Legendary Hero · Champion
The Ghost
Tachibana Naotora
立花直虎
The Daughter of Raijin, wielding the twin blades Shiden; before foes can mark her form, they fall beneath the lightning.
Identity
- Rank
- Legendary Hero
- Role
- Champion, a master swordsman with two blades
- Recruited from
- The Expedition Companions panel (Summon)
- Unlocked by
- The Prologue, "Rumours of the Ghost", unlocks her summon; recruiting her is the objective of Chapter I, "A Single Exchange"
- Limit
- Unique
- Cost / upkeep
- Summoning is free but takes one companion slot; upkeep 263
Background
Tachibana Naotora was born to a great house of Nippon, an only daughter, and inherited the headship of the clan while still young – against all custom. In her youth she wielded the twin blades Shiden at the head of the Hatamoto, breaking the enemy line in the charge. When the Nipponese civil war broke out, the side her house had taken was beaten and its lands confiscated, and from that time no word was heard of Naotora. The civil war is over, but the forces of Chaos still range through Nippon. Rumour tells of a girl in an oni mask, twin blades in hand, abroad in the countryside where the fires of war have not yet gone out. The gleam of her blades is quicker than sight, thunder arrives with every stroke, and the wicked things she cleaves are left scorched black as charcoal.
Stats
| On foot (only form) | |
|---|---|
| Armour | 65 |
| Melee attack | 70 |
| Melee defence | 55 |
| Weapon strength (base / AP) | 180／340 |
| Charge bonus | 55 |
| Health | 4956 |
| Leadership | 80 |
| Speed | 58 |
Magical attacks; 20% physical resistance.
Weapons
Shiden · 180 / 340 · magical
Two blades under one name, counted as a single weapon; +20 against infantry, no bonus against large. This is Shiden, her signature weapon, which she brings with her
Unit traits
Anti-Infantry
Bonus damage against small targets
Armour-Piercing
Most of her weapon damage ignores armour
Dodge
Agile enough to dodge blades and missiles
Abilities
BushidoPassive
Activates once her health falls to 50% or lower and lasts while she stays there: base and armour-piercing weapon damage +15%, melee attack +10, and Unbreakable
Unity of Blade and SelfPassive
Always on: melee attack +10, melee defence +10. Lost once her health drops below 25%
Terrain AdaptationPassive
Only while she is in forest: armour +15, missile resistance +20
Heroic Killing BlowPassive
A chance to slay a single-entity target outright in melee (the standard vanilla passive)
FrenzyPassive
Hurls herself into the fight with no thought for her own safety (the standard vanilla passive)
Unit attributes
Causes Fear
Lowers the leadership of nearby enemies
Encourage
Leadership aura
Hide (forest)
Can hide in forests
Traits
Comes with the character from the start, under Traits on the character panel; it costs no skill points.
Samurai Leader
- Construction cost: -20% for all buildings (local province)
- Weapon Strength and Missile Strength: +10% for Samurai units (Hero's army)
Her house defeated and her lands lost, she is still the head of the house who charges into battle with twin blades and her hatamoto at her back; her title may be stripped from her, but her skill in commanding troops cannot be taken. Wherever she makes camp, order takes hold, and every blade knows its master.
Skill tree
Only this mod's own nodes are listed. The vanilla combat and campaign-action lines are left out, and the top row shows only Beyond the Summit.
Master of the Thunderblade
Her own swordplay and her Hatamoto. Two-Sword Style opens at rank 10; the next four can be taken in any order, and Shiden Flash needs all four. It unlocks an ability that executes enemy lords and heroes.
Two-Sword Style
Unlocks at rank 10
- Melee attack: +6
- Melee defence: +6
With two blades, offence and defence merge as one, leaving not a single opening.
Exemplar of the Samurai
Requires Two-Sword Style
- Melee attack: +6 for Samurai units (Hero's army)
- Leadership: +6 for Samurai units (Hero's army)
- Missile strength: +10% for Samurai units (Hero's army)
As head of the house leading her hatamoto into battle, her martial example sets the standard for the samurai under her command.
Scourge of the Wicked
Requires Two-Sword Style
- Control: +6 (local province)
- Upkeep: -5% (Hero's army)
- Recruitment cost: -10% (Hero's army)
Years spent living incognito in the countryside, rooting out corruption and evil, honed her skill in pacifying the land and its people.
Blessing of Raijin
Requires Two-Sword Style
- Hit points: +10%
- Weapon strength: +15% for Thunderblade Hatamoto units (Hero's army)
- Charge bonus: +10 for Thunderblade Hatamoto units (Hero's army)
- Ward save: +8% for Thunderblade Hatamoto units (Hero's army)
- Speed: +20% for Thunderblade Hatamoto units (Hero's army)
The hatamoto who share her pact with Raijin are of one mind with her.
Swift as Thunder
Requires Two-Sword Style
- Speed: +15%
- Charge bonus: +15
The Thunderblade master swordsman's high-speed charge arrives like thunder, breaking the enemy line with a single strike.
Shiden Flash4 of 4
Requires Exemplar of the Samurai, Scourge of the Wicked, Blessing of Raijin, Swift as Thunder
- Unlocks "Shiden Flash"
A flash of Shiden splits the thunder and shatters the enemy line.
General
Beyond the Summit opens at rank 36 and has 100 levels of +1% health each, a place for surplus skill points.
Kurokumo
Unlocks at rank 8
The finest warhorse of the Tachibana stables. Its jet-black coat is said to match the steed the Thunder God once rode.
Beyond the Summit
Unlocks at rank 36
Level 1
- Hit points: +1%
… level 100
- Hit points: +100%
Their art has reached its peak; any further training can only harden the body. A sink for surplus skill points.
Companion bond
- I
Magistrate (Bound)
She orders the camp by samurai law. Old abuses are swept away, and discipline holds firm.
- Unlocks Yari Samurai
- Unlocks the Warrior's Manor fleet building
- Grants a unique magical talisman and trait
- II
Magistrate (Trusted)
The army has come to respect her twin blades. The ordinances of her old seat now run through every company, and her word is law.
- Yari Samurai capacity +4 (1 can be recruited directly)
- Unlocks Teppo Samurai
- Magistrate advances to Trusted
- III
Magistrate (Sworn)
Her land surveys and fair rule reach every town. Orders are obeyed, and the province's coffers swell by the day.
- Yari Samurai capacity +3
- Teppo Samurai capacity +4 (1 can be recruited directly)
- Unlocks Thunderblade Hatamoto
- Magistrate advances to Sworn
- IV
Magistrate (Devoted)
The Tachibana banner flies at the front once more, and the head of that noble house gives her gift for rule without reserve.
- Yari Samurai capacity +3
- Teppo Samurai capacity +3
- Thunderblade Hatamoto capacity +4 (1 can be recruited directly)
- Magistrate advances to Devoted
Companion trait · Magistrate
- Income from all buildings in her province
- +5% / +10% / +15% / +20% by tier
- Immune to Psychology for her army
- At every tier