Fujio

The Fujio Clan is one of resistance, always fighting against those who sought to subjugate them. Unfortunately, these attempts were usually by the Kazehana and were ultimately successful. They hail from the northern parts of the Land of Wind and have grown hardy from it. Their lands were the first ravaged by Kaguya, the first to suffer and one of many that continue to do so.

Their history is relatively unremarkable when compared to other smaller major clans across the continent for the first few centuries after man rediscovered the power of chakra. Their mark in history was first made when they led the rebellion that freed the Land of Wind from the Hyuga Empire's clutches. This was their first success, and it forever established them as a major clan. They stayed passive for a century after, content with their status. This changed in 440 A.S, when Soyo Fujio established a minor kingdom in the northern third of the Land of Wind. He named this kingdom Kazegoku and planned for further expansion to the north as opposed to the south where the Kazehana were scheming behind the scenes for their famous rise to power.

His plans never came to fruition, as Soyo died five years after the foundation of his kingdom. It's stability took a staggering hit in the power vacuum left, as Soyo had been one of the most feared warriors in the entirety of the continent. His name drew talk in lands as far away as the Lands of Stone and Water and history says that he was the only one in the Land of Wind who could have possibly hoped to resist the Kazehana at this crucial juncture. It would not be an understatement to say that the disease that took him set history for half a millenia after.

Once the Kazehana initiated their first grand scheme and flipped a majority of the Land of Wind to their direct control, the Fujio immediately mobilized every man of fighting age within their domain in a vain attempt at stopping the sudden major power to their south. The clan resisted bravely for four years, but eventually they ran out of supplies and men to throw into the war machine and were forced to surrender. It would take three generations before the clans involved in this struggle against the Kazehana would return to their population levels from before the war, so devastating was its effect.

The clan would be relegated to becoming an elite unit within the military of the Kazehana Emirate almost fifty years after the war, past transgressions set aside in favor of taking advantage of their current situation. The constant bribes to Fujio leadership by the Kazehana helped this situation some, as did their status as a noble clan within the kingdom's hierarchy. This is as high as their clan would ever ascend in the long history of the Land of Wind. Perhaps with the recent creation of the shinobi villages they will get another chance to shine brightly in the ever growing history of the shinobi world.