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Shinomiya Katori
Before Hajime became head of the family, the Shinomiya clan was the most ordinary samurai house, no different from the many others scattered across the Isles. Hajime, who was fortunate enough to come into this world with robust health, a heart full of courage, and a sharp mind, had to spend his youth according to local customs: he seized every convenient opportunity to display personal valor and glorify the family name. Thanks to this, he established himself as a glorious and noble warrior, but deep down he did not share the ideals of his countrymen, observing traditions not out of love for them but merely to fulfill the expectations of those around him. Therefore, regarding reputation as a valuable resource, even after assuming leadership of the clan, Hajime continued to maintain the image of an exemplary samurai he had built in his youth, all the while accumulating wealth and expanding the family's influence. Besides his love of money, he was fascinated by foreign sciences, history, culture, and cuisine, and considered the islanders' contempt for peacetime to be foolishness, believing that the lack of stability and the squandering of human resources only weakened them and, in the long run, placed them in a vulnerable position relative to other peoples.
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— Why?!.. Why are my children so unskilled, so incompetent, so stupid, and so absurd?! — Despite his personal interests and views, Hajime raised his offspring according to the traditions of the Isles, and now that he was old and not so far from the end of his game called "life," he lamented that there was simply no one to leave his accumulated wealth to. — Damn troglodytes... Where in life did I go so wrong? — This remark made one of his sons, humbly seated on the floor, smirk, and the head of the family instantly brought the blade of his sword to the young man's face. — Shall I slice off part of your skull? Then you'll take a look at what's inside and see that it's completely empty! — Although his three sons and only daughter had long been adults, in their father's presence they still felt like helpless children, paralyzed by a wave of terror. Hajime himself, it seemed, briefly forgot about the assembled family members and gave himself over to solitary grumbling. — Kenjiro, the fool, spends two coins to earn one... Shinichiro only knows how to chase after skirts, Akira wastes away among his books — both as warriors and as merchants they're complete nonentities; they'd have long since become vulture food had I not kept them from serious battles! Chiyuri... A useless woman, I wish she were out of my sight... — In the despair that enveloped him, the gray-haired old man pressed his palms to his face and raised his head to the heavens, as if demanding an answer from the celestial gods. — Why... Why do I not have a single manly son and a feminine daughter?!
Unlike her brothers, Chiyuri worked diligently to uphold the prestige of the Shinomiya name and to live, as she saw it, worthily: she was skilled with a sword, well-versed in the sciences, and faithful to her husband, but in the eyes of the head of the family, a woman was meant only to support a man, and nothing more was permissible for her. In the Shinomiya clan, it had been the custom since ancient times that when a woman is born, she obeys her parents; when she marries, she obeys her husband; and when she grows old, she obeys her children. In this family, her duty was to marry, devote herself to her husband, bear him children, and be a good wife. Despite her numerous attempts to help her father with financial matters, the head of the family repeatedly answered the same thing: that education for a woman is like sugar in black tea — without it, the taste is plain and dull, but too much of it ruins it entirely. In the end, neither her learning nor her athleticism earned her any praise from her father, and she understood his true expectations of her far too late; now, the mere sight of her provoked uncontrollable irritation in Hajime.
— Keiichi! Bring me Keiichi! The rest of you — get out!!!
Keiichi was the husband of Katori, Chiyuri's only daughter, and in many ways reminded Hajime of himself in his youth, which is why the old man regarded him favorably despite his peasant origins. The young man had earned the hand of the family head's granddaughter and elevation to samurai status through numerous deeds on the battlefield, where — unlike Hajime's sons — he genuinely risked his life. On that day, he would tell him to go abroad and return with glory and success, and then he would make him his heir.
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Three years passed. Hajime left this world, Kenjiro, as his eldest son, inherited the position of head of the family, and Keiichi never returned home. Katori raised their five-year-old son alone, and as he gradually grew, she clearly saw that Kyosuke lacked a father, and without his attention the boy would grow up weak and helpless, doomed to suffer in this harsh world. With a heavy heart, she leaves him in the care of Chiyuri, her mother, and with Kenjiro's permission sets out for Tyrren, the first destination Keiichi had chosen on Hajime's instructions.
Katori, like Chiyuri, worships the moon goddess, but unlike her mother — who had become disillusioned with the orders and customs of the Isles — she observes the rituals of the celestial deities without hatred for her own culture, and she maintained good relations with her grandfather, walking the fine line between the interests she inherited from her mother and the expectations of the family.
| Origin: The Isles +35% to damage, accuracy, and evasion if the character or group initiates the attack; access to the samurai skill. Conviction: Ishma +1 HP; the effectiveness of negative effects (other than damage) directed at the character is halved (both the effect and the roll). Consecrated weapon: light from darkness On hit/shot, removes all positive effects and dispels any summoned creature. Does not break. Clarity Removes all negative mind-affecting influences, grants +100% resistance to these effects. 50. Attributes Strength: 17 Endurance: 14 Agility: 10 Perception: 20 Intellect: 14 Will: 10 Skills Archery I. +2 to strength, RCS +10%. II. Effective shooting range is doubled. III. +2 to perception, attacks ignore 25% of armor (critical hits — 75%). IV. Additional attack Literacy +4 to intellect, the character can read and write. Required for all scholar skills except blacksmith. Kyūjutsu Scout Equipment Longbow (yumi) and arrows, clothing, armor (medium), money. |
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— Why?!.. Why are my children so unskilled, so incompetent, so stupid, and so absurd?! — Despite his personal interests and views, Hajime raised his offspring according to the traditions of the Isles, and now that he was old and not so far from the end of his game called "life," he lamented that there was simply no one to leave his accumulated wealth to. — Damn troglodytes... Where in life did I go so wrong? — This remark made one of his sons, humbly seated on the floor, smirk, and the head of the family instantly brought the blade of his sword to the young man's face. — Shall I slice off part of your skull? Then you'll take a look at what's inside and see that it's completely empty! — Although his three sons and only daughter had long been adults, in their father's presence they still felt like helpless children, paralyzed by a wave of terror. Hajime himself, it seemed, briefly forgot about the assembled family members and gave himself over to solitary grumbling. — Kenjiro, the fool, spends two coins to earn one... Shinichiro only knows how to chase after skirts, Akira wastes away among his books — both as warriors and as merchants they're complete nonentities; they'd have long since become vulture food had I not kept them from serious battles! Chiyuri... A useless woman, I wish she were out of my sight... — In the despair that enveloped him, the gray-haired old man pressed his palms to his face and raised his head to the heavens, as if demanding an answer from the celestial gods. — Why... Why do I not have a single manly son and a feminine daughter?!
Unlike her brothers, Chiyuri worked diligently to uphold the prestige of the Shinomiya name and to live, as she saw it, worthily: she was skilled with a sword, well-versed in the sciences, and faithful to her husband, but in the eyes of the head of the family, a woman was meant only to support a man, and nothing more was permissible for her. In the Shinomiya clan, it had been the custom since ancient times that when a woman is born, she obeys her parents; when she marries, she obeys her husband; and when she grows old, she obeys her children. In this family, her duty was to marry, devote herself to her husband, bear him children, and be a good wife. Despite her numerous attempts to help her father with financial matters, the head of the family repeatedly answered the same thing: that education for a woman is like sugar in black tea — without it, the taste is plain and dull, but too much of it ruins it entirely. In the end, neither her learning nor her athleticism earned her any praise from her father, and she understood his true expectations of her far too late; now, the mere sight of her provoked uncontrollable irritation in Hajime.
— Keiichi! Bring me Keiichi! The rest of you — get out!!!
Keiichi was the husband of Katori, Chiyuri's only daughter, and in many ways reminded Hajime of himself in his youth, which is why the old man regarded him favorably despite his peasant origins. The young man had earned the hand of the family head's granddaughter and elevation to samurai status through numerous deeds on the battlefield, where — unlike Hajime's sons — he genuinely risked his life. On that day, he would tell him to go abroad and return with glory and success, and then he would make him his heir.
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Three years passed. Hajime left this world, Kenjiro, as his eldest son, inherited the position of head of the family, and Keiichi never returned home. Katori raised their five-year-old son alone, and as he gradually grew, she clearly saw that Kyosuke lacked a father, and without his attention the boy would grow up weak and helpless, doomed to suffer in this harsh world. With a heavy heart, she leaves him in the care of Chiyuri, her mother, and with Kenjiro's permission sets out for Tyrren, the first destination Keiichi had chosen on Hajime's instructions.
Katori, like Chiyuri, worships the moon goddess, but unlike her mother — who had become disillusioned with the orders and customs of the Isles — she observes the rituals of the celestial deities without hatred for her own culture, and she maintained good relations with her grandfather, walking the fine line between the interests she inherited from her mother and the expectations of the family.