ryu clan

Within Iwagakure, there is a STRONGLY ESTABLISHED RELIGION based around THE GENRYU: five ELEMENTAL DRAGONS said to have created the world and to have BLESSED THE LAND that Iwagakure currently sits on through A DIVINELY APPOINTED LINEAGE OF HUMANS, the Ryu clan. There are VARIOUS TENETS AND VIRTUES associated with each of the elemental dragons, with the general belief that if one maintains all of them, THEY WILL FIND ENLIGHTENMENT as the Genryu’s true form did.

The Ryu are THE MOST DEVOUT BELIEVERS, often in charge of these churches and ceremonies sprinkled throughout Iwagakure; though their numbers are, overall, small. BEARING AND FOLLOWING THE ELEMENT which one possesses is of great importance to the Ryu clan, to the point where lacking one leads to EXTREME OSTRACIZATION.

The current military strategist, RYU ZABUSHAI, disagrees with this way of life. She seeks to overturn the church’s influence and Iwagakure’s obsession with capital.