Tsu (TWS2 faction)
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Campaign
Starting position
Initial challenge
Hard
Year
1864
Provinces
- Iga Stronghold
Treasury
9000
Introduction
The Todo clan, rulers of the Tsu domain, cannot claim a proud samurai lineage like many of the other great clans of Japan. Their beginnings are actually rather humble: Todo Takatora was an ashigaru, a peasant footsoldier, during the great wars of the Sengoku Jidai. So what? So too was the mighty general Toyotomi Hideyoshi, revered as one of the three great unifiers of Japan! Todo Takatora was wise enough to side with the Tokugawa clan at Sekigahara, and he was rewarded with the fief of Tsu, comprising a good part of the provinces of Iga and Ise.
Historically, the Tsu chose to play a “long game”, apparently supporting the Shogunate until the very last moment. At the Battle of Toba-Fushimi they sided with the Choshu and Satsuma domains, and therefore with the Imperial forces. They then provided the Imperialists with a strategic position to continue the drive towards Kyoto. Their central position on the mainland, in what is now Mie Prefecture, lay between Edo and Kyoto, and this allowed them enviable flexibility and options in their loyalties. Such flexibility goes some way to explain why they have such excellent shinobi at their command.
The Emperor's Cunning
- Persuasion (+2% to allegiance conversion)
- Furtiveness (+3 to the number of kisho ninja units available)
- Fortitude (+1 to unit melee defence)
- Artifice (-10% to the cost of shinobi actions)
Victory Conditions
Short Campaign
Capture and hold 14 provinces. In addition, ensure at least 35 provinces are held by forces loyal to the Emperor, including the following: Musashi, Yamashiro
Complete by the end of your turn in: Late December 1870
Long Campaign
Capture and hold 26 provinces. In addition, ensure at least 50 provinces are held by forces loyal to the Emperor, including the following: Musashi, Yamashiro
Complete by the end of your turn in: Late December 1876
Domination Campaign
Capture and hold 38 provinces. In addition, ensure at least 65 provinces are held by forces loyal to the Emperor, including the following: Musashi, Yamashiro
Complete by the end of your turn in: Late December 1876
Note
Initially released as the Tsu Faction Pack DLC.