Daimyo

The **Daimyo** are the feudal lords of the Shogunate.

## Types

### Shogun

Every Crimson Moon, a Shogun is elected from a pool of nominees consisting of the Daimyo of the country. Atsuhide Okashino, of Idoshu, is the current Shogun.

### Fudai-Daimyo

Fudai Daimyo are Daimyo whose titles are hereditary to their relatives and descendants.

### Onna-Daimyo

The hereditary laws throughout most of the Shogunate are agnatic-cognatic, so in the case of a lack of a suitable male heir, the closest female heir can succeed to the title of Daimyo. A female daimyo is known as an Onna-Daimyo.

### Seifuku-Daimyo

Seifuku-Daimyo is a title of honor. Daimyo obtain these titles by creating their own province to rule. Recent examples include Torobedai and Yorihamashu.

## List of Daimyo clans

 **Yūsakura** (幽桜)  *Mystic Cherry Blossoms* | **Sakurakasumi** (桜霞)  *Cherry Mist* | The alchemists of this house extract the ethereal essence of the cherry blossoms that bloom under moonlight, crafting elixirs that unveil hidden powers and amplify mystic abilities.

## Factions

### Shogunal Faction (Red)

The Shogun and his close allies form the Shogunal or Ido Faction.

* Eineshu (Eino): The Shogun's weakest and most distant ally, considered a liability rather than an asset by other members of the Ido Faction.
* **Idoshu (Okashino):** The seat of Shogun Atsuhide Okashino. Ido is the capital. Considered to be the wealthiest, most populous, and most powerful of all of the provinces of the Shogunate.
* Sendai (Nakaya): Acceptable military, but isolated from the rest of the faction. Rumored to be seeking a way out of the Shogun's faction, perhaps even joining the Pact.
* Shinzai (Shinzai): De jure an independent daimyo, de facto an Ido vassal.
* Sigo (Ishimaki): De jure an independent daimyo, de facto an Ido vassal.
* Tashu (Yamagata): De jure an independent daimyo, de facto an Ido vassal.
* Yokan (Higazhisoi): Strong military culture, participated in the wars against the Xin Dynasty and the Tadovari Lords. Blood ties to the Shogunal family.

### The Coalition (Green)

The Coalition is an alliance of Daimyo that opposes what they believe to be unlawful and power-hungry behavior on the Shogun's part.

* Arimashu (Arimatsu): Hardy mountain warriors, small economy and population. Considered to be one of the hardest provinces to occupy.
* Isshu (Gokai): Weak military culture, but fertile lowlands, high population and large ashigaru army. Mostly rural. Good infrastructure.
* Matsurashu (Matsura): High population, large but inexperienced levy peasant army, strong fortifications. Very wealthy, hires many mercenaries.
* Kaishu (Suwoshiro): Strong navy, excellent blockade capacities. Small army, but strong samurai core and well-trained ashigaru.
* Ranshu (Miramoto): Distant, but actively training expeditionary and naval forces.
* Shoshu (Tschichigo): Distant, support for the faction primarily economic.
* Torobedai (Haroyama): Small military but highly experienced, led the recent conquest of the island from sea hags. Strong nautical culture.

### The Seryo Pact (Pink)

Believes that neither the Shogun nor the Coalition have a casus belli against the other, wishes for the situation to be defused. Practices a policy of active détente by threatening conflict with either faction that chooses to escalate the situation.

* Riinshu (Bakei): Strong military based on active nautical monster-hunting culture. Rumors say it might switch to the Coalition.
* Sershu (Obe): A weak Daimyo that saw the escalations as a threat. As such, spearheaded the signing of the pact, formerly unaligned.
* Tajimashu (Tajima): Lowlands, large population, large but primarily ashigaru cannon fodder army.
* Tsedashu (Ogeda): Fertile lowlands, large population, large ashigaru army. However, experienced; large forces dispatched to previous war against the Xin.
* Waishu (Kategi): Hardy mountain folk. Formerly unaligned. Seeing as it was surrounded by Pact members, though, it was highly pressured into joining the pact.
* Yorihamashu (Yorihama): Recently established by conquest of the island by the Yorihama clan. A small but experienced army, well-trained by fighting monsters.

### Matsushiro clan (Blue)

The Matsushiro clan currently controls the provinces of Oshu and Hishu:

* Oshu (Matsushiro I): The oldest of all the provinces, and the place where the Shogunate was initially established. Nowadays, its wealth and power are merely above-average. Rebellious vassals, it will be hard for Nikki Matsushiro to establish her rule.
	+ Nikki inherited Oshu province after Keno's death. It is highly frowned upon, but not technically illegal, for one person (Nikki) to govern two provinces simultaneously. In normal times, the Shogun should act to remedy such a situation. However, many believe Atsuhide may allow the situation to slide, as acting against it may risk escalating the situation with the Coalition and the Pact.
* Hishu (Matsushiro II): Nikki Matsushiro became Onna-Daimyo after her mother's death. Hishu is almost as rich and populous as Oshu, but far less history and tradition.

### Unaligned (Grey)

The unaligned Daimyo are not openly involved in the factional struggles within the Shogunate.

### Self-Aligned (Orange)

The self-aligned faction believes that the Shogun is no longer able to guarantee their safety against the Xin and Tadovari, and have taken their defense into their own hands. Collectively maintain a large army core near the borders.