無限の流血-無限の憎しみ- (Endless Bloodshed; Infinite Hatred)[A Samurai v Ninja Role-Play]{Sign-Ups & OOC}
[FONT="]エピロー[/FONT][FONT="]グ [/FONT][FONT="](Epilogue) 1336 –
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[FONT="]It was the start of a new and prosperous era. The Northern and Southern Imperial courts were officially established and Japan’s economic status had finally begun to improve, it was excruciatingly difficult to fathom any sort of downfall in this system as everything began to advance technologically and socially. Agriculturally everything was becoming more efficient and socially acceptable as the farmlands began to recover from Japan’s previous devastating war that scarred the lands leaving everything inhabitable. And although the Northern and Southern Imperial courts often bicker and fought over the sovereignty of their respective powers everything was peaceful. Down in the domestic homeland the lower-class samurai as a half-tax policy was employed for recognizing the legality of the samurai estate, in essence the samurais were essentially being coddled.
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[FONT="]All that did not fall under the parameters settled by this half-tax policy were forced to pay after barely being ushered back into the system. As this continued the lower-class samurai rose in ranks and eventually were hand-picked to serve the daimyos* as a part of an official imperial army. Against such a force all in the lower class, even those samurai who remained there, were stuck there, trapped in the rigid society. The Northern Imperial court – ran by the shoguns** - and the Southern Imperial court – controlled by Emperor Go-Daigo – were oblivious to the domestic affairs and instead of resolving things decided to take matters in their own hands and engaged in open war. In order to obtain and conduct espionage acts both sides used the assassins-for-hire ninjas. The war had lasted for almost sixty years, and at the same time the samurai had assumed control as a result of this schism created from the two courts.
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[FONT="]Eventually the daimyos overlooking the samurai had played their hand in this and jumped into the war, the already weakened courts could not possibly be able to take on the samurai and their newfound power so as a result both courts were taken down. The daimyos had let the shoguns around but executed the Emperor. Contrary to the war’s aftermath both the ninja and samurai clans had flourished with the help of the economic support from the courts and the daimyos respectively, and although the ninjas were not given credit or even compensation for their assistance in the war – in fact one of the daimyos accused the ninjas for meddling – they had branched away for the newfound government under the daimyos.
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[FONT="]For a moment everything was serene, although the affects from the economic eroding from both the war and from lax taxation to the samurai was taking its toll as Japan was dropping in terms of economic prowess. Confident, however, the daimyos shrugged off the potential social downfall and continued to squeeze their control over Japan. The seeds of fear were planted after that faithful night.
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[FONT="]Seven daimyos had convened to discuss the commerce power they were attempting to obtain since the 1336; the meeting was secretive and clad in the veil of conspiracy as all seven of the bodies were found dead; there were no external wounds as they were poisoned.
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[FONT="]Naturally suspicion was aroused and the blame immediately went over to the ninjas, but rather than question and interrogate the proud ninja clans the samurais and the remaining daimyos built up an extremely negative image of the ninja. The people had it in their minds that the ninjas were cowards who would rather hide in the shadows than to face someone in an open battle, they were weak assassins who take refuge in the shadows. Due to this the ninjas were forced to take a more domestic image, they were forced to take a peaceful role as farmers or as poor laborers. Because of this there was literally nothing left to oppose the samurais.
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[FONT="]戦国時[/FONT][FONT="]代 [/FONT][FONT="](Sengoku Period) – 1467[/FONT]
[FONT="]Under the veil of peace for nearly 120 years the ninja clans have grown exponentially, many clans have become juggernauts in Japan, which means there were dozens upon dozens of bloody rivalries. At the same time the samurai clans have become larger as well, they were more organized and more formal when compared to their opposites. The Iga clan became a largely prominent school of ninjutsu while the Hosokawa clan became a prominent samurai clan. The Iga clan became a huge threat for the Hosokawa clan as they were becoming much larger in numbers and in techniques, to prevent a possible overthrow the Hosokawa clan issued an open challenge to the Iga clan. Each of their respective leaders would engage in an open duel until a victor is made.
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[FONT="]The Iga clan was suspicious, after all, the duel was under the pretenses of a peace treaty, maiming and killing were prohibited but the Iga clan couldn’t believe it. After all of the animosity between each of the groups it was hard to believe it would all be blown over after one duel. Even though the Iga clan was only supposed to bring three of their members – the leader and two bodyguards – they planted their ninjas all around the Hosokawa home. The duel went as normal, Hattori Hanzo, a former samurai, accepted the challenge as the leader of the Iga clan while the opposite, Hosokawa Katsumoto was the one who fought for the Hosokawa family as the leader. Katsumoto became the victor but moments before he could claim his victory Hattori Hanzo fell over dead. Outraged when they searched for a probable cause of death to find out that he had bled out tragically because of the wounds inflicted by the fight the Iga members accused the Hosokawa leader of foul play and retaliated by beheading him right there.
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[FONT="]The other Hosokawa members came out to see the bloodied remains of their leader and his bodyguards and attack the Iga ninjas. The Iga’s reinforcements came out from their hiding spots and a battle broke out. The Iga members came out of the fight barely alive but they lost 10 of their members that night including their leader, going back home they reported the news.
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[FONT="]The samurais acted quickly and fiercely, they had accused the Iga ninjas for assaulting them at their own home then disgracefully running away. 1467 was the first year of war. The Hosokawa clan had grouped up with the other samurais and under the power of the daimyos they had swiftly killed off a huge majority of the ninja clans. Within the 7th year of war nearly 1/4th of the clans were killed off, within the 10th year those numbers doubled. The war ravaged on and the samurais gripped the control over Japan with an iron fist, all those who had refuted or ignored their taxes were branded as traitors and sentenced to prison life or even death.
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[FONT="]今[/FONT][FONT="]日 [/FONT][FONT="](Present Day) – 1523[/FONT]
[FONT="]Today only a handful of ninja clans remain, the ever powerful Iga clan is currently reduced to pathetic numbers while on the opposite in order to garner support for the war effort the daimyos had recruited large numbers of samurais, although the samurais had saw this as disrespectful they had superior numbers and a large economic base. The Ikko-Ikki*** had conjoined with the ninja clans and even the animosity between the ninja clans were gone in an effort to avenge their ancestors. But still the numbers are stacked in favor of the royal army, it would be difficult, or even impossible, to recover.[/FONT]
Daimyos* - The feudal lords over Japan, they have extreme political, social, and economic influence over everything. They are considered the wealthy class right in front of the shoguns. Very rarely is a samurai made into a daimyo.
Shogun** - A military general, they are able to command forces and even have influence over the samurai. Once again it is rare but samurais can be made into a Shogun.
Ikko-Ikki*** - literally "single-minded leagues", were mobs of peasant farmers, Buddhist monks, Shinto priests and local nobles, who rose up against samurai rule They follow the beliefs of the Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism which taught that all believers are equally saved by Amida Buddha's grace. They are organized to only a small degree. They are aligned with the ninjas.
Bushido**** - Bushido, meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honor unto death.
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[/FONT][FONT="]無限の流血[/FONT]-[FONT="]無限の憎し[/FONT][FONT="]み[/FONT]
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Arigatou King Sora! ^^
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RP Thread
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[/FONT][FONT="]無限の流血[/FONT]-[FONT="]無限の憎し[/FONT][FONT="]み[/FONT]
[FONT="]Endless Bloodshed; Infinite Hatred[/FONT]
[FONT="]A Samurai v Ninja Role-Play
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Arigatou King Sora! ^^
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RP Thread
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[FONT="]It was the start of a new and prosperous era. The Northern and Southern Imperial courts were officially established and Japan’s economic status had finally begun to improve, it was excruciatingly difficult to fathom any sort of downfall in this system as everything began to advance technologically and socially. Agriculturally everything was becoming more efficient and socially acceptable as the farmlands began to recover from Japan’s previous devastating war that scarred the lands leaving everything inhabitable. And although the Northern and Southern Imperial courts often bicker and fought over the sovereignty of their respective powers everything was peaceful. Down in the domestic homeland the lower-class samurai as a half-tax policy was employed for recognizing the legality of the samurai estate, in essence the samurais were essentially being coddled.
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[FONT="]All that did not fall under the parameters settled by this half-tax policy were forced to pay after barely being ushered back into the system. As this continued the lower-class samurai rose in ranks and eventually were hand-picked to serve the daimyos* as a part of an official imperial army. Against such a force all in the lower class, even those samurai who remained there, were stuck there, trapped in the rigid society. The Northern Imperial court – ran by the shoguns** - and the Southern Imperial court – controlled by Emperor Go-Daigo – were oblivious to the domestic affairs and instead of resolving things decided to take matters in their own hands and engaged in open war. In order to obtain and conduct espionage acts both sides used the assassins-for-hire ninjas. The war had lasted for almost sixty years, and at the same time the samurai had assumed control as a result of this schism created from the two courts.
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[FONT="]Eventually the daimyos overlooking the samurai had played their hand in this and jumped into the war, the already weakened courts could not possibly be able to take on the samurai and their newfound power so as a result both courts were taken down. The daimyos had let the shoguns around but executed the Emperor. Contrary to the war’s aftermath both the ninja and samurai clans had flourished with the help of the economic support from the courts and the daimyos respectively, and although the ninjas were not given credit or even compensation for their assistance in the war – in fact one of the daimyos accused the ninjas for meddling – they had branched away for the newfound government under the daimyos.
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[FONT="]For a moment everything was serene, although the affects from the economic eroding from both the war and from lax taxation to the samurai was taking its toll as Japan was dropping in terms of economic prowess. Confident, however, the daimyos shrugged off the potential social downfall and continued to squeeze their control over Japan. The seeds of fear were planted after that faithful night.
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[FONT="]Seven daimyos had convened to discuss the commerce power they were attempting to obtain since the 1336; the meeting was secretive and clad in the veil of conspiracy as all seven of the bodies were found dead; there were no external wounds as they were poisoned.
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[FONT="]Naturally suspicion was aroused and the blame immediately went over to the ninjas, but rather than question and interrogate the proud ninja clans the samurais and the remaining daimyos built up an extremely negative image of the ninja. The people had it in their minds that the ninjas were cowards who would rather hide in the shadows than to face someone in an open battle, they were weak assassins who take refuge in the shadows. Due to this the ninjas were forced to take a more domestic image, they were forced to take a peaceful role as farmers or as poor laborers. Because of this there was literally nothing left to oppose the samurais.
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[FONT="]戦国時[/FONT][FONT="]代 [/FONT][FONT="](Sengoku Period) – 1467[/FONT]
[FONT="]Under the veil of peace for nearly 120 years the ninja clans have grown exponentially, many clans have become juggernauts in Japan, which means there were dozens upon dozens of bloody rivalries. At the same time the samurai clans have become larger as well, they were more organized and more formal when compared to their opposites. The Iga clan became a largely prominent school of ninjutsu while the Hosokawa clan became a prominent samurai clan. The Iga clan became a huge threat for the Hosokawa clan as they were becoming much larger in numbers and in techniques, to prevent a possible overthrow the Hosokawa clan issued an open challenge to the Iga clan. Each of their respective leaders would engage in an open duel until a victor is made.
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[FONT="]The Iga clan was suspicious, after all, the duel was under the pretenses of a peace treaty, maiming and killing were prohibited but the Iga clan couldn’t believe it. After all of the animosity between each of the groups it was hard to believe it would all be blown over after one duel. Even though the Iga clan was only supposed to bring three of their members – the leader and two bodyguards – they planted their ninjas all around the Hosokawa home. The duel went as normal, Hattori Hanzo, a former samurai, accepted the challenge as the leader of the Iga clan while the opposite, Hosokawa Katsumoto was the one who fought for the Hosokawa family as the leader. Katsumoto became the victor but moments before he could claim his victory Hattori Hanzo fell over dead. Outraged when they searched for a probable cause of death to find out that he had bled out tragically because of the wounds inflicted by the fight the Iga members accused the Hosokawa leader of foul play and retaliated by beheading him right there.
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[FONT="]The other Hosokawa members came out to see the bloodied remains of their leader and his bodyguards and attack the Iga ninjas. The Iga’s reinforcements came out from their hiding spots and a battle broke out. The Iga members came out of the fight barely alive but they lost 10 of their members that night including their leader, going back home they reported the news.
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[FONT="]The samurais acted quickly and fiercely, they had accused the Iga ninjas for assaulting them at their own home then disgracefully running away. 1467 was the first year of war. The Hosokawa clan had grouped up with the other samurais and under the power of the daimyos they had swiftly killed off a huge majority of the ninja clans. Within the 7th year of war nearly 1/4th of the clans were killed off, within the 10th year those numbers doubled. The war ravaged on and the samurais gripped the control over Japan with an iron fist, all those who had refuted or ignored their taxes were branded as traitors and sentenced to prison life or even death.
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[FONT="]今[/FONT][FONT="]日 [/FONT][FONT="](Present Day) – 1523[/FONT]
[FONT="]Today only a handful of ninja clans remain, the ever powerful Iga clan is currently reduced to pathetic numbers while on the opposite in order to garner support for the war effort the daimyos had recruited large numbers of samurais, although the samurais had saw this as disrespectful they had superior numbers and a large economic base. The Ikko-Ikki*** had conjoined with the ninja clans and even the animosity between the ninja clans were gone in an effort to avenge their ancestors. But still the numbers are stacked in favor of the royal army, it would be difficult, or even impossible, to recover.[/FONT]
Daimyos* - The feudal lords over Japan, they have extreme political, social, and economic influence over everything. They are considered the wealthy class right in front of the shoguns. Very rarely is a samurai made into a daimyo.
Shogun** - A military general, they are able to command forces and even have influence over the samurai. Once again it is rare but samurais can be made into a Shogun.
Ikko-Ikki*** - literally "single-minded leagues", were mobs of peasant farmers, Buddhist monks, Shinto priests and local nobles, who rose up against samurai rule They follow the beliefs of the Jōdo Shinshu (True Pure Land) sect of Buddhism which taught that all believers are equally saved by Amida Buddha's grace. They are organized to only a small degree. They are aligned with the ninjas.
Bushido**** - Bushido, meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honor unto death.
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