Unwilling to be married off, Emperor Daisetsu’s daughters cut him down, only to be passed over. The consequential succession crisis between his twin sons largely disregarded the daughters, but acted as a perfect cover for them to gather strength.
The real names of these daughters have been lost to time, and only the Gray Minds of the Kioku Clan have access to the annals where such information is held. Instead, they are commonly remembered by the names they adopted – the Empress of the Azure Sea (Kōgō Konpeki no umi), the Empress of Mice (Kōgō Nezumi) and the Empress of the North (Kōgō Kita).
The three would-be rulers gathered their armies, fracturing the Sorano Empire and starting a conflict that would see Ikaiguchi plunged into yet another civil war. The Kōgō Konpeki no umi built a vast pirate fleet that set the coasts aflame. The Kōgō Nezumi controlled the cities with her network of criminal gangs. The Kōgō Kita built a chain of mountain holdfasts from which she launched devastating attacks on her enemies. The conflict would last almost a decade, during which tens of thousands died.