Chisho

The era of Chisho was the first period of time in the mythological pre-history of the nation of Wa, also know as the Age of Kochi, Master of the Peach Tree.

Description
The era of Chisho began in ancient memory, at least three millennia before the founding of the Standing Stone in the Dalelands. This first era of Wanese history was said to have begun with the Spirit of Wa's gift of the Sacred Wand and the Moonlight Arrow to Kochi, Master of the Peach Tree, the first emperor of Wa. These sacred items became the emblems of the nation and allowed Kochi to rule over the entire island.

Emperor Kochi was said to have lived for 412 years. His rule was romanticized as an idyllic age of unity, and for this reason, future emperors of Wa strove to rule the entire land, as Kochi had once done. During this time, the written form of the Wa-an language was said to have been created, copied by Kochi from symbols written upon the back of the first ch'i-lin. This was also the time when the Celestial Bureaucracy began to consider Wa in new light, even establishing new administrative offices related to the land.

History
Upon the death of the era's only emperor, a great civil war erupted, called the War of the Spirits, in which the spirits of the land fought against the humans. The spirit folk of Wa were split; half of them joined with the spirits of the land, while the other half allied with the humans. The korobokuru began the war as a neutral party but later turned to join the spirits. Hengeyokai happily fought for both sides of the epic conflict. The War of the Spirits divided the island once unified under Kochi into numerous warring, petty clans. The war finally ended with the ascension of Emperor Kasada, who united the nation and was presented with the the Moonlight Arrow by the Spirit of Yakamashi Mountain. He named the new era Koyo.