Kakureta’s Imperialists

Name: @Kakureta’s Imperialists (隠れた帝党)

Description:
The @Kakureta’s Imperialists are a ghost regime clinging to ceremony amidst collapse. Once stewards of the Shogunate’s vast bureaucracy, they now preside over a kingdom of fading ink and whispered authority. Operating from @Kōkaiten – The Imperial Heartland gilded ruins—especially the reconstructed @Ishin-no-Hōden – Hall of Renewed Law —they draft edicts no one obeys, raise banners few salute, and navigate a world that has moved beyond them.

And yet, they endure. For even a dying system remembers how to draw a blade.

Their strength lies not in numbers or spirit, but in tradition, rhetoric, and manipulation. They wield the remnants of the Shogunate like a withering fan—sharp at its edge, beautiful from afar, and dangerous when flared in desperation.

Symbol: A falling chrysanthemum over an empty scroll.

Leadership:

• @Lady Rensu no Kagenami – "The Veil of Shirohana", unseen manipulator within the capital's court.

Initiation Rites:

• Scroll Vow – swearing fealty beneath the Imperial Seal.

• Chrysanthemum Ink Rite – writing one’s name in black and red across ancestral parchment.

• Ceremony of Still Hands – proving composure under court pressure and blade.

• Mask of Roles – donning a mask representing one’s public station.

Values & Tenets:

• Authority is breath, not volume.

• A sword’s sheath matters more than its edge.

• Law dies last.

• In silence, command endures.

Recruitment:
Lineage, loyalty, or legal utility. Most members are descendants of courtly families, military tacticians, or scholars. Some warriors join to preserve what remains. Others are bound by blackmail, debt, or promises long unpaid.

Operations:
They orchestrate alliances, succession claims, covert assassinations, and propaganda scrolls. Their battalions are sparse, but ceremonial duelists, elite bodyguards, and silken informants act with the weight of history behind them.

Reputation:
Viewed as relics by rebels and tyrants alike, yet feared for their reach. In Kōkaiten, to cross an Imperialist is to step into a trap ten generations deep. Their true power lies in making others fight for them.

Known Rivals or Threats:

• @Crimson Wolf Banner , for their outright defiance.

• @Blooming Reed Alliance , whose autonomy undermines central rule.

• The @Veiled Fang , who erase what they cannot control.

Whispers Say:

"They speak law with poisoned breath."
"One scroll in the right hall can slay an army."
"The Empire fell—but its shadows still walk."
"A bowed head may hide the sharpest blade."
"To mock them is to become a lesson."