Shogun

Around the year 1405, Japan was at the peak of its cultural and economic growth. The country was on a sustainable political balance. The Emperor that ruled over Japan was Kogen Asashi, a former Shogun, highly skilled warrior and royalty of the Asashi bloodline. Kogen had secured the title of the Emperor by assassinating his own brother and former Emperor, Ren Asashi. Using an iron hand, Empero Kogen brought order to Japan, but maintaining this state was nonetheless a great challenge, as the Shoguns would go to war from time to time. Japan was divied in 7 provinces: Hokkaido,Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu-Okinawa. Kanto, was one of the richest and most favored by Emperor Kogen himself as there was located the royal palace built in honor of him, guarded by the most skilled samurai in Japan. With the privilege of being favored by the Emperor, The province of Kanto was disliked from other provinces around, causing wars from time to time. The Shogun who ruled over Kanto was Sengoku, a highly skilled commandant, warrior and a close friend of the Emperor. Sengoku was considered the strongest of the Shoguns in Japan, and had a big impact on the political aspects of the country. This impact was not only from being close to the Emperor, as Sengoku had many military achievements, being the youngest to become a Shogun and show high combat skills. Under his arms, Sengoku had the greatest and biggest army in the country, giving him quite an advantage over other Shoguns. He had sworn loyalty to Emperor Kogen as he would devote his life to protecting and obeying Kogen, helping him hold the title of the Emperor. Kanto's main city was Tokyo, where Shogun Sengoku lived in his glorious castle built as a present to him from the Emperor. The city of Tokyo was important to Sengoku as its biggest military base was located there. Tokyo development was tremendous, making it one of the richest cities in the country. North of this city there was an old village. The size of this village was small, as around 25 houses and roughly 100 people lived there. Near this village passes a river, giving it a lot of advantages. It gave the city the proper irrigation needed for agriculture, a means of transport to the main city and was suitable for fishing. In this village lived a young man, around his twenties, named Hanzo Hasashi. Hanzo was 189cm tall, with short black hair and blue eyes. He had been training to become a skillful samurai since the age of 15. His uncle, Danzo Hasashi, had been training Hanzo, teaching him all he knew about combat and honor. Quite popular in his village, Hanzo was respected by all his fellow villagers. He would always be kind to everyone and help those in need. Hanzo aspired to become a great samurai and receive the title of a Shogun one day. But he knew this would not be as easy as said, because he knew he had to undermine a lot of training and defeat other skilled samurai who had the same goal. His uncle Danzo came from a military background, as a former commandant and right arm to a former Shogun. He had led armies to war before, winning many of them, but conceding loss as well. Danzo had promised his nephew that he would teach him to become a skillful samurai and a righteous one, fit to lead armies to victory. Hanzo trained for many nights before the time came to officially join the army as a samurai.