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Homusubi's Emishi (Aterui)

Given the massive amount of written history that has come out of Japan over the last two millennia, it perhaps seems odd that, right up until the late first millennium AD, the northern part of Honshu was occupied by a culture which we know very little about. They most likely didn't even call themselves 'Emishi', a term meaning something along the lines of 'northern barbarian', used by the people of the Yamato state that evolved into what we now know as the state of Japan. The Emishi were largely, but not exclusively, hunter-gatherers; they did not speak Japanese; they did not have a written cultural tradition; and they were exceptionally skilled at mounted archery and guerrilla warfare when they had to be. Not that much is known about the Emishi apart from that, not even who they were, when they reached Tohoku, whether they were ethnically Yamato, or Ainu, or something else entirely. The Yamato didn't seem to care - there are plenty of records of conquests and battles in northern Honshu up until the full Yamato domination of the region was assured, but nobody ever seemed to venture into the Emishi lands in peace. Yet why should their story be any less valuable than that of the Yamato?

THE EMISHI - ATERUI

UA - SOTAISHO

Mounted Units suffer no Combat Strength penalty against Cities, and may benefit from defensive terrain bonuses.
When war is declared against the Emishi, receive a free contemporary Mounted Unit in each City within three tiles of a worked source of Horses.

UU - TUMIKORKUR

Replaces the Chariot Archer. May indirect fire, and counts as mounted for the purposes of the Emishi UA.

UI - KURA

+1 Food, and +1 Culture after researching Industrialisation. Units trained in a City working at least two Kura begin with their respective first-level rough terrain promotions, at least four Kura may ignore rough terrain costs, and at least six Kura gain one additional attack per turn. Must be built on Forest or Jungle.

MOD SUPPORT

JFD's Cultural Diversity (links to the rest of JFDLC)
Gedemon's YNAEMP (v25)
Tomatekh's Historical Religions (complete version only)
Unique Cultural Influence

CREDITS

Full credits can be found in the included credits.txt file.