Concordant Alliance

The Concordant Alliance was officially formed during the Years of Reform where the Concord was rewritten to fit within the new bounds of the Alliance and the expanded clans as well as the discoveries of the various surrounding archipelagos. However, it was unofficially put into place during the \_\_\_\_ in which the first emperor; Emperor Kita Jiwano; took his place on the throne and formed the Samurai which would aid in leading the clans into the Years of Reform later on and aid in the Shengzhan wars.

## Basic Information

### Leader(s)

The Emperor/EmpressThe Concordant Council

### Common Symbol

A 12 pointed broze lotus on a black lilypad

### Associated Color(s)

* Black
* Brown
* Bronze
* Grey
* White

### Goal(s)

* Ensure the prosperity of the clans
* Keep the clans at peace

## Society

The people of the alliance are vastly different from the dutiful warriors of the Inu clan to the gentle farmers of the Buta clan, while they are all very different they all have one main goal, prosperity and unity; though the bulk of the members of the alliance just go about their day to day life in their respective clan.

### The Concord

The Concord is the basest set of rules that all the clans and the alliance must abide by, these were created before the alliance was put into place but has become an integral part of both the clans and the Alliance. Each rule merits its own punishment based on the severity of the rule. These are the main five rules written in the Concord:

1. No clan can send their military through another's territory without giving a fortnights notice, failure to do so will be seen as a breach of the concord.
2. Each kingdom must give 22% of their earnings and 15% of their military to the Concordant Empire.
3. When a new Emperor must be crowned it cannot be a person of the same clan as the previous emperor, and after a member of one clan has been crowned as emperor that clan must wait a minimum of 3 turns before being crowned again.
4. Every two months the Concordant Council meets for a week of discussion.
5. The Emperor cannot favor one clan over the other, no matter their home clan.

### Politics

The Alliance is ruled by an Emperor or Empress and the Concordant Council. The Concordant Council is the leader from every clan which meets every couple of months to do check-ins and discuss issues. The Emperor is expected to keep the alliance friendly or allied with the various small clans strewn throughout the continent of Tsu'noe who have chosen to not adhere to the concord, the prominent peoples of the Shattered teeth, and the traders of the windy peaks, as well as the tenuous relationships between the clans as one is always feuding with another. The Empress is empress Mera, a member of the Inu clan and the daughter of a noble Inu knight.

### The Concordant Council

* Kesseki Tsume of the Tsume Clan
* Imeri-ophai Liun of the Liun Clan
* Miisa Saru of the Saru Clan
* Kethran Tatsu of the Tatsu Clan
* Ozaku Ushi of the Ushi Clan
* Nakano Zo of the Zo Clan
* Noritaka Inu of the Inu Clan
* Izumi Wae of the Wae Clan
* Kakame Nezumi of the Nezumi Clan
* Moru Tori of the Tori Clan
* Kinoshita Usagi of the Usagi Clan
* Jinjuu of the Yagitsuji Clan

## Military

The Concordant Empire consists of the Samurai, a special order of warriors trained for combat in the protection of nobility, the common folk, and the empire itself; 20% of each kingdoms military be they a mixture of city or border guard.

**Standard Military Uniform:** Members of the concordant military are stripped of the military garb of their home clan and instead wear a simple grey robe under their choice of grey, white, or bronze armor; they are permitted a the wear of a simple ribbon or band in the color of their home clan but no more than this.

### Samurai

The Samurai count as a faction in it of itself with their centeralized ideals, passionate members, and difficult training one must go through as well as the rules that a Samurai must abide by in the form of the Nomichi code, they are great warriors often action as personally guard for nobility or simply members of the military that carry a certain heir of nobility themselves.

### **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.