User blog comment:SynodicalSyndus/A possible fanfiction?/@comment-4558186-20180212024540/@comment-34583217-20180212231924

Yes, your recalling is correct and I agree that our characters being able to deal with Kiri's infamous graduation exam would lay the base for a great amount of character development. Just to jog everyone's memories though, Kirigakure's society was split into a form of caste system since the founding of the village. The highest-ranking civilians were those whose family lineage originally stemmed from within Kirigakure, the second caste was for members of families who were allied with Kirigakure on the battlefields in the past while the last and lowest caste consisted of members of the families who were defeated on said battlefields and annexed into the village. From the early days on, the members of the third caste were handled with caution and had to complete the most perilous and dangerous missions for the village — thus keeping them occupied and preventing them from revolting.