Editing Kensei (section)

===Otokodate Units===
* Kyojin
The first named character and faction leader added after Kogen and Sato, Kyojin is a giant of a man and the military leader of the Otokodate and likely answers to Kimura Key. He is a Ronin with a tetsubo, and has rules for a generic variant as well. 

Kyojin translates to "giant". 

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* Otokodate Daimyo
The Daimyo of an Otokodate clan.

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* Otokodate Taisho
Also called a Shirei-kan. Second in command of the clan, chosen by the Daimyo as a relative or one of the greatest warriors. 

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* Otokodate Naginata Hero
Also called Busho Hatamoto. Warriors among the Daimyo's army who hold the highest ranks, and are granted the most land. Their job is to command and inspire. They are the lowest rank who can afford an O-Yorai. 

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* Otokodate Katana Hero

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* Katana Ashigaru
Peasants armed with the weapons and trained in the ways of nobles. Formerly just city dwellers in various occupations, they seek to join the Buke as equals and emulate them in all respects they know. While they possess the tenacity and drive to strike without fear of death in war, they do not have the refinement of the art that comes from a lifetime of practice among their peers. 

Katana Ashigaru draw entirely from Edo period Japan. All Ashigaru were armed with Katanas and had upwards mobility into the Samurai caste prior to the end of the Sengoku era, the ban on non-Samurai owning katanas and the inability to become one were concessions by the Tokugawa Shogunate to keep the now unemployed Samurai placated. In fact, the katana weapon was originally an Ashigaru one. Called the Uchigatana, they were essentially cheap katanas wheras the Samurai (usually cavalry, almost all bowmen at this point) used a much larger Tachi sword instead. 
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* Teppo Ronin
Ji Samurai and non-combat servants who's lords were killed during the war. Without option, they flocked to the Otokodate and were armed with Teppo purchased from Nanban traders. Although they believe they have lost their honor, they carry on in want of livelihood. They march to battle armed with wooden shields and their old Katanas. 

Samurai in real life were the primary users of guns starting in 1543 when they were first used in mass (like in Europe, guns existed in Japan before the world hit teen hundreds) due to them being very expensive and techniques such as volley fire not being known yet. Within only twenty years Japan had mastered gun tactics and mass produced improved guns, to the degree some historians believe in this era Japan made more guns than the entirety of Europe was. Since guns were now cheap and formations known, Samurai reverted back to the bow more often than not due to guns taking comparatively little training to use and thus being a waste to equip to lifelong trained warriors. 
Teppo Ronin in real life represent the Samurai who participated in the Samurai uprisings of the Edo period, mercenaries from the end of the Sengoku era from defeated armies (this being the lore basis for Kensei Teppo Ronin), and the Otokodate thugs that harassed peasants using weapons of war in a time of peace. Although Edo period peasants were forbidden from using weapons some including farmers who had to repel wild animals as well as hunters were allowed to keep loaded firearms, and many were used with blanks to simply scare away enemies or send signals. Towards the end of the Edo period small villager militias were formed to defend themselves against Samurai robbers which helped lead poor Samurai to the transition from Otokodate to Isami. 
Bodyguard Samurai were seen equipped with Teppo more often during the Edo period even if they were used less, and Ronins in desperation make good servants to wealthy but lower classes or as members of the young Yakuza organization. . 

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* Ozutsu
Also called Ozutzu, they are a creation of the Hymukai studying the rifle Teppos purchased by Otokodate, these handheld weapons pack much more force and are considered hand cannons. Only stronger soldiers can be armed with these.

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* Machi Yakko
Trained warriors who were never part of the Samurai. They keep the peace in the lands controlled by the Otokodate by patrolling roads and guarding cities against the Buke. They are armed with Jumonji Yari, a spear with a special tip consisting of a very large pronged blade. Above all, they will protect their lord and his interests.

They do not yet have models.

* Kyokaku
A new class of warrior, wholly devoted to Kykotsu. They seek to combat the Samurai oppressors and their flawed Bushido code, and dwell in peasant communities as local heroes where they slay bandits and looting Samurai. 

They do not yet have models. 

* Assassins
Rather than hiring the subtle Ninja, Otokodate prefer disgraced Samurai who move in small groups and carry many weapons that their targets are unfamiliar with fighting against. These honorless warriors will travel the countryside inconspicuously and carry out any task given them, usually the elimination of their target while ignoring the interference of his bodyguards. 

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* Ronin With Tetsubo

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