I have been thinking of things to detail, after all it has been some time since I posted Tadakatsu. This is merely because I was bogged down for two days and have since been too focused on the work to post examples. So I thought... let's discuss political alignment a bit more!
Political Alignment: A General Guide
(alt. "The Sekigahara Campaign's Political Alignment Game Mechanic For Dummies")
From the small chunk of a screenshot, you would know that religion has been done away with, much like in ROTS or the Peninsular Campaign for N:TW. Instead of having well-rooted Buddhism, a single christian clan with the potentially for more converts, and the ever-annoying (unless you are them, of course) Ikko-ikki expansion, you are, regardless of what clan you start as, aligned with either the Toyotomi or Tokugawa.
What makes the political alignment system more prominent is that each side has to interact with each other constantly, as there are Toyotomi and Tokugawa pockets scattered around Japan, as well as a more centralised block of political-specific factions. This means more clashes, more resistance, more total war!
Naturally, all CAs takes on a political alignment system meant giving the player an agent dedicated to just that. Thus, I have created the "Tokugawa Monk" and the "Toyotomi Monk" (I didn't have much to work with there). They are much of the same thing, and are in turn pretty much the same as your standard vanilla monk. Their unique place in the campaign does not come from their lack of diversity, but rather how they will be used. It was so easy to have the religious zeal trait go ignored, unless you were christian. With this setup, you're going to want everything the monk has to offer, revolts and zeal alike.
Ah! Revolts! What kind of a game doesn't allow for revolts. This is pretty straight forward. Toyotomi monk incites revolt? You'll see "Toyotomi Loyalists" pop up and try to take over the town-fort. Same goes for Tokugawa Monks and Tokugawa Loyalists.
On top of this, I will make many balancing tweaks to make sure everyone has the tools they need to overcome this political alignment mechanic. I certainly won't make it a cake-walk, though
.