Mouri Motonari: Chikai no Sanshi

Mouri Motonari: Chikai no Sanya (毛利元就 誓いの三矢, literally Mōri Motonari: Oath of the Three Arrows) is the third entry of Eiji Fukuzawa's Eiketsuden series, a series of simulation games that portrays the titular historical figures in a heroic image. At the time of the game's release, the similarly themed Taiga drama was being broadcast. It is the only title in the series to have not have multiple endings.

The title surrounds the lives and conquests of Motonari Mōri and his grandson. Time passes through fixed intervals in this title and several characters visually age throughout the story. Players can witness the childhood names for several daimyo and may see them grow into adulthood. In Motonari's case, he ages from a child to an elderly man and dies within the story. Following his death, the player finishes the game with Terumoto. The story modestly follows historical events until Terumoto leads the clan.

Character designs were made by Hitoshi Natsume who later worked for visuals on the first two Kessen titles.

Gameplay
For an overall evaluation of the general gameplay, please view the Eiketsuden series article. The following lists the unique traits found within this entry.

Exploring
After the obligatory story scenes for each chapter, the player can actually control the main hero by using the mouse to hover and left click on areas of interest. In the home console versions, a cursor is placed on the screen to represent the mouse. The player can use the directional pad to move it to select objects with the confirm button. The protagonist may choose to talk with their fellow vassals or people living within their territory. By choosing to leave an area, the main hero can then visit other places within the city through the same method as talking.

Each city has a different build, but each has a market place for buying goods and a bar for chatting with the common folk. The player may also choose to check their entire inventory by stopping by the local storehouse in the area. Cities may have a temple which may have a chance of increasing the main hero's luck with enough visits. A castle is stationed in each city, which has three rooms reserved for the Mōri clan. One room is set aside for their vassals, another for the living room for the family members residing in the area, and a gathering place within the castle itself.

Advanced cities come with training grounds for leveling up the ally army. Each training session has a mandatory fee from both participants and a limit of ten turns per match. If the player's character wins the match, the player gain the allocated gold used before it began.

Main army

 * Motonari Mōri
 * Hiroyoshi Shiji
 * Hirotoshi Fukubara
 * Michiyoshi Kuchiba
 * Naritada Kodama
 * Yoshitake Iida
 * Motosuke Kunishi
 * Sakio Sekima
 * Kagetsuna Andō
 * Narikata Kodama
 * Sadatoshi Fukubara
 * Motoharu Kikkawa
 * Takamoto Mōri
 * Munekatsu Nomi
 * Takakage Kobayakawa
 * Hirotada Shiji
 * Terumoto Mōri
 * Mototake Kunishi
 * Motoyoshi Kodama
 * Michifusa Kurushima
 * Hotaru
 * Ekei Ankokuji
 * Hiroie Kikkawa

Additional allies

 * Takashige Amano
 * Motozumi Katsura
 * Heizō
 * Tatsuyoshi Saitō
 * Nobunao Kumagai
 * Takaie Shishido
 * Mitsukage Kagawa
 * Ran
 * Ryuzō Kunitomi
 * Yoshimitsu Muragami
 * Takasuke Miyoshi
 * Motosuke Nojiri
 * Hirohide Asomema
 * Hirosuke Hiraga
 * Takamichi Yamanouchi
 * Kyōshirō
 * Naoyuki Koi
 * Yaichi Wada
 * Sai'ie
 * Michiyasu Kurushima
 * Fusayasu Sugimori
 * Shigesuke Shigi
 * Masayoshi Yoshimi
 * Chōsuke
 * Kenichirō Masaki
 * Fujikane Masuda
 * Tanekio Mizawa
 * Hisasuke Mitoya
 * Harutsuna Yuhara
 * Yuugen Tsuchiya
 * Tanezane Akizuki
 * Yoshinari Ichidō
 * Takeyoshi Muragami

Mouri clan

 * Hiromoto Mōri
 * Sugi no Kata
 * Okimoto Mōri
 * Fuji no Kata
 * Kōmatsumaru Mōri
 * Okata (Myōhime)
 * Kikuhime
 * Mototsuna Aio
 * Aio no Kata
 * Hiromitsu Katsura
 * Hirohide Saka
 * Suguru Watanabe
 * Muneharu Shimizu
 * Takamoto's wife

Kikkawa clan

 * Kunitsune Kikkawa
 * Tsuneyo Kikkawa
 * Mototsuna Kikkawa
 * Okitsune Kikkawa
 * Nobutada Oda
 * Motoharu's wife

Kobayakawa clan

 * Masahira Kobayakawa
 * Takakage's wife

Forces in Aki Province

 * Motonao Kumagai
 * Motoyoshi Shishido
 * Okisada Amano
 * Motoshige Takeda
 * Mitsukazu Takeda
 * Nobushige Takeda

Ouchi army

 * Yoshioki Ōuchi
 * Yoshitaka Ōuchi
 * Shigenori Sugi
 * Naonobu Kurata
 * Fusanobu Kurata
 * Okifusa Sui
 * Okimori Naitō
 * Fusahide Era
 * Harukata Sue
 * Takakane Hironaka
 * Taketō Sagara
 * Masaoki Sugihara
 * Takatoyo Reizei
 * Katatane Shirai
 * Takayasu Hiraga
 * Fusakiyo Miura
 * Nagafusa Sue
 * Takayo Naitō
 * Fusanaga Miyagawa
 * Takayasu Sugi

Amago army

 * Tsunehisa Amago
 * Hisayuki Amago
 * Kunihisa Amago
 * Haruhisa Amago
 * Masahisa Amago
 * Hidetsuna Kamei
 * Hisakio Akana
 * Yukikiyo Ushio
 * Tanekiyo Misawa
 * Hisasuke Mitoya
 * Mitsuyuki Yamanaka
 * Tachihara Hisatsuna
 * Takakane Fusaya
 * Tōru Watanabe
 * Takatsura Eda
 * Shinemitsu Honjo
 * Masayasu Matsuda
 * Shikanosuke Yamanaka
 * Hisanobu Uyama
 * Iorinosuke Akiage
 * Sanaenosuke Ueda
 * Hyōgonosuke Yokomichi

Other Western forces

 * Sōrin Ōtomo
 * Yoshinaga Ōuchi
 * Yoshimune Ōtomo
 * Akihaya Uzuki
 * Chikanori Shiga
 * Dōsetsu Tachibana
 * Chikakata Tawara
 * Chikahiro Tawara
 * Akitada Yoshihiro
 * Toyotsuna Ushinomiya
 * Michinao Kōno
 * Kinhiro Saionji
 * Akitane Takahashi
 * Naoie Ukita

Oda army

 * Nobunaga Oda
 * Nobukatsu Oda
 * Nobutaka Oda
 * Katsuie Shibata
 * Kazumasu Takigawa
 * Narimasa Sassa
 * Nobumori Sakuma
 * Toshiie Maeda
 * Nagahide Niwa
 * Yoshitaka Kuki
 * Motochika Mimura
 * Hideyoshi Hashiba
 * Hidenaga Hashiba
 * Koroku Hachisuka
 * Kiyomasa Katō
 * Masanori Fukushima
 * Kanbei Kuroda
 * Mitsunari Ishida
 * Mitsuhide Akechi
 * Hidemitsu Akechi
 * Toshimitsu Saitō

Tokugawa clan

 * Ieyasu Tokugawa
 * Tadakatsu Honda
 * Naomasa Ii
 * Yasumasa Sakakibara
 * Sakai Tadatsugu
 * Kazumasa Ishikawa
 * Hanzō Hattori

Others

 * Yoshimoto Imagawa
 * Yoshiaki Ashikaga
 * Kennyo Honganji
 * Kyonyo Honganji
 * Fujitaka Hosokawa
 * Junkei Shishii
 * Shino