Prince Motoki

Prince Motoki (acting emperor) Age: 34 (in 1001)

Prince Motoki is known as a quiet, serious-minded man with a deep interest in the traditional religion of the land (Kami). He trained as a monk and is a skilled martial arts fighter, but renounced his vows a decade ago to concentrate on building up the country's military establishment.

Little is known about Prince Motoki's views on policy, but he is known to be a close associate of his mentor, General Hiroto Domoto, and therefore associated with the traditionalist, anti-Gaijin, Kami school of belief. He assumed control of government in October of 1001 upon the sudden death of his father, and immediately issued edicts withdrawing some imperial forces in pursuit of the rogue daimyos and further confining gaijin merchants in Nagasaki.