cool test zone

-where were they? northern marsh country/grass country... maybe a satellite clan had already been established in mountain country

-”As the Nara clan joined the alliance, they pleaded for the Yamanaka and Akimichi clan’s to respectively follow suite, though through miscommunication and poor conveying of their intentions the Nara clan came off as if they were ordering the two to follow them, completely disregarding the brothers in arms ideology they held so dear and replaced by nothing more than a hierarchy. Unknowing to the Nara, the Akimichi and Yamanka clan’s were actually bitter rivals with the Senju and Aburame respectively due to clansmen acting alone and performing crimes against one another, building distrust and malice in the air. With a distasteful quarrel, the clan’s left the trio and dispersed to join the alliances which aligned with their goals, leaving a strong tension amongst the three due to the sudden disbandment. The Nara ceased their production of the food pills solely for the Akimichi, and carried on with their lives. The names referring to Ino-Shika-Cho is unheard of in the recent generation of children, it almost being a taboo amongst the clans to support such fickle clans.” - from Nara clan history

Famous for FOOD
, prior to the strictness of the hidden villages akimichi commonly traveled quite a bit to bolster their culinary skills, are more known for that than their combat prowess. part of why they got such a warm welcome in the Mountain Country
Favours plate armour over flak jackets, traditional

Butterflies…

Most ‘of the people’ of the mountain country’s major clans despite newness. Akimichi folk heroes
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Symbol of akimichi + kaguya alliance is blowfish
because the akimichi just can't stop enabling the kaguya to do stupid stuff. also the akimichi are the blow-up part, and the kaguya are the spiky part!