The middle of the XVI century. Feudal Japan, which once was under the authority of the emperor, is fragmented and divided among many warring clans. In the role of Daimyo the leader of one of them the player to fight, solve diverse business issues and to subtle diplomatic game to achieve the main goal: to end the internecine feuds and unite the country under his command and became the ruler of Japan.
Dopolnenie Dawn of Samurai in recreated a new campaign events that took place 400 years before the Civil War, which lies at the heart of the plot SHOGUN 2. Dawn of Samurai tells about the war Gempei the conflict between the six houses childbirth Taira, the Minamoto and Fujiwara, resulting in the formation of the first shogunate and the establishment of the samurai as the ruling class.