Cloud Village
Shadow of Konoha
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Cloud Village (云隐) |
| Alias(es) | Kumogakure 19 22 |
| Affiliation | Land of Lightning 4 18 |
| Occupation/Role | One of the Five Great Shinobi Villages 20 250 |
| Leadership | The Second Raikage was killed during a disrupted alliance ceremony; the Third Raikage succeeded him, and A later became the Fourth Raikage 4 19 548. |
History
Rebellion and the Konoha alliance
Cloud rogue ninja Kinkaku and Ginkaku attacked an alliance ceremony between Konoha and Cloud Village, killing the Second Raikage. The Second Hokage disappeared after drawing the pursuers away from his companions; he had killed Kinkaku and Ginkaku before his death 4 20.
The newly ascended Third Raikage needed to stabilize Cloud Village after the rebellion. Konoha offered him a way to claim credit for eliminating the rogues in exchange for shifting Cloud forces toward the Land of Grass and Iwagakure. He accepted the alliance, then altered the bodies and staged a battlefield to conceal how the rogues had died 19 20 22. Cloud's position subsequently obstructed a direct Iwagakure offensive against the Land of Fire 69.
Tailed Beast conflicts
Cloud Village's Eight-Tails jinchūriki and ninja battalion fought Hanyu at the Battle of Frost Plains. The Cloud force suffered heavy losses, and the Eight-Tails rampaged after Hanyu used a consciousness-sealing technique. Cloud sealing ninja later broke that seal, and the Third Raikage confronted the beast 149 151 156 157.
Years later, Cloud sent a squad to retrieve its Two-Tails. Its sealing team attempted to contain the beast without fighting it directly, but Hanyu's party captured it first 230 233. Cloud agreed to pay Konoha 550 million ryō for its return. At the handover, Konoha released the weakened beast rather than surrender its Uzumaki-inscribed container 238 239.
Breakdown of the alliance
During a later war, Cloud envoy Gu Lin proposed that Konoha attack Iwagakure and reinforce the Land of Rain by at least 3,000 ninja before Cloud launched its own operation. Konoha refused to commit forces without proof that Cloud would deploy 369. Members of the Cloud delegation then infiltrated Konoha's Uzumaki district, seeking clansmen who might help control the Eight-Tails 370 378.
All Cloud envoys sent to Konoha were killed in the thirty-second year of the Leaf Village. The two villages blamed each other, ending an alliance that had lasted more than a decade; Cloud then declared war on both Konoha and Iwagakure 382. In a later clash with Konoha, Hanyu killed the Third Raikage. A succeeded him as Fourth Raikage 506 548.
Military Capabilities
- Lightning Release Chakra Mode — a signature technique passed down through generations of Raikages; another high-ranking Cloud ninja also used it 157 255.
- Tailed Beast sealing — Cloud deployed barrier and sealing squads to retrieve the Two-Tails and a sealing team to handle the Eight-Tails. Its Two-Tails operation was slowed by the Third Raikage's absence 157 230.
- Specialized ninja tools — tools held by Kinkaku and Ginkaku were among Cloud Village's most important assets; some were used to control its two Tailed Beasts 18.
- Intelligence operations — Renjuro supplied Cloud with information on Hanyu while serving as a spy. A later Cloud operation in Konoha also received intelligence support from within the village 151 377.
Relations with Other Villages
- Konoha — an ally after the rebellion, later a rival over the Two-Tails and the target of a Cloud infiltration; their alliance ended in open war 22 238 370 382.
- Iwagakure — a principal military opponent. Cloud's pressure contributed to Iwagakure planning a withdrawal from the Land of Rain 16 410.
- Mist Village — a rival whose movements concerned Cloud during alliance talks with Konoha; both villages later pursued the Two-Tails 20 230.
- Land of Iron — Cloud's Two-Tails recovery squad clashed with samurai inside its borders, prompting diplomatic condemnation from other villages 237.