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The Honorable Cipang(read this if you signed the Han'Shai charter)

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A strange elf walks into the cloud temple. He has purple skin, and horns. The elf is wearing an odd set of armor, and is accompanied by two warriors wearing the same kind of armor. The two warriors set up a small box for him to stand on, and the elf stands atop, looking imperiously down on the small crowd that gathers.

“Hello, all people of Asulon. I am Tokugawa Ieyasu, Shogun of the Cipang, co-founder of Han’Shai, the light of the east. I have come to offer you a great honor, to join us, the Cipang. We are great in honor, but few in number. So I invite all those honorable to join us!”

The other two warriors walk into the crowd, and begin handing out pamphlets, while the shogun looks over the crowd, wondering who will join.

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The Cipang are a noble people of warriors, devoted to their code of honor, skilled with their swords, and unmovable as mountains. To become a Cipang takes time, training, and effort. Not many have it in them.

History

The Cipang race was named after the elf who started it, Cipang Noh Minawaro. He was a proud elf who had come into possession of a large quantity of land. Cipang had set up a village there and had two sons, Ieyasu and Ishido. The two sons hated each other with a passion. Ieyasu was the second son, and was less favored by his father. He was a tall, strapping lad, muscular and fit. Ieyasu enjoyed life and physical activity, but took time to read and write poetry. However, Ieyasu’s biggest mistake was not kissing up to his father. That was Ishido’s strongpoint. However, Cipang did teach Ieyasu about a set of virtues that all must follow. These virtues later become Bushido. When Cipang died, Ieyasu mourned deeply, far more deeply than his brother Ishido. Ishido, upon coming into possession of the land, began taxing the peasants harshly, and banished Ieyasu from the land. Ieyasu wandered for many years, training and gaining in wisdom. One day, Ieyasu came back to find the village a place of sorrow. The once cheery town had become a criminals paradise. Mercenaries hired by Ishido had taken over the town. Ishido ruled over the land with an iron fist, forcing the people to mine all day for him. Criminals killed and raped in the streets. Ieyasu, in a rage, purged the streets with his sword. Not one criminal stood before him, he was like a sharp-edged gust of wind, dealing death wherever he went. Ieyasu marched up to the keep of Ishido and slew him where he sat. Ieyasu then turned to the scared crowd of civilians below and shouted down.

“Today you are my people, the Cipang! For without my father’s virtues I could not have purged the streets.”

The people rejoiced, for they finally had a fair leader. Surprisingly, Ieyasu was a quiet leader, spending most of his time writing poetry and enjoying literature. One night, a knock sounded on his door. Ieyasu opened it to find a small bundle. It was a baby boy. A note on the bundle read “I know you are an honorable man. Raise him as your own.” Ieyasu did so, christening the boy Toyotomi. Ieyasu taught the boy the virtues and showed him swordsmanship and archery. There came a time when Ieyasu, being mortal, passed away. Toyotomi wept for his father, but resolved to keep his legend alive. He called out to all honorable men in the land to follow the code. The code he had named Bushido. The virtues his father taught would never die. He gathered a group around him, a group of noble, honorable warriors. They would die for him. Some did. For he was the Shogun, a title meaning ‘Commander of Force.’ Shogun Toyotomi Noh Ieyasu was the first Shogun, and he did his best to live up to his title. He took it upon himself to root out all crime. Especially those hated neighbors, the dishonorable Jano. He left the Ji’Sin well enough alone, as he considered them soft fools. However, Toyotomi would fall into Cipang legend forever when he was captured by the Jano. Not wanting to face the humiliation of torture, Toyotomi took up a small, sharp rock, and slit his abdomen open. This was to show that he committed suicide to keep his honor, not because of cowardice. He died in agony. The Cipang warriors, the followers of Toyotomi, incorporated this seppuku, or ritual suicide, into Bushido. Toyotomi’s son succeeded him as shogun.

Bushido

The code of Bushido is a code all Cipang warriors must follow. The set of virtues are as follows.

  • Rectitude: A Cipang must be able to make good moral decision, for he has been appointed to keep peace and judge on this earth.
  • Courage: A Cipang is courageous, and must face death without fear as much as he has faced life without fear.
  • Benevolence: A Cipang must have a desire to do good. For otherwise what is the Cipang’s purpose?
  • Respect: A Cipang must show infinite respect to their equals and superiors, especially the Shogun. Wthout respect comes decadence and vice, the opposite of virtue.
  • Honesty: A Cipang must be honest, for truth is a weapon as sharp as any sword or arrow.
  • Honor: A Cipang is honorable, for honor is the keystone of Bushido.
  • Loyalty: A Cipang’s most prominent trait is loyalty. Cherish this virtue above all else. A Cipang must be loyal to the Shogun, even to the death. Especially to the death.

Seppuku

Seppuku is a noble art of the Cipang. Seppku will not only restore honor to a Cipang, but double it. Sepuku should always be voluntary, but the Shogun can order a Cipang to commit it. It is only required for dishonored Cipang. The process is as follows. The dishonored Cipang must disrobe to the waist, and take up a tanto in his hand. Then, he must quickly slash across the gut, disemboweling himself. At the height of agony, a second, usually a close friend, will cut the dishonored’s head off. The Cipang will have regained his honor through death.

Weaponry

The weaponry of the Cipang starts with the formost Cipang weapon: the katana. Katanas are made for slashing, not stabbing, and are maded of folded steel so tough, it shatters lesser swords. The process to make a sword that great, however, takes many weeks. Making a katana is a spiritual process as well, a monk must be present to appease and restrain the Kami within the folded steel. Only after many prayers are said over the sword and only when the sword shines like morning dew is it finished. Another weapon the Cipang use is the wakizashi. The wakizashi is a shorter, straighter sword often paired with the katana. Only the most skilled of Cipang wield them both at the same time. Then the tanto. The tanto is a small, ceremonial dagger that every Cipang carries with them at all times. It is used only for Seppuku. Those are the weapons of the Cipang. A Cipang only unsheathes his sword when drawing blood. If he wishes to show it off, he may unsheathe it half-way out of it’s sheathe.

Learning

Cipang are not just brute warriors. There studies cover a range of subjects, most importantly literature. In peacetime, Cipang often compose haikus as a hobby.

Hierarchy:

the Shogun

the Daimyos

the greater warriors

the lesser warriors and peasants

relationships

  • outsiders- the Cipang tend to see outsiders and dishonorable and weak, however if this is not the case, they tend to be the most respectful of the Han'Shai people, they however share disdain for foreign politics
  • Jano- Cipang are not above admitting they despise Jano at times, though this is not always the case, it's rare that they're completely friendly
  • Ji'Sin- Ji'Sin and Cipang tend to be on good terms, having rarely if ever been in conflict with each other
  • romance- Cipang will at times engage in arranged marriages and aren't above taking concubines once they attain high enough rank, Cipang are the most likely of Han'Shai society to romance outsiders granted they can convert them

((If you signed the Han’Shai charter, please choose either this tribe or one of the other two. Please leave your mc and roleplay name at the bottom, then message me for coordinates of Han’Shai. Those who did not sign the charter, and just want in on some awesome roleplay, do the same, feel free to create a new character, if you so wish.))

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~≈Panda≈~    290

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(( a village of samurai!!! Wantwantwantwant!! * looks at her current selection of characters* ... Oh.. Panda guesses she can't ... Yet))

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Swgrclan    2635

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[[i hope these.. purple horned elves have accepted lore.]]

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Swgrclan    2635

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[[Accepted by whom? I never heard of such a thing.]]

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Watyll    1102

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Not like the lore wasn't copied almost directly from feudal Japan. []

((Kinda not really. Words are similar, bushido is the same, but nothing in origin lore is copied.))

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Watyll    1102

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Seppuku also is. Even if your origin lore is different, does not make your lore original. []

((Yeah...it does. The lore is all about the origin. Lore=history. ))

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