(It is a year of turmoil and Strife in Japan. The emperor and his family parished in flames of nature's Rath. And a Iron fisted shogun rises to force order and military supervised peace. Now is the question. Who will you be in this story?) The Shogun's forces: The Shogun and his fanatical forces control most of the cities and parts of the mainland where imperial sentiment is strongest. They go through this dark deed to secure their nation as they believe without strong and mighty leadership they will be the country picked and raided on. These red and black clad armies do not seak tyranny for power's gain (at least the majority) but because they believe in a dog eat dog world and that the only way for their homeland to have peace and serenity it must be protect with might and heavy walls. The Hibari: These strange heroes lead by a even stranger old monk master Kavarabi has started popping up over Japan. These peculiar rebels stay in the shadows recruiting lone people and turning them into mighty heroes. The heroes have little cohesion or similarity as the organisation allows private goals. Their only clear objective is striking down the tyrant Shogun. How or why? That is mostly up to the individual. The Hibari are found everywhere in Japan but far more losley than the other two sides. Focused on clandestine hideouts that blend in too their environment. The clans: Lastly we have the clans. These scattered smaller factions appear where the public disent grows strong enough they public split from the shogun and the empire. These clans lack anything fancy of the other two sides but are far more enduring and morale rich. As they are exactly what the locals want the people fight hard as ever to maintain their clans! It also helps that many of the clans form into networks of alliances against the shogun as the clans now that above any rivalry with each other must come the defeat of the shogun. For if he wins they all loose.