Marching on Ise

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

The sight of a person evading each and every bullet that they fired made Ryunosuke's jaw drop. He had trusted that the bullets were too fast that one would have a difficulty dodging them, and it was impossible for a person to evade a lot of bullets in succession. With the enemy commanders closing in on their location and no voice guiding him on what they should do, Ryunosuke had to decide for himself what action must be done.

"Continue firing at those soldiers who were charging. Only when they are five paces away from you would you use your rifles as spears and charge at them." Ryunosuke said those words as he moved forward towards the enemy soldiers. "But I'll make sure that you will not have to engage them in melee. I'll move forward to meet them in close range. Don't worry about me." He then turned around and gave a smile. "If you want me to survive, do your best in covering me from behind!" He then turned around, acknowledging the roar of the soldiers of his units first before he charged forward to meet the commanders and the extraordinary person who had dodged the bullets.

Ryunosuke would charge forward, firing his howitzer at the people charging on his unit, except when they were five paces away from him, in which he would use his howitzer as a large sword and cut through them. He would make sure that the enemy would be hit by his ranged attacks, as the light-blue crosses on his irises glowed brightly as he fired his shots at the enemy. He would never let them get through him and kill the rifle units behind him.

((Using the mask's effect.))

[Brandt Solveig]

Brandt's eyes would widen as his opponents neared. Three specifically coming at him with intentions of trying to lay waste to him this day. A wicked smile would tear across the Nord's blood spattered face. He would not see his way into Valhalla this day, nor any soon. There was still much foe him to do in this life. As his opponents approached he would roar out words in a battle hymn.

"Odin! guide me through war and peace
Allfather, give me the wits I need
Thor! Take my rage and give me peace
Asathor, give my rage time to feed

Berserker born with much wit
I speak little and much do hear
For fools words' I give not a whit
Only fools feed axe and spear

Good natured you say?
Nay! you are not!
For mercy you pray?
You will receive naught!

Odin! give me the wits to win this war!
Allfather, hate that cowards' fear
Thor! Give me my rage to strike foes from far!
Asathor, give this fool reason to fear"

While he sung ans waited patiently for his adversaries to step within his range, the behemoth would react, lifting bis sword horizontally across his body as he activated his shield's ability and an explosion ripped out. His goal was allow it to rocket him forward so he could slam the flat of his Zanbato into all three and knock then back.

If it connected as he planned, he would rotate his body around in a 360, swinging his hefty sword around as he did. Brandt would twist the handle to activate the gunpowder and propell him forward toward them even faster. With luck he would have caught them by surprise and tore their bodies apart.

[Gabriella Santos]

Like Ichimaru, Gabriella was also amazingly impressed by the leader of the enemy unit facing them. She had been one of those to fire upon him, and to him dodge so easily was unnatural. Not that she wasn't a stranger to the unnatural. Lord Amakusa's voice in her head, or the shadow creation of the ninja of Imagawa back at the battle of Okehazama. Though something else seemed off to her. He had no weapon, why would a man charge into battle with no weapon in her hands. But then she looked closer, he did have a weapon, he was holding something. Unless he was holding his hand open like he was for no reason. Great something else supernatural in nature. Shaking the though from her mind, she struggled to reload her weapon and continue to fire on the Kitabatake cavalry, as Ichimaru had ordered. 

[Tokugawa Ieyasu]

The message of a ploy, upon Harutomo spiritual animal arrived at the back of the Kitabatake force landing into the hand of the leader of the army. Who opened it and read. Annoyed at what it was inside and hate growing fiercer for the Amakusa. Before calling for messengers to get ready a force to return to the city, his son and Iwami included. Ayumi and Megumi would be able to exit the castle however it would take them longer to return to the battle and try and cut of the Kitabatake supply lines. 

Kitabatake Chikanari (Stats Remain Unknown) Leaving battlefield.
1 Unit of Infantry Leaving battlefield

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Toshi would manage to defend himself mostly with the quick explosion of Takehiro's crossbow, however due to the nature of firing in waves, some of the shots would follow up after the explosion could knock them aside, but before he would manage to attack back. Those shot that got through however weren't all on target, a couple would just about graze his legs, but a last would painfully piece through the top of his shoulder. However he would be able to attack back even through the pain, water indeed would splash out out the rifle men, rendering their weapons useless. Before calling in the heavy assault. 

"Clear your weapons." A commander, wielding one of the large rifles shouted. Even under attack them men, would crouch down and start to try and clean out there weapons, as unarmed they would certainly fall, however in the time some would fall from the artillery. The commanders of the rifles unit however didn't lower their weapons. Their large rifle were indeed the same as those in Shima. They were know as Kitabatake Navel Long Rifles originally design for use on ships, and as such were less likely to be rendered in-operative by water. 

5 of them would aim at Toshi and attempt to fire. But even designed to deal with damp conditions, only 3 of the 5 actually worked.  Toshi found himself still under fire. The other 5 commanders would also raise weapon however they would aim at the trebuchets, and line up shots. Before firing. Only 2 of the guns however worked, but it was enough with the long ranged rifles to cut through important ropes, rendering two of them damaged and unusable until they had repairs. If something wasn't done about those guns, they could easily take out the artillery if given the time. 

Meanwhile a message would find Iwami, and he and his men would return to the Daimyo's side due to the message from Harutomo.

Iwami no Kami leaving battlefield
Remains of Cannons Unit Leaving Battlefield
Cannons Abandoned

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Brandt battle hymn would inspire those around him and unnerve the normal troops of the enemy. However the commanders stood strong. When his shield allowed him to burst forward and attack, he wouldn't find his foes, to go down easily. Instead in unison, they would bring their weapons down, slamming his sword down into the ground. In order to prevent him from attacking them. The two on the side would keep the weapon in place as best they could, while the man in the centre of the three would raise his weapon and bring the blade of the halberd down towards Brandt shoulder and neck at a angle. However the Amakusa commanders would intercede, managing to cut down one of those holding his weapon in place, and forcing the other to back off. Allowing Brandt weapon to be freed once more in order to try and defend himself. 

The unit attacking the siege weapons, was starting to break. The heavy assault units they faced, and the superior stock of the Amakusa was winning this front of the battle. 

Unit Heavily damaged.
Once Commanders Falls They are routed. 

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Those of the flanking Calvary unit that had fallen behind, fell to the spy squad once they had engaged then in combat. While those that had managed to charge through, following the leader also took heavy losses as they walked into a wall of fire from Ichimaru unit and Gabriella. Ichimaru, and a Amakusa rifleman urge to firing would manage to deal a blow to the leader, while also taking out his horse. With a roar of pain however the man didn't stop jumping off his horse as it fell, and gripping his weapon in both hands coming down towards Ichimaru too fast for him to aim another shot. Ichimaru had to move, or be cleaved into by the man's large two-handed Invisible Nodachi.


Unit heavily damaged.
Once Tomomasa Falls They are routed. 

[Amakusa Takehiro]

Toshi would not have withdrawn, and took the gunfire while standing tall, and out of the way of the main Amakusa forces. As he would be fired upon once again, he would release another two explosive bolts in front of himself to blast away the bullets aimed at him, and the Amakusa ninja would have flanked the main unit from all sides by now. While the Kitabatake did manage to take down a few trebuchets, they failed to account for the catapults as well, which continued to rip through their ranks indiscriminately. The enemy decided to try and continue an offense, and they were no match for the brilliant tactics the Amakusa Daimyo displayed. Because they did not run when they had the chance, they were surrounded, and regardless of how many trebuchets they destroyed, they would be overwhelmed in a matter of moments. The ballistae from atop the hill were also firing down on them, preventing their continued assault.

The commanders assisting Brandt continued to charge after the Kitabatake commanders, swinging their heavy weapons down at the enemies' kneecaps to break them and immobilize the enemy, before impaling them through the heads. They would disorganize the units by taking out as few people as possible.

As Tomomosa took aim down on Ryunosuke, the Amakusa commander armed with his rifles took aim at the man's chest and fired off two rounds, both to assist the head of the militia and to eliminate the foe.

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

As Ryunosuke fired away the enemies, he was thinking about how the commander of the enemy forces fought, as he saw that he was not holding a weapon. Maybe he was skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and his physique would suffice to say that he was a brawler. He then thought that if he should keep himself without reach of that officer's arms, he would do fine. He then kept on firing, until he had noticed that the officer that he was thinking of was closing in on him. He then noticed that his hands seemed to be clenched, but not as if he would unleash a technique with his hands. The seemingly laxity on how he kept his fist clenched was contrasted by the veins on his hands, but why? But when he saw that the two hands of the adversary seemed to align with each other, he realized something. The clenched hands of the commander seemed to be holding onto something. Ryunosuke then smiled, a thought passing in his brain.

If that was a katar or anything that had its edge parallel to the lower arm, I might have not noticed it. You have made a mistake in selecting an invisible weapon, fool. But still, you and your weapon had gotten my interest. I will find out about the secret of your weapon, and I'll use it in my next masterpieces!

He then took a sidestep way from the perceived weapon, and charged towards the enemy commander, his howitzer now wielded as a greatsword. He would slash the ridges of the weapon he was holding towards the unprotected torso of his enemy, which he was sure would connect given his enhanced agility. If he perceived that it would not connect even given his superior speed, Ryunosuke would change the trajectory of his slash, letting it hit first the invisible weapon before it recoils back to the enemy's torso.

[Brandt Solveig]

While Brandt hadn't thought he was in extreme danger, he was glad that he had the Amakusa commanders he did, nearby. Otherwise he might have felt the bite of halbard. However the interception served to free him up, thus allowing the giant Northlander to continue the defense of the arbalasts.

Roaring out with the anger of the gods, those eyes would focus upon the two left that he had just encountered. Leaping, the giant would throw himself into a whirlwind attack, however his knees would be bent and his blade held toward knee level to sever the enemy commander's legs.

"You are NO MATCH for MY MIGHT!!"

However he would keep his wits about them, if either tried to escape his arcs of dismemberment by jumping, he would simply twist out of his crouch and raise the massive sword to hit them in the air. Brandt would not allow himself to let The Demon of Totomi down. He would protect his essential equipment without faulter.

[Gabriella Santos]

The Amakusa soldier that had shot at them man as he leap at at Ichimaru wasn't the only one to do so. With a flick of her wrist she brought round her own weapon as well and aimed at the man. With a squeeze of her finger she fired. Foolish were these men of the Kitabatake it seemed. Riding so head long into a battle they clearly weren't ready for.  However She couldn't help but wonder why the leader of the enemy force hadn't brought the main force into play, epically with the battle turning badly. 

Regardless of if the enemy here went down Gabriella would break from the cover of tree's that they had been using. Quickly heading around where the enemy had come from in order to see the rest of the battle. The Amakusa forces were slowly blocking the enemy in, and once they were done here it looked as if they could join in and cut off another route of escape. Looking down she would find it odd that there seemed to be less of a Kitabatake force then expected, had they really killed so many? No yes many had died, but there weren't enough bodies had some left. Were they retreating?

[Tokugawa Ieyasu]

As Ichimaru would bring his howitzer to attack at the man coming down upon him. Tomomasa would twist his body in the air. It didn't prevent the attack but would turn it into a glancing blow. However it ment he was unable to move again in order to escape once more from bullet fire. Blood would blossom out of the mans back as the struck tearing through flesh. His planned attack would fail as he faulted from the pain. Landing awkwardly. However the Kitabatake man refuse to go down easily. Recklessly he would swing his sword in a sideway arc at Ichimaru, and bringing back across chaging steps at the other men. Three swings later his body would give, he would fall to his knee's before collapsing to the ground, bleeding quickly to death. His hand would let go of his weapon. A the large katana would slowly fade into sight. "Brother I...I failed." Tomomasa spluttered out before death would claim him. 

Gabriella would see the events that followed with the main forces unfold. 

Tomomasa defeated
Unit Routed
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Toshi would manage to once more protect himself with the crossbow explosion, before suddenly noticing a change in the direction in the wind. A ominous feeling in the air. The Amakusa were indeed slowly managing to surround the Kitabatake. The combined effort of the Amakusa seige weaponry inflicting losses upon the Kitabatake. Seconds after Tomomasa fell, a roar of grief would cover the battle field. Those close by, and Takehiro with his far seeing eye would be able to locate Kitabatake Tomonori. Walking out into the battlefield raising a sword of design that Takehiro had claimed from Shima in the air. The Kitabatake own spiritual power would flow into the sword boosting the effects of the families blade. 

Among the remaining Kitabatake force illusionary soldiers would come into being. The Kitabatake force would scatter and charge at the enemies surrounding them. Those that didn't fall would meet the Amakusa forces. Using the confusion of the illusionary soldier to cut down those who didn't realise which were real and those which were not. Some of the Amakusa forces would be able to pick out those that were real and would ignore the fakes to attack those that were able to inflict losses upon the Amakusa.

Tomonori would be among them, marching towards the most obvious threat upon the battlefield so far. Toshi would soon find himself face to face with the Daimyo. He was armoured, more heavily then everyone else, and wielded his one of the family swords. If he fell the illusion that gave the Kitabatake one last final chance would end with him. 

Kitabatake Tomonori

Musou - Secret of the Family Sword (Creates 2 illusionary soldier per Spr, these illusions can do no harm. 1 of 12 used)
Classification - Whirlwind (0 of 6 used)

Str-60
Dex-60 (65)
Con-60 (80)
Wis-60 
Spr-60

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The commanders facing Brandt would indeed try to jump in order to escape his attack. Only for the giant of a man to rise up and bring the sword at them while the were still in the air. The weapon would cleanly slice through the first with ease, but the second managed to bring up his halberd stave in order to block being knocked back through the air and then rolling along the ground and up to his feet. The Amakusa Commanders would attempt to finish him off, but the Kitabatake Commander would hear the roar of his Daimyo, and be inspired blocking the first attack made against him and cutting down a couple of his enemies, before Brandt and the remaining Amakusa would manage to over power him and finish him off. 

The rest of the heavy assault unit would be able to take out those fighting to take out the siege weapons. But would see down below as the forces of the Kitabatake and Amakusa met. 

Commanders Defeated
Unit Routed




 

[Amakusa Takehiro]

Having wielded a blade from the Kitabatake that was capable of conjuring a phantom warrior, this was a tactic Takehiro was not unfamiliar with. And, rather than let it unfold and claim the lives of many of his soldiers, he would act quickly and devise a plan to make them serve no purpose. Every ballista would be armed with fire arrows, and they would rain down upon the main force. The land having caught fire, all mortal foes would likely run away, while the phantoms would show no sign of pain. That said, and should it have succeeded, Takehiro would guide all his men to continue a ranged assault so as to avoid getting in the way of the siege weapons.

Toshi, having been in the way of the fire attack, simply increased the moisture in his immediate area so greatly no flame could touch his body without being immediately doused. He used his close proximity to the main force to fire two hallucinogenic bolts from the Takehi-bow at the Kitabatake army, a 40-yard cloud of hallucinogens exploding to take all that were in its reach. Any soldier who breathed in even a bit of the gas would be overcome with incredible hallucinations and become incapable of fighting.

Brandt, Ryunosuke, and Gabriela were ordered to flank the main force. At the sides they were instructed to go to, they would find cannons and arbalests, as well as small units firing on the Kitabatke.

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

Ryunosuke was shocked at what he saw. The number of enemy soldiers suddenly increased with more than a hundred soldiers appearing out of nowhere. It might have something to do with the faint glow that he earlier saw from far away. If a person managed to generate that much number of soldiers, surely he could overrule any army that would march against Ise. He wondered what should he do in that situation.

Fortunately, Ryunosuke again heard a voice in his head urging him to move towards the flanks to shoot at the enemy while the enemy was disposed on charging towards the main force. Cannons and arbalests were seen firing towards the enemy, and that gave Ryunosuke an estimate of what's going on. Some of the soldiers were unaffected by the gunfire, and some were panicking when there was an explosion near them. And the soldiers who seemed unaffected by the explosions were the ones he saw that appeared out of nowhere By that event alone, he knew that they were just illusions and unable to hurt anyone. Now, the only thing that left was to shake the real soldiers into disarray to make the illusions useless.

He then commanded his soldiers to shoot at the distracted soldiers, while he fired his howitzer towards those which had a large concentration of attacking enemy soldiers, to distract any real soldier among them. That way, they could successfully pick off all the real soldiers within the army without being distracted much by the illusions. If anyone would counter fire at them, the would also fire at them before continuing on with the soldiers. Ryunosuke would stand at the front line, ready to tear apart anything that would attempt to engage his soldiers in melee.

[Brandt Solveig]

Brandt and company tore through the remaining forces before he felt Takehiro call once again with commands. Letting himself absorb the words the giant would press onward. He believed the tide of battle was in their favor. And Brandt vowed to solidify it. Roaring out as he began to swoop his troops around to flank.

Soon enough he would approach, and his first action would aim at tearing apart one of the cannons. Rushjng it he would approach it from its side before heaving his blade over head and then sending it crashing against the back end of the cannon. If it worked as he planned, thr front half of the barrel would be sheered off, revealing the cannon ball.

His gaunlet would reach and magnitize, sucking the cannon ball firmly into his palm as he turned and then reversed polarity, shooting the cannon ball from his palm and towars the closest arbalast.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella would gulp to herself and blink in disbelief of what she just saw. How on earth was that possible that someone could crate so many men out of thin air. Even Lord Amakusa could only create a single doppelgänger.  Nevertheless, the Daimyo's voice would come in to her mind and urge her to assist in flanking the enemy. For a moment she want to flee, shaken by what she had just saw. But would manage to make herself stand firm. However if she felt that way she didn't know if other among the Amakusa would feel the same. That could be bad.

Putting her gun away, she quickly raised her ringed hand and used it power to inspire the men of Ichimaru's unit before pulling her gun back out and opening fire as instruct upon the main force. She only hope that, something would keep the rest of the Amakusa standing strong in front of the power they had just seen. Most of them knowing how devastating such powers could be, from seeing Toshi's and Takehiro's 

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OOC: Used Ring of Inspiration

[Tokugawa Ieyasu]

The combined assault of the Amakusa siege weaponry, flanking forces plus Toshi firing in the cross bow bolt of hallucinogens, would indeed deal with quite a large portion of the real troops still standing. However the sigh of seeing the illusions calmly walking through the fire left behind by the attack, was one that would shake the morale of those of lower rank in the Amakusa army. Even if they had been told it was a intimidating sight. However even so the battle would soon come to a close it seemed. 

With another roar Kitabatake Tomonori would curse those of the Totomi. Dismissing around ten of the illusions he would re-summon them up around him, making it so that they bared his own likeness. Before he would charge towards Toshi. The real Tomonori and his copies each would have a large katana in one hand, that they attacked with. The blade of the real Tomonori would go for the weapon that Toshi used. In order to knock it high into the air and out of his grasp, before continuing the weapons path so that it would slash through his neck. BEfore spinning on the spot, and calling up a sudden whirlwind strike to knock Toshi away, so that he would be able to mix in with his copies once more. 

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Tomonori

Musou 2 of 12
Whirlwind 1 of 6

[Amakusa Takehiro]

Takehiro, having been able to see from the eyes of all present on the battlefield, he noticed Tomonori's charge on Toshi, and also that the Kitabatake forces were dwindling. He would give one last command to each of his commanders to watch the battlefield closely, before deciding this was his time to leap into the conflict himself. Taking his glaive in his hand, Takehiro would leap high into the air, releasing his weights at his highest point. They would crash to the ground, the metric ton shaking it and leaving a large hole where it hit. Using a burst of speed, Takehiro would rush toward Tomonori and his doppelgangers, sweeping outward with his ten-foot glaive several times, forming three full circles around himself. The force behind it would be crushing, and any doppelgangers would, of course, not be harmed. However, Tomonori's body was likely to be crushed in a single blow.

Toshi, noticing Takehiro's advance from having been informed, decided to meet the doppelgangers head-on. Rather than retreat, he utilized his own whirlwind before Tomonori used his, to cause his opponent to stagger and reveal the true target. What's more, upon Takehiro's landing, the Daimyo would unleash his own whirlwind upon his attack, so that the whirlwinds of the Daimyo and his adviser would be much more powerful than the Kitabatake warrior's.

While the common rabble of the Amakusa forces were deterred, the commanders and exceptional units would push onward, taking down any who continued to fight them. They would make a push to claim the city, while Takehiro and Toshi dealt with Tomonori.

[OoC: Weights removed, demon tabi effect utilized. Takehiro's Dex for this post: 145.

Takehiro and Toshi: 1 of 5 Whirlwinds used]

[Ichimura Ryunosuke]

Although Ryunosuke and the militia were doing a good job in eliminating the real enemy soldiers and were eager enough to continue on, it seemed that the main force didn't share their eagerness. A sizable amount of their soldiers fell as the real enemies struck them. And so Ryunosuke decided to put a stop on those illusions as fast as possible.

As they continued to fire towards the real enemies, he scanned the battlefield before him to search for something odd. Then he saw three whirlwinds clashing towards each other. At the middle whirlwind, which were clashed on by the whirlwinds of his allies Takehiro and Toshi, was another person. The sword in that person's hand glowed, the sign that he was producing the illusions. Once he could get a clean shot on that person, he would fire his howitzer towards that person, to end the illusions once and for all. 

[Brandt Solveig]

Brandt would conti ue to rip through all the siege weapons that he could. Explosions would tear out left and right ad he sword and shield went to work. Carving away wood, stone and humans alike. He would roar onward, encouraging the troops that fought with him to push even harder ownward.

Like a tidal wave, their aim would be to tear the city from the grqsp of the enemy. It seemed Takehiro and Toshi were dealing wiyh someone specifically. He would leave them be and proceed with the invasion. The Sword From The House of Strength would cleave onward.

[Gabriella Santos]

While Brandt assulted from one side, Gabriella would continuing firing down at the Kitabetake troops. Some of her shoots would obviously be in effective, as the real troops among the illusions were thinned out by the combined attack of the Amakusa. She would notice, like Ichimaru that Lord Takehiro and his adviosor Toshi appeared to be confronting someone among the battle. However unlike the other man, Gabriella would continue attacking the enemy instead.

She had seen the powers that the Lord and Toshi were capable of. And even with the impressive feat of Kitabatake Daimyo ahead of them. She doubt that the man would last long under the combined assult of their power. 

[Tokugawa Ieyasu]

Toshi would be able to unleash his whirlwind before the Kitabatake Daimyo. Causing him to stagger backwards as planned. However the Daimyo would turn the stagger in to his own whirlwind as he had planned to. In turn pushing Toshi backwards as well putting some distance between them. However the arrival of Takehiro own whirlwind would push him back once more, as his glaive would come round for the first of his powerful strikes. While Takehiro attack were indeed fast and powerful, the other Daimyo skill with a sword was masterful. With little force he would guide the first of the arc of the weapon over him, and backing off he got ready to do the same to the second of the attacks. However him backing off would be seen by Ichimaru.  Who would fire with his cannon at the enemy before Takehiro closed for the next swing. 

Tomonori would out of the corner of his eye manage to see the cannon being fired at him. And would swing out with his sword planning to cut the projectile out of the air. However the force behind it was more then he had expected, and while he would just about be able to parry it, it would push his weapon aside, as Takehiro second swing came around. Without his sword to turn aside the blow as planned, the Daimyo would instead attempt to do so with his arm, trusting in the armour he wore to deal with the blow enough to let him at least escape serious harm. The power behind Takehiro glaive, was too much. Even the armour gave way, followed be flesh and bone as the weapon cut straight through the Daimyo arm like paper. With a roar of pure anger and pain, Tomonori brought his sword up as Takehiro spun the weapon around him for his final swing. However the extreme speed that Takehiro had thanks to the removal of his weights and other powers. Proved to much, and Tomonori even with all his skill with his sword couldn't bring it up in time to parry the final blow. Takehiro glavie would connect fully. The armour Tomonori wore, try to resist the blow but the power of the weapon and Takehiro was too much. Cutting halfway through the man before the glaive would stop. Takehiro would be surprised that blade hadn't cut cleanly through the man, but it only proved how much that armour was meant to be able to take, he was just that much more then it could withstand. Takehiro would also be filled with the feeling, that had the man not being distracted by allied gun fire from Ichimaru, that his strength would have actually struggled against the other man's skill. 

Tomonori Defeated
Armour Destroyed (Un-lootable)

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The combine forces of the Amakusa, Gabriella and Brandt. Would be seriously damaging what remained of the Kitabatake army. However they would still be having problems with finding where they were. But when the Daimyo of the enemy went down. The illusions faded completely, and only the remaining enemies would be there. Their wouldn't be many. It seemed they had been fighting to the death inspired with the numbers they felt they had but in truth didn't really have so. With them gone, the Kitabatake would break. The forces fleeing for the lives. Weapons being dropped, comrades left behind. 

KItbatake Forces Defeated

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Back in the Capital of Ise. Both the last of the Kitabatake grandsons, and Iwami no Kami would have arrived back from being called. There men would be stood down by Harutomo. Neither could believe what the elder man had done. Calling them away, and leaving the Daimyo and his brother to die. However the older man would explain to them his reasons. The fact he could not bare to see the pair lead the Kitabatake to destruction. His grandson would hate him for it, but knew why he had done so, and would with a heavy heart agree with what his grandfather had done. However Iwami could not accept it. He knew just how much different the battle may have gone if their troops had remained. Even with a man with water powers on the battle field, he knew that he could have possibly been a turning factor had he remained, and that he could not willing follow a man who would have given up his owns son for dead, when it may not have been needed to protect his family. 

Ise and Kitabatake Subjugated
Iwami no Kami, flees hating the Amakusa, and is likely to join their enemies in the future. 

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SEE NEXT POST FOR REWARDS.

[Tokugawa Ieyasu]

Amakusa Takehiro

 +3 EXP.

Ise gained as Territory 

Kitabatake Harutomo gained as stated NPC, and provides troops to the Amakusa army. (In the Important NPC section)

He provides

150 Average Troops
10 Eceptional Troops
5 Commanders (These are  Kitabatake Tomofusa, Nagano Tomofuji , Kitabatake Chikanari , Kitabatake Tokumatsu , Kitabatake Kanematsu, the 5 grandsons from Ise and Shima.)

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Ichimura Ryunosuke

+5 EXP

Hitoshirenu-Mi (Two-Handed): This large two-handed Nodachi is of amazing quality, and bears the mark of the Kitbatake. Having been taken from one of the Kitabatake Brothers defeated in the battle of Ise. +5 Str when striking, +5 Con. 
Power: This weapon when held in hand becomes completely invisible. While carried in other way, such as sheathed, or on on a strap it is visible. 

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Brandt Solveig

+5 EXP

Mark of Battle Attunement (Non-Weapon Add-on Item): This mark bears the symbol of 'Power' and 'Skill', and can attach to any non-weapon item. This cannot be added to another add-on item. +1 Str, +1 Dex, +1 Con, +1 Wis, +1 Spr.
Power: Once per thread. The user can draw on the power of the mark to improve the item it is connected to. That item provides double the bonuses to stats it normally does for 5 posts. This does not double the bonuses of the Mark itself. 

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Gabriella Santos

To be awarded by another GM.