Terra Triad (Earth-5291)

The Terra Triad is an organized crime syndicate consisting solely of earthbender criminals active in the Land of Birds and the Land of Fire's Capital City since at least 123 AG.

History
For a long time, the Terra Triad wandered from land to land in seek of earthbending techniques to appropriate for themselves. At some point, one of their leaders, Hoki, decided they needed a permanent place to settle. Doing that, they went to the shinobi-less and thus mostly unprotected minor nation of the Land of Birds, where Hoki disguised himself as "Moso", becoming the chief adviser to the nation's Bird Lord Owashi, eventually assassinating him.

The new Feudal Lord, Owashi's son Sagi, took the guise of a supposed dark spirit known as the Cursed Warrior in order to avenge his father's death. Hoki, still under the guise of Moso, sent his assistant and Sagi's childhood friend Chishima to Konohagakure in the Land of Fire for help, a task which Fifth Hokage Tsunade entrusted to Neji Hyuga, Naruto Uzumaki, and Tenten.

There, the Konoha team discovered the real threat of the Terra Triad, leading members Hokushin and Nagare to follow and attack the foreign shinobi. Both of them were defeated by Kakashi Hatake, who arrived to help the young benders. Naruto later defeated Hoki with his Naruto Uzumaki Barrage, leading Hoki to be handed over to Sagi to pay for his crimes.