divine ashes: the god who built the leaf

Before Konoha was born, before Madara’s rage or Hashirama’s dream, there was a being who walked among mortals — a god who had watched countless ages of bloodshed. Neither Senju nor Uchiha by blood, yet carrying both their fires within, he descended in human form to guide the two destined rivals toward a fragile dream called peace. With eyes that could still the storm and chakra that could birth forests and flame, he taught them to build instead of destroy. His presence changes the founding of Konoha — and the world itself. At the heart of the village, he would erect a monument: two warriors locked not in hatred, but in brotherhood — the statue of Madara and Hashirama fist-bumping, an eternal symbol of unity born from divine hands.