Five Forbidden Villages
Notes: This is not a story per se, merely an informational document on some OC villainous organizations I've personally developed for both my use and the use of any author who wishes to use them. If you do decide to use these villages in your own stories please either post your title and the story title in a review, or PM me with said details.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else.
History
When the Hidden Villages were first founded many years ago, the Five Elemental Villages stood above the others, but each was unique, holding their own strengths. In the quest for power many villages created secret techniques, techniques that were forbidden to be taught to outsiders, and were protected by the full might and strength of the village. However, among the many villages stood five that held their secret teachings even closer than most. These five villages practiced techniques whose very existence was forbidden knowledge to the other villages. The reason of the secrecy was simple: the techniques were incredibly powerful, but each broke the cardinal laws of the shinobi villages, established by the Daimyos and the Kages. When knowledge of these villages and their forbidden teachings became known to the rest of the world, the Five Elemental Villages and many others united to stomp them out of existence. The end result of this action resulted in the hostilities that would later cause the First Great Shinobi War. Since then these Five Villages were called the Godai Kinshimura, the Five Great Forbidden Villages, and many believed them now merely a footnote in history, until the end of the First Great Shinobi War, nearly fifty years after the destruction of the Godai Kinshimura.
In the aftermath of the war rumors began to circulate of groups of Watari (Wandering)Ninja wielding the forbidden jutsu and wearing the symbols of the Godai Kinshimura. These shinobi moved through the shadows and hidden areas of the world, acting either as mercenaries for the various underworld powers or working for their own objectives. They called themselves the Kindan, the Forbidden Shinobi and heirs to the Kinshimura, and their goals were simple: revenge for their lost homelands.
When the rumors of the existence of the Kindan first began to circulate, many village leaders dismissed it as rumors, normal shinobi or missing-nin using the memory of the Kinshimura to scare away pursuers or bolster their reputations, or even as espionage work designed by other villages to frighten and weaken the other villages in the wake of the war. These rumors were only confirmed near the end of the Second Great Shinobi War, when groups of Kindan shinobi began to launch attacks against several of the Hidden Villages, including a combined assault of Kindan shinobi from all five Godai Kinshimura that led to the destruction of a minor village.
After that incident numerous attempts were made by various hidden villages to wipe out the Kindan; however all have proved useless due to the Kindan's structure. In current times most villages have either a Kill on Sight or Flee and Report on Sight order for any shinobi wearing one of the Kindan symbols.
Structure
It is important to note that while all members of the former Godai Kinshimura work under the name Kindan, each of the five villages remain a unique entity and rarely interacts with the others, save for the occasional alliance between different bands. Unlike the current Shinobi Villages, the various Kindan lack a central structure and do not gather at any single location, in order to prevent a second coming of the destruction of their home villages. Instead the Kindan act in small, squad-like groups, most never growing past a dozen members that constantly wander throughout the Nations. The different bands have little knowledge of each other, save some minimal information about the existence of other groups from the same villages. The only time all Kindan from a single village gather is in a once-in-a-decade gathering known as the Omoide no Yoru (Night of Remembrance) where most of the current members of a village gather in order to share knowledge, plan for joint actions, remember the loss of their homeland, and reaffirm their quest for vengeance. The exact means by which knowledge of this gathering is disseminated among the different bands of Kindan is a secret many villages would pay dearly to find out.
The different bands of Kindan shinobi are organized in similar ways as a Genin Squad. There are usually one or two elder members, usually at least Jounin in skill-levels, who act as teachers, leaders, or even parents for the younger members, and younger members who can range from Academy Student to Chuunin in skill. It is important to note that the ages are only for typical cases, there have been several cases where a relatively young member, usually a prodigy of some sort in the village's arts, is accompanied by elder shinobi, who are either students or guards determined to protect the young prodigy.
Recruitment into the Kindan is extremely varied, but there are three main ways. The first is birth, where a member is born from parents who are part of the same band, or simply a mother who was part of a band. These are probably the most dangerous and loyal of the Kindan, since they are raised surrounded by the dark arts that they pass down and usually have a great deal of knowledge about them, as well as being raised in an environment centered on the destruction of the villages. The second is recruitment, where a member is recruited into the Kindan at a young age. This happens through various means, some as seemingly benevolent as adoption of street urchins or orphans to the kidnapping of infants and young children to raise among the Kindan. The young adoptees are either attracted to the offers of power that the Kindan's techniques hold, or brainwashed into serving them. The final means is for a missing-nin from an existing village to join a Kindan band. This is probably the rarest means since the Kindan will suspect any prospective applicant of being a spy, something that has been attempted many times in the past, and only the most depraved of missing-nin would consider joining the Kindan due to their feared reputation and the information disseminated in all villages about their appalling actions and means. However, those that do successfully join the Kindan can become some of the most fearsome due to their combination of both Kindan techniques and their unique skills. One of the most infamous of these is Hidan, formerly of Onsengakure now of Jashingakure, who is well known for the slaughter of over a dozen of his fellow Onsen shinobi to prove his loyalty.
Overview of the Villages (Note: Each Village will be more fully described in a later chapter, this is merely a brief overview):
Hakagakure no Sato (Village Hidden among the Graves): Oldest of the forbidden villages, believed to predate the founding of all other Hidden Villages. The primary focus of Haka shinobi is on a special school of ninjutsu designed to revive corpses into obedient servants, or on manipulating bones, organs, and dead flesh into attacks.
Chigakure no Sato (Village Hidden in the Blood): This forbidden villages practices a form of kinjutsu known as Ketsueki Jutsu (Blood Techniques), which focuses on the use and manipulation of blood. While the use of blood in sealing and summoning jutsu is a common practice in most villages, Chi shinobi take the idea to horrible new heights. The shinobi slay innocents and enemies to gather blood to use for their jutsu, either carrying it in pouches or in their own body.
Goukagakure no Sato (Village Hidden in Hellfire): Formerly simply Higakure no Sato (Village Hidden by the Fire) the village's name was changed when the truth of their secret jutsus were revealed. Gouka shinobi wield demonic energy in battle, either using it as a weapon or using it to summon lesser demons to battle for them. They hold a special interest in the Biju and their containers as well as particular hatred for Konohagakure.
Kawagakure no Sato (Village Hidden by the Flesh): A forbidden village once known for the superior ability of their medics that practices a rather distasteful form of kinjutsu. The Kawa shinobi gather the limbs of animals and enemies and use their secret jutsu to merge them into their own bodies. Advanced Kawa shinobi may not even appear remotely human anymore, becoming amalgamations of different parts and forced to use advance disguise techniques to move in public. Has an extreme interest in bloodlines.
Jashingakure no Sato (Village Hidden by the Wicked God): More of a cult than a village, the Jashinists, as they are more commonly known, revere a dark god known as Jashin and draw power from him to perform Jujutsu (Curse Techniques). They live for the slaughter and destruction of anyone other than their fellows, and sometimes not even they are safe from a particularly devout Jashinist.
This chapter is a basic overview. I'll have more detailed chapters on each village and their unique jutsu and practices in later chapters.