But master, what are rapids without the rocks?
What is a tree but nature's war against gravity?
What is an army without an enemy to fight?
An army needs an enemy, and a clan is an army...
An army doesnt need an enemy , an army exists if in the event there IS one. An army is merely a part not a whole, the army is the defence of the nation not its own being. It is a part of the main body not the body itself.
In this sense a clan is not an army, it is a nation.
What is a nation? its a group who comes together under unity (friends under the same banner more directly in this case).
Also for a completely diffrent symbolism.
Gurus are wise. Those who are wise do not instigate the battle, they simply deal with the battle when it comes.