Sonno-joi (lit. Revere the emperor, expel the barbarians) was a secret movement within the Yamato Empire during the Great War to move pureblood Yamatians into Remon and expel native Remoners, which would then allow the purebloods to form a new, pure empire and use Remon's natural resources to grow into a mighty nation. After the demise of the movement's leader Hideyoshi Ofuchi in the First Battle of Remonton, the faction disappeared from view although its current ruling duumvirate of Misamoto Toranaga and Shingen Akechi still believe that the movement can achieve its goals with patience and cunning. The movement lingered on in Yamato in the decade following the Cataclysm, hoping to restore the heirs of the Ofuchi to the Yamatian throne, and were granted a chance to do just that when they j