Remove ads

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

Can everyone please bump their accepted claims so that I dont forget you in the OP?
 
Deathwing said:
(織田氏) Oda-shi - 1312
​
Name: Oda Clan
Current Ruler: Oda Naruto
Expected Heir: Oda Nobunaga
Type of Government: Feudal Daimyo
Capital: Edo

History:
The Oda Clan began as offshoot of the Taira Clan. This small samurai clan had no home during their origins but the Mongol Invasion changed much. The Oda fought against the Mongol Horde and were forced to watch as Japan fell to these invaders. However, the Oda Clan plotted revenge. Soon another offshoot of the Taira Clan, the Edo Clan had perished after the Mongols slew the last member of the clan. the Oda's claimed the castle and town of Edo as their own. Easily seizing Edo as the Mongols preferred easier ports to use in the south, the Oda Clan soon grew in power in their small fortified port.

However, once the Mongols were successfully removed did the Emperors proclaim themselves rulers of Japan once again. Oda Naruto refused to serve those who had failed Japan and has since thrown his forces in with the Shogun. As the Oda Clan prepare to march to war, many see Naruto's son, Nobunaga as one to look out for. Wielding a bloodlust that few can match, Nobunaga seeks even more then his father to unite Japan, even if he must slaughter all those who cannot understand this. This bloodlust is a noted trait within the Oda clan and many blame the ancestral sword of the clan for it, swearing it is cursed and seeks to bathe in the blood of life itself. For now, Oda Nobunaga shall walk the battlefields wielding Tamashī-en and remake Japan in blood, or die trying.

OOC: All of this can be subjected to change by @JBO ​
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bump for @JBO
 
Ceslas said:
Цогт Коо-1312


(This will be increased if I'm allowed to claim more land and vice versa)
​
Name: Tsogt Clan

Current Ruler: Tsogt Gan

Expected Heir: Tsogt Muunokhoi

Type of Government: Bastard Clan

History: (Subject to Future Embellisment)
When Kublai Khan led his glorious invasion of the foolish samurai, the great warrior Tsogt Ganbaatar was in the vanguard. Throughout the campaign he showed his pathetic opponents that he was the embodiment of the war god, striking down foe after foe with lance, arrow, and blade. When he stood beside his Khan at the submission of the Emperor it was clear to all that he was amongst the finest warriors the Empire had ever produced. For his efforts he was given the land of Hizen to rule, where he was given a daughter of the former daimyo as his wife and given the important task of ruling the port of Hirado and ensuring a constant stream of horses and gunpowder from the mainland. However, in the years since the invasion the Tsogot were neglected by those who ruled through the Emperor. Their service was not repaid with more land and the Tsogt grew discontent finally leaving their forces in Hizen when the Shogun marched against Kyoto. Now the Empire has withdrawn but no matter. As the samurai turn on themselves the Tsogt will unify the lands around them. This island of Kyushu is valuable and the samurai will be willing to make a deal with whoever rules it. Wherever the Emperor or the Shogun rules the Tsogt will survive.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
@JBO
 
JBO said:
For those wondering for how much the supernatural tone should be done, Dovahsith sent in a claim a few days ago via PM, which nails the tone pretty well.


武田氏 - 1312

Name: Takeda Clan

Current Ruler: Takeda Katsu

Expected Heir: Takeda Katashi

Type of Government: Feudal Daimyo

Capital: Kōfu


During the invasion of the Mongols during the 1270s, the Takeda family faced destruction at the hands of the invaders limitless numbers. Despite their valour in the ferocious resistance to the invaders as they entered the Takeda homeland of Kai, the family soon found themselves forced from their stronghold of Kōfu, a garrison placed within to guard the strategic Kōshū Kaidō road through the mountain passes. Unwilling to surrender nor cease the war till the invaders were driven from his home, the newly inherited leader of the clan, the still young Takeda Shinobu gathered together the remainder of his warriors and withdrew into the edges of the mountain valleys, ambushing enemy patrols and preventing the collection of taxes. Their actions have since ingrained themselves into local folklore, the tale of the young lord's righteous struggle against a larger force occupying his home having been romanticized with many an element extravasated to the point of what was often a minor skirmish having become a larger full scale battle in which the often heavily outnumbered Takeda either defeat their enemies through sheer skill and willpower or a clever trick, before disappearing into the mountain paths before a response can be mustered by the Mongolian occupiers. The ability to hide from those whom meant Shinobu and his men ill can be summarized due to the factors of local knowledge and support from the local peasantry, ever uneasy with the more tyrannical foreign occupiers, the Takeda attacks on tax collectors often mistaken as a form of benevolent guardianship, rather than the means to sustain a force of samurai despite lacking a formal power base beyond the token gestures given to the now entrenched bandit chief. It is also rumoured that he was given the aid by a spirit of some kind, though the details vary from a Kenku impressed with his ability,to a Snow Maiden having fallen in love with the young man, giving her blessing to guide him through the mountains and to keep her lover safe. In this time Shinobu managed to acquire several children of his own, though details of his wife's origins and her fate are fragmentary at best.


As a more coordinated rebellion against Mongolian rule took place, Shinobu took the opportunity to seize back control of his family's stronghold and organised a general uprising across Kai Province, cutting off the escape Mongolian forces within the Kantō region and preventing their access to the mountains, where the terrain favored the more adept infantry of the Samurai. From there on the Takeda forces supported the Japanese rebellion in forcing the Mongolians out, acting in concert with the other warlords. As victory was achieved, Shinobu changed his name in celebration to one that marked the occasion, rechristening himself in true Japanese nobility fashion as Takeda Katsu, the Mountain Wolf of Kai.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bump

Though unsure whether you accepted @sirmax023 's Hojo
 
sirmax023 said:
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

Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

bump
 
Raptor580 said:


I don't currently have access to editing software but I'd like to claim the island Yakushima
Name: Yatowa reta ken

Current Ruler: Tsuinburēdo
Age 20

Expected Heir: Zoro

Type of Government: Pirate Clan

Capital: Yakushima


History: (Subject to Future Embellisment)
Before the Mongol invasion he was part of a small clan of naval experts who excelled in boarding boats going into close combat. When the mongol invasion came his clan was among the first to set sail against them. unfortunately they were outnumbered and defeated. His ship was rammed and he was thrown from the boat and knocked unconscious. when he awoke he was aboard one of his ships that had escaped but he could not remember a thing. His crew told him who he was and everything else they could they also unfortunately told them that their clan was destroyed by the mongols and he was the last remaining member. His lands burned his family gone all that stuck with him was his immense talent for sword fighting and a few of his ships that managed to escape.

They fled to the small island of Yakushima where they would call home. As the invasion continued he raided their supplies sank ships and harassed the mongols anyway he could. As time passed he started to make Yakushima his new territory bringing people who lived on his lands from before the invasion that he managed to find. By the time the mongols had started to turn for home he had made Yakushima into a thriving little port town that he now claimed his new home. Still when the invasion was truly done he saw what his home was becoming and new war was coming. He would not see his lands burned again nor his people killed but he still wanted to do his part to hopefully bring peace to his homeland. He trained his men hard sailing and fighting alike he would become a roving band of mercenary's for hire or a band of raiding pirates whatever he saw was more beneficial.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bump
 










The Ainu

The Northern Lords
Akita Clan (green)
Uesugi Clan (Pink)
Date Clan @Theravis (Orange)
Toshimasa Clan (Blue)
Gamo Clan (Turquoise)
Uchiha Clan (Grey)
Satomi Clan (Dark Green)

Imperial Lands

Yamaguchi Clan (Dark Red)
Mayeda Clan (light Red-Brown)
Toshinaga Clan (lime)
Mori Clan (beige)
Okada Clan (light green)
Sanada Clan (dark green)
Kyogoku Clan (light brown)
Nakamura Clan (red brown)
Takeda Clan (red) @Dovahsith
Hojo Clan (yellow)
Yuki Clan (orange)
Oda Clan (dark red)@Deathwing
Azai Clan (purple)
Fukushima Clan (blue-green)
Tanaka Clan (grey-purple)
Yamamouchi Clan (brown)
Nagatsuka Clan (green)
Tobita Clan (pink)
Kyoto - The Emperor (red) @Wade Garrett
Nara Clan (yellow)
Osaka - The Shogun (orange) @Sidheach
Kinoshita Clan
Kikkawa Clan
Midoriya Clan
Koide Clan
Urakami Clan
Sakura Clan
Ukida Clan
Yagami Clan
Mori Clan



The Bastard Lords
Tsogt Clan @Ceslas
Kikuchi Clan
Shimazu Clan


The Monks

The Order of the Monkey
The Order of the Cat
 
Last edited:
CommandoHowizter said:
一向一揆 - 1312​
​
Name: Ikkō-ikki
Current Ruler: Tsubasa, an abbot
Expected Heir: N/A, to be chosen when the current ruler passes from this world
Type of Government: Feudal Theocratic Military Confederacy
Capital: N/A, central authority is distributed across temples

The Ikkō-ikki, or "Devoted League", were once monks, peasants, lowly samurai, and ninja that banded together in the wake of the Mongol Scourge to resist these barbarian invaders to the last. Wielding religion as a weapon to lead the masses the progenitors to these warrior monks led ambushes, struck at patrols, infiltrated Mongolian castles, and disrupted the invaders' hold over Japan as much as they could.

Legends speak of monks empowered by the holy aura of the Buddha who have accomplished inhuman feats of strength or valour, it be one warrior fighting off multitudes of foes, infiltrating the most heavily guarded of fortresses and slipping out without discovery, and other such rumours and hearsays. More pragmatic outsiders merely point to the merging of the ninja and Ikkō-ikki into one, and tenacity and devotion to training of the mon and the skill and cunning of the ninja combined into something greater.

The League fought for the freedom of the common Japanese people, even people of no particular birth or rank as peasants, and just as the Shogun might have lead the daimyos and lords of Japan against the Mongols it was the Ikkō-ikki who lead the smallfolk of Nippon to cast the invaders back into the sea. Yet even as Japan celebrated its newfound freedom, the Ikkō-ikki despaired, for it seems their work is not yet complete.

Japan will soon fall into chaos and bloodshed, and it is the duty of the League to uphold the people and liberate them from the yoke of tyranny, whether it be Mongolian or Japanese, for it is no less then the will of the Buddha Himself.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

@JBO
 
Cool map. Makes me realise how much of a free for all this is going to become.
 
Pirx said:
​

Name: Kikuchi Clan

Current Ruler: Kikuchi Jiro

Expected Heir: Kikuchi Suenaga

Type of Government: Bastard Clan


History:
As all Kyushu clans, the Kikuchi were at the center at the defense effort during the first Mongol invasion of 1274. Kikuchi Takefusa and his sons led their host courageously and made a name for themselves. It was only natural, that Takefusa would rally his forces again seven years later for the second invasion. Unfortunately, this time the japanese defense would not hold. Takefusa and his host were overrun trying to contain the Mongol beachhead. He and his sons died on the beaches of Hataka bay, leaving his infant grandson Jiro as heir of the clan.

When Kumamoto castle fell to the Mongols two weeks later, Jiro became a hostage of the Mongols. He was raised at the invader's court and married to a mongol princess as part of the ongoing effort to tie the local elite to the Yuan. Like his ancestors, Kikuchi Jiro rules Higo province from Kumamoto castle. With the Yuan retreat from Japan, Kikuchi Jiro's ties to the former rulers has suddenly become a liability.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

bumpity bump bump
 
Man Hojo, Takeda, Uchiha, Oda, Uesugi and Date are all way too close to each other.....
 
I think you are in the map.
 
Sailor Midgard said:
The Domain of the Genji no Kuranokaze - Gifuayuchi



1612



​
Current Ruler: Genji no Kuranokaze Ayeka, the " Dark Wind" of the Domain of Gifuayuchi
(29 years)

Expected Heir: Either her niece Genji no Ryokou or her nephew Genji no Ryutaro, twin children of her deceased sister Keiko and the martyred Daimyo of Mikawa province Hojo Ryoma (8 years)

Type of Government: Feudal Clanbased Charismatic Mllitary Authority, acting in the name of the 'rightful govermen'

Capital :The new Castle town of Kazenoshiro (near the old Capital of Owari) /the new city of Gifu.

When the Genpei war was lost, the most puzzling secret of all was: where was Tomoe Gozen, the Onna-Bugeisha, the most famous female warrior in Japan, now that her Lord was dead ?
Most assumed she either had followed her master into death or taken religious orders -there was a nun in a certain temple....
In fact, none of this happened. It might have been planned, true, but one thing stopped it from happening.

The LadynTomoe was pregnant with Twins.
Descendants of hernlord.
Her last obligation.

So she went into the high mountains, had their children in a deep Mountain village often plagued by bandits and worse... before she came.
Her children married minor samurai noblillity of the region while the Lady Tomoe remained in her mountain sanctuary and wrote a manual of Bugei she simply called 'the sword." She trained three generations of her descendants and died at the incredible age of 102 in the year of 1254 westren count.... leaving a small teadition and her scrolls.

THEN CAME THE MONGOLS.

The descendans of Tomoe fought them. First surrepiteouslty, then openly 8n revolt as well and as good as they could.

But eventually, only two young girls and an old retainer were left of them, fleeing deeper and deeper in to the mountains after an futile tax revolt against mongol overlords... where our story would have ended.. were it not for a mysterious hermit called Karasu-sensei who found them and led them back to the secret refuge of her ancestress, where the old hermit trained the younger , more tomboyish Ayeka the secrets hidden in the scroll.

With the Mongol rule weakening, the traditional restraints on women (which never were that strong as later sources claimed) doing the same the young warrior managed to gain a following that grew and grew...
'Restore order, drive out the tyrants, bring justice and peace!" Were the demands of Shiro, Akemi , Aoi... and Kuranokaze, the 'Four Wind Generals'
(The former Miko Toki Reiko, mistress of the bow ; A Naginata wielding former yojimbo called Ginako and the wandering Koga Ninja Jiyubei... and Ayeka herself)
They took their part in the liberation, they fought for gates , then roadblock and then... castles...

And now, more inadvertently than by design, as the dust clears and the national uprising turns into a Go game with provinces as fields and castles and armies as pie es, the Four Wind Generals are pressed with the dilemma who to support and why in the absence of bandits and mongols....

Territory: The province Owari, large parts of Mino and Mikawa province
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bump... or is this not acceptable, @JBO ?
 
JbeJ275 said:




Name: Kurtis Mizu Kaizoku

Current Ruler: Murakami Kairi Aka: Kamikaze no musuko
Age: 21

Expected Heir: N/a

Type of Government: Pirate Clan

Capital: Shadoshima

History: (Subject to Future Embellisment)
When the Mongols invaded, the native armies suffered greatly yet while the navy was also defeated, parts managed to slip away. Several such ships under the command of captain Murakami escaped after strong winds held off the mongol fleet. They then found a secluded cove occupied by a small band of pirates.

Throughout the occupation they launched raids on mongol ships stealing grain, as well as leading out small groups of fishing boats for sustanense, they had the good fortune to escape after most raids and began stockpiling weapons and resources.

When the mongol armies turned to leave thier raids became more eager then ever, securing weapons funds and horses and securing the island from thier initial cove, however on one especially ambitious the previous leader fell. This left Kairi in a tenuous position with deep divides between those wishing to restore the naval heritage and serve Japan against those pirates in it purely for profit.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bump @JBO
 
Mina said:

Name: Uesugi Clan
Current Ruler: Uesugi no Yoshikado
Expected Heir: Uesugi no Yoritomo
Type of Government: Feudal Daimyo
Capital: Kasugayama Castle

War defines men. It writes upon them with a heavy brush, every stroke of victory and defeat indelible upon their soul. The conflict controls them, directs their action and reaction, shaping and forming the path of their legacy as they walk the way it lays out for them.

Uesugi no Yoshikado was not one of those men. Originally Uesugi no Saborou, he was never intended to inherit his father's seat and rule. Echigo Province had been the domain the family took through marriage with the Nagao clan when the Mongols invaded and the Uesugi power in Kanto was broken along with the shogunate, and Kasugayama stood in stern defiance to the barbarians, a legacy intended for his elder brothers. When fever took father and sons however, there was no choice but for young Saborou to step forward.

In his elevation to daimyo Yoshikado faced opposition from his uncles and cousins, opposition he crushed in the first fortnight of his rule. They expected weakness, indecision, but the daimyo disappointed on that count. With his power base secured and the beginnings of reform and improvement to the province's administration underway he turned his attention outward. Leading cavalry raids across the border in to Mongol controlled territory the young lord proved a ruthless warrior and incisive tactician. He remained undefeated, though one clash between his command and mounted bandits in the hills of Kai remained annoying close, with both sides withdrawing in good order, but with no decisive victor.

Uesugi no Yoshikado embodied war. There was none more devoted to Bishamonten than he, and whispers among the ranks spoke of strange lights from the daimyo's tent at night, times when the lord seemed to listen to words on the wind than no others could hear, and a few who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him in the throng of battle swore he fought with the ferocity of a god. Shrines dotted the lands under his command as he sought to elevate his appearance beyond that of merely a warlord, holding lands by force, but as a patron of the arts, culture, and spiritual matters (albeit one with a very particular taste in theme).

@Dovahsith Heyyyyyyy buddy. :drevil:
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
Bumped
 
You must login or register to reply here.
Remove ads
Back
Top