Rokugan D20: The Winds of Blood (Chapter 1)

[Tokiwong]

Taking a arrow, Michiba examines it. (OOC: I will use my Craft: Fletchery)

"Gunso-Sensei Basho-sama, how close are we to this Black Stone Villiage? We need some eta to take care of the bodies."

The fletching is poorly done, and lacks any style, typically used by peasant bandits, or poorly armed ashigaru. The heads are of cheap flint, typical weapons of bandits, the arrows are of poor quality overall, perhaps made in mass quanitities. Quantity over Quality.

Gunso-Sensei Basho replies, "Hai, perhaps two to three miles down the road, more, Tsuruchi-san."

 

[GWolf]

Fan stands silent but keeps a keen eye and sharp sense of hearing out, looking to note anything strange.


Spot +3
Listen +3

 

[Tokiwong]

Fan stands silent but keeps a keen eye and sharp sense of hearing out, looking to note anything strange.


Spot +3
Listen +3

Fan notices nothing out of the ordinary as far as hearing is concerned but sees a trail of blood leading off the road into the low-lying grass, leading towards a long trench.

 

[GWolf]

Fan notes this Trail of blood.

"Gunso-Sensei Basho, There is a trail of blood running into a trench this way" Fan shows the master.

 

[Chauzu]

"A trail of blood?" asks Takane as he takes a look through the bodies.

"Sounds to me someone did not want to pay their taxes..." Takane bends an arrow to feel the sturdiness. "...what other reason would there be?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Gunso-Sensei Basho nods, "Toritaka-san, check to see where it leads, he kneels next to the wagon."

The trail of blood leads about 15 feet, before you reach a trench filled with muddy water, a dead body is face down in the mud, with two more of the same arrows sticking out of his back. Blood mixing through the brownish mud.

A crow sounds overhead as it dips down into the brush, breaking up the tensions with its shrill cry. The body is that of a samurai-ko, her armor dirty from the mud and her wounds. It looks as if scavengers have been picking at her remains.

 

[GWolf]

"Gunso-Sensei Basho! We have the body of a women samurai here, familar arrows stuck in her back." Fan calls calmy with out emotion to the master.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Gunso-Sensei Basho! We have the body of a women samurai here, familar arrows stuck in her back." Fan calls calmy with out emotion to the master.

Gunso-Sensei Basho rushes over and growls, "Hmm, honorless dogs," he crouches, "she was Crab, and she was our sister, the fools that have done this will be paid in full. I shall proceed on to the village, the rest of you discover what you can and meet me there, I am leaving this matter in your capable hands. Do not make me regret this."

Gunso-Sensei Basho start jogging down the road to Black Stone Village.

 

[Chauzu]

Takane runs up next to Fan asking, "Of the Crab?" He then kneels down to the body to examine her.

 

[Tokiwong]

Takane runs up next to Fan asking, "Of the Crab?" He then kneels down to the body to examine her.

The woman is a Crab samurai-ko with a dark purple lamellar armor, her dasho are missing, though they left her armor, and several other things, but considering that touching a dead body is taboo, they are of little import, just standard samurai-fare.