Board Thread:Rebirth: Story Time/@comment-28861328-20141101065153

So, the Fourth Databook's release has finally given a finishing touch to an idea I have been preparing to present to the site for a possible story idea for the Fanon Canon. After discussing the idea with Ash, we both agreed it should be brought to the community for discussion. Here is the idea:

Kishi recently revealed that the Ootsutsuki Clan has survived on the surface of the moon since Kaguya's demise. Kaguya was their leader and, as Hagoromo describes her, was benevolent and caring during her days leading them. The Ootsutsuki clan were drawn to earth to obtain the power of the Shinju, whose fruit they were greatly interested in. After Kaguya's defeat, Hamura lead the clan to the moon to guard over the Gedo Mazo (also from the Databook).


 * Fast forward to the present. It has been just over three decades since the Fourth Shinobi World ended. The villages are in a period of economic decay and the recent tragedy in the Land of Craters has put everyone on edge. The tragedy there was said to be related to the actions of Kokushi no Naraku, but what is the real truth? The real manipulators have been hiding in the shadows, manipulating events and relations to lead the world into one big trap.


 * Enter the culprits: is a surviving group from the Ootstsuki Clan. They are not related to Kaguya and her children directly, rather through clan ties, and are cannibalistic in nature. They consume shinobi as a method of absorbing their chakra into them, but their plans are much, much more sinister than that. Angered by humanity following Hagoromo to imprison Kaguya, whom they still remember as a benevolent leader, they seek to lead the world into a period of great bloodshed in order to saturate the world in the blood of the dead: thus recreating the Shinju (the 4th Databook states that the Shinju was created when the earth absorbed the blood of the endless casualties of ancient war). This also, of course, provides them with nourishment, as they can feed off of the shinobi combatants during the conflict. Their ultimate goal is to recreate the Shinju, eat the fruit which would then blossom from it, and use the granted deity-like power to wipe humanity from the face of the earth, allowing their clan to once again flourish on the surface rather than on the moon.

I would allow users to create members of this group, were it approved, and this would set the scene for a very tense, climatic series of arcs, which would allow for new shinobi alliances to be forged and a grand story to unfold. It is important to emphasize that these Ootsutsuki will merely be from the same clan as Kaguya: they will not wield her godlike powers (nor that of her sons'), unless they achieve their goal of eating the revived Shinju's fruits.

What does the community think of this idea? 