Samurais were typically warriors born into families whose ancestors had served as samurai.
They were a sort of low nobility not to dissimilar to European knights.
Samurai either served noble clans, the shogun, or the daimyo as skilled warriors.
Exceptional Ashigaru could be elevated to Samurai for excellent service.
Honor is of great importance to Samurai, as is loyalty, and skill.
The Katana and Wakizashi are status symbols and are worn nearly at all times as a symbol of the Samurai.
Samurai typically wore full lamellar armor with their best warriors wore fear inspiring wooden masks shaped after demons. They typically wielded four traditional weapons the Katana, the Yari spear, the kanabo club, and yumi bow during warfare, they also carried a small ritual dagger called a wakizashi sheathed beside their katana.