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The Land of the Red Fraction - An Arthurverse Tale - Claims and Discussion Thread

I know something of how Japanese nobility was structured, but how would those who were on the side of the Yuan Dynasty be structured? Would we have vassals or bannermen?
 
Japan ends up as North Korea once we reach the 21st century calling it now. :p
 
Name: Hojo Clan

Current Ruler: Hojo Daishin

Expected Heir: Hojo Fuyuki

Type of Government: Daimyo feudal

With the fall of the hojo shogunate at the hands of the Mongols, A vicious reprisal was lead against the hojo dynasty leading to the massacre of every last man, woman and child, along with the burning to the ground of Izu city. The clan was believed to be wiped out. However a single survivor of the genocide against the hojo lived, Hojo Ikue was visiting her mother's family in southern Izu and was able to disguise herself as a simple peasant. Hojo Ikue spent 7 years in hiding under a false name during which time she fell in love with a humble family retainer more skilled with the hammer than the sword bearing him 3 sons Daishin, Fuyuki and Hidemasa and a daughter Michiko. In the 7th year of her exile among the peasants she was recognised by one of her father's forma retainers whilst he was living of the land trying to disrupt the efforts of the Mongols to assert dominance over Izu province. Upon seeing that there was still a legitimate hojo dynasty still remaining even if it was a remnant of its former glory. Using Hojo Ikue as a figure head he gathered what few hojo retainers were left and encamped with them in the ruins of Izu city leading guerrilla raids against the occupying Mongolians. It is said that the ancestors of the Hojo marched to war alongside their descendants, the warriors faces as white as their funeral ashes. This lead to a demoralising effect running through the occupying forces.
When the time came for a more organised insurrection against the Mongols hojo Daishin marched an army through the Izu City, the warriors of the Hojo supplementing their numbers with new blood, their faces still dirty from the roads and fields they once wandered.

family tree
Hojo Ikue age 40 married hojo ichigo age 42
sons
Daishin age 23, Fuyuki age 18 and Hidemasa age 17
daughter
Michiko age 20

 
Would it be useful to list some bannermen we would have in our lands, or would wait for the game to begin to write that?
 
Would any of the PCs like to contribute a (deceased) character to be the current Emperor's mother/late Emperor's wife?

Looking more for "How can I send the Chrysanthemum Throne even further around the bend" options than political/dynastic gain, bearing in mind the late Emperor was more or less Dothraki collaborator Aerys II in a kimono.

If nobody feels like jumping on that grenade/has any ideas that grab my interest I'll just have her be a Yamato cousin and continue the "Kiguri Does Everything Wrong" plot line in that manner.
 
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Wade Garrett said:
Would any of the PCs like to contribute a (deceased) character to be the current Emperor's mother/late Emperor's wife?

Looking more for "How can I send the Chrysanthemum Throne even further around the bend" options than political/dynastic gain, bearing in mind the late Emperor was more or less Dothraki collaborator Aerys II in a kimono.

If nobody feels like jumping on that grenade/has any ideas that grab my interest I'll just have her be a Yamato cousin and continue the "Kiguri Does Everything Wrong" plot line in that manner.
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The Emperor can't marry just anyone, they have to come from approved Imperial cadet branches.
 
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