Iwagakure

*"A land of knuckleheads who act first and think second."* -*???*

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**Iwagakure** (岩隠れの里, *Iwagakure no Sato*, *Literally meaning:* Village Hidden by Rocks) is the hidden village of the Land of Earth. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Iwagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Tsuchikage, of which there have been three in its history. Teien Oyama is the current Tsuchikage.

## ***Geography and Architecture***

The rocky mountain ranges that surround the village provide a natural stronghold that it is very proud of. The village's infrastructure is built from much of the surrounding rock and stone, shaped into tower-like structures that are inter-connected by a network of bridges. The Tsuchikage's residence seems to be the tallest structure with a cone-shaped roof and bears the kanji for "Earth" (土, *Tsuchi*) on it.

## ***Culture***

The ninja of Iwagakure shun genjutsu and espouse the glory of Earth and Yang jutsu as well as Taijutsu, considering fighting without at least one of these things to be dishonorable and a sign of weakness and the embrace of the cowardice of genjutsu.

The people of Iwagakure are proud, nationalistic, boisterous and hardheaded. Often they will also hold grudges for long and be hard to change of heart and mind.

### **Relationship With Other Villages**

* **Konohagakure**:
* **Sunagakure**:
* **Kirigakure**:
* **Kumogakure**:
	+ **Amegakure**:
	+ **Kusagakure**:
	+ **Takigakure**:
	+ **Land of Iron**:

## ***Politics***

Iwagakure like the other villages is a military dictatorship headed by the Kage. Notably under the kage the groups with the most influence are:

* The **Oyama Clan** and their vassals. The Oyama Clans and their vassal clans specialize in the various nature transformations that can be achieved by fusing earth with another element, with the Oyama clan uniquely specializing and overseeing pure doton techniques and their teaching, especially in the military. Additionally the head of the Oyama Clan is given the right of being the Jinchiruki of the 4 Tails.
* The **Insect Clans**, a coalition of Clans which make use of insects as their jutsu focus, notably this group was once spearheaded entirely by the **Kamizuru Clan** but they have since lost their respect after their constant losses versus the aburame. They are given special priority over other coalitions because of their overwhelming presence in the various information handling institutions.
* The **Power Clans**, a coalition of all the others Clans. These clans tend to have at least one hidden jutsu which make use of Yang Release as "deference" to the Bushukan Clan but many do not.

## ***Military***

The ninjas of iwagakure are defined by 3 things, their loyalty, their unbreakable wills and their pragmatic and militant use of Earth Release. Iwagakure ninjas who are born without earth affinity are still expected to learn enough of Earth Release to be able to assist their fellow ninjas in ground warfare, in the building of structures and the reshaping of the environment.

Only after learning how to use the **core 3 techniques** is any Iwagakure allowed to go to a chuunin exam and learning at least 1 is a requirement to graduate the academy. In certain cases a Iwa-nin isn't allowed to be taught their clan's hidens without learning the core 3 first. The core 3 jutsu are as follow:

* **Earth Release: Practice Brick Technique**: An essential technique for survival, shaping the terrain and building structures. When used in conjunction by multiple ninja this technique can generate impassable terrain or incredible strongholds in mere minutes.
* **Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique**: An essential technique for stealth and survival for the Iwa-nin, and a necessity for accessing secret underground supply caves and to set up a large type of traps Iwagakure ninjas are infamous for.
* **Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique**: The standard offensive technique for any ninja of Iwagakure for when they are disarmed. Grunt ninjas are expected to use this technique to pepper approaching armies from a distance, it is generally considered the least important of the 3 and in some cases can be substituted by another Earth Release technique.

Similarly, and as part of the same reforms, ninjas who are born with Earth Affinity are expected to specifically learn the **Doton: Keijūgan no Jutsu** (土遁・軽重岩の術­, Earth Style: Lightened Boulder Jutsu) to become a Jonin, so they can provide air superiority to Iwagakaure as part of the **Meteor Corps**.

Should a ninja retire from the frontline (somehow) they will still be expected to learn the Iwagakure Kinjutsu and continue to provide for the army by infusing ninja weapons, buildings and etc. with Earth Chakra to make them more durable.

### **Military Hierarchy**

* **Kage**
* **Anbu Leader**
	+ **Anbu Member**
* **???**
	+ **Jonin**
	+ **Tokubetsu Jonin**
	+ **Chunin**
	+ **Genin**
	+ **Academy**

## ***History***

* **3 AHB** - Mu is born
* **30 AHB** - Iwagakure is established as a political and military rival to the other villages.
* *32 AHB'* - Iwagakure forms an alliance with ???.
* **36 AHB** - The "Cold War" of alliance-forming explodes into the ***First Shinobi World War*** when Uzushio is attacked and destroyed, causing Uzushio people to become refuges throughout the land.
* **40 AHB** - The ***First Shinobi World War Ends***, Son Gokū is "gifted" to Iwagakure to pacify them and prevent the destruction of Konohagakure by 9 rampaging Biju.
* **45 AHB** - Ishikawa First Tsuchikage dies.
	+ Mu becomes Tsuchikage.
* **56 AHB** - Tobimara breaks the demilitarization pact between the hidden villages by creating the Academy to institutionalize the conditioning and deployment of child soldiers, Iwagakure follows suit soon after.
* **57 AHB** - Tobirama doubles down on breaking the demilitarization pact by creating the Chūnin Exams, Iwagakure follows suit soon after.
* **59 AHB** - Relationships with Konoha sour due to Tobirama's abuse of the Flying Thunder God Technique and Impure World Reincarnation.
* **60 AHB** - The **Second Shinobi World War begins**
	+ Mu demolishes Kirigakure.
* **63 AHB** - Gengetsu and Mū kill one another.
	+ Onoki becomes Tsuchikage.
* **73 AHB** - Konoha and Iwagakure end the Second Shinobi World War with a peace treaty, convincing their allies to cease fighting and honor the peace treaty.
* **87 AHB** - The Third Shinobi World War begins.
	+ Because Iwagakure and Sunagakure are allies, and because Iwagakure hates Konohagakure as much as Sunagakure does, Iwagakure joins Sunagakure in battle against Konohagakure. So Iwagakure and Sunagakure begin the Third Shinobi World War against Konohagakure and Kumogakure.
	+ **88 AHB** - Kamizuru Clan starts to lose power due to defeat with Aburame.
* **90 AHB** - After Minato Namikaze defeated 1000 Iwagakure shinobi, Sasori is dispatched to defend Iwagakure from Konoha. Because all of his puppets required a Rasengan to destroy but were also far too numerous for Minato to afford to hit with Rasengan, Minato is forced to retreat and so Sasori secures Iwagakure.
* **91 AHB** - Third Shinobi World War is ended by yet ANOTHER peace treaty between Iwagakure and Konohagakure.
* **92 AHB** - Because he forged another peace treaty with Iwagakure, whom by this point are considered the archrivals of Konohagakure, Hiruzen becomes unpopular and people request that he resigns.
* **99 AHB** - Deidara Defects and leaves the village.