History Fanfic / CompassOfThySoul

** Due to its size, the clan is divided into Mangekyou lineages -- there are several types of Mangekyou Sharingan, each with their own power set and way of awakening. Whenever an Uchiha gets their Mangekyou, they become the Head of their respective lineage. For instance, Kita is moderately removed from her lineage's main family, but when she awakens the Toyotama Mangekyou, she becomes the head. Other than the Mangekyou being [[AuthorityEqualsAssKicking very powerful]], this custom is a way to honor those clan members who have suffered the most.

** MinoredInAsskicking: Those Uchiha that stay civilian still learn to fight with at least knives and fire jutsu.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Any Uchiha who gains Mangekyou becomes the head of their lineage.

* {{Unishment}}: [[spoiler:Played with. Tobirama's punishment as the Head of Senju Clan for his brother actions amount to being forced to move into Uchiha Clan Hall with his children and an order to step down in favour of Tsunama in few years, none of which he minds. However, Madara also puts an end to Senju practice of AsskickingEqualsAuthority by confining their succession to ''only'' Mito's descendants, regardless of their occupation.]]

* AbdicateTheThrone: On several occasions, a person would retire from their position in the clan in favour of a younger or better-trained relative.
* AbductionIsLove: Apparently one of the historical Uchiha Outguard Heads, Uchiha Biei-Fuji, kidnapped herself one Senju Kabema for a concubine. According to Kita, she had eight children by him.
** DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Subverted. While Kita and Sahoro bring it up mostly as a clan anecdote, Madara's internal narration acknowledges that Kabema was a prisoner who tried to escape for over a decade before giving up.

** Downplayed when Tobirama hears Kita's toddling twin sisters call [[PromotionToParent her and Madara]] "mama" and "papa". Combined with the fact that his brother ''has'' a same-age son, he naturally concludes the girls are Madara's biological daughters.
** A lot of people seems to think that Tobirama is a Hatake, especially since he's mostly called "Bira-sensei" by anyone who met him as a child themselves.
* EquivalentExchange: Averted for the Mangekyou. Madara notes that its techniques take noticeably less chakra that they should according to the currently known rules.

** Madara is introduced reviewing documents related to the current clan situation, and then dutifully taking part in a meeting. When he learns about betrothal, he decides to get to know Kita better and to try make it work.
** Twice with Uchiha Tajima. In Kita's [=POV=], she notes Tajima doesn't asks for her name and never uses it. In Madara's, he betroths his son, only informing him at the same time as clan Elders.

It also has recursive fiction in the form of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24814768/chapters/60018325 Celestial Fix]]'' which is both a fanfic of Compass of thy Soul AND Dreaming of Sunshine.

!! These fanworks contain examples of following tropes:

* AbdicateTheThrone: On several occasions a person would retire from their position in the clan in favour of a younger or better trained relative.
* AbductionIsLove: Apparently one of historical Uchiha Outguard Heads, Uchiha Biei-Fuji, kidnapped herself one Senju Kabema for a concubine. According to Kita, she had eight children by him.

* TheAce: Several among both shinobi and civilians, with Kita, Madara and Hashirama being the most obvious examples. Of course, the effects of having practically no equals are eventually decostructed InUniverse:

* AchievementInIgnorance: Kita's sealing style is ''very'' simple, stable '''and''' safe, while heavily utilizing symbolism and metaphors. And completely different from scientifically precise and exacting way everyone else does it.

Now has a spin-off in the form of ''[[Fanfic/UmeiNoMaisUnchained Unchained]]''.

** Taken UpToEleven with Kita's sealing style, which is ''heavily'' symbolic and metaphorical in nature.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Both to the advantage and detriment of the protagonists.
** Despite what was shown in manga, there was neither constant warfare nor child soldiers during that period, since the former is not sustainable and the latter are just not practical.
** Most shinobi don't actually want to fight during missions, since it may lead to an injury or a death. If two groups find themselves at cross-purposes, more often than not, they will attempt to come to a compromise.
** Both Madara and Kita realise that their desire for peace will not be acceptable for most of the Uchiha clan, unless they present it in such a way as to make it attractive for majority of people.
*** On that note, Kita makes a lot of effort to provide the clan with sources of income independent of shinobi missions, both to strengthen them and to provide economic incentives to considers a long-term peace.
** Royal courts are expensive, even if one is only a guest for a short time.
** Hashirama's behaviour might have been normal for a shounen manga, but taken out of it becomes ''deeply problematic'' very fast.
*** His unwillingness to kill his opponents is ''not'' alright. Since most people don't have Senju's skill at healing, those people die slow, agonising deaths over several days or weeks.
*** His gambling addiction and general lack of money-managing skills are severely criticised, as he's gambled away various family heirlooms and has to be kept away from clan finances to not bankrupt the Senju.
** Many active duty shinobi have [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] and some of them sustain carrier-ending injuries. Civilians aren't much better.
** Even if Konoha is officially a trading outpost, the daimyo is still worried over the number of shinobi clans that maintain properties within its borders.
** Official disagreements between two countries usually amount to setting embargoes on products and refusing and entrance to their citizens. Actual warfare is something that people wants to avoid.
*** Embargoes mean that smugglers are making a lot of profit selling the restricted goods.
** Caged Bird Seal "protects" only those Hyuuga who are from Branch House, leaving the Main House members open to bloodline theft. Also, killing off people means that other captives have fewer allies to help them in planning and executing an escape.
** People learning you can control what amounts to forces of nature will result in them targeting you and your family out of fear, because IntimidationDemonstration only goes so far.
** If you are a head of clan or other similar organisation, your actions will ''of course'' be assumed to reflect the decision on majority of members.

* HonoraryAunt: What Tobirama becomes to Kita's children. [[spoiler:It's actually a bit more than honourary, as Tobirama was considered family to Kita since the moment she awakened her Mangekyou to defend him. His eventual adoption only cements this.]]

* TurnTheOtherCheek: Hashirama has shades of this, much to everyone's annoyance. [[spoiler:He tries to have Kakuzu released despite the fact that the man just tried to assassinate him.]]

* HonouraryUncle: What Tobirama becomes to Kita's children. [[spoiler:It's actually a bit more than honourary, as Tobirama was considered family to Kita since the moment she awakened her Mangekyou to defend him. His eventual adoption only cements this.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are several dozen named characters, with new ones still being introduced regularly as the story progresses. Of course it's balanced by fairly high death rate, at least during the first story.
** Due to the sheer number of characters, the author has some family trees for the Uchiha and the Senju on her [[https://www.deviantart.com/umei-no-mai deviantart]]

* AdultFear: All around during Warring Clans Era.
** Your child being born premature and at risk of dying in infancy.
** Your wife dying in childbirth.
** Assassination of various family members, especially young children.
** An all-out war breaking out, putting everyone within family at risk.
** Somebody trying to abduct your child from a ''public'' place that you considered safe.
** Pirates and bloodline thieves targeting your family and friends.

* SpotOfTea: ''Chadou'' has a major influence in the story, and a RunningGag is Kita persistently believing that no, she's not good at it.

* PromotedToParent: Hikaku for his younger brothers. Kita for Benten [[spoiler:and later for her twin sisters]].

* ChosenConceptionPartner: Played with. Yes, a woman can ensure ''conception'' with sufficient chakra control skills but a [[RealityEnsues majority of embryos would still be miscarried before reaching fourth week]].

* DeconstructionFic: Very much so. This series takes everything that Kishi ever mentioned about Warring Clans Era, sticks it in [[RealityEnsues rather more realistic setting]] and expands on it.

* RealityEnsues: Both to the advantage and detriment of the protagonists.
** Despite what was shown in manga, there was neither constant warfare nor child soldiers during that period, since the former is not sustainable and the latter are just not practical.
** Most shinobi don't actually want to fight during missions, since it may lead to an injury or a death. If two groups find themselves at cross-purposes, more often than not, they will attempt to come to a compromise.
** Both Madara and Kita realise that their desire for peace will not be acceptable for most of the Uchiha clan, unless they present it in such a way as to make it attractive for majority of people.
*** On that note, Kita makes a lot of effort to provide the clan with sources of income independent of shinobi missions, both to strengthen them and to provide economic incentives to considers a long-term peace.
** Royal courts are expensive, even if one is only a guest for a short time.
** Hashirama's behaviour might have been normal for a shounen manga, but taken out of it becomes ''deeply problematic'' very fast.
*** His unwillingness to kill his opponents is ''not'' alright. Since most people don't have Senju's skill at healing, those people die slow, agonising deaths over several days or weeks.
*** His gambling addiction and general lack of money-managing skills are severely criticised, as he's gambled away various family heirlooms and has to be kept away from clan finances to not bankrupt the Senju.
** Many active duty shinobi have [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] and some of them sustain carrier-ending injuries. Civilians aren't much better.
** Even if Konoha is officially a trading outpost, the daimyo is still worried over the number of shinobi clans that maintain properties within its borders.
** Official disagreements between two countries usually amount to setting embargoes on products and refusing and entrance to their citizens. Actual warfare is something that people wants to avoid.
*** Embargoes mean that smugglers are making a lot of profit selling the restricted goods.
** Caged Bird Seal "protects" only those Hyuuga who are from Branch House, leaving the Main House members open to bloodline theft. Also, killing off people means that other captives have fewer allies to help them in planning and executing an escape.
** People learning you can control what amounts to forces of nature will result in them targeting you and your family out of fear, because IntimidationDemonstration only goes so far.
** If you are a head of clan or other similar organisation, your actions will ''of course'' be assumed to reflect the decision on majority of members.