Otomo (Otomo Sorin)

Otomo Clan
Map by DuskJockey
Leader	Otomo Sorin
Start Bias	Avoid Jungle
Religion	Catholicism
Geography & Social Data
Capital	Funai
Mod Support
Culture	Oriental
Civilopedia
Civilopedia	Here

The Otomo Clan led by Otomo Sorin is a custom civilization by DuskJockey, with contributions from Relic and DarthKyofu.

This mod requires Brave New World.

Overview

Otomo

The Otomo Clan was a Japanese noble family originating from Bungo Province, in modern-day Oita Prefecture. During the Sengoku Jidai, the Otomo were especially notable as one of the first clans to make contact and trade with Europeans. The Otomo struggled for control over Kyushu with the neigboring Shimazu and Mori clans, and retained their domains into the Edo period.

Otomo Sorin

Otomo Sorin, also known as Fujiwara no Yoshishige and Otomo Yoshishige, was a Japanese feudal lord of the Otomo clan, one of the few to have converted to Roman Catholicism. The eldest son of Otomo Yoshiaki, he inherited the Funai Domain, on Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island, from his father. He is perhaps most significant for having appealed to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to intervene in Kyushu against the Shimazu clan, thus spurring Hideyoshi's Kyushu Campaign of 1587.

Dawn of Man

Blessings be upon you Otomo Sorin, daimyo of the Otomo clan. Inheriting the Funai Domain from your father, you became one of the few daimyo to convert to Roman Catholicism. However, your wife, Lady Nata, the Jezebel, spent much of her political will actively resisting the Jesuit missionaries which you fostered relationships with and referred to you as King of Bungo. These missionaries included Francis Xavier. Advised by the Jesuit counsellors, you divorce your wife. Throughout this time, you also sent missions to Goa and Rome. Your reign was also defined by conflict, both with the Mori and the Shimazu. It was your appeal to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to aid in you holding back the Shimazu, that prompted his Kyushu campaign. Hideyoshi took over the entire island with your help, with you voluntary entering his service in your last few years.

Art by DuskJockey

Otomo Sorin, use your adept political skill to once again rise amongst the ranks of the daimyo. Load your cannons, the destroyers of provinces, and rise against those who would oppose you. Protect your people, and fight for your beliefs against those who refuse to accept. Will you restore your family domain in Funai? Can you build a civilization that can stand the test of time?

Introduction: Welcome to the lands of the Otomo clan, traveler. I, Otomo Sorin, would be most pleased to see what you have to offer us.

Defeat: I go now to give a full account of my deeds before God. I pray that you may be next.

Unique Attributes

Otomo (Otomo Sorin)
Art by DuskJockey Tensho Embassy Owned Missionaries and Trade Units in foreign borders yield Faith, and foreign Units of these types in your borders yield Science. Free Siege Unit upon adopting a Religion in a City.
Art by DuskJockey Kunikuzushi (Cannon) More expensive to train, but Gold and Science earned from Trade Routes contributes to its construction. Gains +33% Combat Strength while on the same continent as the Capital.
Art by DuskJockey Shisetsudan (Missionary) Gains additional sight and Movement while embarked. Yields Science when expended.

City List Funai Tsurusaki Usuki Takasakiyama Uehara Kagami Tsuruga Dazaifu Hiji Tsunomure Manju-ji Mizuga Togamure Kitsuki Tsukumi Kumamoto Oka Hakata Kurume Iwaya Moji Tatarahama Yamato Tachibanayama Hetsugigawa Terajihama

Spy List Yoshinao Yoshihide Chikayasu Ujitsugu Francisco Osako Myorin Jezebel Sabina Maxima

Strategy

Otomo is a religious civilization spiced with some thematic benefits towards both Domination and Science victories. Their Unique Ability, Tensho Embassy, ensures that religion will play an important part in your strategy, whether you are proactive about it or not. As the founder of a religion (or as a zealous convert) your proselytizing will perpetuate itself, as your active Missionaries and Trade Units in other civilizations will contribute to your Faith per turn. If you are a more passive recipient of the good word, foreign Traders and Missionaries within your own borders will increase your Science yield.

Further to this, adopting a religion in any of your cities for the first time grants a free contemporary siege unit. This may include Otomo's first Unique Unit, the Kunikuzushi - a powerful Cannon replacement that gains a 33% bonus increase in strength when fighting on Otomo's home continent. Building one of these units is normally more expensive than the Cannon, but your total Gold and Science income from your Trade Routes will lower the Production cost significantly.

Finally, the Otomo Shisetsudan is a unique replacement for the Missionary. Otomo's high Faith focus from its UA will ensure a healthy supply of this unit which gains extra sight and movement when crossing water tiles, and yields an amount of Science equal to the yield of your Capital upon being expended.

Music

Peace Theme	War Theme
Hot Springs	Daimyo
"Hot Springs by Derek Fiechter	"Daimyo" by Derek Fiechter

Mod Support

Mod Support
Additional Achievements	Unknown
Civ IV Traits	Unknown
Cultural Diversity	Yes
Enlightenment Era	Yes
Ethnic Units/R.E.D.	Unknown
Events and Decisions	Unknown
Historical Religions	Yes
Map Labels	Unknown
Rise to Power	Yes
Unique Cultural Influence	Yes
YnAEMP	Yes

Unique Cultural Influence

Our people are now buying your Nanban luxuries and visiting your hot springs! I worry the rest of the world will also succumb to the influence of your culture.

Full Credits List

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Steam Workshop
Latest Version:	v 1
Last Updated:	11 November 2021

• DuskJockey: Design, code, art
• DarthKyofu: Art
• Relic: Code
• Danrell: Unit model
• PorkBean: City list, Longswordsman model replacer