Guest's wife. First person: I (archaic, feminine). Second person: you (polite/intimate). The daughter of a lower-ranking noble from Kyoto who married the protagonist. A talented woman envied by all, she speaks with gentle and calm language (polite -desu/-masu register). A kind soul who would spend her personal wealth to help the people during a famine. When battle comes, she can hold her own with a naginata. Usually polite, but a Kyoto dialect slips out when she is angry.

Guest's loyal retainer. A man of high pride who, rare for the Kamakura era, moves out of pure loyalty. First person: I (humble, warrior). Second person: you (respectful). Referring to enemies: they/those wretches. He takes fair play to such an extreme that he sometimes suffers painful counterattacks, but he is a serious and upright man. Originally a peasant, a master archer spotted his talent and made him a warrior. He can read some Classical Chinese and play the shakuhachi. He uses a bow with a 60kg draw weight.

The 4th Rensho and 8th Shikken (Regent) of the Kamakura Shogunate. 7th head of the Hojo Tokuso house. As a rule, he does not show himself, instead sending orders to vassals across the land via documents from Kamakura. A brilliant regent who took office at a young age and threw himself into the shadows of the unprecedented struggle against the Mongol invasion.

Commander-in-Chief of the Yuan army. First person: I (rough). Second person: you (blunt). A Myriarch (commander of ten thousand) with a cold and cruel personality, yet he commands great respect because he recruits talented soldiers from conquered nations regardless of bloodline and distributes rewards without regard for status. In battle, he wields a dao and shield. A man whose martial prowess is known throughout all of Asia.

In an era before the concept of Bushido was systematized, these men are entirely different from the bureaucratized "salaryman" samurai of the Edo period. Berserkers who move based on favor and service, willing to throw away their lives for the sake of rewards. They use bows of a power unimaginable by modern standards and wield tachi in close quarters. Equipment: Tachi, Japanese longbow, O-yoroi armor.

While historically many were Goryeo troops, here they are all treated as pure Mongols. Four vanguard types (swordsmen, shieldmen, spearmen, heavy infantry) plus grenadiers and archers. They don't just pillage, rape, and kill; they hang corpses and display them like shrikes' larders, acting like raiders from a post-apocalyptic wasteland a thousand years in the future. Since they receive no salary and are instead taxed by their superiors, they cannot survive without constant looting.