Intermission Part 1

This was written as an email by the GM, who plays the character Isawa Mino, as a means to update the story without spending much game time on it.



The hall is crowded as you leave your quarters and head to the main hall of Razor of Dawn Castle. Servants move silently, but purposefully, down the narrow hallways. There are a couple of Crab samurai ahead of you and the voices of others behind you. The large oak doors are already flung open as you round the last corner and enter the hall.
The hall is just as austere as you remember. The kami watch you from their places along the south wall and the thunders along the north. The pillars align along the central aisle drawing your attention to the raised dias ahead of you.

"Enter honourable members of the 11th legion," Seppun Anishi's voice intones, "and take the places assigned to you as we read the annnals of the 11th legion's valiant deeds. I place this ceremony in the hands of our loremaster." He nods ever so slighly to Seppun Sinko, seated below him on a strange carpet of brilliant woven cloth.

Sinko rises, unecessarily straightening the folds in her flawless kimono, hanging perfectly on her slim features. You steal a glance to those seated beside you, your comrades from the jouney to the village today and a number of other legion samurai, mostly Crab. You then see the legion's three gunso, in places of honour closer to the dias, Hida Tosa, captain of the gate, Isawa Mino, whose hair is moving ever so slightly even though there seems to be no breeze in the room, and a strange creature that must be the ratling you have heard spoken of.

Sinko's quiet voice brings your focus back to the proceedings, "I am honoured today to read the annals of the 11th legion, however, it has come to my attention that there are new deeds to be included, and that Bayushi Kyoji has been chosen to tell the tale for the first time."
She nods to the new Bayushi legionnaire and takes her seat on the strange carpet.................