The night fell low, and silvery moonlight draped gently over Iwakura Castle like a thin veil, tinged with an air... of decay and ruin. Mainly, the Castle Town beneath Iwakura Castle had been utterly destroyed, now encircled layer upon layer—just looking at it, one could almost feel the despair within the walls.
Harano stood in the shadow of the encampment, gazing at the castle, feeling a lightness—almost like liberation was within reach.
The war between the Upper and Lower Four Provinces of Owari was so tedious it made one sick. After Oda Nobunaga's new brother-in-law, Oda Nobuaki, entangled Saito Yoshitada, the usurping new head of the Iwakura Oda branch, Oda Nobuhide, proved no match for Oda Nobunaga. After more than half a year of struggle, filled with bribery, betrayal, and forced choices, Nobunaga finally tore open the outer defenses of Iwakura Castle, and the two sides met in open battle to decide the outcome.
