, now to A-rank Jounin.
- A rather interesting surprise was waiting for Kenta when he returned home. He was to be a father, and that was more surprising the the sudden promotion; in more ways than one.
-416 A2S
-Kenta’s children are born a month premature; but healthy. His final excursion out of the village happens roughly a month later; a trip to Hana to secure a shipment of airships in case Konoha has to be evacuated.
-While Kenta is away, the current Hokage steps down. He was extremely old and no longer fit to run the country. The Jounin an Elder Councils hold emergency meetings to elect a new Hokage. When Kenta arrives home, he is greeted by the Jounin Commander offering him the position. Kenta agrees.
-418 A2S
-Kenta and a delegation from Konoha travel to the site of the mountain stronghold for inspections. While the majority of the villages are still little more than skeletons, construction is progressing quickly. In the mountains outside of the valley, a team of Uzumaki and Tsukino sealers is erecting a barrier that will stop and filter the rains to keep them pure. Seals are placed on the bedrock to create a indestructable seal that will keep the water of the inland sea from being contaminated. Kenta returns home after a few weeks. All seems peaceful enough.
-419 A2S
- All hell breaks loose. In the middle of the dry season the forest itself turns on Konoha; oozing black sap filled with the plague virus. Kenta and his team of Suiton masters redirect the entire Naka river to combat the flood of death from the forest while evacuating as many people to the airships and tunnels as possible. For 5 solid days they fight; losing many of their best ninja, but saving the majority of the civilian population. Kenta’s family was spared, having left for the mountain village, now called Niwaurushigakure, several weeks before.
-All land routes are shut down, only tunnel and airship travel is allowed. The villages are now separated from each other save for the few safe routes underground and the few months of the year air travel is possible. In Yokuchi, one of the Tsukino clansmen hatches an idea for a new, safer form of transport.
- The Tsukino clan meets in secret, gathering all their knowledge of Fuuinjutsu, Space-Time Ninjutsu, and stolen secrets of the Flying Thunder God technique in order to create a new Fuuinjutsu skill. On the inside of a month, one Tsukino clan member was able to create from scratch this new form of travel. That clansman's name is Raijin. He created an entire control system to go with the new jutsu, allowing for mass transport over distances that would destroy the minds of his predecessors. He is so convinced of the perfection of his work that he tested the warp system on himself, engraving two warp tiles and placing on in Yokuchi, the other in Niwaurushi; a distance of over 2000 miles. The test was a complete success; and after a minor adjustment to make the transport smoother; the clan begins to mass produce the tiles for every village.
-Niwaurushi names the 1st Hakage. To little surprise, Kenta Inuzuka was given the position; which he gladly accepted.
-430 A2S
-Thing are quiet for the most part. The villages have settled into new routines; with trade taking place via the airships and warp transports, while the tunnel systems are widened and reinforced before being paved and turned into comfortable travel routes. Yokuchi begins to hollow out the underground cave that gives them access to the aquifer; turning it into an entire section of the city, which many of the Kumo natives settle in. The city is now comprised of the upper, ancient city, and the subterranean new city. Access to the warp system is underground, and the access tunnel between the two halves of the city is turned into a grand staircase framed by a majestic waterfall. Crystals light the underground area; making it almost as bright as day at all times. The crystals are a new invention straight out of Hanagakure; special structures that store and slowly release electricity or chakra stored within; perfect for batteries and even better when grown in specific configuration to power entire villages. This technology is handed out to all of the villages.
-In Niwaurushi, Kenta’s health has taken a turn for the worse; and the young Hakage feels that he is no longer able to live up to the duties of his office. He appoints his cousin Aisling to lead the people; creating the first dynastic Kageship since the Senju generations before. Kenta’s children have been thriving, however; each graduating the academy by age 9 and becoming Chuunin by age 13. Hiroyuki is spotted as a potential ambassador to be, due to his inheritance of his father Michizuka’s psychic skills, along with an intelligence not often seen. His youngest sister Temaki has already show that she is a walking bomb, explosion release having randomly manifested in her at a very early age. Yuki is the perfect Inuzuka, managing an entire pack of dogs by age 9 and thriving under the watchful eye of her father.
-In Makkura, the first signs of life arise. A new force has taken hold of the long dying village, breathing new energy into the poor people there. More than just bounty hunters, this is something new; the start of a revival. Hanagakure’s military leaders seize power, overthrowing the civilian government and stripping it of all but ceremonial power. All of this happens in secret.
-Yokuchi elects the first Kouyakage, a Kumo native known as Luca Iki that has lived and worked in the village since before the fall of his home. His appointment was to be temporary, until he was able to train a native for the position. Yokuchi approaches the various nomadic merchant clans that live in the far desert. Only the Fennec answers the summons, agreeing eventually to a trade agreement. Protection for their caravans while in Yokuchi controlled territory, and they would increase trade of foods and raw materials to the village. They would also supply their numbers to the growing village.
-435 A2S
-Luca steps down as Kouyakage, electing a young Sabure called Nasin to the position.
-Aisling steps down as Hakage, a young Sarutobi steps up.
-Hanagakure elects a new General. She swiftly puts down the majority of the former government, leaving herself supreme commander.
-Signs of rebuilding can be seen in Makkura; with new buildings going up and old being repaired. Whispers of a new organization taking over start to echo in the shadows.
-436 A2S
-Far off on the forgotten coasts of the world, a long lost village has begun to stir once more. Earthquakes have reopened the tunnels that had long been buried, granting the people access to the land once more. Few bother to explore these tunnels however.
-In the far north, the forgotten snowy village of Korigakure is thriving; although it’s ninja population has dwindled to nearly nothing. One of the few remaining powerful ninja defects; insanity caused by a childhood destroyed robbing him of his home and his people.
-The Sarutobi Hakage steps down, leaving no one in control of Niwaurushi for a time, save for the few Jounin and Elders left in the village. Kenta Inuzuka steps up as temporary Kage, although his health will not allow him to return full time.
- Kenta’s only son returns from a diplomatic mission to Hanagakure. His father summons him to the Hakage’s office and offers him the job. While hesitant, the boy would not disappoint his father by refusing, assuming the mantle of Hakage and becoming the third Inuzuka in 3 generations to hold the position.
-Nasin steps down as Kouyakage, allowing Strafe Takeda to take the position. Strafe hold the title of Kouyakage to this day.
-Late in the year, another series of earthquakes open the routes between Korigakure and the rest of the world. A duo of Yokuchi nin, Holeman and Mitsukai, and stumble upon the newly opened tunnels. Arriving in Kori, they bring word of the Southlands to the Northerners. Mitsukkai is soon elected as temporary Korikage. Word of the forgotten village is sent to their homelands. The southern villages scramble to establish political and economic treaties with the northern village.
-In Niwaurushi, the creator of the warp system has settled down with his adopted daughter. A summons to the old clan temple is issued; a once in a lifetime event is happening. The hatching of a clan dragon; and they are to take part in the ceremony of the hatching. The young dragon instantly bonds to Raijin’s daughter Amara, and after a few weeks, Raijin agrees to seal the dragon into her for the safety of them all. Just a few short weeks after the dragon was sealed into her, she was drawn out of the village by a strange something that she sensed far away. Immune to the plague because of the sealing, she assumed her dragon form and flew over the forbidden lands that were once the home of the ninja villages. Across the continent she flew, until she reached a lone bay filled with a raging vortex. From the air she was able to see the lost village sitting happily in the center of the raging torrent. Landing in the center of town, she was instantly attacked by the skittish villagers. Their attacks did no harm, however a blast of pepper bomb powder to her nose caused her to sneeze; releasing an electrical pulse so strong it literally fried the entire village; save for the very few citizens outside of the vortex in the reef or fishing in the deeper waters. Not much caring about the village she slaughtered, she followed her senses to the center of the village where she found a strange set of armor hidden away. The armor was highly charged with Raiton chakra and extremely ancient; the people of the village had been using it as a power source for who knows how long. Shifting back to her human form, she reached out to touch the armor. The moment she did, the armor spring to life, flowing like water across her skin and melting into it; becoming in all ways a second skin that she could summon whenever she wish, and giving her already immensely powerful Raiton powers a massive boost. She leaves the village in ruins, never even bothering to find out it’s name. With the armor gone, there is nothing to power the vortex around the village, which falls away and allows the water level to drop to normal; revealing that the village was not in the center of a bay, but on the shoreline of the sea. The village was once known as Denryuu; and a very, very long time ago, it sat at the base of the Shinju. In times long past, it was the most powerful village in the world. Now, it is nothing but a skeleton, picked clean by gulls and empty of all life. The end of a legacy thousands of years in the making.
-437 A2S
-The village of Hanagakure is betrayed by its commander, burned to the ground and rendered uninhabitable for generations to come. With the fall of the wall comes the rise of Makkuragakure to fill the void. The Shadow Village had been fully rebuilt in secret by an organization which calls itself The Dark, and now takes the place of Hanagakure in the world political scene with the first Kuraikage, Avery Tatsumaki, at the reigns. The only difference is, they have all the tech of Hana, and all the power of the ninja world. Though, this reign doesn't last long as the majority of the Dark disappears, and the Kuraikage along with it.
-Word from the outlands streams in, the first pure rains in generations have hit the mountains, no signs of plague anywhere. Expeditions are sent out onto the plains and into the mountains; the find nothing but pure water and the last, dying remains of the plague virus. The few remaining Hanagakure scientists study the dying strain and realize that had it reached any of the villages, they would have been wiped from the earth. Hyper virulent and unstoppable; the virus itself had one significant weakness; and extremely short lifespan. When compared to the samples of the former strains, they realized that whoever had created this strain had created the perfect weapon; no immunity could be created for it, and it had likely turned on and killed its former masters. Whatever the truth was; they knew only this for sure; the new strain had destroyed the older strains infecting the old lands, leaving them habitable once more. However, much of the old forests had been overrun by mutated and deadly insects and plants; making moving back to the old villages nearly impossible. Only the people of Kumo risked it; rebuilding their entire village from scratch.
-The rebuild of Kumo revealed several surprising fact. The loss of the high glaciers had changed the weather of Kumo dramatically. No longer did the Eternal Thunderstorm rage outside of the village. Now, the entire mountain range was covered in a sea of clouds. The people chose to rename the country now that they no longer had the giant lightning storm raging over their lands. What was once the Land of Lightning was now the Land in the Sea of Clouds. However, they chose to keep the title of Raikage, as an homage to their long history.
-In Korigakure, the first native Korikage in generations is elected, Hiromasa Jenshin as Mitsukai steps down from the position and returns home to Yokuchi. A generous man, he works to see his people and his student have the best of everything, routinely giving away weaponry and freely spreading his knowledge with the people. Outside the village, trouble is brewing in the form of an exiled ninja who seeks nothing but destruction on a global scale. Rumors that the exiled one has found and tamed powerful beasts are not discounted; if anyone of Korigakure blood could manage this feat; it would be the Kurosaki exile, Ranmaru.
-In the southern lands, rumors and siting of chakra beasts and even the fabled bijuu have begun to circulate; sparking the start of a race for power the likes of which have not been seen for generations. Between the trouble brewing in the north, and the race for power happening in the south, the world is once again in flux; no one is exactly sure what will happen next.
-441 A2S
-The Hakage calls a Summit between the 5 standing Kages. Tensions run high between several of the villages; with the current Kage of Makkura walking out in anger. The Korikage finds that he is not really comfortable working with the villages of the south, and leaves without settling into any sort of agreements.
-Kumo and Niwaurushi reconfirm standing treaties and alliances. Talks between Yokuchi and Niwaurushi begin.
-In the north, a new series of earthquakes hit the region. What is causing these quakes is still unknown.
Subject: The Timeline of the Site. 
Fri Jan 10, 2014 11:37 pm
