# Isobe Koichizoku Isobe Koichizoku **colors:** turquoise, cobalt **kamon:** swimming sea turtle **Delm:** Kaito Isobe **Consort:** Milo West **Concubine:** Arcadia Belle **Matrona:** Manami Isobe **Founders MP:** Josef Isobe - Shirazi **Spokesperson:** Yeong Isamu **Militia:** Yari no Sentan (tip of the spear) **Militia Commander:** Gareth Jezza **Associate Member Families:** Shirazi, Karimi, Acciai, Fujie, Asahina, Aquino, Lazzari, Amaterasu ## Territory Map 5 — 650 sq km landhold on the Kamchatka Peninsula among The Fingers of Tairiku with three adjacent plots (220 sq km) to the south, east, and west. The ichizoku also controls one quarter of Civitas, the town shared between the borders of neighboring ally ichizoku Palakiko, Sorenson, and Yakovich. ## Agriculture - Isobe Greens — seaweed and kelp farming; salt harvest. - Isobe Fishery — commercial shrimp, prawn, lobster, clams, scallops, mussels, oysters, eel, octopus, squid, crab, sea urchins, maguro (tuna), tai (sea bream), aquaculture, and wild catch. - Isobe Shell Company — fresh and saltwater pearl farms; pearl divers. ## Corporate - Four Corners Zaibatsu — the umbrella under which the alliance partnership of the ichizoku of Palakiko, Sorenson, Yakovich, and Isobe operate. - Civitas Defensor (city defender) — professional militia and security company tasked with the defense of the town and Four Corners Zaibatsu resources; has command and control privileges over the partnered ichizoku militias. Commander: Aegle Isobe Amaterasu. - Stella Blu — planetary, stellar, and interstellar shipping company via trucks, barges, cargo ships, aircraft, small craft, and dropships. - Sento Kyujo (combat salvage) — planetary, stellar, and interstellar combat salvage operations that salvage, retrieve, recycle, and repurpose materials; also operates parts and repair depots and does towing and rescue work. - Neoterikos Lance — manufactures firearms, support weapons, field guns, and autocannons. - Hogosuru (protect) — designs, engineers, and manufactures superlight compound personnel armor, vehicle armor, reconnaissance and combat drones, military support and combat vehicles, and superlight solar power systems for camping and military field ops. - Hagane Ishi (iron will) — integrated steelworks. - Glow — elite design house of jewelry featuring pearls, nacre, cultured, and freshwater pearls. - Wonderful Life Savings and Loan — worldwide financial services and investment bank; thirteen point three billion ryu AUM. - Arrowhead Range Mines — planetary and stellar mining of iron ore, salts, metallurgical coal, copper, gold, turquoise, aquamarine, citrine, tanzanite, moonstone, opal, jade, rose quartz, garnet, amethyst, onyx. - SeaShores — designs, engineers, and manufactures marine and stellar mobile landing platforms, floating bases, floating docks, and piers. - Kichona (precious) — luxury designer jewelry house. - Mistborn Glass — Murano and Venetian-style glass works producing glass sculpture, art objects, glassware, bakeware, crystal, lighting, jewelry, mirrors, chef tools, surgical tools, daggers, knives, sexual aides, tableware, beads, and tiles; operates a school teaching the arts from apprentice to mastery. - Kamenokora (turtle shell) — designs, engineers, and manufactures small craft: escorts, close patrol craft, shuttles, landing craft, dropshuttles, and tugs; also builds mining mechs, exosuits, space suits, and hazardous condition suits. - Civitas Fresh Market — sprawling five-acre indoor glass-roofed two-story emporium housing vendors: farmers market, fish market, butchers, bakers, candy makers, closed-container wine, beer, and liquor vendors, food vendors, flowers and nursery plants, medicinal herbs, cafes (many with balcony or terrace seating), gift shops, artisans, crafters, seasonal items; open seven days: 4:00–6:00 for chefs/wholesalers, 8:00–20:00 for consumers. Located in Storybook Park — 930 lush hectares of lagoons, gardens, meadows, hedge mazes, a forest of majestic oaks (many >100 years), trails, fountains, bridges, boulders and sculptures for climbing, horse-drawn carriages, a 300-acre zoo, a boat house, two castles (Castle Fairehope and Swan Castle) both with great halls, pavilions, solars, and gardens for events and weddings; Llyn Logres (the lake of the lady) — a 22-acre lake averaging 13 meters depth; the Coterie Forest — 60 acres of untouched woodland; Storyland — whimsical kids park with life-size animatronic and clockwork storybook exhibits from ten cultures; Carousel Gardens — amusement park housing three different working carousels and several antique display pieces; the Art Deco Botanical Gardens; and the Beaux-Arts Museum of Art. - Music Emporia — one of Nejiro's major music retailers; destination for musicians worldwide for over four decades. Started as a guitar store and evolved into a renowned dealer of music gear with personalized customer service and a knowledgeable sales and service team; hosts large live and digital lesson programs; offers expert on-site repairs for acoustic and electric instruments, and band instrument rentals; newsletter: The Downbeat. - U~innokohi (viennese coffee) — coffee houses offering a wide variety of coffee drinks, interstellar papers, light meals, confectionary and pastry creations, painted ceilings, decorated vaults, magnificent arcades and pillars, large lamps and chandeliers, marble tabletops, sofas, upholstered Thonet-style chairs, newspaper tables, and interior design in the historicism style. Guests may sit for hours to talk, write, play cards, debate developments, and consume endless cups of coffee; includes piano music in the evenings, literary readings, free wifi, and cafe links to digital newspapers and journals.