Kachū

Kachuu (渦中, Vortex) is a shinobi and an ancestor of the Uzumaki Clan. Born into the Early Warring States Period, he fought on the Uzu islands with the future Uzumaki Clan. Learning Sage Mode, he would fail in his attempt to use it, turning himself into a stone statue. Serving as a boost for his people, he would serve as an icon for them to win the day. Being established as a statue in Uzushiogakure, he would be forever looked at as an important part of their culture as the village was established.

At least, until the attack. As the invasion neared to wipe out Uzushiogakure completely, a select few Uzumaki would secure the statue of Kachuu, taking it underground. Protecting it with their lives, they would turn out to survive the invasion, along with some other fighters.

As the other survivors left, some stayed with Kachuu living off the salvage of the advanced technology that the Uzumaki had been developing. Eventually, they resumed normal life underground casting an illusion over the village, making it still seem like ruins.

Among the survivors who stayed, of the next generation, there were those interested in the history of the Kachuu statue. In pursuit of knowledge, they discovered from what they could of the logs of the village that the statue was once a man, hindered by the effects of what was called “Sage Mode.” Wanting to return Kachuu to the world, they set about drafting a machine that could reverse this petrification effect.

Upon using a native mineral, they developed just that, or so they hoped. Using it on the statue, they achieved success, the impossible, only after the destruction of the machine. They had restored Kachuu to his prime state, before becoming petrified. His soul walked again.

Kachuu would then take up leadership in the Land of Whirlpools. Developing it into a splendid village, he did it under the guise of ruins. Hidden from the shinobi world, he bred a weapon. Developing his shinobi, he would develop superpowered shinobi. Under his command, he would lead them to conquer the major island nations in their time of weakness such as the Water, Negi, Sea, Waves and Moon. Amassing himself as Admiral of the Island Chains, he would develop into a naval legend. His power unsurpassed, he holds the greatest naval force of shinobi history.