This suggestion is related to the history of villages, more specific to the history of Hidden Ocean.
I know that Vreg decided not to make this village anymore but I thought of an alternative.
What I thought of is a world lore where Hidden Ocean Village is a legendary village that is supposed to be the place where everything related to shinobis started to move at the beginning. From uncertain causes, the empire fell in ruins, now laying on the bottom of the sea. Many secrets were lost that day and the time destroyed most of the remains that were saved. Nowadays, many are trying to find the legendary swords there were forged in that village (referring to those special weapons, not necessary swords) and the long forgotten techniques that were classified as forbidden. Many think, Vreg is the last survivor of the Hidden Ocean.
With such a factor in the story, many interesting lore ideas can derive from it.
The temporal period of this event would fall after the decided lore from this topic:
https://www.shinobilifeonline.com/index.php?topic=3120.msg53896;topicseen#new, but before the great 11 villages would appear.
I know that this idea sounds much like the legend of Atlantis, but I think this insinuation is subtle enough so it won't be perceived as a cliche.
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