Hiruzen Sarutobi

In the Beginning

Hiruzen once hoped Orochimaru would succeed him as Hokage, but he saw the darkness inside him and started to favor Jiraiya. With Jiraiya on his journey, Hiruzen would select  Minato to succeed him as Hokage. However, Minato would die saving the village from the Kyuubi, and with Jiraiya and Tsunade's whereabouts unknown, Hiruzen would once again resume his position as Hokage.

After the 4th Hokage's death, the  Uchihas would be blamed for the Kyuubi's attack and, despite Hiruzen's protests, the Uchihas were segregated and forced to live in a corner of the village by the elders. Fugaku, the leader of the Uchihas, planned to take over the village in retribution. Hiruzen and the elders caught wind of this and Hiruzen began negotiations, which didn't work. The elders feared that if the Uchihas attacked that it would leave the village vulnerable and it was necessary to kill the Uchihas before a 4th ninja war occurred. To add to Hiruzen's grief, he would later discover the horrible crimes that Orochimaru committed. But despite his anger, he couldn't bring himself to kill his student, allowing Orochimaru to flee the village.

When  Naruto failed to graduate the academy, he was tricked by Mizuki to steal a scroll containing forbidden jutsu. Hiruzen was the first to see Naruto, but being a closet pervert, he was stunned by Naruto's "Sexy" jutsu which allowed Naruto to escape. Hiruzen sent out a squad to find Naruto and he watched with his crystal ball as Naruto was proven innocent and defeated Mizuki to protect his friend and sensei, Iruka. After Naruto became a Genin, Hiruzen watched first hand as Konohamaru, his grandson, and Naruto become friends and worried that Naruto would be a bad influence, but he also watched as Naruto helped change Konohamaru and make him a better person. Hiruzen talked to  Kakashi and told him about his new student. Then after Naruto was placed on in  Team 7 with Kakashi , Sakura, and Sasuke, Hiruzen gave into Naruto's begging and gave him a higher ranking mission, however the client lied and it turned out to be a much more dangerous mission; but Team 7 prevailed.

Eventually it will be the Leaf village's turn to host the Chuunin exams. the 4th Kazekage, leader of the Sand village, decided to attend and watched up high next to Hiruzen. What Hiruzen and the rest of the Leaf village didn't know is that the Chuunin exams was a cover for a united invasion by the Sand and Sound villages, the latter being Orochimaru's brain child. However what the Sand village didn't know is that Orochimaru betrayed them and impersonated their Kazekage... after killing the real one. Orochimaru brought Hiruzen to a large rooftop where the Sound 4 were waiting and constructed a barrier to stop then from leaving, or anyone to stop the fight. Hiruzen would have to fight his former student to the death.

Heat of Battle

Enma in Hand

The Death God

Powers/Techniques

Enma the Monkey King

He's also capable of summoning monkeys, most notably Enma the Monkey King. Enma is capable of using the technique "Free-Form Diamond-Like Hardness" where he transforms into a near-indestructible, size altering pole which Hiruzen uses as a weapon. He can also use  "Indestructible Prison Wall" where he creates copies of himself while in his pole form and becomes an interlocking cage. Hiruzen is greatly feared as one of the strongest shinobi to ever set foot on the planet as Iruka Sensei stated that he was the strongest Hokage the Hidden Leaf Village ever had and even in his old age he was able to virtually stalemate his fallen student Orochimaru who was still in his physical prime.