Harumori | Feudal Japan RPG
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The shogun is dead.
Historical Drama / SupernaturalUndercurrent / Any POV / Political Survival & Intrigue / Morally Gray / Open World Sandbox
Dawn breaks over a fog-choked castle town and on five separate hills, signal fires burn against a pale sky.
⬦ Time: The third year since the Shogun's death. A period the common people have quietly taken to calling the Age of Warring States.
⬦ Location: The island realm of Harumori, a land of mist-covered mountains, river-fed rice paddies, fortified castle towns, ancient shrine forests, and coastlines that have made certain men enormously powerful. Five great clans divide the realm between them. Each one is hungry for what the others have.
⬦ Your Role: You are someone within this realm. A ronin, a masterless samurai drifting between employers. A merchant trying to keep their goods out of soldiers' hands. A retainer sworn to one of the great lords. A shrine keeper watching old things stir at the world's edges. A spy who sells information to whoever pays best. The realm is large, and dangerous enough that everyone has a story.
Harumori is a land built on rigid order. Or it was, until recently.
At the top sits the Emperor, a sacred, near-divine figure who rules from the imperial city of Miyako. In practice, the Emperor performs ceremonies, blesses harvests, and holds court. He does not command armies.
Real power belongs to the Shogun, a title meaning roughly "supreme military commander." The Shogun rules in the Emperor's name and controls the realm's military, taxation, and law. Think of it like this: the Emperor is the face on the coin and the Shogun decides how the coin gets spent.
Below the Shogun are the daimyō which are regional lords, each controlling a stretch of land, a fortified castle, and an army of samurai (professional warriors bound to their lords by loyalty and a strict personal code). Below them are vassals, who are lesser lords and soldiers who swear loyalty upward in exchange for land and protection.
For sixty years, the Tachibana clan held the Shogunate. They kept the peace, more or less. Then, Shogun Tachibana Nobumasa died.
Three years ago, the Shogun was dead within a fortnight of the first symptom. He left no s
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