Clan Adachi

**Clan Adachi** is a samurai clan of the island of Tsushima, subject to Clan Shimura. It's the clan of Masako Adachi who is the family's sole survivor following the Battle of Komoda Beach and the Adachi massacre.

## History

The first lords of the clan were known as "The Great Builders" of Tsushima, having constructed the Golden Temple in Ariake and all the lighthouses across the island. Time after, Lord Harunobu Adachi would help improve the fortifications in Castle Shimura and, most likely, Castle Kaneda. They also used to have a rivalry with Clan Kikuchi.

Harunobu, being the descendant of Yoshinobu Adachi, was also considered the "best swordsman" in Tsushima. Adachi would lead a samurai guard to a home of a family that was attacked by bandits. When they arrived, they found the dispatched by the youngest child in the family, a woman named Masako. Since that day, Lord Adachi became infatuated towards Masako. Masako's sister, Hana, would also see Adachi as a way to accomplish her ambitions of being part of a samurai noble family. However, the latter only had eyes for Masako, and so ignored any moves Hana would do towards him, this would be the seed that planted Hana's jealousy and hatred towards Masako and Clan Adachi in general. Harunobu and Masako would later marry, and the latter would become the Lady of Clan Adachi.

Some time later, Masako and Lord Adachi would have two sons, Shigesato and Yasunari, with the former being the oldest sibling. When the three were children, they used to spend time together while being watched by Masako and Chiyoko Sakai. A little over a decade later, Clan Adachi would support Clan Shimura and Sakai during the Yarikawa rebellion, using their knowledge on destroying structure to help put an end to the war.

Some time later, Lord Adachi would join in Clan Sakai's orders - alongside some of Clan Shimura's soldiers - of assaulting Iki Island in order to pacify the island's raiders and pirates, being under the command of Kazumasa Sakai. He would sometimes spend time with Kazumasa's son, Jin, even having some archery bets with him, with Adachi winning most of the time. When Kazumasa was killed in Senjo Gorge and the invasion to Iki wasn't won, Lord Adachi took care of taking Jin, the rest of the warriors, and Kazumasa's body back to Tsushima. Lord Adachi and Masako would later console Jin during the funeral and even offering their help when he needed it

Throughout the years before the Mongol Invasion, Clan Adachi unintentionally made enemies with various servants to their clan, which were:

* Sadao: Former head of Kuta Farmstead that used to supply the clan with food. At some point, Sadao intentionally withheld rice form himself to turn a profit, causing protests by the local peasants. He would hire bandits, in secret, to massacre the protestors. When Masako found out, he had him removed as headman of Kuta Farmstead.
* Omura: A former weapon supplier who one day decided to cheat Clan Adachi out of their supplies, and blamed Yasunari Adachi for not paying him enough, he was cut off from doing more dealings with the clan. Omura and his family would end up in the streets and he would become a heavy alcoholic. He would later die and be buried outside of Umugi Cove. His eldest son would later blame the clan for everything that happened to them, while his youngest would be reasonable and understand that he caused it himself.
* Kajiwara: A "humble" fisherman who used to serve as a retainer to the clan, he was known for being skilled and dependable. He was also cruel, vicious and quick to anger, but his behavior was excused for it's skill, until Masako caught him beating his wife and daugther and dismissed him immediately. She would later offer refuge to his wife and daughter, but they returned to him within a day.
* Mai: A former servant for the clan. She used to be a close and dear friend of Masako. However, both of them would fell in love with each other and they would start a romantic affair with Masako giving a hair comb with white pearls. However, she was also a thief and would be caught by Lord Adachi. He wanted to flog her but Masako instead convinced him of dismiss her. Mai would see this as Masako abandoning her and would resent her.

Years later, Shigesato and Yasunari would marry two women and have several children with them. Their wives would later learn to fight using a naginata. Masako used to compose music with her grandchildren for the changing of the seasons.

During the Battle of Komoda, Lord Adachi and his two sons would support Lord Shimura during the begining of the Mongol Invasion. Before the battle started, Lord Shimura sent Lord Adachi to the beach so that he would duel their leader. Upon arriving he asked the Mongols to send their best warrior, there he would meet the general known as Khotun Khan. Adachi would introduce himself to the Khan and prepare himself for a duel, only for the latter to simply light him on fire and then decapitate him.

When Lord Shimura gave the war cry, Shigesato and Yasunari -alongside the warriors of the clan- would ride down the beach to avenge their father. However, their efforts would be in vain and the Mongols would execute all of Clan Adachi warriors, with Shigesato and Yasunari later being hanged like animals and leaving their corpses on the beach. While this was happening, Masako and the women and children of Clan Adachi were staying in the estate, where they were being visited by Hana, who came to Masako's home in order to await news about their husbands, with Hana bringing gifts to the children. Some time later, the estate would be attacked by bandits.

During the attack, Masako and her daughters-in-law fought the bandits while Hana took the children to safety. In reality, Hana murdered them, including the newborn baby girl Natsu. She then used the corpse of a peasant killed by the Mongols to fake her own death. Masako survived the attack, but her daughter-in-laws didn't. Upon going to find her grandchildren, she found all their dead bodies, including the presumed body of her sister. She spent days buring them. She would later have a damaged armor set owned by Shigesato be fixed with the armorer in the Golden Temple.

When Jin come to recruit the clan in order to save Lord Shimura in Castle Kaneda, Masako would reveal the fate of the clan, and would have Jin join her on Clan Adachi's cementery where they would pay their respects. After that, they would go the Golden Temple, where Masako would give Jin her son's armor, and reveal to a monk named Sogen of the clan's fate. Right after, Masako would reveal that Sogen arrived from Kamiagata at the beginning of Autumn, around the same time the samurai became aware of the Mongol Invasion. She confides that the monk was most likely their spy and part of a plot to massacre the clan.

Upon following Sogen to an Inn and killing all of his men, Masako and Jin try to get answers out of him but Sogen doesn't reveal anything. This causes Masako to give in to her anger and kill him. Jin later finds the payment made to Sogen and the bandits, alongside a list of names: Sogen, Sadao, Mai, Kajiwara and Omura, with a clan symbol. Masako recalls finding a letter with the same symbol on one of the bandits. Jin gives her his support and Masako in return gives her support in assaulting Castle Kaneda.

As they hunt for the killers, Jin and Masako gradually reduced their roles in the attack and brought them to justice, with the aid of a local monk named Junshin:

* Sogen and Sadao scouted the estate in order to plan out the attack. They would later be killed by Masako, alongside Sadao's brother and wife, Hachi and Hina.
* Omura's sons supplied the weapons for the attack. They would later be killed by Hana's men when they demanded more money from her.
* Kajiwara recruited the assassins for the attack. He killed his wife and daughter in order to save himself from the Mongols, while he ran away. He would later be killed by Masako.
* Mai took care of looting the Clan's estate after the attack. But, upon finding out that Masako survivded, she hid all the things from Hana who in return hired Ronin in order to have Mai give them to her. Masako and Jin later followed and killed the Ronin. Mai made peace with Masako and took her to Clan Adachi's belongings. After that she would return to her home.

Shortly after liberating Izuhara, Jin went to Komoda beach where he saw Masako fighting a group of Mongols. There she explains that she came to find Lord Adachi's and their son's bodies, having already found the formers. When they finally find them, Masako breaks down upon seeing their charred and hanged corpses. Jin recommends getting them down for proper burial. Upon seeing that the road to Ariake isn't safe, making it impossible for her sons to be buried with the rest of their family, Masako tells Jin that they can bury them in the lighthouse nearby since they played there as children. After killing the mongols occupying it, they bury them. Masako thanks Jin for being a good friend to her and then to leave her to spend some time with her sons.

After killing all the conspirators, Masako would find out that Junshin had recently come into contact with Hana. Seeing her monk ally as the only lead left, she became determined to hunt her down, quickly losing her moral compass. When she couldn't find him, she tried to threaten other monks to get information out of them. But they didn't talk out of fear. Jin would later try to make her reason and wait to find Junshin and ask him.

Upon saving him from the Mongols, Masako tried to kill Junshin with her bow and arrow, but he escaped thanks to Jin. Masako would then duel her last remaining friend in a fit of rage, but Jin ultimately defeated and forgave her. Masako then joined Jin in killing a horde of Mongol reinforcements. After that Masako had an emotional breakdown, and Jin made sure to calm her and tried to reason with her to locate the monk. But not before Jin warned Masako to never try to kill him again, to which Masako promised. After finding Junshin, he reveals that Lady Hana was the conspirator, describing her golden sash and her smell much to Masako's shock. After taking in the situation, Masako tells Jin to meet her in Kamiagata.

She is later seen in the attack on Castle Shimura, and later consoles the young samurai from Clan Oga who are caught in the bridge's explosion, and even supporting Jin's tactics of poisoning the Mongols. When Jin escapes captivity he tells Kenji to gather Masako, Sensei Ishikawa and the warrior monk Norio, at his home in Omi Village so they can prepare to open the alternate road to Kamiagata. Some days after, Yuna joins them in Omi Village and they -along with Jin and some hunter and warriors of Yarikawa- open the path in Fort Kaminodake.

After that, Masako prays for her ancestors to forgive her for what she's about to do and reveals to Jin where Hana is hiding: Fort Kikuchi. While they ride to the fort, Masako explains to Jin how she arranged a marriage between Hana and a man named Ikeda, a widower and retainer of Kikuchi who acted with kindness and respect, in order to help her move pass Hana's feeling towards Harunobu. When they arrived, they encounter several samurai/ronin working for Hana who engage her and Jin in combat. After killing the main force, they find a peasant that tells them where Hana is and goes to warn her about them.

When they see Hana, she confirms that she used a peasant's body to fake her own death and also expresses no regret in killing Masako's daughter-in-laws and grandchildren and sends her last warriors. Jin takes care of them while Masako goes after her sister. Once they are dead, he runs to the main keep and sees as Hana blames Masako for having her move to Kamiagata with Ikeda, who in reality was a drunk and abusive husband, and for stealing the life she "deserved". Upon requesting Masako to kill her, she instead gives her tanto to Hana to commit sepukku. Before dying Hana would tell her that now she has nothing.

Hours later during Hana's pyre, Masako would tell Jin how she never grieved her family, and how she tried to think of treasured memories only to be replace by Hana's resentment. Jin would try to console her by saying that now she has avenged them, she can find peace. Masako would reply saying her recent path doesn't lead to peace and that she would need to leave Tsushima, but not before telling Jin that she would be there when he needed her. Masako later participated on the assault to Port Izumi. In a final battle, Jin killed Khotun Khan, ultimately avenging the deaths of Lord Adachi and his two sons.

## Members

* Masako (Lady of Clan Adachi; Alive)
* Harunobu (Lord of Clan Adachi; Deceased)
* Shigesato (Deceased)
* Yasunari (Deceased)
* Yoshinobu (Deceased)

## Gallery

Headband of DefeatHarunobu AdachiMasako Adachi
## Trivia

* The Headband of Defeat's description states: "Worn by members and allies of the Adachi clan."