Characters and Places

Takeda Katsuyori, son of Takeda Shingen and Lord of Kai

Baba Nobufusa, senior Takeda retainer

Yamagata Masakage, senior Takeda retainer

Kuroda Kanbei, Odera retainer

Myoko, name taken by Ranmaru's mother

when she became a nun

Uesugi Kenshin, lord of Echigo

Yamanaka Shikanosuke, senior Amako retainer

Mori Terumoto, lord of the western provinces

KIKKAWA Motoharu, Terumoto's uncle

Kobayakawa Takakage, Terumoto's uncle

Oda Nobutada, Nobunaga's eldest son

Ukita Naoie, Lord of Okayama Castle

Araki Murashige, senior Oda retainer

Nakagawa Sebei, senior Oda retainer

Takayama Ukon, senior Oda retainer

Shojumaru, Kuroda Kanbei's son

Sakuma Nobumori, senior Oda retainer

Nagahama, Hideyoshi's castle

Kofu, capital of Kai

Azuchi, Nobunaga's new castle near Kyoto

Himeji, Hideyoshi's base for the invasion of the west

Western provinces, domain of the Mori clan

Itami, Araki Murashige's castle