Daimyo Akagi Zuikaku
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 181 
Age: 29
Physical Description: Black hair matches a pair of green eyes and well-tanned skin. His hands bear numerous scars from rope burns and large splinters, as do his legs. He is well-muscled, looking more like a dock-worker than a daimyo, but he emphasizes the ability to do personally what he commands others to do. It is not uncommon that he smells of the sea, in fact he tends to bathe in it, using the power of the sea to cleanse his body.
Clothes and Equipment: He wears traditional samurai armor, which has been carefully constructed and enchanted to prevent damage by corrosion or rust in the salty environment he is often found in. His katana has received the same treatment, the handle wrapped in the skin of a monstrous shark, the blade forged from the toughest steel.
Registered: Jun 27, 2016 9:39:02 GMT -8
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Post by Daimyo Akagi Zuikaku on Mar 25, 2019 5:50:22 GMT -8
Akagi was stunned at the destruction that had been wrought so quickly amongst the palace.
"Get those fires out!" He ordered the Wavewarden's disciples, who immediately moved to prevent the further spread of any fires. In a city such as this, an out of control fire could kill thousands.
He noted with grim satisfaction the corpse of the Shogun, smiling that they had achieved their goal.
"What's this about a demon-man?" He inquired.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Mar 27, 2019 11:06:04 GMT -8
The smoke was visible quite far away and Yasuke frowned silently without really saying too much before arriving at the shoguns palace.
"Seems like there won't be much sightseeing." Yasuke commented with a wry smile though it quickly stiffened as he had hoped to see what it looked like on the inside and perhaps even get to sheathe his katana in the damned geezer's chest. Yasuke stayed with Kojuro as the Hizashi lord ordered the men to surround the building.
"Hmm..? Go inside that?" Yasuke asked skeptically. Although he was not normally afraid to 'do things to get things done', he was somewhat questioning the reason to why they were to go into that blaze while the flames were out. "Wouldn't it be enough to just - let him burn?" he said and shrugged. "If the shogun set the fire himself he had it co..." Yasuke said as shadow wandered out the burning building with what was indicated to be the dead shogun over his shoulder. Did he start the fire?
"You look like a weakling, did you really do what you claim?" Yasuke asked and lifted on brow as he unmounted his horse and reached to draw his katana but stayed his hand when seeing the guy too exhausted to even stand and Yasuke relaxed his shoulders. "Huh...?" he stopped and tensed a little again as the guy explained about the 'demon-man' called Uehara Renzo. Quick strides were taken towards Hitsufune and with a firm grip and placing his knee in Hitsufune's back, he was put flat on the ground with one arm wrung on the back.
"You'll be repeating that name a lot of time - hero..!" Yasuke snarled and looked up at Kojuro quite certain who that demon-man was. "As if I believe he killed the shogun! He probably just took the honor and happened to be there." Yasuke argued.
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Kojuro Hizashi
Dedicated
Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on Mar 31, 2019 8:45:54 GMT -8
Kojuro shook his head as Yasuke suggested they could just assume the Shogun had cooked to death inside the palace. “We need to find out if Oguro is dead or alive. He may have run away and set the palace on fire to conceal his escape.” But it turned out that perhaps they needed go inside after all, as as a lone figure dragging a corpse emerged from the building. Men started forward and weapons were trained on Hitsufune but no one attacked.
Kojuro frowned and when Yasuke went over to interrogate the man, he followed. Gorobei Morimoto turned over the body that the escapee claimed to be the Shogun, and Kojuro looked into its face. In death, Oguro’s face resembled nothing so much as the Noh mask of the old man – the captured expression one of apologetic despair. “That is His Excellency alright,” Kojuro confirmed.
He looked to the ragged man that Yasuke had handily immobilised. “You’re quite sure of yourself to be dealing out judgements,” he said. Not only had he taken it upon himself to kill the Shogun but had judged the so-called demon-man Uehara Renzo “irredeemable” which was quite a statement in Kojuro’s eyes. “Who are you?” he demanded of the murderer, "And why did you do what you did?"
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Wuppo
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 114
Physical Description: "The citizens of Tamatoshi Bay would lay eyes on Wuppo, a 10-foot tall ogre, dirty with grime and what was probably dried blood. The giant's black beard was messily braided and twisted into two strands that hung from his chin, and the hair atop his head tied into a somewhat familiar but not entirely correct topknot."
Registered: Jun 20, 2017 3:10:43 GMT -8
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Post by Wuppo on Mar 31, 2019 15:07:47 GMT -8
Wuppo was tired, and becoming increasingly cranky and agitated by the day's activities. He didn't understand any of what was happening around him. In the ogre's mind, he'd seen the whole of the world assemble to bring harm to himself and his friends, and when they had failed saw the same people throw themselves upon the spears of those who opposed them. He'd been burned, sliced, and suffered the onslaught of archers as they sought to thin the Hizashi ranks, even when it was clear the fight was lost. Perhaps the worst of it was that the ogre himself had come a hair's breadth from failing his only reason for being there at all; protecting the 'Wize Otta'.
Wuppo put down the large wooden wagon he was carrying in his right hand; small number of arrows sticking out of the thick wood of the wagon's bed, an artifact of its time being used as an improvised shield from archers. Wuppo was about to bash down a door, or baring that perhaps even a hole in the wall, when Kojuro stated their need to enter the palace - but before he was able to do it, Hitsufune appeared with the body of the Shogun. Yasuke moved quickly to immobilize Hitsufune, and as Kojuro confirmed the identity of the body, Wuppo moved over the now deceased warlord.
Bending down, Wuppo used the index finger of his gloved hand to give the body of the shogun a powerful poke, which would have been more like being kicked in the chest given the difference in size. Wuppo waited for a short time, and poked him again - at least equally as hard. "Dis Shoo-gone?" he said aloud, appearing to talk to no one in particular. To Wuppo, there didn't seem to be anything at all special or extraordinary about the person that lay on the ground before him. All of this, the ogre thought, for a simple man. Wuppo pursed his lips, and let out a low growl as he grabbed the Shogun's body in his giant hand. Wuppo picked the man up, and straightened his back, now holding the limp and lifeless body to his side.
It wasn't clear what Wuppo intended to do with the body, and perhaps he didn't even know himself.. but they'd come all this way for the Shogun and Wuppo was not leaving him here. Not after getting him had been so costly.
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Yasuke Shisou
Dedicated
Roleplay posts: 213
Age: 27
Physical Description: Sou Yasuke is about average in height and carries himself with a straight back and has his black hair tied up into a pony tail for practical purposes. Otherwise not bulky built you notice that he is indeed very muscular though his muscles are more of the shape of tree trunks and body wears the scars of both battle and hard work.
His eyes are brown and focused.
Clothes and Equipment: Sou Yasuke wears a traditional samurai rope and a hakama that fits a lower ranking officer of House Hizashi. He uses a standard katana and a wakizashi which he holds no special affection for.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi
Player's online availability : Sometimes at day but mostly evenings GMT +1
Registered: Sept 2, 2017 11:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by Yasuke Shisou on Apr 12, 2019 3:08:38 GMT -8
The supposed shogun-killer did not immediately grant any answers to either him or Kojuro and Yasuke tightened the arm lock.
"This is futile he's not going to speak right here - but I bet Takahashi-san has ways to deal with him." Yasuke said and put his mouth down to Hitsufune's ear. "You hear that, you'll tell us everything eventually..!" he threatened him and nodded to a few soldiers to come get him before Yasuke stood up and looked around seeing that Wuppo was now engaged with the corpse of the shogun.
"Yeah, that's the shogun. The guy who made all the bad things happen." Yasuke said and crossed his arms observing Wuppo. It still amazed him how the ogre was able to carry a small wagon for a shield and how a single poke could make a dead body roll over. He could sure have used some of that brawn in a few hairy bar fights and the thought of Wuppo in a bar crossed his mind.
"Wuppo..!" he said and casually walked over to the ogre holding the body of the shogun as if it was a dead crow. "Let that thing go, Kojuro will make sure it's dealt with. But you and I... We're going to look for a place to get a cup of sake!" he said and padded ogre on the back. "Well... you might need a barrel of sake, but I'm sure it's in the spirits of 'Wize Otta' to sponsor a bit of fun for his two trusty life guards that got him living through this right?" he said jestingly and donned a wry smile as he turned towards Kojuro.
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Kojuro Hizashi
Dedicated
Lord of Kiyonai
Roleplay posts: 354
Age: 23
Physical Description: Kojuro stands at a little above average height, and a slender, athletic build. His dark brown hair falls to just beneath chin level, and he usually wears it tied back. His eyes are a bright brown colour, so light as to be close to orange. He is usually well but simply dressed, and carries himself with a relaxed air, taking most things in his stride. He has several recently acquired scars, including a sword cut to his left arm which has left him only partial use of that hand, and a another from a sword cut along his jawline on the right side.
Clothes and Equipment: He is normally dressed in conventional attire for his culture and social class. As a lord, his clothing is high quality, though not ostentatious. For everyday wear a simple kosode and hakama, silk courtly robes for official duties, and armour on the battlefield. He prefers greens and blues, though often may be wearing the maroon and gold of the Hizashi clan.
In battle he can be noticed from a distance by the dragonfly crest on his helmet. He also wears a surcoat in Hizashi maroon and gold and a set of lacquered armour bearing the Hizashi clan cherry blossom crest. In battle he is armed with a tachi (long sword) and a tanto (dagger), and also carries a fan to signal orders. He will also be found carrying his swords everywhere, as is usual for samurai.
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Player's online availability : For play: Some evenings, GMT. I am not around every day for RP, because life. For chatting/PMs: Most days/eves GMT.
Registered: May 10, 2017 13:44:12 GMT -8
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Post by Kojuro Hizashi on May 7, 2019 7:06:07 GMT -8
“That’s him, Wuppo,” he replied. There was something anticlimactic about seeing the Shogun’s dead body lying there so pathetically that struck him too. He looked up at Wuppo, understanding the ogre’s frustration. “We’ll be home soon,” he said giving him a light pat on the arm. At Yasuke’s suggestion, he looked thoughtful for a moment, then nodded. “Alright, but be well-behaved. We need the people of this city to trust the Hizashi not see us as barbarians and thugs.” He smiled at Yasuke in acknowledgement of the crazy drunken shenanigans of the past, and yet willing him not to make a repeat performance here.
Akagi’s water magicians were receiving looks of both astounded awe and outrage as they used their powers to damp down the flames of the palace fires and stop the spread of the inferno to the rest of the city. Already it was becoming safe for troops to enter and scour the building for any last vestiges of Shogun loyalists.
Kojuro turned to Lord Akagi and Homura, and announced, lifting his sword, “Ogino’s regime is over! Now to the Imperial Palace. For the Emperor!” and the voices of the Hizashi clan troops were raised to join in a shout for the Emperor, in celebration of their hard fought victory, and the destruction of the despotic regime of Ogino Shingen. And, Kojuro thought, with some relief, for you too, Uncle Genji.
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The Hizashi Clan
Established
Roleplay posts: 31
Allegiances: Tawakoshi, The Hizashi Clan
Registered: Aug 8, 2017 9:12:16 GMT -8
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Post by The Hizashi Clan on May 7, 2019 7:10:50 GMT -8
As the Hizashi spread out over the city, they raised their victorious clan’s cherry blossom crest banner everywhere Ogino’s banner had once been: At the city gates, at the palace, along the streets. And by some contrivance, another banner was unfurled beside it: The jade and emerald green dragon crest of the Emperor. Kiri Hizashi had worked in secret with the silk merchant Yakumo Teiko to produce dozens of Imperial banners, and used his network of citizens to get them into the right hands at the right times. Now they flew across the city as a signal to all. The victory of the Hizashi was a victory for the Empire. |
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