Shotokan

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Shotokan, the oldest city still standing today, possesses the largest library in existence. It is the home of the founders of the Chi warriors and one of the few places known to breed and train dinosaurs. Among the most famous of these creatures is the dracosaur, prized as an exceptional mount.

Shotokan has long been the premier center for martial arts training. As a result, no other city can boast a higher population of Chi warriors. Many of these warriors are honor-bound to permanently donate one or more Body Stats to maintain magic void areas, which form the bulk of the city’s defenses against the undead. No other city can claim a larger area of this kind.

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The city’s founder and long-time ruler, Wu Sung, governed for nearly 800 years — an extraordinarily long time for a human. He was the only known being to defeat Shang Sung before his ascension to godhood. Wu Sung died as a very old man while defending the city against a great daemon, sacrificing the last of his life energy to redirect a massive meteor into a nearby body of water, saving Shotokan.

 

His heroics inspired the city, enabling its people to band together and defeat the daemon.

Wu Sung’s successor was initially his son, Jago, who refused the role. Leadership passed instead to Kodasai, an accomplished Chi warrior. Kodasai’s wife bore him twins: one destined to follow his father’s path and ultimately challenge him in battle, the other full of evil and destined for terrible deeds. Kodasai’s wife fled with the son she feared would turn to evil, leaving the other behind.

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Kodasai continued to rule, raising his remaining son. Years later, a Mananchi — revealing himself as Mahong — challenged Kodasai over whether non-humans should be allowed to train as Chi warriors. Kodasai initially refused, and his guards attempted to intervene. In a flash, the Mananchi defeated ten of the emperor’s elite warriors, forcing Kodasai to concede. In front of his son, the Mananchi defeated Kodasai, and when asked if he would now sanction the training of non-humans, the emperor indignantly refused. Enraged and determined, the Mananchi took Kodasai’s son to train him, preparing him to one day challenge his father with his own skill.

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Shotokan successfully defended itself against a large undead army at the infamous Drop Edge Pass. Using the terrain and rotating troops, the city achieved victory with air support from Captain Morgan during the Second Undead War.