Clan Hasegawa
The Hasegawa family arrived in Fort William from the Mekong Dominion in TN 1589, quickly becoming established in the local community as merchants and teachers. Within a generation, their extended family was regarded as a clan and their power and influence in the community grew dramatically thanks to adoptions and alliances. The Hasegawas have always prided themselves on their neutrality and ability to see both sides of an argument, and thus they chose to remain outside large-scale factional disputes, including that between the Zucco and the Maderas. Though this has restricted the clan's political influence, the degree of integrity it implies has won them a number of allies in both camps and among the nonaligned, notably the Salinas who are also renowned for their fairness and honesty. Ichiro's anti-corruption policies and relatively junior rank (he is a brigadier and most Proconsuls are generals) have also earned him many enemies, particularly in the WFPA. These opponents are waiting for Hasegawa to be replaced as Proconsul at which point they hope to exact their revenge. Proconsul Hasegawa Ichiro heads the clan though his brother Mitsuru, head of Hasegawa Industries, manages the day to day operations of the clan to allow Ichiro to focus on the affairs of Fort James and the Protectorate.
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