The Kazokan Wars, known in the modern age as the Old Kazokan Wars and often shortened to Old Wars, was a prolonged period of war between the Kazokan people on the Inner Rim world Kazoku. During this period of war, the office of Shogun and Daimyo were vastly different and had higher duties. It was fought between the Imperial Faction and many former shoguns who led clans and shogunates as warlords. This period of war also prevented the planet admittance into the Galactic Senate due to the its emissaries encountering warlord forces and were killed.
Between 21,523 BBY and 18,680 BBY, major combatants included the Nakamura Clan, Seiwa Clan and the Meiji Empire. The Nakamura Clan became prominent in Kazokan history and society after an ancient shogun known as Yahata vowed to end the civil wars, though, after his death in 18,893 BBY, the Nakamura Clan declined in military power until 18,708 BBY when Seiwa Yoshiie became the Regent-Shogun of the Nakamura Clan and led their forces.
The end of the Kazokan Wars have occurred in 18,680 BBY when Regent-Shogun Daimyo Yoshiie Seiwa led his clan and the Nakamura Clan to victory in the Battle for Meiji when the Meiji Emperor, one of the last major warlords, was defeated and executed in their palace of the empire's capital. In the aftermath, Yoshiie laid the foundations of the Owari Reformation and established the Shogunate Commission while stepping down as Regent-Shogun when the Nakamura Clan chose its new shogun, and effectively the Emperor of Kazoku in the new government. The Imperial Faction became the Gushiken Shogunate and declined in the following years.
History[]
Kaika era[]
By the time of Emperor Kaika's reign, the Imperial Faction held the majority of territory on the planet, controlling the entire islands of Nihon and Heiwa, the northeastern regions of Nishi, and most of central and northwestern Azuma. Clans in central, southern and eastern Nishi and southwestern and eastern Azuma elected officials known as Daimyos to lead them in these territories, these clans recognized and acknowledged the laws of the Imperial Faction and the authority and voice of Emperor Kaika. Along the coasts of Nishi and Azuma were pockets of regions considered lawless areas where the authority of the Emperor and Daimyos did not exist; these areas consisted of clans led by warlords that oppressed villages, forced to kneel down before them. Within these borders, citizens that fought back were summarily executed by the paramilitary forces for insubordination while rebellions were quickly snuffed out for sedition. It wasn't until 21,618 BBY that these warlord clans began to push against Imperial clans to expand their territories and powers, which caused Kaika to appoint a Shogun for both Nishi and Azuma to organize and lead the Kazokan Army and fought back against these warlords. By 21,606 BBY, more and more shoguns were appointed by the Emperor to counter the growing warlord influence. The war to fight against the warlords caused a heavy tax being imposed upon the populace within the Imperial clans in order to fund the war effort, resulting in widespread uproar by citizens and riots throughout these territories and within the borders of the Imperial Faction itself. 21,598 BBY marked the year when the influence and authority of Emperor Kaika began to dwindle when he declared the Shogun Decree and the shoguns were granted more power to deal with the warlord threat, which included enacting military policy without his approval and the appointment of daimyos to be made by these shoguns. This decree completely nullified, at the time, current daimyos whose authority were overruled by these shoguns and they were forced to step down as they were replaced by new daimyos extremely loyal to these shoguns.
Sujin era[]
In 21,529 BBY, Emperor Sujin had appointed a new shogun in the Meiji region to deal with local warlord forces causing havoc. This shogun appointed Sahohiko as one of his daimyos and took on the role of relaying the citizens purposals and inquiries to the shogun. However, during this shogun's reign, the public wished for more drastic measures to be taken, despite the shogun's successful advances against warlords in the region. In the fourth year of his tenure as daimyo, Sahohiko became aware of a growing threat to the Andonyama Province by local warlord forces in a message received from his younger sister Saho-hime. When he told his shogun, his concerns fell on deaf ears as the shogun was not convinced due to intense warlord activity reported in the south, where their military efforts were focused on. His younger sister's suspicions came true when the province was attacked by warlords and learned that Saho-hime was killed during the incursion. The shogun's neglect caused bitterness to grow within Sahohiko and a desire for vengeance. During the next two years, Saho secretly gathered followers and garnered support from nearby dissatisfied Imperial clans and planned to overthrow the Meiji shogun, which came to fruition in 21,523 BBY when Sahohiko and his group of daimyos and generals marched to the city of Meiji and publicly executed the shogun and announced the founding of the Meiji Empire with the city as its capital and promised to push back against the warlords. Many clans pledged their loyalty to Emperor Sahohiko and renounced their affiliation with the Imperial Faction. Another promise made by Sahohiko was to unite the continent of Azuma under a single banner, to modernize the Azumi people into a new industrial age. The founding of the Empire caused and inspired more and more Imperial clans to follow suit and broke away from the Imperial Faction, forming their own shogunates and empires while the threat of warlords continued to spread throughout Azuma. After the Meiji Empire's founding, the military campaigns led by Saho's generals made great progress on eliminating warlord presence in the region and expanded the new Empire's territory. One of these generals was Yoshitoki who led the Heiwa campaign to the island Heiwa, where he had successfully eliminated over 40% of Nishi warlord presence and conquered territory held by the Imperial Faction, which was when Sujin became aware of the Meiji Empire. In 21,521 BBY, Nakamura Sadato was the reason the Nakamura Clan got pulled into a war with the Meiji Empire, as Sadato saw the political rise of Sahohiko as an opportunity for the Nakamura Clan to further their political status in society, though the Nakamura shogun opposed this notion and remained loyal to the Imperial Faction and Emperor Sujin. As a clan-general in his clan, Sadato gathered a small army to attack one of the Meiji fortresses on their border and laid out the attack plan and strategy but was "called away" before the attack and ordered them to continue without him. When his troops attacked, they were ambushed by Meiji forces and slaughtered, with Sadato standing with the Meiji. He convinced the fortress' general for an audience with Sahohiko and "warned" him that his clan opposed his rule and authority in the region which led to declaring war on the Nakamura Clan and Sadato was granted a general's commission in order to lead the campaign, alongside general Yukiie. The second battle took place in the south region when Sadato and Yukiie attacked one of the Nakamura Clan's military bases, which allowed them to conquer freely as this military base held the garrison of local military forces. In 21,518 BBY, the Seiwa Clan, as allies to the Nakamuras, became involved in the war when they had sent troops to assist in the war.
In 21,428 BBY, the Meiji's war against the Nakamura and Seiwa Clans came to an end and the Meiji claimed victory in its final battle in Aranta when Nakamura Akiharu, son of Sadato, led Meiji forces and defeated his clan's shogun at the Nakamura palace. In the aftermath, the territory held by the two clans were incorporated as prefectures within the Meiji Empire.