Defenders of the People

The Mantis Clan Champion Yoritomo Naizen claimed the Mantis Clan as the Defenders of the People in 1169.

Protecting the heimin
After the Battle of Toshi Ranbo the Imperial Throne was vacant, so the lower castes suffered from the lack of leadership. Naizen wished to expand the Mantis power and used his magistrates to call for justice all around the Empire. He founded Houritsu Mura and bargained Mura Sabishii Toshi to be used as headquarters in the north and south of the Empire. From these places Mantis magistrates and troops could marshal and deploy quickly. The Scorpion Clan through the Oracle of Obsidian Shosuro Maru worked against such nonsense.