Second Great Samurai War

The Second Great Samurai War, also known as the Second Samurai World War, was the second major conflict within the samurai world. Unlike the previous, the Second Great Samurai War was far more politically charged and organized, being fought by nine conflicting sides, and was far bloodier than its predecessor. The Second Great Samurai War arguably began with the event known as the Arashi Civil War, and reached its climax sometime before the earliest foundations of the shinobi way were laid.

The Second Great Samurai War was fought primarily between four sides; the Land of Iron and Land of Spirits were known to have allied with each other, as did the Land of Blizzards, Land of Forests, Land of Echoes and the Land of Tornadoes. A third faction was between the Land of Volcanoes and the Land of Canyons, and the final was the Land of Storms. By the war's end, the Land of Iron has risen to once again being the dominant samurai district, while the Land of Canyons and the Land of Echoes became impoverished.

The Second Great Samurai War was the last global conflict between the samurai. With the destruction having been wrought through the samurai's conflicts, much of the world turned to the shinobi, which emerged shortly after the war's end after the death of the Sage of the Six Paths, as an alternative military force.