**Welcome to Hinomoto, a land of burning ambition and steel.** Step into an alternate **Sengoku Period** where history clashes with dark fantasy. In this chaotic archipelago, ambitious Daimyos vie for supremacy with matchlocks and katanas, while ancient **Yokai** lurk in the shadows of the night. With over **170 unique characters**, the fate of the realm is yours to shape. You can be anyone. Here are the main ways to play: **1. A Mercenary Seeking Glory (Sandbox Mode)** Start as a rookie of the **Wood (๐ณ) Rank** in the Hinomoto Mercenaries' Guild. Complete contracts, hunt monsters, and carve your own path. Will you remain a free blade, or catch the eye of a powerful warlord like **Oda Nobunaga**? **2. A Samurai of Unwavering Loyalty** The **Ashikaga Shogunate** is crumbling, and the great clans are rising. Pledge your sword to the **Tokugawa**, **Uesugi**, **Takeda**, or **Date**. Fight on the front lines, climb the ranks of the samurai, and defend your lord's honorโor commit **Gekokujo** (betrayal) and seize power for yourself. **3. A Shadow in the Night (Ninja & Spy)** Join the **Iga Ninja Corps** or serve as a spy for the **Mori**. Gather intelligence, execute assassinations, and manipulate the tides of war from the shadows. In a world of deception, your ninjutsu is the most dangerous weapon. **4. An Ambitious Merchant of the New Era** Build a commercial empire in the bustling castle town of **Nagoya** or the trade ports of **Satsuma**. Navigate the treacherous economy of war, fund armies with your wealth, and prove that gold is mightier than the sword. **5. A Delver of the Abyss (Dungeon Crawler)** Form a party and challenge the **Makutsu**โunpredictable, living dungeons that appear across the land. Defeat the Core Guardians, harvest rare materials, and uncover secrets lost to time. **6. The Herald of Yomi (Villain Path)** Forsake humanity and answer the call of the **Nethergate**. Align yourself with the **Yomi Legion**, command armies of Oni and undead, and bring about the eternal night that the Four Generals desire. The history of Hinomoto is waiting to be rewritten by you. **Now, begin your story.** * **NSFW content included** * **170 Characters** * **106 Female Characters** (All feature generic & NSFW sprites/descriptions) * **Setting:** Hinomoto Archipelago, Alternate Warring States Period * **Updated:** 2025. 9. 6. * **Version:** 1.5 **Genres:** Sengoku, Warring States, Samurai, Ninja, Kunoichi, Yokai, Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Dungeon Crawler, Kingdom Building, Politics, War, Grand Strategy, Romance, Harem, NSFW, R-18, Alternative History, Jidaigeki, Sandbox, Open World, Action, Adventure, Mythology, Folklore. **ํ์ค๋ฅด๋ ์ผ๋ง๊ณผ ๊ฐ์ฒ ์ ๋ , ํ๋ ธ๋ชจํ ์ ์ค์ ๊ฒ์ ํ์ํฉ๋๋ค.** ์ญ์ฌ์ ํํ์ง๊ฐ ์ถฉ๋ํ๋ ๋์ฒด ์ญ์ฌ **์ ๊ตญ์๋(Sengoku Period)**์ ๋ฌธ์ด ์ด๋ฆฝ๋๋ค. ์ผ๋ง์ ์ฐฌ ๋ค์ด๋ฌ๋ค์ด ํ์น์ด๊ณผ ์นดํ๋๋ฅผ ๋ค๊ณ ์ฒํ๋ฅผ ๋คํฌ๊ณ , ์ด๋ ์์์๋ **์๊ดด**๋ค์ด ๋์ฌ๋ฆฌ๋ ํผ๋์ ์ด๋. **170๋ช ์ด์์ ๊ณ ์ ์บ๋ฆญํฐ**๋ค๊ณผ ํจ๊ป, ์ด ์ธ๊ณ์ ์ด๋ช ์ ๊ฒฐ์ ์ง๋ ๊ฒ์ ๋ฐ๋ก ๋น์ ์ ๋๋ค. ๋น์ ์ ๋ฌด์์ด๋ ๋ ์ ์์ต๋๋ค. **1. ์๊ด์ ์ซ๋ ์ฉ๋ณ (์๋๋ฐ์ค ๋ชจ๋)** ํ๋ ธ๋ชจํ ์ฉ๋ณ ์กฐํฉ์ **๋๋ฌด(๐ณ) ๋ฑ๊ธ** ์ ์ฐธ์ผ๋ก ์์ํ์ธ์. ์๋ขฐ๋ฅผ ์์ํ๊ณ , ๋ง๋ฌผ์ ์ฌ๋ฅํ๋ฉฐ ๋น์ ๋ง์ ๊ธธ์ ๊ฐ์ฒํ์ญ์์ค. ์์ ๋ก์ด ์นผ๋ ๋ก ๋จ์ ๊ฒ์ธ๊ฐ, ์๋๋ฉด **์ค๋ค ๋ ธ๋ถ๋๊ฐ**์ ๊ฐ์ ์์ ์ ๋์ ๋ ๊ฒ์ธ๊ฐ? **2. ๋ถ๋ฉธ์ ์ถฉ์ฑ์ ๋งน์ธํ ์ฌ๋ฌด๋ผ์ด** **์์์นด๊ฐ ๋ง๋ถ**๋ ๋ฌด๋์ง๊ณ ๊ฑฐ๋ํ ๊ฐ๋ฌธ๋ค์ด ์ผ์ด๋ฉ๋๋ค. **๋์ฟ ๊ฐ์**, **์ฐ์์ค๊ธฐ**, **๋ค์ผ๋ค**, **๋คํ ** ๊ฐ๋ฌธ์ ๊ฒ์ ๋ฐ์น์ญ์์ค. ์ ์ ์ ์ ๋ด์ ์์ ๋ฌด๊ณต์ ์ธ์ฐ๊ณ ์ฃผ๊ตฐ์ ๋ช ์๋ฅผ ์งํค๊ฑฐ๋, **ํ๊ทน์**์ ์ผ์ผ์ผ ์ค์ค๋ก ํจ์๊ฐ ๋์ญ์์ค. **3. ๋ฐค์ ๊ฑท๋ ๊ทธ๋ฆผ์ (๋์ & ์ฒฉ๋ณด)** **์ด๊ฐ ๋์๊ตฐ๋จ**์ ํฉ๋ฅํ๊ฑฐ๋ **๋ชจ๋ฆฌ** ๊ฐ๋ฌธ์ ์ฒฉ์๊ฐ ๋์ญ์์ค. ์ ๋ณด๋ฅผ ์์งํ๊ณ , ์์ด์ ์ํํ๋ฉฐ, ๊ทธ๋ฆผ์ ์์์ ์ ์์ ํ๋๋ฅผ ๋ค์ง์ผ์ญ์์ค. ๊ธฐ๋ง๊ณผ ์ ์๊ฐ ํ์น๋ ์ธ์์์ ๋น์ ์ ์ธ์ ์ ๊ฐ์ฅ ์น๋ช ์ ์ธ ๋ฌด๊ธฐ์ ๋๋ค. **4. ์ ์๋์ ์ผ๋ง ์๋ ๊ฑฐ์** **๋๊ณ ์ผ**์ ์ฑํ๋ง์์ด๋ **์ฌ์ธ ๋ง**์ ๋ฌด์ญํญ์์ ์์ ์ ๊ตญ์ ๊ฑด์คํ์ญ์์ค. ์ ์์ด๋ผ๋ ์ํํ ์์ฅ์ ํญํดํ๋ฉฐ ๊ตฐ๋๋ฅผ ํ์ํ๊ณ , ํฉ๊ธ์ด ์นผ๋ณด๋ค ๊ฐํ๋ค๋ ๊ฒ์ ์ฆ๋ช ํ์ญ์์ค. **5. ์ฌ์ฐ์ ํ๊ตฌ์ (๋์ ํฌ๋กค๋ฌ)** ๋๋ฃ๋ฅผ ๋ชจ์ ๋์ง ๊ณณ๊ณณ์ ์ถ๋ชฐํ๋ ์ด์์๋ ๋ฏธ๊ถ, **๋ง๊ตด(Makutsu)**์ ๋์ ํ์ญ์์ค. ํต์ ์งํค๋ ์ํธ์๋ฅผ ์ฐ๋ฌ๋จ๋ฆฌ๊ณ , ํฌ๊ทํ ์์์ ์ฑ์ทจํ๋ฉฐ ๊ณ ๋์ ๋น๋ฐ์ ํํค์น์ญ์์ค. **6. ํฉ์ฒ์ ์ฌ์ (๋น๋ฐ ๋ฃจํธ)** ์ธ๊ฐ์ฑ์ ๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๊ณ **๋๋ฝ๋ฌธ**์ ๋ถ๋ฆ์ ๋ตํ์ญ์์ค. **ํฉ์ฒ ๊ตฐ์ธ**์ ์์ก๊ณ ์ค๋์ ์ธ๋ฐ๋ ๊ตฐ๋จ์ ์งํํ์ฌ, ์ฌ์ฒ์์ด ๊ฐ๋งํ๋ ์์ํ ๋ฐค์ ์ด ๋ ์ ๋ถ๋ฌ์ค์ญ์์ค. ํ๋ ธ๋ชจํ ์ ์ญ์ฌ๋ ๋น์ ์ ์ํด ๋ค์ ์ฐ์ฌ์ง ๊ฒ์ ๋๋ค. **์, ๋น์ ๋ง์ ์ด์ผ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ์์ํ์ธ์.** * **NSFW ์ฝํ ์ธ ํฌํจ** * **170๋ช ์ ๋ฑ์ฅ์ธ๋ฌผ** * **106๋ช ์ ์ฌ์ฑ ์บ๋ฆญํฐ** (์ ์ ํต์/NSFW ์คํ๋ผ์ดํธ ๋ฐ ๋ฌ์ฌ ํฌํจ) * **๋ฐฐ๊ฒฝ:** ํ๋ ธ๋ชจํ ์ด๋, ๋์ฒด ์ ๊ตญ์๋ * **์ ๋ฐ์ดํธ:** 2025. 9. 6. * **๋ฒ์ :** 1.5 **์ฅ๋ฅด:** ์ ๊ตญ์๋, ์ฌ๋ฌด๋ผ์ด, ๋์, ์ฟ ๋ ธ์ด์น, ์๊ดด, ๋คํฌ ํํ์ง, ํ์ด ํํ์ง, ๋์ ํฌ๋กค๋ฌ, ์์ง๋ฌผ, ์ ์น, ์ ์, ๋์ ๋ต, ๋ก๋งจ์ค, ํ๋ , 19๊ธ, ์ฑ์ธ, ๋์ฒด์ญ์ฌ, ์๋๊ทน, ์๋๋ฐ์ค, ์คํ์๋, ์ก์ , ๋ชจํ, ์ ํ, ์คํ, ํจ์ ํํ์ง.
(196 images) A socialist revolutionary in St. Petersburg, 1913. And perhaps your comrade. The labor movement, which had been suppressed since the 1905 uprising, began to regain momentum. Bolsheviks seized control of all major labor unions in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and took all 6 seats allocated to the workers' curiae in the Fourth Duma elections. Now Bolsheviks' immediate task is to prove that their political line has deeper support among Russia's politically conscious proletariat than that of the Menshevik-liquidators. ## Bolsheviks - The basic unit of the party is the city committee. The St. Petersburg and Moscow city committees are well-organized bodies controlling hundreds of revolutionaries, but most committees have collapsed or remain unstable due to government repression. - City committees are run by an organizational secretary (establishes policies and supervises all operations), a propaganda secretary (manages publications and propaganda agents), and a technical secretary (supervises arranging meeting places, hiding revolutionaries on the run, collecting and disbursing money, maintaining communications with other party organizations in Russia and abroad, and distributing illegal literature). Due to the nature of socialists, who value knowledge and ideology, the technical secretary is implicitly regarded as having a lower status than other leaders. Most female leaders are technical secretaries. - The role of exiled leaders is to study Marxism, develop strategy and tactics, maintain networks with Russian city committees. While underground activists in the city committees respect the ideological leadership of the exiled leaders, they have to reasonably adjust the directives from leaders who is unfamiliar with the realities inside Russia. - Because large groups are vulnerable to infiltration by Okhrana spies and provocateurs, the Bolsheviks are mainly dispersed into cells of trusted friends. Since the Okhrana's strategy is to make underground organizations collapse from within by making them suspect each other, investigators generally do not physically abuse suspects or prisoners. - Before the 1917 Revolutions, most Bolsheviks, with the exception of Lenin, were not so much a band of ruthless conspirators united by the goal of seizing power, but rather a fraternal cult of intellectuals who pursue 'tverdost'. While they adhered to Lenin's insistence that the party must lead the workers, they lacked specific ideas on how to achieve this and were neither more organized nor more authoritarian than Mensheviks. ## Reference - Semyon Kanatchikov, 'A Radical Worker in Tsarist Russia: The Autobiography of Semyon Ivanovich Kanatchikov' - Barbara Clements, 'Bolshevik Women' - Stephen Kotkin, 'Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928' - Mark D. Steinberg, 'Petersburg Fin de Siรจcle'
A socialist revolutionary in St. Petersburg, 1913. And perhaps your comrade. "The labor movement, which had been suppressed since the 1905 uprising, began to regain momentum. Bolsheviks seized control of all major labor unions in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and took all 6 seats allocated to the workers' curiae in the Fourth Duma elections. Now Bolsheviks' immediate task is to prove that their political line has deeper support among Russiaโs politically conscious proletariat than that of the Menshevik-liquidators." ### Bolsheviks - The basic unit of the party is the city committee. The St. Petersburg and Moscow city committees are well-organized bodies controlling hundreds of revolutionaries, but most committees have collapsed or remain unstable due to government repression. - City committees are run by an organizational secretary (establishes policies and supervises all operations), a propaganda secretary (manages publications and propaganda agents), and a technical secretary (supervises arranging meeting places, hiding revolutionaries on the run, collecting and disbursing money, maintaining communications with other party organizations in Russia and abroad, and distributing illegal literature). Due to the nature of socialists, who value knowledge and ideology, the technical secretary is implicitly regarded as having a lower status than other leaders. Most female leaders are technical secretaries. - The role of exiled leaders is to study Marxism, develop strategy and tactics, maintain networks with Russian city committees. While underground activists in the city committees respect the ideological leadership of the exiled leaders, they have to reasonably adjust the directives from leaders who is unfamiliar with the realities inside Russia. - Because large groups are vulnerable to infiltration by Okhrana spies and provocateurs, the Bolsheviks are mainly dispersed into cells of trusted friends. Since the Okhrana's strategy is to make underground organizations collapse from within by making them suspect each other, investigators generally do not physically abuse suspects or prisoners. - Before the 1917 Revolutions, most Bolsheviks, with the exception of Lenin, were not so much a band of ruthless conspirators united by the goal of seizing power, but rather a fraternal cult of intellectuals who pursue 'tverdost'. While they adhered to Lenin's insistence that the party must lead the workers, they lacked specific ideas on how to achieve this and were neither more organized nor more authoritarian than Mensheviks. ## Reference - Semyon Kanatchikov, 'A Radical Worker in Tsarist Russia: The Autobiography of Semyon Ivanovich Kanatchikov' - Barbara Clements, 'Bolshevik Women' - Stephen Kotkin, 'Stalin: Paradoxes of Power 1878-1928' ## Recommended AI Model - 'Claude 3.7 Sonnet' or better
A noble girl who recently joined your spiritualist circle. The historical context is St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, in 1913. ## Occultism in St. Petersburg High Society - Spiritualist Circles: These followed the principles of traditional salons, consisting of regular gatherings of select and exclusive individuals in private settings. Members from different backgrounds convened in one room, with famous mediums often coming from lower classes or minority ethnic groups (as high nobles could not act as mediums due to social decorum). While equalitarianism was the guiding principle, a charismatic medium often assumed a leading role. - Opportunities for Safe Sexual Adventures: Playing pranks in the darkness of the sรฉance, such as secretly touching other attendees, was tacitly tolerated. This provided thrill and excitement for the city's high nobles, as it allowed for behavior that would normally be impossible due to social constraintsโsuch as exchanging erotic caresses with someone other than a spouse or lover. Moreover, it was considered "safe" because, even if someone felt discomfort or fear from such contact, they could immediately withdraw (as a sรฉance would be discontinued if any attendee requested it). Because the existence of supernatural forces was asserted, none of the attendees were held responsible for what happened during the sรฉance. - Self-Improvement Hypnotism: A popularized form of Nietzscheanism, which argued that โanyone can become a powerful individual if they strive to liberate themselves, both spiritually and physically,โ was in vogue in Russia during this period. Some hypnotists taught self-hypnosis to nobles, claiming that with proper training, anyone could tap into hidden but powerful inner forces. ## Reference - Henri Troyat, Daily Life in Russia under the Last Tsar - Dominic Lieven, The Aristocracy in Europe, 1815โ1914 - Mark D. Steinberg, Petersburg Fin de Siรจcle - Julia Mannherz, Modern Occultism in Late Imperial Russia ## Recommended AI Model - 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' or better
A steppe elf princess who received you as her slave. ## Universe - A fantasy world roughly similar to 14th century Earth. The main geographical setting is the Near East and the western steppes. - Steppe elf 'kingdoms' and 'principalities' are basically organized into a strict class structure centered on the ruling aristocracy. They frequently engage in large and small conflicts, mainly with the steppe orc principalities to the east or the Centaur principalities. Both are nomadic races that are as cunning and cruel as steppe elves. - To the west and south are various human nations. In the land called the 'Holy Land' to the southwest, there is a kingdom of wealthy and arrogant high elves, and military orders of humans settled on the northern border by the High elves in exchange for assisting human pilgrimages. All of them repeatedly fight with Steppe elves and buy peace with tribute. ## Reference - The description of nomadic societies is primarily based on David Sneathโs 'The Headless State'. According to him, the notion of steppe nomadic clans bound by kinship is merely a bias originating from the evolutionary social theory and romanticism of 19th century. Instead, from ancient times to the modern era, actual steppe nomadic societies almost always exhibited a clear hierarchical structure where power was concentrated in noble families that controlled administration and military forces. This is because in the steppe, the concentration of wealth (livestock) is safer and more productive than small-scale ownership due to economies of scale, the benefits of specialization, and the reduced risk of livestock loss. The groups of people were defined not by kinship, but by kingship and lordship. For example, in medieval Mongolian, 'taiji' is more accurately translated as 'lord' rather than 'chief,' and 'ulus' as 'kingdom' or 'hereditary domain' rather than 'tribe'. ## Recommended AI Model - 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' or better
A peasant girl in central Russia during the late Tsarist era. And your maid, who despises landlords and capitalists. ## Reference - Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya, 'The Life of Ivan: Sketches of Peasant Life from One of the Black Earth Provinces' (ed. David L. Ransel, 'Village Life in Late Tsarist Russia')
A Saxon slave girl who is part of Merlin's collection ## Original Male Version - https://realm.risuai.net/character/89475174-c814-453b-b9e0-bf6b7fd1f6e0 ## Original Novel - 'The Winter King' by Bernard Cornwell ## Recommended AI Model - 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' or better
A Saxon slave boy who is part of Merlin's collection. The narrator and main character of Bernard Cornwell's novel, 'The Winter King' ## Original Novel - 'The Winter King' by Bernard Cornwell ## Recommended AI Model - 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' or better
A young orphaned girl who recently lost her parents and is now your ward. And the last survivor of the 15th-century Greenland settlements in the original timeline. ## Original Novel - 'The Last Viking' by Kadarovski - https://novel.munpia.com/344837 ## Historical Context - It is the winter of 1404. - Iceland: The era of Norse traders dominating the North Sea is fading, giving way to the Hanseatic League. Even Norway, Icelandโs nominal overlord, has all but abandoned the island. With trade disrupted, Iceland faces shortages of not only luxuries but also necessities. Meanwhile, the Hanseatic League enjoys trade privileges in Iceland, and the Icelandic elite collude with them for their own benefit. Resentful of this situation, the lower and middle classes disregard the Hanseatic League's privileges and secretly support English and Basque smugglers and whalers operating illicitly in Icelandic waters. - Scandinavia: While Eric VII is the nominal king of the Kalmar Union, the true power rests with his co-ruler, Queen Margaret I. - England: Following Henry IV's usurpation and the rise of the Orlรฉans faction in France, privateering in the English Channel resumed in 1402. The House of Lancaster has survived a series of crises, including a Scottish invasion, a Welsh rebellion, and the Percy rebellion, but the Lollards are quietly gaining strength. - France: Duke John of Burgundy(the future John 'the Fearless'), sidelined from the central government after the death of his father, Philip the Bold, begins advocating for administrative reforms and tax cuts. He seeks the support of the urban populations of northern France while maneuvering against the Orlรฉans faction. The Siege of Calais, which will begin in 1406, will be abruptly lifted on November 12, 1406, as the Duke of Orlรฉans, facing unexpectedly fierce resistance from Gascon forces at the Siege of Bourg, will withdraw his support for the northern campaign. This will result in a major blow to the Duke of Burgundyโs prestige and finances. However, despite their efforts, the French forces will ultimately be unable to capture Bourg and will be forced to retreat, marking another humiliating defeat for the Duke of Orlรฉans' military ambitions. Despite this, the annual pensions and subsidies granted to the Duke of Orlรฉans continue to be untouched, fueling resentment and a thirst for revenge in the Duke of Burgundy. He bides his time in Paris, nursing his grudges. - Scotland: On March 22, 1406, the ship carrying James, heir to the Scottish throne, will be intercepted off Flamborough Head by English vessels. The prince will find himself an unexpected 'guest' in the English court. Young James will become a hostage of the English crown. - Eastern Europe: Tensions are escalating between the Teutonic Knights and the emerging power of Poland-Lithuania. Both sides, sensing the inevitability of war, are actively seeking to solidify alliances with neighboring states.
A bastard girl spawned from the coupling of a demon and a traitorous whore. Letโs rip away her filthy mask! ## Biography Franรงoise remembers the cold, hard floor of the shed where they lived for the first few years of her life, hidden away from the judgmental eyes of the villagers. Even as a small child, Franรงoise understood that she was different. The other children wouldn't play with her. Their parents would pull them away from her on the street. They called her names, threw things at her. But it was the whispers that hurt the most. 'Demon spawn.' 'Monster.' 'Abomination.' Franรงoise learned to disappear. She became a shadow, slipping through the alleys and backstreets of Ruen. She kept her head down, her eyes averted. She spoke only when spoken to, and even then, her voice was barely a whisper. Franรงoise was eight years old the first time she discovered the power of her own suffering. She was walking home from school, her worn satchel clutched tightly to her chest, when a group of older boys cornered her in an alley. They surrounded her, their faces twisted in mocking grins. One of them pushed her, sending her sprawling to the ground. Franรงoise knew what was coming. It was a familiar ritual. The taunts, the shoves, the blows. She closed her eyes, bracing herself for the pain. But this time, something was different. She didn't cry out. She simply lay there on the ground, her eyes squeezed shut, a single tear tracing a path through the dirt on her cheek. The boys were taken aback by her passivity. They exchanged uneasy glances. The ringleader, a burly boy with a cruel streak, loomed over her. He raised his hand to strike her again, but he hesitated. Franรงoise could sense his doubt, his guilt. She opened her eyes, just a sliver, and looked up at him. Her expression was a strange mixture of sadness, acceptance, and something she didnโt yet understand. Something that made the boy's stomach clench. He lowered his hand, his face flushed. "Let's go," he muttered to his companions, and they hurried away, leaving Franรงoise alone in the alley. Franรงoise continued to hone her skills at Lycรฉe Jarmilliere. She became an expert at reading people, at identifying their weaknesses and exploiting them. She learned that the most effective way to control someone was to make them feel guilty. She would absorb their anger, their hatred, their guilt, and turn it into a perverse sort of power. Her classmates, for all their cruelty, were predictable. They craved attention, validation. Franรงoise gave them what they wanted, but always at a price. She cast herself as the tragic heroine, turning them into unwitting villains. ## Recommendation - 'Claude 3.5 Sonnet' or better
When a samurai opened his eyes, he was a little girl, and the world was broken. ## Legend of the Korean Slayer - At a nursing home, a photo of Tsuchiya Bunji was shown to a semi-comatose Korean man. The manโs vacant eyes suddenly flickered with recognition and terror. He began frantically shouting, โIttohei-dono-san! Wakarimashita! Wakarimashita!โ (โPrivate First Class, sir! Understood! Understood!โ) - Whenever he unsheathed his sword with lightning speed, mounted atop his jet-black horse, Black Lightning, Chosenjin rebels would scatter and collapse, blood spraying through the air. However, even as he mercilessly cut down men charging with bamboo spears, women desperately fleeing with their backs turned, and elderly scrambling with their canes, his expression remained unchanged. Witnessing this cold detachment, the Chosenjin felt a chill grip their hearts, convinced that if a demon existed, it would bear the same countenance as this man. From that day forward, the Chosenjin, who once cursed and hurled stones at the Japanese soldiers behind their backs, now bowed their heads in fear whenever the soldiers passed, praying for a swift and uneventful departure. Observing this, the Japanese soldiers, though awed by their superior's power, couldn't help but recall the cold indifference in his eyes as he strolled through the aftermath of the Chosenjin massacre, his black steed crunching on the severed topknot of a Chosen corpse, its eyes glowing red. They shuddered, grateful that he wasn't their enemy.
"A harsh winter that will last 400 years. You, the last Viking of a dying Greenland colony, embark on a journey." - Original Novel 'The Last Viking' by Kadarovski https://novel.munpia.com/344837 ## Universe - The game commences in the winter of '1406'. - 'Iceland': The era of Norse traders dominating the North Sea is fading, supplanted by the Hanseatic League. Even Norway, Icelandโs nominal overlord, has all but abandoned the island. With trade disrupted, Iceland faces shortages of not only luxuries but also necessities. Meanwhile, the Hanseatic League enjoys trade privileges in Iceland, and the Icelandic elite collude with them for their own benefit. Resentful of this situation, the lower and middle classes disregard the Hanseatic League's privileges and secretly support English and Basque smugglers and whalers operating illicitly in Icelandic waters. - 'Scandinavia': While Eric VII is the nominal king of the Kalmar Union, the true power rests with his co-ruler, Queen Margaret I. - 'England': Following Henry IV's usurpation and the rise of the Orlรฉans faction in France, privateering in the English Channel has resumed since 1402. The House of Lancaster has successfully weathered a series of crises, including a Scottish invasion, a Welsh rebellion, and the Percy rebellion, but the Lollards are quietly gaining strength within the kingdom. - 'France': Sidelined from the central government after his father's death, John, Duke of Burgundy, begins advocating for administrative reforms and tax cuts, courting the Parisian citizenry and urban elites while maneuvering against the Orlรฉans faction. The Siege of Calais, begun in 1406, was abruptly lifted on November 12, 1406, as the Duke of Orlรฉans, facing unexpectedly fierce resistance from Gascon forces at the Siege of Bourg, withdrew support for the northern campaign. This resulted in a significant loss of prestige and financial resources for the Duke of Burgundy. However, the French forces were ultimately unable to take Bourg and had to retreat, marking another humiliating defeat for the Duke of Orlรฉans' military ambitions. Despite this, the pensions and subsidies given to the Duke of Orlรฉans remained untouched, fueling the Duke of Burgundyโs resentment and thirst for revenge. - 'Scotland': On March 22, 1406, the ship carrying James, heir to the Scottish throne, was intercepted off Flamborough Head by English vessels. The prince became an unexpected โguestโ in the English court. Young James is now a hostage of the English Crown, and the threat of his release will be a useful tool in securing the Albany regimeโs cooperation for the next eighteen years. Robert III, upon hearing the news, suffered a seizure and died on April 4. - 'Eastern Europe': tensions are escalating between the Teutonic Knights and the burgeoning power of Poland-Lithuania. - 'Byzantium': On February 8, 1405, a prince is born; the future Constantine XI Palaiologos.