The idea that the ninja were something separate from the rest of Japanese society came about during the Edo period (a 250 year long period of peace), after Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun and unified the country. In Real Life, while some ninjas were mercenaries, most ninjas were actually samurai themselves.
However, the aforementioned depiction is not historically accurate. This is commonly seen in works featuring ninjas, in which samurai and ninja were either depicted as mortal enemies, or ninjas being mercenaries hired by the samurai to do the unsavory wetwork honorable samurai would not do. Although women could be and frequently were warriors, the social and military rules for them were somewhat different than for men.Ī popular misconception holds that the samurai were the counter-culture to the Ninja that is, whereas samurai tend to came from the upper classes and were honorable warriors who fight face to face and use no "dirty" tricks, ninjas tend to be from the lower classes, were skilled at unorthodox warfare and would not hesitate to use backstabbing, poison, or spying to gain the upper hand.
However, the degree to which individual samurai actually adhered to bushido (which as a formal concept may be Newer Than They Think, according to historians, though patterns and traditions in common with the concept certainly existed throughout the centuries) varied about as much as the degree to which individual knights in Europe adhered to the code of chivalry - which is to say, you could find everything from bandits in armor to saints of the battlefield. Theoretically, samurai were supposed to follow the bushido code of honor, which stressed loyalty to one's master, self discipline and respectful, ethical behavior. He may not seem like a typical knight, but he has devoted himself to the oath and to helping others, because defending all life is what makes him feel like more than just another beast.Members of the military class in feudal Japan, they had considerable social status, and after the end of the 16th century until the mid-19th century, they were the only Japanese citizens legally allowed to own swords (with the exception of swords having blades less than 24 inches, which were legally considered wakizashi and legal for non-samurai to own), causing wearing both a long and short sword (called the daishō, literally "big-little") to become a symbol of the samurai. Let the light of your joy and courage shine forth in all your deeds. If you allow the light to die in your own heart, you can’t preserve it in the world.īe the Light. Be a glorious beacon for all who live in despair. Preserve Your Own Light. Delight in song and laughter, in beauty and art. Where life flourishes, stand against the forces that would render it barren. Shelter the Light. Where there is good, beauty, love, and laughter in the world, stand against the wickedness that would swallow it. Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair.
Though he is not mechanically a Paladin, he follows the Oath of the Ancients (green knight) In battle he taps back into his animal ferocity, but only in practice of his ideals to live for others as well as yourself. Despite his zeal to learn, certain aspects of civilized life, such as government and commerce, are difficult for him to grasp - but he well understands and cherishes the concepts of survival and prosperity by cooperation. To this day Tuska still seems wild to those who first meet him. He saw in himself a similar potential, and took to helping travelers to exercise his own civility.Įventually he took enough of a liking to a group of travelers that he stayed with them, slowly learning their language and customs. He became curious about the ways of civilized folk who would rarely be traveling through, fascinated by their kinship and ability to survive by cooperation as opposed to feral brutalism. I play a Halfling Barbarian named Tuska who spent a good portion of his life in the wilderness essentially as a wild animal.
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