Kumogakure

**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.

## Kage of the Village

**First Raikage** Go, Daichi

**Second Raikage** - Fujiwara, Haruma

**Third Raikage** - Akarui, Sakkaku

**Fourth Raikage** - Soda, Kaito

## Background and History

Kumogakure (Kumogakure No Sato, Village Hidden in the Clouds) is a village built high up in the mountains that resides in the Land of Lightning. The Hidden Cloud has had three previous Kage all with the title of Raikage. Being so high up in the mountains the village is shrouded by clouds and has many of its buildings built on or around the mountains.

#### History

During the warring period, before the Hidden Cloud was established, the 8 tails jinchuriki had died. With the 8 tails out of the body it had went crazy, destroying crops and buildings, killing citizens, and severely weakening its defenses. With the 8 tails being sealed into a genin once again and the destruction of the village the people that resided there were forced to move somewhere filled with materials and food which led to the formation of Kumogakure with a strong Shinobi named Daichi Go as its founder and first Raikage. As the village grew stronger, the hatred for the Tailed beasts grew with it. With the backing of his advisors and the Shinobi around him the Hidden Cloud decided to capture all of the tailed beasts.

#### Tailed Beast War

Daichi had formed a special team of shinobi who were designed to restrain and kill the Tailed Beasts. This had consisted of him, his five closest friends, and five shinobi who specialized in Fuinjutsu. With the hired help of the Hidden Mist village the assault on the Leaf had begun. Using a majority of his own Shinobi and the Hidden mists shinobi to attack the Hidden Leaf village the 9 tailed beast was captured, but the Hidden Leaf managed to drive them back.

The next target had been the Hidden Stone Village which had been prepared for the siege and helped by the Hidden Leaf. The siege on the Hidden Stone Village had lasted three weeks and had almost seemed like it was never going to end, but with the help of "The Viper of the Mist" the Jinchuriki was eventually captured. However their luck began to run out as an encampment had been destroyed and the Hidden Mist had betrayed them.

With the loss of their ally the Hidden Cloud was forced to retreat back to the village. Though it was around this time that Haruma had fallen ill, giving up his title as the Raikage the Cloud had assigned Haruma Fujiwara as the Second Raikage, who in turn surrendered to the Allied Nations.

### Post War

After the Tailed beast war the Second Raikage had focused on building relations and making trades with the other Villages. With the help of the Soda Clan and the various supplies around them they had created a drink like none other and named it after their clan. This along with other things had helped boost the Hidden Clouds economy and relations with the other Villages. Shortly after the village started to gain money the second Raikage had died to a mysterious sickness. The next Raikage had been a young jonin named Sakkaku Akarui. He had been one of the few shinobi who had been noticed by the Elders during the Tailed Beast war. Though he was strong his time as a Raikage had been short as he had mysteriously been found dead in bed, the cause being illness. Soon after the elders brought in Kaito Soda, another person who had been recognized for his work as a chunin in the Tailed Beast War.

## Nearby Locations

Dead Camp

Stormy Forest

Stormy Waterfall

## Clans/Families

Yamanaka Clan

Inuzuka Clan

Chinoike Clan

Yotsuki Clan