The Yun Family

Intro to Susanoo
Susanoo ( 須佐之男 ( スサノオ ) romanized as Susano-o, Susa-no-O and Susanowo?), also known as Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto ( 建速須佐之男命 ?) is the Shinto god of the sea and storms. He is also considered to be ruler of Yomi ( or Hell.) Susanoo, the powerful storm of Summer, is the brother of Amaterasu, the goddess of the Sun, and of Tsukuyomi, the god of the Moon. All three were born from Izanagi, when he washed his face clean of the pollutants of Yomi, the underworld. Amaterasu was born when Izanagi washed out his left eye, Tsukuyomi was born from the washing of the right eye, and Susanoo from the washing of the nose. Susanoo possessed Totsuka-no-Tsurugi, a sword his father used to tear the body of his brother Kagu-Tsuchi, as his weapon. The oldest sources for Susanoo myths are the ca. 680 AD Kojiki and ca. 720 AD Nihon Shoki. They tell of a long-standing rivalry between Susanoo and his sister. When he was to leave Heaven by orders of Izanagi, he went to bid his sister goodbye. Amaterasu was suspicious, but when Susanoo proposed a challenge to prove his sincerity, she accepted. Each of them took an object of the other's and from it birthed gods and goddesses. Amaterasu birthed three women from Susanoo's sword while he birthed five men from her necklace. Claiming the gods were hers because they were born of her necklace, and the goddesses were his, he decided that he had won the challenge, as his item produced women. The two were content for a time, but Susanoo, the Storm God, became restless and went on a rampage destroying his sister's rice fields, hurled a flayed pony at her loom, and killed one of her attendants in a fit of rage. Amaterasu, who was in fury and grief, hid inside the Ama-no-Iwato ("heavenly rock cave"), thus effectively hiding the sun for a long period of time.







The Beginnings of The Yun Family: Enter The Barbarians
A barbarian is a person who is perceived to be uncivilized. The word is often used either in a general reference to member of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. In idiomatic or figurative usage, a "barbarian" may also be an individual reference to a brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person.

The term originates from the Greek word βάρβαρος (barbaros). Hence the Greek idiom "πᾶς μὴ Ἕλλην βάρβαρος" (pas mē Hellēn barbaros) which literally means "whoever is not Greek is a barbarian". In ancient times, Greeks used it mostly for people of different cultures, but there are examples where one Greek city or state would use the word to attack another (e.g. haughty Athenians calling the Boeotians barbarian); in the early modern period and sometimes later, Greeks used it for the Turks, in a clearly pejorative way. Comparable notions are found in non-European civilizations, notably China and Japan. In the Roman Empire, Romans used the word "barbarian" for many people, such as the Berbers, Germanics, Celts, Carthaginians, Iberians, Thracians and Parthians.

The Greeks and Romans used the term as they encountered scores of different foreign cultures, including the Egyptians, Persians, Medes, Celts, Germanic peoples, Phoenicians and Carthaginians. In fact, it became a common term to refer to all foreigners. However in various occasions, the term was also used by Greeks, especially the Athenians, to deride other Greek tribes and states (such as Epirotes, Eleans, Macedonians and Aeolic-speakers) but also fellow Athenians, in a pejorative and politically motivated manner. Of course, the term also carried a cultural dimension to its dual meaning. The verb βαρβαρίζειν (barbarízein) in ancient Greek meant imitating the linguistic sounds non-Greeks made or making grammatical errors in Greek.

Plato rejected the Greek–barbarian dichotomy as a logical absurdity on just such grounds: dividing the world into Greeks and non-Greeks told one nothing about the second group. In Homer's works, the term appeared only once (Iliad 2.867), in the form βαρβαρόφωνος (barbarophonos) ("of incomprehensible speech"), used of the Carians fighting for Troy during the Trojan War. In general, the concept of barbaros did not figure largely in archaic literature before the 5th century BC. Still it has been suggested that "barbarophonoi" in the Iliad signifies not those who spoke a non-Greek language but simply those who spoke Greek badly.

In Early Greece in the year 30BC, The Yun Clan reached its origin as a mixed-race clan between the Greek Bloodline and the Japanese Bloodline. Following the Greek Quota that if someone were not fully Greek, they were underlings of Barbarian culture. But what the Greeks did not know is that the mixing of these two bloodlines creates one hell of a new breed for this time period. The King, Mathius had made a son with a Japanese immigrant who had left her country in exile. Her name was Kikyo and while falling in love with the Greek Barbarian King Mathius, the two wed and forcefully forged their own name in history in creating the Yun Clan. Because he has been exiled from the Greek culture and Kikyo also being exiled from her culture, the two formed their own name and their own culture in the world around them. Kikyo herself was a kind hearted woman who loves everything that is within her own world. But she was not feared to killing and fighting for what she believed was right. It later came to find out that Kikyo was exiled from Japan for killing some of the Fudal Lords that were fighting for evil and wanting to control the people in her land. Kikyo and Mahtius met at a young age and with their marriage and care for mixed race children, more people began to follow their footsteps and join their clan. The Yun Clan soon began a powerhouse in the lands of Greece as they were able to survive right in the heart of the main countries of Greece and Troy. Throughout their marriage together Kikyo was able to establish her clan to become more into the religion of the Shinto Gods involving the God Susanoo as their true leader of the Gods. Mathius began to pray to Susanoo for guidance for the clan during the rough winters and the wars that followed their arrival into the world.

The Trojan War
The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the Trojans (except for some of the women and children whom they kept or sold as slaves) and desecrated the temples, thus earning the gods' wrath. Few of the Achaeans returned safely to their homes and many founded colonies in distant shores. The Romans later traced their origin to Aeneas, one of the Trojans, who was said to have led the surviving Trojans to modern-day Italy.

In the year 12BC, seventeen years into their clans life the greeks requested that the Yun Clan take part in the Greek advance into Troy. At this time, Mathius had grown into a much older age and Hector now being a full grown 18 year old warrior like his father. This had been the first war that assembled so many countries to fight the Trojans. Being a more barbaric style clan, most of the clansmen were excited for war and hoping to get a chance to fight after their most recent pillage for more land. But Mathius was not as willing for the clan to go straight into a Greek war. He had to be the voice of reason and question how the short handed Yun Clan would be able to even make a difference in the battle. With such little resources already, Mathius elected to not join the war in which his clan followed. Kikyo backed up her husband as she also knew that sending any of their warriors to Troy would be the end of their clan here in Greece.

The Greek king Agamemnon did not like the picture being made of such a small clan refusing to give into the power that he believed him to have. Because of this, the King decided to bring the Yun Family down as an example for those who would come to question his rule. On a dark night when the greeks were believed to have left for Troy, they attacked the Yun Clan! Sending over 2,000 Greek soldiers to fight a clan of only 300 warriors! (Yes, 300 XD) The Greeks underestimated the Yun Clan believing them to be a weak kind of people who could not fully fight for themselves. But the mixed blood of a Greek Warrior and a Japanese Warrior, the Yuns are born with the natural gene pool to become something greater than any Greek could believe himself to be. With this mighty 300, the Yuns fought to their last breath able to push back the Greek Soldiers for two days. Going into the third day of battle, the Greeks finally began to wear the Yuns down as they continued to fight for hours on end with no rest. One by one the Yuns began to dwindle in numbers and finally coming down to the final ten strongest fighters the Yuns had to work with which Mathius liked to call "The Ten Barbarian Saints." Mathius and Kikyo stood at the top of that list with Hector right up there with them in battle ability. As a family the three of them teamed up with the other six and held off the greek soldiers by themselves! All together the 300 warriors were able to take out 75% of the greek soldiers that were thrown at them! But with numbers not on their side, the quality of their fighters could only hold off the mass numbers for so long. Within the next few hours of this battle, it came down to the final family and Mathius' anger kept him fighting as he was practically manhandling the greeks by himself! Kikyo devoted to his side fought with him till the very end. Hector wanted to stay and die alongside his family but both of his parents forced him to escape and live on. The Half Japanese-Half Greek warrior had no choice but to watch his entire clan be erradicated by the Greeks. He escaped to the east, with the goal to make his way to Japan....but before he left Greece, he was visited by a powerful stranger.

Hector's new Vision for The Yun Clan
Shortly after his family had met its end to the Greek King Agamemnon, Hector found himself in the Greece countries still unable to reveal who he really was. His hatred for the Greeks grew larger and larger with every passing day that he was forced to remain in that area. He continued to train and continued to get stronger but he knew that without his clan that he would be powerless to try and fight off the mighty Greece. But then everything changed one night in his home. When he was working on forging his own blades for battle, he was visited by someone in a dark black robe. This person spoke of a power that could never be matched by anyone in this world. At first Hector is reluctant to believe him in his words but the man in the robe reveals himself to be the Human Form of Susanoo, The Shinto God of his clan! Susanoo was able to reveal that seeing how devoted his family and the clan was to his praise that he wanted to do something against the Greeks and their Greek Gods to try and create some more mayhem and chaos. After proving his worth, Hector took at as an honor to be the one that Susanoo chooses to bring his essence down upon. Taking the drink that Susanoo had laid out for him, Hector was able to gain a power that no one had ever seen before! And with this power, he chooses to fight against the King that brought his family down to the ground.

Using this new power, Hector was able to quickly make a name for himself as he became the Greek Legend of being called "The Golden Haired Demon." The King felt that this was nothing more than a legend and he thought nothing more of it. Almost five years after the erradication of his clan, Hector was able to find a group of devoted followers to his cause and the power that he had gained from the mighty Shinto God Susanoo. His group of followers were some of the best fighters of their time, including his future wife Lisanna. Lisanna was a talented swordsman unparalleled to anyone. Her talent with the blade allowed her to become a vital member of Hector's squad and with their constant battle of Greece, the two quickly fell in love with one another. The two constantly fought as a team against the Greek Soldiers and together the two forged an unbeatable team and one hell of a couple.

Now in his mid-twenties, Hector took the fight to Agamemnon as he charged the Greek Empire with everything he had! Using his power to challange thousands of Greek Soldiers by himself! With his fighters and followers as his backside, he was able to punch the initial hole int he Greek Empire for them to follow into. Within a matter of hours, Hector is able to make his way deep into the heart of Agamemnon's castle. The arrows and javalins that they threw and shot as Hector were useless as if his skin was harder than the very metal they used to create their weaponry. The power of Susanoo flowed through Hector and he took this power straight to the kings chambers after killing thousands of the Greek Soldiers by himself!

The Death of King Agamemnon
With Hector ready to challange the power of the King, he enters the chambers with all of his might. And it is there that he is met by the King and his Disciples. The nect events came to be one of the most powerful battles if not the most powerful battle in Greek History. The King had been hiding the fact that he too honed a different power outside of being a normal human. To this day it is unknown as to why the King was able to hone power similar to Hector's but the young Yun would not allow this new development to detour him from his goal! The two quickly engage into a heated battle among strength and power! The King stood almost just as large as Hector did and the two practically destroy Greece themselves. The destruction that was created by these two fighting only fueled Hector's rage and determination to kill the mighty King. This fight went on for hours and would look like it would never end. But the fight finally came to a powerful end as Hector finally was able to hit the final technique, able to push his hand through the King's chest and pulling out his heart. Hector's final words to the king were "You killed my family...My Clan...and everyone I love....This heart is something you didn't have to begin with..." He then crushed the heart in his hand, thus killing the King of the European World.

The Coming Years
After the murder of King Agamemnon, Hector and Lisanna took their relationship to Japan where Hector wanted to get to see where his mother had come from. Of course the two looked like outsiders but the Legend of the "Golden Haired Demon"  quickly seemed to follow the two of them. Over the next twenty years, Hector and Lisanna had two kids. Both were boys born only a year apart from each other. The older Son being named Solomon and the young son being named Alexei. WHile living in Japan, both sons grew up and become trained in the fighting life that all Yuns seem to love. Neither of the two wanting to stray away from getting their strength higher.

To be Continued....