Tennyoku

Tennyoku is the capital city of the Akashiro Shogunate. A historic city with fortress walls surrounding it, Tennyoku was founded by Jirayu La’ir Akashiro, the first Akashiren Shōgun, in 2700 BU.

Foundation of Tennyoku [2700 BU]
Upon the first Shōgun's creation of Akashiro Shogunate, he founded the city of Tennyoku. Alongside the Kirumasa ancestors, Jirayu constructed the settlement within the northern forests of the nation.

First Shōgun's Dynasty [2700 BU - 200 BU]
Little is known of the first Shōgun's rule due to many documents being destroyed during the following battles of the Muhō Jidai. Despite this, Tennyoku thrived, continuing to develop and expand into a populous hub of all trades. 2500 years after his foundation of the city and the nation, the Shōgun succumbed to his old age, and with no children, an heir was needed.

Muhō Jidai (Age of Lawlessness) [200 BU - 0 AU]
With internal clan chaos of not finding an heir, the Akashiro Shogunate fell into a panic, with their authority over the nation weakening as other clans saw the opportunity to seize land and power for themselves. The noble clans broke away into their respective territories, plunging the nation into a 200 year long period of civil war known as the Muhō Jidai, meaning age of lawlessness. During this time, the Akashiro Clan was lead by Akira Akashiro and Tsukikage Akashiro, with their principle headquarters throughout the conflict being Tennyoku.

Post-Death of the Shigen-sha [200 BU - 199 BU]
News of the death of the first Shōgun and Shigen-sha reached the silent ears of the Hiragawa Clan, a major clan of humans who were led by an ambitious Daimyo. The Hiragawan Daimyo wanted control over the entirety of Akashiro, and therefore initiated a series of audacious attacks on the neighbouring provinces and villages, as he took control of the land under his clan's banner, moving slowly towards his final goal of capturing the capital city of Tennyoku.

The Kadono Battles (イノド カドノ テンクルラ) [50 BU - 20 BU]
During the events of Inodo Sanyu Shidura, the Akashiro Clan lost more and more control too, facing assaults from multiple various forces. Pivotal moments in the conflicts occurred across the outskirts of Akashiro territory, known as the Kadono battles, as they defended from the advancing Hiragawa and Fujishina Clan in decisive confrontations. Despite efforts over multiple years and supported by the formidable logistical and informational prowess of the Kirumasa, the Akashiro suffered crushing defeats, losing control of their most strategically important castles and outposts, with the opposing clans seizing the opportunities to consolidate their power and expand their influence.

The Siege of Tennyoku (イノド ゲンショ ノテンニョク) [20 BU - 15 BU]
After almost two centuries of continuous battles, the Akashiro Clan was cornered within the capital of Tennyoku, the city surrounded by Hiragawan forces as they commenced a final siege to at last claim the Shogunate under their own banner. During this time, Akashiro’s leader Akira, sought desperate solutions to quell the conflict. Therefore, like the first Shōgun before him, he ventured into the abyss, searching for divine reason and disappearing from the material world. The Siege of Tennyoku then saw the Akashiro, decisively led by Akira's younger brother Tsukikage, defend their ancestral stronghold against relentless assaults, creating a longstanding stalemate. Rumors spread of the emergence from the abyss of the second Shigen-sha within Tennyoku, revealed to be the former leader Akira. He claimed that the god Dejelkhai himself told him that the original Akashiro had the divine right to the throne and proved so by taking out the first Shigen-sha’s lost blessed necklace.

The Final Alliance [15 BU - 0 AU]
This revelation of a second Shigen-sha ignited hope among the war-weary populace as the news spread throughout all of the nation’s territories. Hearing of this and gaining confirmation by the evidence provided, the Fujishina Clan formed an alliance with the Akashiro, as the usurped Kaguro Clan also broke away from the Hiragawa. The creation of the alliance proved to be a turning point in the war, with the Siege of Tennyoku finally coming to an end. This alliance of clans then lead their forces against the Hiragawa, completely quelling their military and reclaiming the land, as well as liberating the nation of Seuku [Soijiro] after a rule of almost a century via the Seuku Campaign, led by Kyoujiro Kirumasa. The Hiragawa Clan then collapsed, with some members either joining other clans or fleeing to neighboring nations.

Reunification of Akashiro [0 AU - 50 AU]
Tsukikage Akashiro gave an inspirational speech and promised that those not satisfied under their leadership may leave and gain independence during his rule. After this, a period of reorganization occured, seeing a few clans leave, including the Kaguro Clan, sparking a reset of the Akashiren calendar to the year 0 AU. The Akashiro Clan reunified the nation under the original clan banner, Tsukikage is elevated to Shōgun of the realm, and Akashiro enters a peacetime era, restoring the Shogunate.

Post-reunification [50 AU - Present Day]
As the colonizers, from lands far away, arrived on the lands of Abeshiru [Abexilas] the Akashiro Shogunate observed them with a watchful eye. Seeing them scramble to claim all the land they could and fight with each other over mere meters of land, some nations settled near the Shogunate. As they did so, the Shōgun, Tsukikage Akashiro, sent them an invitation to a regional meeting in Tennyoku, in which he and his Daijō-kan discussed borders and boundaries with the new settlers, as well as friendships, potential trade routes and alliances. The Shōgun offered them Akashiren sake as they all shared stories with one and other, of the past and of lands not yet seen by the Shogunate. After which, they wrote up a treaty, with each neighbouring nation signing it, marking the creation of 'The Five Winds' Alliance..