Kirigakure (Njalm)

Kirigakure (霧隠れの里, Kirigakure no Sato; Literally meaning "Village Hidden by Mist"), infamously known as the "Village of the Bloody Mist" (血霧の里, Chigiri no Sato), is the shinobi village located in the Land of Water. Kirigakure, unlike most of the other great shinobi villages has flourished in the wake of the fourth great Shinobi world war. Having expanded greatly over the thirty years since the wars end. Today. Kirigakure encompasses six entire islands which are connected by ferries and large bridges, and it is estimated that modern day Kirigakure is around three times the size of what it once was. In Kirigakure, hiden techniques are exalted as the product of great tradition and perseverance, whereas Kekkei Genkai users are often forced to flee the village for fear of their lives, as the current Mizukage, a former bandit leader known as Fuyuki, possesses an immense amount of hatred for bloodline limits. Considering each Kekkei Genkai user to be little more than a demon, and that by killing these fiends, he and those who would stand with him are cleansing the world of an unholy taint. The villages only flaw is that it does not currently possess a Tailed Beast. Leaving it at a significant disadvantage despite how well-developed it is.

The in particular is reviled as a tool of ultimate evil, and anyone bringing a pair of Sharingan (preferably still attached to the Uchiha's dismembered head) to the Mizukage residence can claim a bounty of as much as 100,000 ¥. Strangely, the hatred does not concern those whom aren't born with their powers, and while those whom might've had these talents implanted in them are regarded as strange and shunned by most of society, they can still live a fulfilling life and continue living as Shinobi nonetheless. Because even if they have children, they cannot pass on the "curse" to them. Kirigakure also assumes that for someone to get these Kekkei Genkai implanted in the first place, the death of the original wielder is a necessity, therefore making the transplantion a proof of past heroics.

Expanding on how hiden are viewed in high esteem, most of the clans of Kirigakure that possesses hiden techniques of renown are considered to be nothing short of nobility, being part of the upper-crust of society and being rewarded great riches so that they can continue to research their hiden techniques and develop them in the best manner possible. As the oldest of these clans, the illustrious, as one of the oldest and most successful of these lineages is especially prestigious. With the clan having a large castle off the coast of the third island, where they command immense influence. With the clan head possessing enough political power to potentially challenge even the Mizukage himself. Though such a thing is extremely unlikely given the long-lasting kinship between the Mizukage and the Hōzuki.