Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-26068742-20170816100345/@comment-24714922-20170816111121

What makes a clan? Is it the shared name? The drive to rally under a single banner? The Ideals of a man whose heart has long since beaten? For the Uchiha, it had once upon a time been their anger, their hate, their 'curse of hatred' as they called it. But it had also been their loyalty, their strength and never die attitude, their ability to possess a will of fire that burned so strongly that even the sun shied away. But now? Since the War of the Akatsuki? The Uchiha have been broken and disbanded. Petty rivalries grow between small groups of Uchiha, every few years someone who thinks they have what it takes to lead the clan into the future stands up, but of course, if one stands up so does another, and then the quarrelling begins and the cycle begins anew.

Perhaps ... It was the time that the Uchiha took fate into their own hands.

On the 20th Anniversary of the Last Uchiha Lord's death. The Elders of the Uchiha, a small council of the oldest and most trusted Uchiha appointed by the late Lord, called together the first mandatory gathering of the clan. It was simple. If you didn't turn up you were banished and if you were found? Well ... try not to get found. The meeting would be held at the Shrine Grounds of the Konoha Uchiha Compound. When gathered there, it was almost pitiful to see how many of the Uchiha were left, barely over 300 members had gathered for this meeting, all of varying ages, sizes and walks of life, you see, not every Uchiha became a warrior, some lived simple lives, others were medics, using their superior eyes to better perform surgery.

The Shrine Grounds were quite simple, a large open space filled with gardens that were generously cared for with a giant four sided obelisk smack bang in the centre. Upon this shrine listed the past Uchiha Dynasties, the Royal Families that lorded over the Uchiha in the passed, beneath those names were members of the clan who reached a high enough prestige, those who did grand and wondrous things, or made a name for themselves in the world through other means. The Shrine was made of black granite with the writing in gold lettering, on each of the four sides was the Uchiha crest and if one paid attention they would notice the garden was organised to make the crest as well.

For those gathered here, they would have a rather long period of time to talk among themselves or sit in silence, what ever it was that they preferred to do. Noone of course, was sure what exactly they were gathered here for, all they knew was that if they didn't show up, then they could kiss their clan good bye. The Elders always liked to keep things secret until it was truly necessary.