Zento

Zento is the only city on the Tokuno Islands — an Imperial City of the Tokuno Empire, located on Makoto-Jima (the smallest of the three named Tokuno islands), and the seat of the Imperial Minister of Trade in the Rockuon Cultural Center. Built as a walled city with a double wooden inner wall bound with strap iron and an outer stone wall encompassing gardens and the moongate, Zento mixes minka (free-standing houses), nagaya (row-houses), and Imperial administrative architecture across wide packed-dirt roads. Zento is the redemption hub for the Treasures of Tokuno event series — players exchange minor artifacts here with Ihara Soko for major artifacts and rewards.

General facts

Architecture

Zento is a walled city with deliberate Tokugawa-Japan flavor:

• Inner buildings surrounded by a double wooden wall bound with strap iron.
• Outer stone wall encompassing gardens, the moongate, and the inner walled city.
• Wide, packed dirt roads connecting the buildings.
• Mixture of minka (free-standing houses) and nagaya (row-houses).
• South dock added with the High Seas booster pack, making the city more accessible by ship.

Landmarks

The Rockuon Cultural Center houses the Imperial Minister of Trade — currently Ihara Soko — who handles all Treasures of Tokuno redemptions and many quest exchanges.

Shops

Banks, Mints & Jewelers

Bakers & Butchers

Carpenters, Bowfletchers, & Architects

Provisioners, Taverns, & Inns

Healers & Magicians

Tailors & Tanners

(Suteki Na Craftworks consolidates Carpenters, Cobblers, Furtraders, Tailors, Tanners, Tinkers, and Weavers.)

Blacksmiths & Armorers

Other

The Musha-Sugyo Dojo is one of the two Tokuno-specific dojos in UO — a Bushido and Ninjitsu training/quest hub.

Events and lore

Treasures of Tokuno

Zento is the redemption hub for all four iterations of the Treasures of Tokuno event:

• 2005 (ToT I): 83-day run; redemption began March 17, 2005.
• 2006 (ToT II): Short 21-33 day run.
• 2009 (ToT III): New artifacts including Leurocian's Mempo of Fortune, Casca-decreed.
• 2020 (ToT IV): Same item pool as ToT III with replaced dyes.

Players hand minor artifacts to Ihara Soko at the Rockuon Cultural Center; 10 minor artifacts = 1 major artifact.

Hanzagiri Clan raid

The lore of ToT I tells of the familial Hanzagiri clan that looted the capitol city of Zento to unseat the Empress — their fleet was lost at sea during a phenomenal storm, scattering the stolen Imperial artifacts that Britannian adventurers later recovered.

Imperial alignment

Unlike the Britannian cities, Zento is not part of Britannia — it is the seat of the Tokuno Empire, ruled by the Empress (or, during the Casca-decree era, by Casca's nominal protectorate). The Imperial designation means:

• No Britannian Royal Council jurisdiction.
• Imperial Minister of Trade handles cross-realm exchanges.
• Tokuno-specific items and currencies circulate here (Tokuno Tokens, Imperial seals, etc.).
• The Empress's Decree is the operative law — distinct from Britannian Law.

See also

• Tokuno_Islands — the parent facet
• Makoto-Jima — the island Zento sits on
• Homare-Jima · Isamu-Jima — sister Tokuno islands
• Treasures_of_Tokuno — the event series Zento hosts
• Ihara_Soko — the Imperial Minister of Trade
• Bushido · Ninjitsu — Tokuno-themed skills; Musha-Sugyo Dojo training
• The_Citadel — Tokuno Peerless dungeon (also accessed from Tokuno)
• Samurai_Empire — the parent expansion (2004)
• High_Seas — the booster pack that added the south dock
• Casca — the Britannian sovereign whose decree authorized ToT III