Editing Saisesha

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{{Faction infobox
|name = Saisesha
|founder = [[Kimura Kei]]
|locations = [[Japan]]
|active = until 1582 {{c|collapsed}}
|successor=''[[Sanzoku Ippa]]''
}}
The '''''Saisesha''''' were a short-lived [[samurai]]-trained militia founded by [[Japanese Rite of the Templar Order|Japanese Templar]] and ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Kimura Kei]] during the late [[Sengoku period]]. Its foundation was made for the sole purpose to be the military for the Templars in Japan and to oust their [[Nuno Caro|foreign partners]].

==History==
By 1582, after joining the [[Templars|Templar Order]], Kei grew distrustful and harbored ill will with his [[Portuguese Rite of the Templar Order|foreign]] brothers [[Nuno Caro]] and [[Duarte de Melo]]. Thus, he began to recruit any fighter, ''[[rōnin]]'' or foreign, and train a new army to go against Caro and de Melo. Within time, he authorized his daughter and Templar [[Kimura Yukari|Yukari]] to train his army,<ref name="Fighting for the Cause">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Fighting for the Cause]]</ref> as she was his first student.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[The Final Assault]]</ref> To keep an eye and protect her, he also had his right-hand man [[Imagawa Tomeji]] become her personal guard.<ref name="DB1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' - [[Database: Imagawa Tomeji]]</ref>

Setting up his base at [[Hibuse Fudo Temple]], Kei began his training while he delegated the recruitment to his associate [[Kumabe Ujiie]]. However, his work and training took notice of the [[samurai]] and [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] member [[Yasuke]]. Upon meeting Ujiie at [[Okunoin]], Yasuke discovered Kei's training grounds at the temple and gained entrance there. When Kei caught sight of Yasuke, he ordered all invitees to kill Yasuke. While Yasuke killed all of them, he later came across three '''Saisesha'' warriors protecting Kei. Despite their prowess, they all fell to Yasuke, who confronted their master. Ultimately, Kei was defeated and killed by Yasuke.<ref name="Fighting for the Cause"/>

===Legacy===
After Kei's<ref name="Fighting for the Cause"/> and Nuno Caro's deaths,<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[End of the Line (Shadows)|End of the Line]]</ref> Yukari, along with Tomeji, moved their operation and forces to [[Awaji]]. There, she became the ''daimyō''{{'}}s [[concubine]]. When the ''daimyō'' and his soldiers left the island for a call to fight, Yukari soon took control as the ''de facto'' leader<ref name="The Puppet Show">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[The Puppet Show]]</ref> and enforced her will through her own criminal collective, the ''[[Sanzoku Ippa]]''.<ref name="Sour Defeat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]] – [[Claws of Awaji]]'' – [[A Sour Defeat]]</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACSH Saisesha 1A.jpg|One of the ''Saisesha rōnin''
ACSH Saisesha 2A.jpg|One of the ''Saisesha rōnin''
ACSH Saisesha 3A.png|One of the ''Saisesha rōnin''
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''

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