The Feral North

The Dragon of Echigo Province Uesugi Kagekatsu
Kaede

Master Vampire
720 years old
Turned by Uesugi Fusayoshi
Sire to Koichi
Oathed to Adrian Voerman
Calls Wolves

Likes
Summer and Spring Festivals
Kabuki
Tea Ceremony
Flower Arranging
Bushido
Swordmanship
Reading
Playing the Shamisen
Listening to Keiji play the Koto
War
Honor

Dislikes
Modern Technology
Loud Clubs
Humans
Women
Needless Chatter
Belle Morte Vampires

Relationships
Homosexual*Polyamorous*Dominant

Keiji-Brother and Lover
Masaru- Friend/Former Lover
Koichi-Childe/Former Lover
Damon-Possibility?

Kaede
Clan Leader

Ayame
Commander of the Left
Second in Command(While in Canada) Master Vampire

Wataru
Commander of the Right
Third in Command(While in Canada) Alpha Werewolf

Keiji
Advisor
Elite Warrior not part of the Night Blades/Adult Vampire

Koichi
Advisor
Elite Warrior not part the Night Blades/Adult Vampire

Sadako
Advisor
Miko(Shrine Maiden) Shaman/ Preternatural Human

Damon
Takara to Kaede
Om nom nom awesome

Night Blades of Edo (5)
Elite Unit
Master Vampire(1)
Alpha Lycanthrope (1)
Adult Vampire (2)
Beta Lycanthrope (1)

Other Vampires (5)
Master Vampires(1)
Adult Vampires(3)
Fledgeling(1)

Other Lycanthropes (7)
Alphas(3)
Betas(4)

Other Humans (6)


Total Clan Members In Canada=30

The Nagao Family Crest(Left) and the Uesugi Clan Crest(Right)
Once used to signify players on a battlefield and territories 'owned' in busy cities, the crests are now a sense of pride and honor to be worn. Kaede has never forgot the family he was born into and has always maintained the usage of both clan's crests. Important documents still are stamped with both crests and Kaede often carries one or both symbols on his person somewhere. Be it a ring, a bracelet, or part of his Katana.

It is also said that enemies of the Uesugi have been branded after death or perhaps before with the Uesugi Clan crest on the forehead. Often times the head is then severed or if it's already been severed and made into a war trophy(bundori) and displayed for all to see.

Quick Info
Name: Koichi
Nickname: Chi
Clan Status: Advisor/Elite Warrior/BFF to Keiji
Age: 237
Age Turned: 17
Sire: Kaede
Orientation/Status: Pansexual(Submissive)-For the most part single

Skills
*Ninjutsu*
-Espionage
-Sabatoge
-Assasination
-Disguises

*Weapons*
-Katana
-Small Hidden Blades
-Shuriken/Darts
-Poison
-Traps
-Bow
-Dynamite (Has started to like explosions)

*Other*
Koto
Shamisen
Guitar
Piano
Traditional Dance

Likes
Watching Dramas with Keiji
Sewing
Learning English from Keiji and Damon
"Sleeping" between Keiji and Kaede

Dislikes
Ayame
Adrian
Adrian's Ugly House
Adrian's Ugly Face
Falling Out of Favor with Kaede
That he can't try out icecream

Kaede discovered Koichi at a smaller Kabuki theater in Kyoto just as the young actor was becoming successful. It didn't take long for Kaede to become enamored with him, quickly becoming not only his patron but lover. Within a years time, he was ready to have Koichi beside him forever much like his brother. Turning Koichi had not a particularly as Koichi was willing. However, turning others in the others in the Uesugi Clan is something that is earned through many years of excellent service and dedication to the clan. Kaede having broke that sacred rule, was punished and Koichi was given one chance to prove himself within a given time. He would become the student of Ayame, who would teach him the art of Ninjutsu. If he did not show promise he would be executed. Luckily for Koichi, he excelled in his studies and was allowed to live and become part of the clan.

When it came time for Fusayoshi to name his successor, Ayame had spent many years cultivating discontent between Koichi and Kaede. Weaving a web of lies, for the fledgeling so tight that Koichi was unable to see anything else but Ayame. She offered him I love yous and gentleness while always reminding him how much Kaede did not love him. When it came to choosing the successor, instead of putting his bid in with Kaede he supported Ayame's claim to succession. For this, Kaede condemned Koichi to a life inside a coffin for many years unable to kill him outright. When Koichi was let out, he was stripped of his status within the clan and forced to start over from the very bottom. Ayame had abandoned her young lover at this time, leaving Koichi to himself and his atonement. Koichi has spent almost a hundred years climbing the ranks of the clan to get where he is today. While the love between Kaede and Koichi is a shadow of it's former self, Kaede has once again put his trust back in his childe.

(Koichi is an adoptable. If interested leave me a PM)

Quick Info
Name: Damon Tolen
Nickname: D-Man
Clan Status: Takara/Animal to Call of Kaede
Age: 35
Species: Lycanthrope; Panwere (Wolf & Rat)
Power Level: High Beta (Rat) Omega (Wolf)
Orientation/Status: Bisexual (Switch)- Into sharing...

Skills
-Drinking people under the table...
-Cooking, but only when he thinks he is getting something out of it, for the most part.
-Breaking down cultural barriers; because beer is almost universal... right?
-Donating blood multiple times, or once a day to one vampire.

Likes
-Long walks/jogs to clear his thoughts.
-Art, when no one is looking or commenting, or burning it down.
-Instrumental music (see above comment).
-Being bitten.
-Feeding and spending time with Kaede.
-Belonging.
-Traveling, not being tied down to one place for too long.
-Fire, totally blaming Cass for this one.
-Getting into shenanigans with the Pyro and seeing who can run away faster.

Dislikes
-Rainy weather; no-one likes the smell of wet dog, or rat for that matter.
-People who feel they must constantly assert dominance.
-Rap music; please do not butcher the English language anymore.
-Being tasered.
-Some aspects of vampire/lycanthrope politics.
-Being a panwere.

He is not the first man to become Uesugi not born from the place we draw strength. He is the first non Japanese that I have ever brought in directly. I think he is a man with great potential though I feel he does not know his own worth. I feel he has wasted much of his youth like so many others in this modern age. He seems to wander without purpose save for his own entertainment. I believe I have given him purpose now and through his service he will know honor. This is perhaps the best gift I can ever bestow.

At our first meeting, I believed him rude. I think differently now, as I have seen him on more than one occasion show respect. Though, if he does this out of habit knowing he will be rewarded for good behavior or generally respects me now I cannot say. I have given him the first imprint. With this, he and I have been pulled closer together. As of yet, I have no plans to give him the second until we have spent more time together. Given his nature, he might not desire this either and so a third and final may never happen. I enjoy his company. In him I find a mixture of both Keiji and myself. Perhaps that is why my heart feels content when he is near.
~Taken from Kaede's journal