Canon Overview
Militarized host born from Seigetsu wars and the Yukigami revolution; became the world’s most feared force after the silent assassination of the Seigetsu Emperor. Under Okashira (Hyōken Kojiro), they wield time fractures and seized fragments of Seigetsu’s military.
Snapshot
- Era: Current
- Region: Eastern
- Rule type: Militarized command
- Leader: Okashira (Hyōken Kojiro)
- Ways: Time-fracture logistics, elemental generals as shock fronts, dimensional incursions
- Goals: Impose control, harvest anomalies/Infinitree/time artifacts, erase opposition
- Trade routes: None (seizes supplies militarily; coerced requisition)
Leadership & Structure
- Leader: Okashira (Hyōken Kojiro), ice-scarred warlord bending timelines.
- Generals (nine currents): Midori (Wood), Kuro (Ink), Aoi (Ice), Aka (Magma), Shion (Holy/Dark), Namika (Stream), Tetsumaru (Jet Flame), slot TBD, Okashira (final form).
- Right hand: Aoi; other commanders execute elemental fronts.
Doctrine & Capabilities
- Time fracture usage and dimensional bending as strategic tools.
- Controls ex-Seigetsu military fragments; deploys elemental generals as shock fronts.
- Ideology: impose balance through overwhelming force and reality manipulation.
Territories & Operations
- Base of power: Seigetsu remnants and Yukigami-origin cadres.
- Campaigns: invasions into Hirogawa; pressure on Aokuni-rooted nations; pursuit of anomalies/Infinitree assets.
- Reach: multi-continent incursions enabled by rifts and military assets.
Relationships
| Faction | Relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hirogawa / Resistance | ● | Primary target of invasion. |
| Galport | ● | Hostile; threatens western trade blocs. |
| Eddara | ● | Nature realms resist incursion. |
| Verdathal | ● | Biotech sovereignty threatened. |
| Crimson Dynasty | ● | Tense; rival Eastern power. |
| Seigetsu remnants | ● | Absorbed fragments; uneasy control. |
Coercive economics
- Immunity taxes: Extracts protection payments from powers like the Crimson Courts to avoid sabotage/raids; payments deepen local shortages and are kept off-record until the revolution arc exposes them.
- Resource squeeze: Water and food shortages in Crimson lands are partially the cost of these coerced arrangements, not just misrule.
- Revelation pacing: Documentation, supply ledgers, and missing patrol reports surface late, implicating the Ninth Wave as an economic parasite as well as a military threat.
Open questions / conflicts
- Ninth general slot identity; full chain-of-command below generals.
- Limits of time-fracture logistics and their cost to the host.
- Whether ideological schisms (defections) grow as the campaign advances.
Source excerpts
2.3 Geopolitical Summary Eastern Continent: Aokuni-rooted nations intertwined in cycles of duty, honor, and collapse. The Seigetsu wars and Yukigami revolution birthed the Ninth Wave. Section 3: Factions & Politics 3.1 The Ninth Wave The Ninth Wave emerged only a few years before the current events. Originally a response militia against Seigetsu's brutal raids on Yukigami, it quickly transformed into the world's most feared force after the silent assassination of the Seigetsu Emperor. Controlling fragments of Seigetsu's military