Baifa Monü Zhuan
"Armor is an Illusion."
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To expand on a small subgrop within the Keisei
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"Is it the warrior with the best weapon who wins the fight or the warrior who is the weapon?"
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Organization Name: Gado Keisei
- Classification: Sisterhood
- Affiliation: Atrisian Commonwealth
- Organization Symbol: X
- Description: The protective arm of the Keisei, while they are renowned for their beauty a village of all women deep in the mountains is isolated and would need protectors. Instead of just anyone they trained their own fighters who were uniquely adapted to defend it using the environment. From there a set of tenets was formed and much like the Keisei themselves the Gado Keisei became unmatched in certain aspects. Certainly i their training as they used their smaller frames and speed rather then just raw power. Their philosiphy of not wearing armor doesn't mean they are unafraid of death but more if it is coming then they will welcome it and show their prowess.
"One or twenty they shall not strike me but your armor it will be the death of you."
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
- Headquarters: Atrisia codex Atrisia wookiee: Hanamachi Village
- Domain: The Hanamachi Village and some of the surrounding area where they can patrol and move around.
- Notable Assets: Songsteel katana
"We may not be the largest force but each Gado Keisei is worth ten men."
SOCIAL INFORMATION
- Hierarchy:
- Yakka-Shimada: Grandmaster of the Keisei who does not have to be of the Gado but she is in charge of all the Keisei. They report to her.
- Membership: Be a member of the keisei who wants to learn to fight and shows skills in it. A dedication to protecting their fellow sisters.
- Climate: Intrigue and mystery. the Gado are small compared o what they once were and getting smaller each generation but they are beloved for their service and duty among their sisters.
- Reputation: Well loved by their sisters and regarded asfor their skills with
- Curios: Joruri journals, Songsteel katanas and their kimonos.
- Rules: Police and security within the Hanamachi and its surrounding areas.
- Goals: To defend their Keisei sisters, protect the village and ensure the honor of their vows.
"The best armor is not needing it."
MEMBERS
Izigaki Keiren - Member
Zankokuna Utsukushi-Sa - Member
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Gado Keisei were formed within the Keisei.. as they grew and attracted more people from around Atrisia hiring mercenaries who would work for jewels and payment was dangerous. So they trained their own warriors and brought in exotic atrisians who trained them. Physically and mentally as fighters with each getting a form of self defense but those who showed promise were given. Kalantus of the horselords who was considered no great beauty by many was fierce and powerful. An Alpha from the horselords which had her as a large muscled warrior who wandered to the village. She brought many things to their small defensive force that was being formed. She worked to make them weapons and brought an attitude from the horselords about armor being a weakness.
With Kal leading them and armoring them with weapons they became much stronger... tales of their prowess in fights that were against bandits and others who tried to exploit the village or its mines were legendary. As were their skills with horses improved where they could go. The miners they had hired to work the mines provided them plenty and they could share it as needed... the precious gemstones being used for supplies but then there was even more still rich within. They kept it and stored it and built up the larger treasury of the Keisei. With the Gado able to spread outwards into the mountains and wander as they developed their own sense and style... they were keisei to the core... beautiful, talented and skilled but they could also turn that into wielding a sword or swords as needed.
For thousands of years the tales of them grew to match their talents.. the Gado allowing legends of their well nature to be semi-mystical and overblown. From them seducing only the strongest males on the planet to have children that would become Keisei and continue their order to them being giants who didn't need to wear armor because nothing could pierce their skin. The tales were meant to tantalize and astound.. they welcomed it... they encouraged it as a means to not let people know how they were really. They were just like any Keisei with thoughts and dangerous motivations as they protected their sisters often ruthlessly from outsiders and the rare offworlders who came to the village to try and cause trouble. They continued to allow expanded tales to draw interest for the experience.
They have continued to exist throughout the centuries... thousands of years of tradition and refinement much like their sisters until they were just as skilled in their beauty as they were in the swordsmenship. Their lithe bodies that were able to dodge most yovshin in a fight who wore armor and their swords that were made from the songsteel a gift from the emperor Tama.... to replace their older steel ones. The make up, the kimonos and the hair pins all served a purpose to let them look like their sisters but the swords they wore on their hips or on their backs identify them compared to the others. The scent of exotic oils that are used to prepare themselves in case of death in a fight and their continued protection of their sisters after the offworlders were removed from the world to bring in the Jishi Era.
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