The Yakuza

While The Shogun would leave a path of destruction in his efforts to unify the western half of Kori it would be the Yakuza who would follow and help repair communities. While repairs and loans would be needed to help rebuild war torn communities no aid would be found from the Shogun who only left 'Peacekeeping' samurai behind to watch over his territory. Instead the people would turn to the Yakuza who would offer low interest loans and help rebuild buildings for partial ownership of peoples business. Slowly the Yakuza would grow in size until they became a staple in a number of western Kori communities. In modern times the Yakuza deal in property protection, smuggling operations, drug dealing and gambling rings. Recently the Kori government has attempted to stomp out the Yakuza but the Raven Order invasion of Ilyran Thalas has caused the empresses office to turn their attention to other matters.