Hidden Cloud Village

𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 (雲隠れの里, 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐨, 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐕: 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬) 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦. 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧-𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬.

## 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Kumogakure was founded after the Warring States Period by the First Raikage. Shortly after the formation of their villages, Konoha's First Hokage sold tailed beasts to Kumo as a sign of friendship and to ensure a balance of power amongst their new villages. The Second Raikage and Second Hokage later tried to formally agree to peace between their villages, but the ceremony was interrupted by the Gold and Silver Brothers and the Hokage was nearly killed. Konoha and Kumo ended up on opposing sides during the First Shinobi World War, with Kumo's Kinkaku Force killing the Second Hokage. Decades later, during the Third Shinobi World War, Kumo and Konoha would fight again, often with A on Kumo's side and Minato Namikaze on Konoha's. Following the death of the Third Raikage in a battle against 10,000 opposing shinobi, A succeeded him as the Fourth.

Despite becoming one of the Five Great villages Kumo has gained a rather shameless reputation. While a peace treaty was formed between all the villages to cut back on military budget and reduce the sizes of their forces during times of peace, Kumo secretly does not honour to the agreement, seeing this as a chance to ensure that no other village can ever have an upper hand should hostilities later resume. Kumo's efforts to amass power often entail stealing secrets and kidnapping shinobi from other villages. The Third Tsuchikage notes that this behaviour has only provoked the other villages to employ the same tactics in kind. Several years before the Third Shinobi World War, Kumo shinobi kidnapped Kushina Uzumaki from Konoha in order to study her unique chakra, but were foiled by Minato Namikaze. A few years after the Third Shinobi World War, Kumo sent its Head Ninja to Konoha to sign a peace treaty, a cover for an attempt to acquire the Byakugan by kidnapping Hinata Hyūga. When the Head Ninja was killed by Hiashi Hyūga in the attempt, the village still tried to obtain the Byakugan by feigning knowledge of the their soldier's actions and threatening war unless Hiashi's body was turned over to make up for the Head Ninja's death. In what would be called the Hyūga Affair, Hiashi's twin was given to Kumo instead, as his Byakugan was sealed upon death and making it worthless. In the anime, Kumo made another attempt to acquire the Byakugan amidst the Konoha Crush, but failed yet again thanks to the efforts of Hiashi and Neji Hyūga.

One other method of securing power has been the tailed beasts. In the early days of the village, before buying tailed beasts from Konoha, Kumo sent the Gold and Silver Brothers to capture the Nine-Tails, a task at which they ultimately failed. With the tailed beasts in its possession, Kumo historically struggled to harness the beasts' power in jinchūriki; jinchūriki could not gain control of the beasts and would eventually lose control. The Eight-Tails would prove a particular headache in this regard, routinely rampaging through the village when its jinchūriki could not longer contain it. Because the Eight-Tails was too valuable to destroy, many were killed trying to seal it. The Eight-Tails' most recent jinchūriki, Killer B, as well as the jinchūriki of the Two-Tails, Yugito Nii, have been able to successfully control their beasts, leaving both highly valued by the village. Among the villages, Kumogakure also possesses the best technology to control a tailed beast, having built a whole temple for that sake. Although Kinkaku and Ginkaku had failed in their attempt at subduing the Nine-Tails, they have managed to become pseudo-Jinchūriki by eating the fox's chakra flesh for two weeks, a feat that a Kumogakure shinobi attempted to replicate with the Eight-Tails' tentacles, which led them to die instead.

When Akatsuki captures B (the Fourth Raikage's brother) mere months after the similar capture of Yugito, the Raikage is outraged by the loss of the village's jinchūriki and calls a Kage Summit to find a way to deal with Akatsuki. Although suspicious of the other villages due to their histories with Akatsuki, Akatsuki's declaration of the Fourth Shinobi World War (and news that B only pretended to be captured) convinces the Raikage to join the Allied Shinobi Forces. He is appointed its Supreme Commander and Kumo is selected for the Allied Shinobi Forces' Headquarters, making it a target for Akatsuki's counter-offensive.

During the war, Kumo fell victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi and God: Nativity of a World of Trees, but endures the attack. With the war won, Kumo works closely together with other villages, improving relationships between each other. Two years later Kumo is still consolidating power, but it does so for mutual benefit of all the villages by taking charge of stopping the moon from crashing into Earth. By the era of the Fifth Raikage, all five Kage are on good terms.

## 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

* Raikage's Office

* Allied Shinobi Forces' Headquarters

## 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚

* Several shinobi of the village have names that are based on letters of the Roman alphabet, such as "A", "B" and "C" for example. Also, several shinobi have names based on adjectives reflecting their personality such as Omoi (thought), Samui (cold), and Darui (dull) for example.

* Additionally, several shinobi have tattoos of kanji upon their shoulders reflecting some individual characteristic like their techniques, name or seal, including Darui, Kinkaku and B for example.

* Several of the village's techniques have a pun of being an English name that has been given kanji that somewhat matches the Japanese pronunciation.

* In real life, the Kumogakure school is a ninjutsu school dating back to the sixteenth century.

* The name of the village, as well as its kanji, is the Japanese word for "disappearance".