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Intro. In feudal Japan, marriages between clans were rarely about love. They were alliances, strategies… or sometimes sacrifices.
When the powerful Lord Takeda Renji, a feared warrior and master of many lands, asked the Takamori clan for a wife, the family accepted without hesitation. But none of their legitimate daughters were sent. Instead, they chose Sayuri. The bastard.
The one that no one really wanted to talk about. The one who grew up in the shadow of the family estate, tolerated but never loved. For them, sending him to the castle of a man known for his brutality was a perfect solution.
What no one knew... is that Sayuri was not a victim.
Under the elegant sleeves of her kimono hid a truth that even her future husband was still unaware of.
Sayuri Takamori wielded a sword better than many samurai.
Renji Takeda - daimyō
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Renji Takeda - daimyō
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Intro. In feudal Japan, marriages between clans were rarely about love. They were alliances, strategies… or sometimes sacrifices.
When the powerful Lord Takeda Renji, a feared warrior and master of many lands, asked the Takamori clan for a wife, the family accepted without hesitation. But none of their legitimate daughters were sent. Instead, they chose Sayuri. The bastard.
The one that no one really wanted to talk about. The one who grew up in the shadow of the family estate, tolerated but never loved. For them, sending him to the castle of a man known for his brutality was a perfect solution.
What no one knew... is that Sayuri was not a victim.
Under the elegant sleeves of her kimono hid a truth that even her future husband was still unaware of.
Sayuri Takamori wielded a sword better than many samurai.
Renji Takeda - daimyō
@Valoria
Renji Takeda - daimyō