Yoshioka Yosai

## Yoshioka Yosai (Deceased)

Yoshioka Yosai was the second to last Shogun of the Yoshioka Shogunate. In his reign, he led the remnant of the Orian Empire back to Oria to claim what was theirs.

## Return

### **Life Before Return**

Yoshioka Yosai was born out west in the time after the collapse of the First Orian Empire. He was the first and only child of the heads of the Yoshioka Clan. From a very young age he bared a heavy burden of returning the the Yoshioka Shogunate back to mainland Oria. Around the time he could begin to walk and talk, his father took him in as an apprentice to train in the old samurai ways of the First Orian Empire. For many years he trained under his father and served him very well. He as well studied many languages of the East to familiarize in the case if he needs to carry out diplomacy. Some time prior to Yosai's return to Oria, he married a beautiful woman of another clan and bared a child with her. Though tragedy struck and he lost both his wife and daughter on the day of birth. On that tragic night as well, he had found and rescued a lone child who he soon called his own.

### **Life After the Return**

Becoming desperate, Emperor May-Chi ordered Yosai, as well as trusted samurais and workers, to return East back to Oria to recolonize and take back their land. That was the last the Emperor saw of his friend Yosai and the last Yosai saw of his friend and Emperor, Akira (May-Chi). Prior to leaving, Yosai contracted consumption (Tuberculosis). Yosai and his men arrived back to Oria, settling in what is now Shihon. In the early stages of Shihon, famine struck the group. Many died and suffer, but Yosai kept pushing in the name of the Emperor and soon the famine was solved. During his time back, he was surprised to see that the ancient martial art sect of the First Orian Empire still stood and under the leadership of an old martial arts master with old blood running back to the Imperial Family. They soon joined under the flag of the Shogunate, happy to return back to the old power. There in Oria he entered politics with the Eastern world. He watched conflict unfold and cities collapsed. In that time being he befriended the Vatyaneti family of Ukialta.

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## Assassination Attempt & Death

##### Assassination Attempt:

The sun was shining high that very afternoon over the calm ocean as the Orian ship docked with the port of Israkra. Yosai looked out and saw the beautiful architecture of the east and was amazed by it. It was much different than Shihon, but was equally as immeasurable and beautiful. He had a pleasant feeling about what Akufan had in store with him and his entourage that afternoon. He would have never expected that in all his years alive on what was about to happen. As he disembarked from his ship with his entourage, Çirun Zykalos and a citizen of Ukialta greeted me. Yosai was not too surprised at this sight; He was a welcomed and foreign guest on an official diplomatic mission with the Ukialtan government. They led him and his entourage through the beautifully paved streets of Israkra before arriving at a blacksmith where he was to finish an ongoing trade sanctioned by the trade office in Yoshioka.

Shogun Yosai stepped through the door into the blacksmith, taking in the sight of great skill. There were weapons and armors of all types that laid or hung around the workshop. As he took more steps into the building, a young man greeted him. He was a warm and welcoming man. As he handed his payment to retrieve the item, the door opened behind him and came the quick and heavy footsteps of an armed assailant. Before he could react, he could feel the sharpened blade entering through the back and out the front. Next, he remembered he had collapsed on the floor in a pool of his blood, witnessing this armed assailant murder the blacksmith next. As his vision began to blacken around the corners, he made out who the assailant was; it was the very citizen that had escorted him with Çirun Zykalos. Yosai watched as the assailant walked out of the blacksmith, where he saw Çirun Zykalos still standing. He reached out towards him with his last hint of energy, but he did not care as the world around him began to darken.

As his vision cut out and darkness engulfed the colorful world he once saw, Yosai heard a voice. It told him he had much more to do and that this was not his time to leave. He tried to question this voice he heard, but as quickly as the darkness engulfed my world, the light returned, restoring my vision. He woke up in much pain and misery, but he knew what he must do. Yosai grabbed the item, which was a sword, and used it to push himself up. He made his way out to the street to see his entourage murdered, blood soaking the stone road. He moved past the dead bodies of his friends towards the docks, avoiding patrols and people. When Yosai arrived at the docks, he climbed up the ramp into his small boat and ordered the captain to set sail quickly before collapsing.

Yosai soon arrived back at Shihon where emergency surgery was carried out by his trusted officer, Tabi. Other events happened during this.

##### **Death:**

After recovering from his wounds, his health began to fall apart and soon become mostly bed ridden. During this time he was visited by his friends the Vatyanets who diagnosed him with consumption. As Yosai watched his friends ride off into the setting sun, he grabbed a few items with a guardsman and headed off to the imperial palace close by and looked over what there was of Shihon. He was dying, and there wasn’t much he could do. He had lived a long life and whatever he continues to do will only bring him and others suffering. He entered the palace with the guardsman and after a bit of time, only the guardsman exited.