Japan: Jubei's Vengeance

Status: Completed!
My newest game! An all original story, with twists.

This contains the first 3 chapters of the Game.

Genre:

Action, dark fantasy, Drama

Setting

-This game takes place in Feudal and in the Sengoku period of Japan. The "feudal" period of Japanese history, dominated by the powerful regional families (daimyō) and the military rule of warlords (shōgun), stretched from 1185 to 1868.

The Edo period, a Period of war, politics and conflict between European and Asian Religion.

-The Sengoku period or 'Warring States period' in Japanese history was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century. The Sengoku period in Japan would eventually lead to the unification of political power under the Tokugawa shogunate. Christians and firearms first arrived during this period to Japan.

History

During the Edo period, also called the Tokugawa period, the administration of the country was shared by over two hundred daimyō in a federation governed by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa clan, leader of the victorious eastern army in the Battle of Sekigahara, was the most powerful of them and for fifteen generations monopolized the title of Sei-i Taishōgun (often shortened to shōgun). With their headquarters at Edo (present-day Tōkyō), the Tokugawa commanded the allegiance of the other daimyō, who in turn ruled their domains with a rather high degree of autonomy.

The Tokugawa shogunate carried out a number of significant policies. They placed the samurai class above the commoners: the agriculturists, artisans, and merchants. They enacted sumptuary laws limiting hair style, dress, and accessories. They organized commoners into groups of five and held all responsible for the acts of each individual. To prevent daimyō from rebelling, the shōguns required them to maintain lavish residences in Edo and live at these residences on a rotating schedule; carry out expensive processions to and from their domains; contribute to the upkeep of shrines, temples, and roads; and seek permission before repairing their castles.

Genesis:

The "Christian problem" was, in effect, a problem of controlling both the Christian daimyo in Kyūshū and their trade with the Europeans. By 1612, the shogun's retainers and residents of Tokugawa lands had been ordered to forswear Christianity. More restrictions came in 1616 (the restriction of foreign trade to Nagasaki and Hirado, an island northwest of Kyūshū), 1622 (the execution of 120 missionaries and converts), 1624 (the expulsion of the Spanish), and 1629 (the execution of thousands of Christians). Finally, the Closed Country Edict of 1635 prohibited any Japanese from traveling outside Japan or, if someone left, from ever returning.

The christian problem reached its highlight under Ieyasu's successors Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu, particularly after the predominantly Christian population of Kyūshū had risen in the Shimabara Rebellion against the shogunate in 1637. The uprising was crushed brutally; more than 40,000 Christians were killed. Authorities of persecution were set up, with the goal of a nationwide persecution and extermination of the Christians. Anyone who was suspected of being a Christian had to abandon Christianity publicly and dishonor Christian symbols, which were called 'fumie', , as well as register in the Buddhist register of faith of Buddhist temples and visit those regularly. Those who refused to abandon their Christian faith were executed, often through public crucifixion or incineration. :)

Shimabara Rebellion:

It is an uprising in southwestern Japan in 1637–1638 during the Edo period. It largely involved peasants, most of them Catholic Christians. The shogun vs Samurai Christians and peasants converted to christianity.


Plot

In the Year 1665, You play as Jubei Kibagami, a hitman at a local city of Gion, a district of Kyoto. Your origins are unkown, but it is known that Jubei is a very skilled swordsman, being a student of Sasaki Kojiro, the greatest samurai. You will live through several decades of Jubei's life. Some say Jubei comes from a town that was known as Ichihara, a town that a powerful dragon destroyed, Jubei even lost his family during the attack... but in the end only Jubei knows the truth, since it is said that only he survived, this event came to be known as the massacre of Gion.

It is said that Jubei is searching for Kojiro, his master, since he was the only man to ever slay a Dragon and a possible survivor at the massacre of Gion, only Kojiro knows how to kill a dragon!

Play as Jubei in his search for Vengeance!

Places:

Yomi: The Japanese Hell.

Ichihara: Home village of Kojiro and Jubei.

Characters:

-Amakusa Shiro: Leader of the Christian rebellion in Japan, people call him the "heaven's messenger." Miraculous powers were attributed to him.

-Francisco Xavier: Roman Catholic sent by the pope to Japan to convert Japan into a "Christian country" for "Salvation" porpuses.

- Kojiro: Granson of the famous samurai Sasaki Kojiro, that was slain by Miyamoto Musashi. Kojiro worked for the shogunate and is now a teacher in Ichihara. He is famous for slaying a Dragon, it is said he is the only one in the world to have accomplished such a feat.

- Haruka: Kojiro's and Jubei's younger sister. Kojiro is like a father to Sakura.

- Ittosai: Village chief in Ichihara, he taught Kojiro the way of the sword, he is one of the daimyō ruling families.

- Amaterasu: Goddess of the sun and universe.

- Susanoo: God of the sea and storm, ruler of Yomi.

- Jubei: Brother to Kojiro and Sakura, was a student under Kojiro... now a famous hitman at Gion.

-Seiryu: Famous dragon, has control over most natural elements.

-Go-Yōzei: Emperor of Japan.

-Oda Nobunaga: Daimyo from the Oda Clan, initiator of unification of Japan, interested in European culture and one of the first to wear European clothes. He also became the patron of the Jesuit missionaries in Japan and supported the establishment of the first Christian church in Kyoto in 1576.

-Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Worked for Nobunaga as a general and later a persecutor of christians.

-Tokugawa Ieyasu: Tokugawa Ieyasu received the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei.

-Shimazu Takahisa:Daimyo to receive Francisco and let him spread Christianity in his domain.


Download the Demon:

http://www.mediafire.com/?qiya14oahplucly

Link the the second Part:

http://rpgmaker.net/games/4378/

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