(Credited to seriousx9)


Imagine yourself in an alternate timeline. One so different than today's history, one seemingly far fetched. History always proclaimed the firearm as death dealer to the ancient arts like swords, halberds and axes. They became obsolete with the advantages of the gun. The most obvious advantage was reach. Bullets could travel hundreds of feet--even miles away-- and impact the lives of people and therefore rearrange democracies and dictatorships alike.

However, as the gun's apparent advantages outweighed the need for years and years of practiced use, a failure to comply with a healthy respect for the innovations behind ever increasingly more powerful arsenals. This led to a breakdown of civilization as a whole. Improvements to the lethality of modern arms brought increasingly more violent conflicts that threatened the livelihood of the world as a whole.

The world regressed to a more simpler time. While technology undoubtedly still existed, it progressed heavily in defensive technology in Japan. Personal shielding tech made firearms almost instantly due to the electromagnetic magnetic resonator that repulsed projectiles but also protected the wearer from physical injury as long as he didn't do anything crazy. It would even deflect melee attacks at first. No country outside of Japan had yet reached this peak in technology so it was rather easy for Japan to subdue a larger empire.

Countries sold themselves out to the Japanese as a their failing economy's took their toll against the rising super power. Armies were vanquished with out much effort or losses due in large part to the technological edge as was prevalent through out history. The Chinese Empire, however, had its own plans. The only power that could handle staggering losses, was China.

A long time rival of Japan, it was credited with stealing the prototype suit from Japan and reverse engineering it to create a weapon. What they came up with was a beam based Guan Dao. The way the weapon worked was simple. It is comparable to a European fauchard or glaive and consists of a heavy blade with a spike at the back and sometimes also a notch at the spike's upper base that can catch an opponent's weapon. In addition there are often irregular serrations that lead the back edge of the blade to the spike. The blade is mounted atop a 1.5 m to 1.8 m (5–6 foot) long wooden or metal pole with a pointed metal counter weight used to balance the heavy blade and for striking on the opposite end. The blade is very deeply curved and therefore unlike most polearms, solely useful for sweeping cuts where it relies on range and power.

The blade itself is the singularly most important component. Within the head is placed a small chip. This chip activates a field that causes the outer edge of where normally the actual 'blade' is located to superheat up to nearly 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. Easily enough to cut swaths through the shields that were being produced commonly and in mass numbers. The more advanced shields for captains and generals were, largely, unaffected. However, it was enough to stop the advance of the Japanese enough...for now.

The Chinese and Japanese made the world resort to Feudalism. The countries under their influence were ruled by Royal Families. Beneath them, were provincial princes that ruled over regions under the Royal Family's control. Much the same, the Song Family of China--hailing from the same name of the Song Dynasty that was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty--Also had a reigning ruling family, and several vassals.

The Song Family has a princess heir and the Takeda Family had a prince heir. With their family's vying to out do each other, they each had to respect the other as an enemy.But they are both teens, and full of pride for their Families and full of questions about the world and what to do about their family's conquests--if love doesn't stop them first.

Princess of China Jiao Song and Prince Eiji Takeda gradually fall in love during the course of great turmoil, though neither really know who the other is. When War breaks out, the revelation of just where they stand will test their new found romance, but will it be enough?

Classes: Japanese:

Elite unit: Samurai- More will be added later.

The samurai class that existed before developed a code of ethics based solely on perfecting ones technique and serving ones lord. Now called to do the same, many schools have propagated through out lands owned by the Japanese to form these swords man elite. The most elite Samurai are born often from the princes of the surrounding nations to form the fabled Shinsengumi. This special forces group specialize in sword combat and don't wear the heavy armors of their compatriots. However, they were ornate Hakamas, gis, and haoris with their family crest printed upon the backside.


Classes: Chinese:

Elite Unit: The Qiang Pikeman- is a Chinese infantry unit that uses a pike called a qiang. The qiang spear is often called the "King of Weapons" because of its ubiquitous role as one of the longest used and most reliable Chinese weapons, popularized during the Shang Dynasty (seventeenth century-eleventh century BCE) and used up until the end of the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911 CE). In that time, it changed very little.