Apart from the Portuguese who had an appetite to fight in the Japanese lands, not many others were eager to go through the rough seas just to fight in a bloody civil war. Hence why there were enough Japanese to hire.
Re: Where are the mercs?
Apart from the Portuguese who had an appetite to fight in the Japanese lands, not many others were eager to go through the rough seas just to fight in a bloody civil war. Hence why there were enough Japanese to hire.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
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Re: Where are the mercs?
Do you mean that there were Portuguese mercenaries in Japan, or are you referring to merchants and Jesuits?Originally Posted by edyzmedieval
In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
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Re: Where are the mercs?
As far as I can recall, I read somewhere about a handful of Portuguese mercenaries fighting for Japanese daimyo. It's highly probable, given that the Portuguese needed to defend their carracks that sailed all the way to Japan.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
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Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
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