The Onmoraki-Gumi were a yakuza organization located in Osaka, Japan. They were later taken over and absorbed into the Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins.
History[]
Sometime in 2013, members of the Onmoraki-Gumi attacked a cell of Assassins located in Osaka, killing several of them, including their Mentor, Kenichi Mochizuki. Kenichi's wife, Saeko, took over the Osaka Brotherhood and retaliated against the Onmoraki-Gumi, wiping out their leaders and taking over the organization. Saeko and her Assassins then began using the Onmoraki-Gumi to blend into the city, believing that the Assassin Brotherhood and the yakuza had similar styles of working in the shadows and helping the common people.[1]
On 4 December, the crew of the Assassin vessel Altaïr II arrived in Osaka, and discovered the Osaka cell's original hideout had been destroyed. They began investigating, suspected that the Onmoraki-Gumi were responsible, and began tracking them down.[2] On 12 December, Emmanuel Barraza tracked a cash deposit to the Onmoraki-Gumi's new base,[3] and Assassin leader Gavin Banks went with him there on 17 December to discover the truth.[4] After an initial hostile misunderstanding with Kiyoshi Takakura,[5] the following day Gavin and his cell met with Saeko, who explained to them what had happened.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
The name Onmoraki-Gumi is made up of two Japanese words onmoraki (陰摩羅鬼) "a bird-like monster, demon bird" itself made up of the characters on (陰) "yin, darkness", mora (魔羅) "Mara a Buddhist demon", and ki (鬼) "demon". While -gumi (組) "class, group, team, set" is a Japanese suffix commonly used for yakuza families.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "The Osaka Brotherhood"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Osaka He Youkoso"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Osaka's Underworld"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Rattling Cages"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "A Horrible Beating"