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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariakor" data-source="post: 2310051" data-attributes="member: 8473">Guchiko: Your knowledge of the arcane arts reveals that the little doll found amid the remains of the shrine would have been maid with materials "harvested" from the monk whose blood formed the patterns. A lenghty process, as far at it was detailed in the sketchy accounts of it that you have glimpsed here and there, but guaranteed to bring out the most potent of magics, especialy the one's dealing with the Nether World. The creature thus summoned was definitely bound to its summoner for some time due to the ritual performed, o unlike other summonig spells this one could bind its target for weeks, probably longer. whoever did this has had a lot of insight into the dark arts of the Shadowlands. And as you inspect the shrine a bit further, it seems to have some peculiar similarities to  it indicating that it must have been a wu-ren like yourself, not one of the shugenja  traditions , that has performed this rite here. SOmeone with a definite leaning towards fire ,magics, or so it seems.Jian Guo and Pan Chou: Going back to where the path has forked of, you inspect the bloodstain more closely. Unfortunately, there is no body to be found close by, but what youstill can see even after last night's thunderstorm, is that the bloodstain must have been made by a heavy object, most likely made of metal or stone and roughly shaped like small or medium sized curved blade that someone seemd to have dropped here. There also seems to be a dark smear right in the middle of the bloodstain, as if it had been intermingled wih ashes. Probably somethin leftover frim the rite performed at the temple.As you follow the trail, it soon leads from the hills into a small grove of oine trees next to some neglected fields. here the tracks of others, humans and animals alike, are more common and intermingle more with the prints you are folowing, but when the finally reach another small stream about half a mile distant from the foot of the hils, you loose them amid the stony banks.Back at the shrine, it all seems to have grown a little bit more peaceful, thanks to your efforts. The sign should help warn anyone who does not know of the danger and most of the more dire signs of what has happend here you were able to unmake, at least in appearance, if not in effect.</blockquote>

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