gets its own post bc i havent drawn more for them yet, but headcanon names/etc info for the unreleased wyrmclan leaders! i will most likely stick to these names when referring to them from now on..! some more rambling/explanations below
pls take everything i say here with a grain of salt bc i am NOT a history expert and i didnt want to follow irl history too closely anyway bc it IS a fictional adaptation of irl figures
as for the names i tried to go for popular figures in the sengoku period since most of the wyrmclan leaders are from that era (seimei and yoshitsune being the only exceptions):
uesugi kenshin, known as the "dragon of echigo" and takeda shingen's rival... shingen is known to be loved by both his fellow wyrmclan leaders and vassals but its quite clear that he has a bad relationship with/disapproves of kenshin so i thought he might be just really. obnoxious and unreasonable... kenshin is the only one with a confirmed name/zodiac animal but the reason i thought he was the blond one is bc apparently depictions of uesugi kenshin in fiction often use that headdress that he was known to wear... (read it in some reddit post) which meant blue haired boy is the dog wyrmclan leader, since the others are pretty self explanatory
azai nagamasa, oda nobunaga's brother-in-law and enemy. i don't have.. a big reason for giving rabbit leader this name but i did want to prioritize figures with connections to existing wyrmclan leaders.. i think she'd be generally quite unsociable and blunt but she's probably especially bothered by nobu's recklessness...
chosokabe motochika, i mostly picked this name for the sheep leader bc it notes that his father worried about his gentle nature as a child.... akjhjkag i think he'd be a true pacifist and maybe disapproves of ieyasu for preaching peace but choosing to fight
toyotomi hideyoshi, known for being the last unifier of japan alongside tokugawa ieyasu and oda nobunaga.. was also loyal to nobunaga and defeats mitsuhide for his betrayal. i thought snake leader looked really scheming like mitsuhide so i wanted them to be like one-sided rivals.. (mitsu does not care) and the mitsu -> nobu betrayal is an actual thing that happened in wyrmclan history and while mitsu and nobu disregard their family feuds, i thought itd be funny if hideyoshi was a char who didnt? like constantly bugging nobu to stop being so close to a traitor like mitsu lmao...
date masamune, the "one-eyed dragon of oshu" and commonly depicted with an eyepatch... it could've been anyone between rabbit/dog/snake leader but i chose dog leader bc he is apparently known for his black armour..??
i picked elements/weapons mostly based on the illust we got of them (e.g. masamune's blade is already visible) but otherwise it's because i wanted all 9 weapon types to be present amongst the wyrmclan leaders! i think that's all i have to say for now but i do want to keep drawing them
