Clan Miyamoto

Family Affiliation: Miyamoto

Religious Affiliation: Traditionally Kami; trending Oyashima

Allies: Sugimoto-gumi, Kokuryukai, Kagoshima Progression

Enemies: Yoshida Clan, The Kusarigama, Kato-kai

Headquarters: Miyako

History / Sphere of Influence: All of Oyashima, but concentrated in Miyako

Pro/Anti Emperor: Strongly pro

Pro/Anti Gaijin: Ambivalent

Crest: A banded circle with a triangle inside of it; the triangle subdivided into four equally sized triangles, three white and the center one black

Kimono / Uniform Style: Grays, blacks, and whites are the dominant colors, sometimes with blue highlights in the north and red highlights in the south.

- The Imperial House of Miyamoto is the most powerful political force in Oyashima

- It has been the ruling house since 822, or nearly 200 years

- It is currently attempting to halt a civil war between Clans Fukui and Yoshida

- It is strongest in Miyako, Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya, and central Oyashima generally, but it has spies and soldiers throughout the land

- Although the land's top general, Hiroto Domoto, is affiliated with Clan Yoshida, he answers to Emperor Miyamoto

- The Lord High Executioner, Juro Kananosaki, is responsible for justice and punishment throughout the land - his men are known as the White Tigers, and they are elite and effectively unbribeable

- The Emperor is Hideo Miyamoto; his sons (in order of succession) are Crown Prince Ken'Ichi, Motoki, and Noboru; the empress is Asami

Players who are part of Clan Miyamoto can roll on the Imperial lineage table (below).

01-60 Player's family is an also-ran with no direct or marriage ties to the House of Miyamoto. There is a certain prestige associated with being part of the land's ruling clan, but in this case just a minor one - a +1 bonus to reaction checks.

61-85 Player's family is connected (albeit tenuously or by marriage) to the House of Miyamoto, and while this doesn't give the PC any real pull over Imperial affairs, it makes them more respected (or more loathed) by those with strong opinions about the government. +2 bonus to reactions checks with people who respect the emperor; -2 penalty for the reverse.

86-97 Player's family is actually closely connected with a major court official (a minister, a leading general) either by blood or a solid marriage link. The PC can use this connection to further the party's agenda or obtain necessary resources but may alternatively get sucked into intrigue or negative drama due to their relative's prominence. +3 / -3 reaction bonus / penalty.

98-00 The PC is actually of family Miyamoto and, as such, is in line for succession. Roll a D20 and add 15 to determine how many steps away from the throne he or she is. As such, start the PC with triple the usual money and a powerful magic weapon, plus two low-level samurai bodyguards. +4 / -4 reaction bonus / penalty. In terms of all the intrigue: the PC is right in the thick of it.