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... were they led by a "King"?

Either that, or there wasn't a king at the start but the Pirate Wars came to a close when a new king emerged.

Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of samurai. And, given that most conflicts seem to be between ninja after 1GSW, I could see it being a "Reserves" style thing where they show up once or twice a year for training, and get called up for duty in the event of actual war.

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There no _listed_ wars so far between 4GSW and present. There was a bit of an annex attempt of Whirlpool by a faction of Water Country in 98AF, but that was a one off thing and not protracted. But, given that there's only been ~20 years peace between each GSW, that'd put one occurring ~100-110AF and another 120+ AF. Both would be during Naruto's reign (well, except if the last one was 124AF or later), so it's possible that he was all diplomatic and kept things from going to GSW level (3+ great villages in the war, I think. 3GSW's Suna/Iwa/Konoha, IIRC, so yeah). Doesn't mean there were fights between Iwa and Kumo, or Kumo and Kiri, or the like in that time frame, just not really major stuff that included Konoha so far.

So, pretty much, we have history up to the end of the war with Akatsuki... and then a history-less gap for the most part up to present day RP. Though tensions might have been mounting in the last couple decades or so.

I seem to have implied (via "recognition" of a country or a country's official minor/moderate/major status) that there's possibly a yearly summit. It might be the daimyos or their representatives getting together once or twice a year to discuss issues (kinda like the Kage summit), and maybe village leaders/reps get together as well for the same purpose. It'd be the time that new countries or villages might get officially recognized, etc. Having that regularly might defuse situations and allow more peaceful resolving of a situation, leading to a much longer than usual peace time.

Well, that plus NARUTO UZUMAKI, NINJA JESUS.

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Speaking of pirates, the Sea Country entry does note a joint Suna-Kiri force based at Jiro Island out of Orochimaru's old compound there (not the one Anko blew up in filler arc) doing anti-piracy work for Sea Country's shipping lanes.

And I had a "filler" idea regarding pirates off Tea Country.

Well, there was a large Civil War up in the Wastelands area. That's why there are almost no Ninja or likewise around in that area; they were almost all wiped out.

Konoha should have been involved in SOMETHING, though...hmmm...

Well, there was a large Civil War up in the Wastelands area. That's why there are almost no Ninja or likewise around in that area; they were almost all wiped out.

I'm guessing that's why they're called the "Wastelands" these days, eh? Got a general time frame for that civil war?

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You know, with the whole question of alternate military forces from ninja, it brings up the issue of the ninja villages being the ones making the treaties and what not.
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Well, the thing I see is: if Suna gets involved in something, Konoha will get involved (by the alliance). If Konoha gets involved in something, Suna gets pulled in by the same reason. Konoha has Naruto. Given that we don't "know" what happened to the other 8 biju at the end of the war with Akatsuki, Konoha has the most powerful jinchuuriki (possibly only?). And Suna has the only living ex-jinchuuriki (also the kage). That puts the two in a pretty powerful position, and they're tight allies. And if Suna has a new Ichibi jinchuuriki, that gives them the equiv of two jinchuuriki before Konoha is brought into the equation.

Konoha did help rebuild Rain/Ame, and helped out the same with Whirlpool/Uzu. But that'd only really cover 84-100AF. Still got 33 years of Konoha coverage left open. It could kinda just be a period of peacefulness in the aftermath of Madara's batshit crazy plot.

Well, there was a large Civil War up in the Wastelands area. That's why there are almost no Ninja or likewise around in that area; they were almost all wiped out.

I'm guessing that's why they're called the "Wastelands" these days, eh? Got a general time frame for that civil war?

You make it sound like I'm not hilariously incompetent at plotting out timelines.

Ahh timelines.
I've got an 11 event time line for 8 people currently in NQ.
Thank god for excel, that's just Leto's family.

Quick question, what happened to Rock Lee?

Good question, I think someone's old teammate was named after Lee, but as for what happened to Lee himself I don't think that has been determined.

There is a Chunin Neji Lee, so he apparently had some kids at some point, who probably had their own kids as well by this point. As for Rock Lee himself, I don't think there's been any mention.

I think there's been (implied?) mention of Tenten still being around as a blacksmith or weapons shop owner or something, but I'm not sure. Neji, I believe, ended up Clan Head after Hinata married Naruto (and either Hanabi married Konohamaru, or became Hokage). Can't say I can think of anything more than that regarding Lee or his team.

Ah, you're right Phht, my mistake.

you know i had a brilliant idea for Lee, he never got married, but rather had an apprentice that he treated like his own daughter, becoming her unofficial godfather. she did the same as her godfather and took up a student, that became her godchild. so on and so forth.

Has the Name/Gender of Kurenai and Asuma's kid been established?

I thought Lee's surname was "Rock" and "Lee" was his personal name?

that would be correct Dragonsong

I always kind of assumed Lee was an exception to the "surname first then given name" rule since he and Gai are obviously an homage to Bruce Lee.

Leafninja refers to Might Guy and Rock Lee's names as being westernized in their biography section index. Therefore Rock is his first name and Lee is his family name.

Wait, so that means Might Guy's family name is "Guy"?

well ain't that just a barrel of pickles. i always assumed that Lee was his personal name because even Naruto (who is rarely polite and loves to use first names) calls Lee, well Lee. what you are telling me is that just about everyone is wrong about his name? it does make some sense that Lee would be the family name, it just seems odd to me, i've always called Lee, Lee.

Well, it could be bit of preference. Would you really want to be called "Rock"? Well, if you aren't a wrestling super star. If his teammates refer to him as Lee, then Naruto might accept that it's his preferred name and use that.

Kinda like on the first day or so of class and a professor is doing roll call and says to give a preferred name if different from first name (or whatever). I guess Lee and Guy would rather go by their last names instead of first names.

Hey, guys. Just came up with a bit of fanon I thought of using, and wanted to run it by everyone. It goes a little like:

The mental techniques and discipline instilled in the Yamanaka create a large amount of mental stress until they are completely mastered, and many deal with it with large amounts of emotional reaction. The Aburame's kikai bugs are directed by pheromonal cues, which are activated through controlled bursts of emotion, ala Raven from Teen Titans.

Has the Name/Gender of Kurenai and Asuma's kid been established?

I think someone had a character related to that person at some point.

And on the chunin known as Neji Lee, I wrote absolutely nothing about his family, besides being the grandson of Rock Lee, which could mean anything. If it works for people to have him adopt, sure, or if it is his child biologically.