The Lion Clan
To be a samurai is to live and breathe Bushidō, but to be a Lion is to exemplify it to all others. The Lion’s roar heralds the call to battle and honour. For centuries, the Lion have dominated the military tactics and strategy of the Empire, pioneering new techniques and battle methods that other clans take years to adopt. Now, this clan’s samurai seek to apply the wisdom of their ancestors to the trials of the modern era.
History
The Lion Clan is the Right Hand of the Emperor, the sword arm of the Imperial Throne, a clan of soldiers without peer in the Empire, boasting some of the finest tactical minds in Kiga’s history. The history of the Lion is one of conflict and war, defined not by the cultural or courtly achievements of the clan but by the battles it has fought and the conquests it has made—whether in defense of the Empire or not. War defines what the Lion are, and nearly every Lion thinks of himself as a soldier first and foremost.
The Lion were born from blood and conquest. The Kami Akodo, defeated by his brother Hantei in the great tournament at the dawn of the Empire, pledged his loyalty as Hantei’s Right Hand and immediately set about building the armies the Empire would need. Even before the rise of Fu Leng in the far south, the Lion Clan was emerging as a major military force, forged by Akodo with the help of his two earliest followers, Ikoma and Matsu.
When the First War came the clan took pride of place in the conflict. Lion armies fought ferociously and tirelessly against the forces of Fu Leng, and Akodo himself lost an eye in battle, giving him the name Akodo One-Eye by which he was known for the rest of his life. Without the courage and brilliant tactics of his followers the Empire would never have survived long enough for Shinsei and the Seven Thunders to defeat the fallen Kami.
"For my ancestors!"
Type
Geopolitical, Clan
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