Hidden Sand Village

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 (砂隠れの里, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐨, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝) 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚. 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐤 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬.[𝟏][𝟐] 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐢 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧. 𝐈𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬.

## 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

Sunagakure was founded after the Warring States Period by the First Kazekage, who gathered the desert-dwelling shinobi under his control with his overwhelming power. Shortly after the formation of their villages, Konoha's First Hokage offered to sell tailed beasts to Suna as a sign of friendship and to ensure a balance of power amongst their new villages. Because Suna already had the One-Tail, the First Kazekage instead tried to negotiate for a percentage of the sale price to the other villages and a portion of the Land of Fire's territory instead. Despite the First Hokage's wishes for peace, the world eventually fell into war. Suna's close proximity with Iwagakure has led to numerous conflicts over the years, enough that enmity between its shinobi has become deep-seated. During the Second Shinobi World War, Chiyo's attempts to poison enemies were consistently counteracted by Konoha's Tsunade.

For times of war, Suna researched different jutsu to give it an advantage over other villages. Because the Puppet Technique is so popular amongst its shinobi, the Puppet Brigade was formed and they experimented with testing to see whether there was a way to give life to their puppets. This led to the creation of the One's Own Life Reincarnation technique, but the cost of a human life to perform it made it impractical and Suna soon abandoned the project. Since the time of the Second Kazekage, the village has studied the jinchūriki of its One-Tail in an attempt to reproduce the beast's abilities. The Third Kazekage was able to mimic the One-Tail's powers using Iron Sand, and with it he gained fame as the strongest Kazekage in history. When he mysteriously disappeared one day, Suna went to great lengths to find him, spreading its forces thin in the search and leaving the village under-defended. When others took this opportunity to declare war on Suna, the village was forced to call off the search, never learning the Third's fate. Sasori, grandson of Chiyo, was considered to be a prodigy in the art of puppets, and built many innovative puppets that dyed the sands red with enemies' blood during the Third Shinobi World War, thus giving rise to his moniker "Sasori of the Red Sand". However, he defected from the village about twenty years before the abduction of the Fifth Kazekage, and shortly after, his grandmother and granduncle, both celebrated veterans, retired.

Following the Third Shinobi World War, the Land of Wind's daimyō started outsourcing missions previously given to Suna to Konoha instead. The Fourth Kazekage began selling gold dust to try to make up for the loss of funding, but it was ultimately decided that Suna shinobi would need to rely on individual strength rather than strength of numbers. To help in this goal, the Fourth had the One-Tail sealed into his newborn son, Gaara, hoping he would become a valuable weapon. For the early years of his life Gaara struggled to keep the One-Tail in check, and would unintentionally attack the village and/or its citizens when he lost control. The Fourth eventually decided that Gaara was a failed experiment and tried many times to have him assassinated, each of which failed. The attempts on his life, however, taught Gaara how to control the One-Tail, making him into the weapon his father wanted him to be and convincing the Fourth to call off the assassinations.

Twelve years after Gaara's birth, Suna is approached by Orochimaru of Otogakure with an offer to join forces in an invasion of Konoha. Scheduled to occur during the Chūnin Exams taking place in Konoha, Gaara is to attack the village from within while Sunagakure and Otogakure forces invade. At some point before the invasion takes place, however, Orochimaru kills and impersonates the Fourth Kazekage and leads them into a devastating defeat against Konoha's forces. When the village discovers Orochimaru's deceit, Sunagakure re-allies itself with Konoha and gains much from the peace, leading to new prosperity for the village. Two-and-a-half years later Gaara, now Fifth Kazekage, is captured while defending Suna from Akatsuki. Remembering their earlier mistakes when the Third Kazekage disappeared, Suna's leadership is reluctant to go after him. Konoha sends a team to help and succeeds in rescuing Gaara, though Akatsuki is able to take the One-Tail. Chiyo and Ebizō noted that the village has weakened as they had to rely on retired veterans and even allied villages. It was also during this incident that made Chiyo finally discovered the fate of the Third Kazekage: Sasori was the one who abducted and killed him prior to his defection.

After the other villages experience their own attacks by Akatsuki, they decide to form the Allied Shinobi Forces to oppose Akatsuki in the Fourth Shinobi World War. Being so much younger than his fellow Kage, Gaara is able to persuade the other Kage of how outdated their methodologies are and also proves inspirational in convincing the diverse Allied Forces set aside their differences and work together. Suna's forces prove valuable during the war, particularly with the Cloth Binding Technique to neutralise the Impure World Reincarnation. Although the villagers were amongst the mass of the world to be trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi and God: Nativity of a World of Trees, the war is eventually won and the villages are all left on good terms.

## 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

* Kazekage's Office
* Suna Aviary
* Suna Greenhouse
* Suna Hospital

## 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚

* Three ninja from this village hold sand-related epithets: Gaara of the Sand Waterfall, Sasori of the Red Sand and Red Sand Cloud.

* In *Gaara Hiden*, it was noted that the village's strange, sunken terrain is not thought to be natural, which, during the time of myths, was thought that it might be the result of a god, such as Susanoo or Amaterasu, using a technique beyond human knowledge.

* In the anime, the place had been chosen by the Sage of the Six Paths (a deified figure from the Shinobi World) and his disciples as the refuge where Shukaku was sent to live.

* According to *Gaara Hiden*, because the previous Kazekage were assassinated, Anti-Kazekage groups have become common in Suna because they desire a "stronger" Kazekage. However, with the subsequent arrest of multiple Suna Council members who actively formed and assisted these groups, many assume the Anti-Kazekage groups have finally been put down.

* During the first Kage Summit, the First Hokage gave Suna a plot of fertile land near Konohagakure to farm on. The ownership of the land caused many battles between the two villages.