Bayan Tori Clan

The Tori clan is known for its confident, sociable, and optimistic citizens, they are intelligent and willing to compromise in the name of order and are inherently very honest individuals. Many Tori prefer a simple life, many are farmers raising grain and chicks themselves, attending the monthly festivals and working up a sweat.

> "To be humble and indifferent to the value of your wealth is to truly embrace that we are all of the same creation." - Moru Tori, 50th ruler of the Tori Clan
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## Basic Information

### Common Symbol

A featureless white bird in golden plate armor

### Associated Color(s)

* Yellow
* Gold
* Brown

## Relationships

### Allegiances

* Concordant Alliance
* Sutagi: The Morning Lord

## Uniform

Common-folk of the Tori clan wear simple light brown robes with yellow under-robes and over-jackets, they also commonly wear conical straw hats lined with a light and thin yellow fabric which protects the workers from the heavy rays of the sun. Members of the clan which are decendants of the direct tori bloodline wear darker and richer brown robes lined with yellow-gold silk around the folds and edges with a pale white-ish gray under-robe and a headcrown with the crest of the Tori clan on it.

## Practices

* The Tori clan, like the other main clans, teach their own sword-fighting technique which is often described as peacocking where they over-sell their strengths in order to get under their opponents skin.
* Disciples of the clan are always sent to work some form of commoners job under a willing common-folk, even the young masters of the clan are subject to this rule.
* Tori clan members are much more friendly to each other than even the other clans with members of this clan often referring to each other by first name even upon first meeting.
* It is customary for tori to never bow deeply to someone unless they owe them a life-debt.
* Each disciple of the clan is taught to learn one of three instruments: Dutar (lute), Hexian, or Zhu to learn patience and discipline.

## Magic Items and Techniques

### Weapons

* Sun-sword (longsword)
* Failing Blade (longsword)
* Lightbringer (Longsword)

### Instruments

* Haomei (Dutar)
* Wei-qi (Zhu)

### Items

* Sunspire (tower)
* Sun Token (magic coin)
* Dream Silk

### Techniques

* Happy (spell)
* Sunfire (spell)
* Sunbeam (spell)

## Politics

The Tori Clan is ruled over by clan leader Moru Tori and the Earlybird council of advisors. The clan leader has the main ruling over the clan, as a decendant of the main Tori bloodline, and mainly focuses on the political and law aspects of the clan; the Earlybird council handles development, defense, religion, and commerce on behalf of the clan leader.

### Current Earlybird Council Members

* Development: Lord Yoritoki Tori
* Defense: Lord Konuma Tori
* Religion: Lady Harada Tori
* Commerce: Lady Jissoji Tori

### Laws

As judged by the eyes of the local lawmaster [lawmasters are the judges of any particular area with each clan having 1 per 2000 citizens or so], any criminals convicted of crimes throughout the Alliance are subject to punishment befitting the crime. All punishments against a military member are doubled and crimes against nobles are tripled, crimes against the Emperor often result in execution.

* **Theft:** The removal of one finger, typically the index or thumb.
* **Worship of Oni:** Execution.
* **Trespassing:** 2 weeks of incarceration and manual labor.
* **Tax Evasion:** Execution.
* **Damage to Private Property:** 2 weeks incarceration and manual labor.
* **Damage to Noble Property:** 1 month incarceration and manual labor.
* **Kidnapping:** 1 week in the stocks and 2 weeks of manual labor.
* **Assault with Intent to Injure:** 1 month incarceration and manual labor.
* **Assault with Intent to Injure Nobility:** 2 weeks in the stocks, 30 lashes, 2 months incarceration, and manual labor.
* **Assault with intent to Kill:** 2 weeks in the stocks, 1 month of incarceration, and manual labor.
* **Assault with intent to Kill Nobility:** 2 weeks in the stocks, 50 lashes, 3 months incarceration, and manual labor.
* **Murder:** 1 week in the stocks, 2 months incarceration, and manual labor.
* **Murder of Nobility:** Execution.
* **Treason:** Execution.

#### Clan Rules

* Respect your elders.
* Respect your superiors.
* Respect the decending tori.
* Respect Sutagi and his power.
* Respect the other clans.
* Carry a light-heart.
* Never force someone to be something they are not.
* Never talk back to a clan-leader.