Faction: Iunius's Faction

Iunius's faction in story terms is built up to be powerful by defeating Imperial generals, but is pretty much there to be beaten down to show the awesomeness of the starting factions and discredit other warlord challengers. In some ways it mixes the Yellow Turbans, Dong Zhuo, and a starter boss.

The backstory to the conflict is that according to the Imperial Constitution, the Emperor can select whosoever he likes to be his sucessor. In practice, however, they have selected their eldest son every generation. The Emperor gravely insulted Iunius by selecting a younger son. Infuriated, Iunius went to war.

Since there hasn't been a war in over 300 years thanks to the Empire being an isolated yet united island, the Empire's warriors have gotten relatively incompetent. Iunius uses this to his advantage.

Faction Character:
Faction Strength: Sheer numbers

Faction Strength: Sheer numbers of generals

Faction Strength: Iunius has a single uber Badass on his side

Faction Weakness: Iunius is acting on sheer rage

Faction Weakness: Commanders are far less competent than the Major factions

Faction Weakness: Troops are mostly conscripts

Characters
-Iunius can potentially be recruited by the Idealists later. They should at least try to, as part of their Shtick. Until then, his moral argument is that whatever the formal Constitution says, his country has become a de facto Monarchy. Therefore, he is the rightful heir.

-A single utterly uber Badass character for use later

-Tons and tons of Worf Effect characters to be allocated between the factions as eventual kills

-Annunaki

-Detlef

-Gereon