Director: Rahib Arham — Committee Type: Crisis Committee

1570; known as the Year of Fire and Faith, Japan begins to tremble as the Ashikaga Shogunate crumbles from within. Devilish warlords rise to seize the opportunity to carve their names into the fables sung by poets. Among them, the “Demon King” Oda Nobunaga aims to unite the seas with his sword. Just as Japan becomes divided into a five-way tug of war among the most influential Daimyō, with blood-soaked fields and ancient temples turned into battlegrounds, various unknown fleets can be seen arriving from across the southern seas—bearing guns, gold, and God. These settlers have come not as conquerors but as “traders.” Yet their arquebuses tell a different story. The Sun Goddess dims as foreign faith begins to spread across the islands. Will Japan be set ablaze with glory by the wrath of the Amaterasu, or be consumed by its own eclipse?

「勝つことばかり知りて、負くること知らざれば、害その身に至る。」
“He who knows only how to win, and not how to lose, will end up destroying himself.”
— Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Ashikaga Rule crumbles as five major clans—Oda, Tokugawa, Takeda, Uesugi, and Mori—raise their banners of divine right and vengeance, turning against one another. Battlefields like Okehazama, Kawanakajima, and Mikata-ga-hara stain with the blood of rival clans. Is there any leader capable of saving Japan from this cycle of bloodshed, or is the nation doomed till the end of time?
「天下布武」 — Tenka Fubu,
“To bring the world under military rule.”
‍ ‍— Oda Nobunaga’s personal seal
In the midst of this tug of war for the political landscape comes the Portuguese Empire, seeking to “trade,” they bring forth exotic goods that the Japanese have yet to lay their eyes on. They bring forth the arquebus and the promise of the maritime connections that stretch from Goa to Lisbon, with them as trade partners. The seas sparkle, with spies, pirates, monks, and traders as Lords in Kyushu turn to Christianity for power. Will Japan embrace the winds of change or pray to Amaterasu to burn them astray?
「我、火を愛す。火こそ戦の魂なり。」
“I love fire. For fire is the soul of war.”
‍ ‍ — Takeda Shingen

Portuguese Invasion of Japan