Sisterhood of Dreams (player faction)

This is a player faction. For the affiliated NPC faction, see Golden Chrysanthemums

Sisterhood of Dreams
Origin	Kusari Empire
Alignment	Terrorists/Revolutionaries
Recruitment	Click to join
Profile
Date of founding	822 A.S.
Founder(s)	Hana Ken, Munen Musou
Current leader(s)	Munen Musou, Minori Rei, Ran Takahashi
Base of operations	Battleship Matsuda, Crow Nebula
Identification
Primary ID	Golden Chrysanthemums ID
IFF	GC
Tag(s)	~*~
Primary role
The instalment of a Kusarian Empress • Overthrow the Republican Usurpers • Prevent the reinstatement of the old Imperial Line • Legitimise the claim of the Empress Spread the teachings of Matsuda, so as to purge humanities' corruption Ensure equality for everyone in Kusari

Publicly available Neuralnet History of the Sisterhood of Dreams

The Golden Chrysanthemum Terrorist organisation was inspired by Matsuda in 642 AS through her great work, the ‘Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom’. Her literature inspired women across Kusari to fight for their rights against an oppressive, patriarchal regime. Her suicide in 648AS galvanised these women, bringing them together to form the Golden Chrysanthemum organisation.

With Gallia’s invasion of Kusari, and the instalment of a Republic, suddenly the already momentous task of creating a Matriarchal society increase in difficult by an order of magnitude, and the wider Chrysanthemum movement suffered heavy demoralisation. Not only would other claims to the Imperial throne have to be dealt with, but now a Republic must also be overthrown. The promised rights to Kusarian Women have been delayed by their insistence on collaborating with Kusarian Corporations, and whilst they are in control an Empress may never reign.

In the face of these new obstacles, a small number of Chrysanthemums concluded that if Matsuda’s teachings were to be realised, new tactics were needed. Casting aside their honour through the ‘Ritual of the Forsworn’, they’ve committed themselves to using the brutal, questionable methods that their compatriots would hesitate to employ. Through these, a revolution in Bloom will occur through which a Matriarchy will be established in Kusari; lead by the Empress in training. These Sisters came together to form the Sisterhood of Dreams, in the present year 822AS, and have been relentless since.

Publicly Available Neuralnet overview of the Golden Chrysanthemum movement

Most scholars date the start of the group as the publication of Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom in 642 A.S. The author, Yuyu Matsuda, was a young but critically acclaimed poet. Charismatic and well-spoken, Matsuda had a considerable following among young Kusari women who found their lives lacking in direction but were reluctant to become married and fulfil their traditional role in Kusari society. Yuyu decried what she saw as the corruption of the Kusari male-dominated culture and preached a revolution led by the long-suffering women of Kusari. These ideas were eventually encapsulated in 'Golden Chrysanthemum in Bloom', in which Matsuda described a fictitious nation called Yomi. A place of fat, lazy male bureaucrats who handed out concessions at the whim of entrenched mega-corporations, Yomi was eventually engulfed in revolution and united under the rule of a benevolent Empress personally selected by the goddess Amaterasu to watch over her people.

Matsuda looked to the foreigners as a model, cherry picking social philosophies from the predominantly anglo-saxon houses of Liberty and Bretonia, where women could be president and run corporations. 'The Chrysanthemum' went on to become a best-seller. Unfortunately, in 648 A.S., Matsuda crossed the dangerous line between ideas and actions when she was implicated in the botched assassination attempt of the planetary governor of Kyushu. Rather than face the ignominy of imprisonment, Matsuda chose ritual suicide instead. An increase in attacks on government personnel and installations followed soon after.

Unfortunately, any attempts to locate the Golden Chrysanthemum base or learn more about their organization has been thwarted by their willingness to die rather than talk. A Golden C. pilot will trigger her ship's self-destruction rather than be captured, and suicide attacks are common. Attempts to infiltrate the Golden C. have proven equally fruitless, due to the rituals, security measures and Cardamine addiction required to become a fully fledged member. On several occasions the Kusari government has received the finger of an undercover agent wrapped in a page from one of Matsuda's books, if not their ovaries.

The Kusari State Police tries to keep a watchful eye on the faction, but has been unable to curb their activities with any real success. This is somewhat due to the assistance of the Blood Dragons, who have made use of Ainu Depot as a rest stop on the long journey to the inner systems of Kusari. The Blood Dragons also share the group's desire to overthrow the government and reform House Kusari, although this may eventually lead to an ideological conflict between the two groups, as the Blood Dragons may not concede to all the social reforms that the Golden Chrysanthemums will insist upon. Likewise, the Golden Chrysanthemums find the concept of a Blood Dragon Shogunate just as repulsive as the present administration of Kusari, often engaging in passive obstruction and even sabotage of their longtime ally.

Originally, the Golden Chrysanthemums were never as well armed as the Blood Dragons, nor as influential as the Hogosha, presenting more of an irritant to the government than an actual threat. In recent years however, especially in the wake of the war against Bretonia, greater amounts of funding from the increased popularity of Cardamine, and recruits from the dissatisfied younger elements of Kusari society, have flooded into the organisation. The Golden Chrysanthemums have grown to potentially rival the paramilitary power of the Blood Dragons, both in technology and in the quality of pilots, although due to their radical ideas they still lack the considerable political influence that the Blood Dragons secretly wield within elements of the Kusari government. Skeptical of the validity of democratic process under a republic where Women are denied basic suffrage, the Chrysanthemums labour at legitimising the claim of their self-styled "Child Empress", an autocrat-in-training the movement hopes to use as a vessel to force their social reforms into Kusari legislature.