Uchiha Clan

The **Uchiha Clan** (うちは一族, Uchiha Ichizoku) is a noble clan of Konohagakure, hailed as one of the Village's Mightiest courtesy of their signature Dōjutsu, the **Sharingan**. Once the rivals of the Senju Clan during the Warring States Period, the Uchiha would ultimately make peace with their bitter enemies, led by the two clan heads Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, and help in establishing Konohagakure.

## Background

### The Warring States Period

The Uchiha were a powerful clan of mercenary Shinobi that eventually became one of the main players in the Warring States Period. Unrivaled by almost every other Clan or group, the Senju Clan was the only one who could match their might thanks to their expert knowledge of every part of the Shinobi skillset. Whenever one side hired the Uchiha, the opposing side would in turn hire the Senju, and vice versa - leading to a series of repeated battles that caused the two clans to become bitter enemies. In the later parts of the Warring States Period, it was said that no Uchiha had not lost a close one to the Senju, and the opposite was true. However, the seeds of change were planted when two young boys, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, met by accident. Unaware of each other's identity, they would become friends and bond over their desire to stop the bloodshed. However, the revelation of their status would lead them apart, and eventually they would become sworn enemies as heads of their respective clans. While Hashirama still dreamed of peace, Madara had long since forsaken the concept.

The Uchiha's dominance would ultimately be compromised when, under the leadership of Hashirama, the Senju would start to inflict ever-increasing casualties on them and their allies, leading many to surrender to them. Unwilling to admit defeat, it is said that Madara took his brother Izuna Uchiha's eyes to attain greater power and challenged Hashirama in one final stand - one in which he would be defeated. When asked what his conditions for peace were, Madara allegedly stated that he would only stop the war if Hashirama took either his own life, or his brother Tobirama's. When Hashirama unexpectedly decided to go through with it and prepared to commit seppuku with a Kunai, Madara finally relented and agreed to make peace, ending decades of conflict and rekindling his friendship with Hashirama. The two would go on to establish the first Hidden Village: Konohagakure.

### Life in Konohagakure

Inside Konohagakure, the Uchiha were named a Noble Clan, with Madara becoming a candidate for the seat of **First Hokage**, a position he would lose to Hashirama at the behest of the people. Believing this meant the end of the Uchiha's supremacy and the start of their subordination to the Senju, Madara would relapse back into his old ways and try to rally the Clan behind him to stage a coup, to no avail. He would thus leave the village entirely, only to reemerge some time later, having taken control of the Nine-Tailed Fox and using it to attack Konoha. Madara challenged Hashirama one final time, with their clash creating what is currently known as the Valley of the End, and there he was defeated and killed. His actions created an aura of mistrust around the Uchiha that still permeates them to this day.

Under Tobirama Senju's tenure as **Second Hokage**, he established the Konoha Military Police Force and placed the Uchiha Clan at its head. While some believe it to be a show of good will, others among the clan think that it was just an attempt to stop them from gaining too much power over Konoha.

## Abilities

The Uchiha Clan are known for their affinity towards all things battle-related and their quick growth rate. They possess remarkably strong Chakra and all of them possess an innate affinity towards Fire Release, exemplified by their usage of the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique as a rite of passage to adulthood. In particular, Uchiha are usually proficient in the usage of Ninja Tools, with Shuriken being a favored weapon of theirs.

However, no feature of the Uchiha is as renowned, respected and feared as their Dōjutsu: the Sharingan. They can utilize its power to see Chakra, cast especially powerful Genjutsu for a variety of purposes, and - most infamously - copy their opponent's Techniques. It is theorized by a number of Uchiha elders, however, that there exists a power beyond the Sharingan - one which only the most powerful and determined among them can achieve.