I've got a lot of headcanon and
thoughts for various canon things. So I'm starting a new series on
this blog- the World Building Notes- where I take something from canon
and expand on it for story writing purposes after some google
research.
I might use these thoughts in AtO or
other fanfiction when I'm in need of extra details. And maybe some of
my thoughts will help you in your own writing.
So first location, is the Kikyō
Castle in Konoha.
In
Canon, we only see this location during the Chunin Exams arc.
It's where Gaara went murderous and where Hayate was killed.
Here's the Wiki page for it.
My Thoughts
History
Historically, castles in Japan were
fortresses. Wikipedia says that they were made from stone and wood
and were used to guard strategic sites. Maybe Kikyō
castle had a similar purpose in Naruto before/during the warring clan
era.
Konoha
was built around Kikyō castle because Hashirama had no problem
building things in a short amount of time. And he wanted there to be
as much space as possible for all the clans to live in Konoha.
When
Konoha was built, Kikyō lost it's primary purpose as a fortress
because the village had expanded well beyond it's location. And
Konoha never tore it down for space because it was something given to
them by the Daimyo and keeping it was like a sign of respect?
