I am the daimyo of Echigo, in the north-west of the realm. I have long fought for control over Echigo with the rival Uesugi clan and others, and finally I have. I am 41 years old, and am blessed by all the kami with 4 sons and a daughter. I have great pride in them, and their honorable mother, my wife. I have dreamed of uniting the realm. It is my karma to do so, or so I dream. And if not I, then my sons, and so forth through all my House, I have charged them this: The House of Nagao will become the new Shogunate!