Easily the most beleaguered Minor Clan stronghold by any estimation, Shiro Ichiro was created a few centuries after the dawn of the Empire, ostensibly to guard the northern passes from potential incursions by Yobanjin raiders and other gaijin on the steppes.
The Badger have never been the most populous Minor Clan, and have little in the way of holdings. The vast majority of the locations under their control are patterned after Shiro Ichiro itself: mountain fortresses that sit atop virtually unassailable plateaus. The clan’s vassals vigorously mine the mountains for any valuable resource they can find, and use the majority of the yield to trade for the clan’s food from their neighbors to the south, the Unicorn. The castle can be reached by a number of small paths that lead up to the plateau, all of which can be quickly and easily collapsed to obstruct invaders. Unfortunately, due to the necessity of trading for their food, the Badger are quite vulnerable to long term sieges, and if such a situation were to arise, even the clan’s ancestral estate would only be able to hold out for two or three months at the very most. However, there are a small number of secret escape tunnels leading away from the castle, primarily using mines that are no longer in use.