| The clan itself was told to have been begotten by the One in Kandaklan as His direct soldiers. They were told to have been the protectors of his world. The One created man, and from man he created the Dagat from mixing His blood, water, and salt. The Dagat clan was historically founded by a man by the name of Pusonangdagat. The founder was a daimyo for the emperor, and a former Monastic Monk of Kandaklan. He was said to have loved the ocean and its scent so much, that his castle was built on a mountain near the sea just so that he could over look it. His love of the ocean and its life brought him to create his clan, the Dagat. Pusonangdagat had only set his plans into motion before he died of a rare lung disease due to the excess use of his pipe. His son, also named Pusonangdagat, was the true impetus of the yet unknown Dagat Clan. Through philosophical teachings and the rigorous style used by the Shaolin in the West, the young Dagat strode the path of a true leader by gathering young disciples and implementing the much needed skills of discipline. The young band of children grew gradually to become a group of morally correct men, and versatile fighters. These men were sent by Pusonangdagat II to gather more disciples under the age of ten years, and to bring them into the monastic life. Through this, the clan grew, both in population and in name. The Emperor heard of this growth and thought it truly necessary to use this new scarcity. The martial skills and the influence these monks had would benefit the empire. Reluctantly, Pusonangdagat II allowed his students to travel as missionaries across the islands, and even to new continents. Many prospective students still came to the now aged Dagat for tutorlage, though. In the three hundred and twenty-first year before our Seven Promised, Pusonangdagat II died at the age of 73 years. He was said to have been the greatest of the Monastic Monks that took part in the Dagat Clan. His only son, not surprisingly named after him, took the head of the Clan. Pusonangdagat III was a military mind. His service to the emperors was paid without any hesitation. His students and disciples conquered lands with words, and submitted whole religions with the use of word of tongue. The religion, under the third Pusonangdagat, was spread to the entire Kandaklanese territories. The third of the Pusonangdagat lineage died at the relatively young age of 43 from an assassination. The assassin was captured and put to death not three hours after his deed was done. This death caused a great war within the dynasty to erupt. The begotton sons of Pusonangdagat III fought for three generations, before at last one man stood and headed the clan. This man, Pusonangdagat IV, was proclaimed the father of the Ninja sect of the Dagat Clan. Through the corruption of the arts, and the influences made upon them by the Noble class Samurai, the Ninja were born. Through the shadows and through deceit they killed mercilessly. From thievery and murder to prostitution, the Dagat clan struck the bottom of their dynastic well. The Dark Ages of the Dagat began, flowing with suffering and turmoil. Samurai were forced to become ronins, and daimyos were consistently assassinated. Even the emperor had no foothold in the rampaging Dagat Clan. Rumors of their horrific acts spread; those who found that these acts were factual, were the ones becoming tortured by the various arts of pain the Dagat practiced. This, in fact, was the only art they had conjured up in their imaginations since the Dark ages began. Four generations passed, until one ethical leader rose to stop the pain and suffering caused by the Dagat ninja. His name was simply known as Puso Ko, the direct descendent of the first Pusonangdagat. Through him and a revolt lead by the Shogun, the Dagat ninja submitted. They grew to respect the knowledge Puso Ko held, and his egalitarian attitude and benevolance carried him to a sweet age of 81. His progeny, Pusonangdagat VIII, did not truly advance in anything other than the movement of the clan to the newest location, from the said haunted dojo of unspeakable acts. His begotten son of four, Pusonangbagyo, soon took up the torch of the Dagat clan. Through his predecessors influence, he split the sects of his clan up into guilds. These classes ranged from the practicioners of Ki ko (Tai' Chi), to the Samurai nobles. From the Assassins (Ninja), to the Shaolin Monks (Clerics). And the final sect... the only taste of their future... the Gunmen. |
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