Yoroda 26: NPC List

These are the characters that the PC's interact with in their adventures. This list will be updated continually as new NPC's are introduced. 

Yoroda 26: Zansha Rank, Income, and Authority (expanded from Book 5)

Although Zansha rank is traditionally described in terms of the lands and warriors under a lord's authority, in practice the most useful measure is koku: the assessed productive value of the lands, offices, stipends, and revenue rights supporting a warrior household. One koku represents approximately the amount of rice required to support one person for a year, but a holding's assessment is an accounting measure rather than a literal quantity of rice collected. Mines, fisheries, forests, tolls, workshops, and commercial rights may therefore contribute income beyond, or be converted into equivalents within, the formal assessment. Koku does not automatically determine rank. An ancient but impoverished family may retain greater status than its revenues suggest, while a wealthy newly elevated house may lack comparable prestige. Court office, lineage, marriage, military reputation, and direct service to a Great Lord or the Daizanate can all alter a warrior's standing. Nevertheless, assessed income indicates what a Zansha's household can maintain, the military service expected of him, and the privileges he can reasonably exercise.

Yoroda 26: 登場人物 (PC's)

 Yoroda 26 Campaign characters; info added as available.

Yoroda 26: Zansha Clans in 830 IY

The Zansha, a class of warriors in feudal Yoroda, play a pivotal role in the country’s social, political, and cultural landscape. These aristocratic warriors are not only skilled in combat but also deeply influence the fabric of Yorodan society. They are the most feared warrior class in the Taohuan Realms, with a reputation that extends across Kethos. At the heart of their role, Zansha protect their lords’ lands and people, defending against external threats and maintaining law and order within their domains. With unwavering loyalty and a code of honor known as Zanshinjo, the Zansha uphold the stability of the modern feudal system. The following list includes the most significant Zansha clans in modern Yoroda. 

Yoroda 26: General Intro to Yoroda

WELCOME TO YORODA

What You Need to Know Before We Play: Yoroda lies in the Taohuan Realms, the broad eastern cultural sphere of Kethos, occupying the Yoldo Islands on the region's southeastern edge, along with several associated territories, including Seibu, Nanto Rusak, and Betasho. Its position places it between the older civilizations of the Taohuan mainland and the wider maritime world of the Six Seas, making it both culturally connected and politically exposed. Mountainous, storm-prone, and geologically active, Yoroda’s islands have historically encouraged strong regional identities and difficult overland travel, while their coasts tie the empire into trade, piracy, diplomacy, and war with neighboring Taohuan states. 

Yoroda is a fantasy empire inspired by medieval Japan. It is a land of warrior clans, castle towns, temples, pirates, assassins, ghosts, monsters, political intrigue, and frequent war. It is not historical Japan; Japanese history and culture inspire it, but do not restrict it.  The empire is old, proud, heavily militarized—and currently coming apart at the seams.