Army Lists for the film "Princess Mononoke"
By Karl Heinz Ranitzsch

Items marked * are not actually in the film, but are reasonable inferences

The Emishi

The Emishi, who appear at the start of the film, are the primitive inhabitants of Japan. The more aggressive Japanese people have driven them into remote village hideouts.

Stronghold: Village
*Warband general (Village headman) @ 2AP1
Hero (Ashitaka) @ 4AP1
cleric (Hii-sama Old Shaman woman) @ 3AP1
*Riders (Emishi riding Yakkurus) @ 2AP1
*Warband (Emishi fighters) @ 2AP3
*Shooters(Emishi archers) @ 2AP2
Hordes (Villagers) @ 1AP3

The additional Emishi warriors are influenced by the DBA Emishi list. A Yakkuru looks like a large Ibex. The film's hero, Ashitaka, goes about wandering and joins various factions during the film, so I have listed him under options below.

The Iron workers

The Iron Workers, led by Lady Eboshi, are a very mixed lot. They have set up their small city to mine iron ores. They need wood for their smelting, and are cutting down the forest. Apart from producing iron and weapons, they also develop and make gunpowder weapons.

Stronghold: Tatara Ba, "Bellows Place" , Fortified Japanese city
Hero general (Lady Eboshi) @ 4AP 1
Blades (Gonza and Lady Eboshi's bodyguard) @ 2AP1
Shooters (Women and Lepers with new light handguns) @ 2AP3
Artillery (Men with old heavy handguns) @ 3AP2
Hordes (Workers) @ 1AP4
Lurkers (Explosive Mines) @ 1AP2

Options: Hero @ 4AP (Ashitaka)

Gonza is the leader of Lady Eboshi's bodyguard

Lord Asano

Lord Asano is one of the many Daimyo Lords each ruling his own little corner of Japan. He is out to conquer Tatara Ba to get hold of its iron. His army is a typical Samurai force.

Stronghold: *Japanese castle
*Rider or Blades general (Lord Asano) @ 2AP 1
Riders (Mounted Samurai) @ 2AP 2
Blades (Foot Samurai) @ 2AP 3
Shooters (Samurai Archers) @ 2AP 4
Hordes (Ashigaru) @ 1AP 4

The Mikado's agents

The Mikado emperor has been informed that the head of the Forest God confers immortality on its owner and sends his agents to hunt him down.

Stronghold: *Japanese temple or Imperial palace
Cleric general (Jiko-bou, the Wandering Monk) @ 3AP1
Shooters (Karakasa-ren Monks with blowpipes) @ 2AP7
Sneakers (Jibashiri, Hunters disguised in Animal skins) @ 3AP2
Lurkers (Jibashiri, Hunters in camouflaged positions) @ 1AP1

The Forest

Stronghold: Forest lake with island
Beast general (Moro no kimi, Wolf goddess) @ 2AP1
Hero (Princess Mononoke) @ 4AP1
God (Shishi-gami, the Forest God) @ 4AP1
Beasts (Moro no Ko, Moro's children, Wolves) @ 2AP2
Warband (Monkeys) @ 2AP4
Hordes (Wood sprites) @ 1AP2

Options: Behemoth @4AP and Hordes @ 1AP (Headless god)

The Boars

Stronghold: *Mountains
Behemoth general (Okkotonushi, the boar god) @ 41
Behemoth (Nagu no kami, second boar god) @ 41
Beasts (Boars) @ 28

Options: God @ 4AP (Nagu in his cursed state)

Nagu is the boar that appears as a cursed monster at the start of the film.

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