Ichimonji Blades

The Ichimonji Blades are a line of katanas (a type of Japanese sword) made by the thirteen swordsmiths who were in attendance to the Emperor Go-Toba in 1208.
==History==
Each swordsmith was in attendance to the emperor for a month of the Japanese calendar. Most of the thirteen swordsmiths were from the Fukuoka Ichimonji school, which belongs to the Bizen school. The swordsmiths of the Fukuoka-ichimonji School traditionally inscribed only the Japanese kanji character "Ichi" (一, one) on the tang of their swords as their signature. Among the forged swords, Imperial chrysanthemum emblem was engraved on the tang of the sword which the Emperor Go-toba cooled with water, which was the process of making the sword. Therefore, the swords made by thirteen swordsmiths together with the Emperor Go-toba came to be called 'Kiku-ichimoji.' (lit,. chrysanthemum, character one) However, among the swords they forged, those with chrysanthemum emblem and "Ichi" (一, one) engraved on the tang do not exist. Existing swords with chrysanthemum emblem and 'Ichi' (一, one) engraved on their tang were made in the Edo period.
Each of the 13 swords were given to varying samurai clans as gifts, most notably the Tachiarai clan.
==Usage==
The Ichimonji blades were used by various samurai clans, most of them disbanded by 2034. 
By 2034, a good amount of Ichimonji blades were used against and in assistance of John K. Copper. 
==Users==
* Tachiarai Clan
** Samuel "Warpig" Tachiarai (Yōtō-Ichimonji)
** Ruka Tachiarai (Presumably used the Yōtō-Ichimonji before Samuel)
* Non-Clan Users
** Cerval (Seiken-Ichimonji)
** Lucy Reed (Raiken-Ichimonji)
** Vienna Altair (Uchū no Ken-Ichimonji)
** Azrael Kosma Klein (Honōnoken-Ichimonji)
== List of Blades ==
-Kiku-Ichimonji (Nothing)
-Hikarinotsurugi-Ichimonji (Light)
-Yami no Ha-Ichimonji (Darkness)
-Yōtō-Ichimonji (Demonic/Unholy) 
-Seiken-Ichimonji (Angelic/Holy)
-Honōnoken-Ichimonji (Flame) 
-Mizunoken-Ichimonji (Water)
-Ishi no ken-Ichimonji (Earth, Stone)
-Fūken-Ichimonji (Air, Wind)
-Kōrinotsurugi-Ichimonji (Ice)
-Raiken-Ichimonji (Lightning, Thunder)
-Uchū no Ken-Ichimonji (Space)
-Toki no Ken-Ichimonji (Time)