Session 41

Talking with Hantei Aizen in Shiro Mirumoto.

Aizen: Hinna communicate by writing with sticks on sand. Rarely, if ever, speak vocally. Might not have oral language. Communicate with pictographs. Kozakuran linguists in Hinna are having trouble interpreting the written language of the Hinna people.

We arrange 3-way alliance with Phoenix and Dragon.

Gempukku current status:

Ash: finished Identity with Aayadin. Training Striking with Mike.

Asuna: finished Striking with Mike. finished Movement with Quickjump. Training Bushido with Winky. Training Protection with Aayadin.

Travel to Otosan Uchi
We go to Otosan Uchi and get people to go to Morikage Toshi. Take 7 crab samurai, Isha the crazy cat lady, Alrich, and 29 people from the Opium Den in Otosan Uchi (not including Yaru).

Aizen sent Sorin the ninja to infiltrate our ashigaru in the opium den.

Recruit for Castle
We recruit folks from our Otosan Uchi safe house to live in and work at our castle in Morikage Toshi.

Travel from Otosan Uchi to Morikage Toshi via Tea House
We travel to Morikage Toshi via the Tea House, but inside we find 20 dead ninjas who appear to be bludgeoned to death by the tea house room.

We loot their weapons and move on.

We designate Alrich to be in charge and not have the castle be worse off then when we left it. Isha is charged with getting more cats.

Travel to Dark Edge Village via Tea House
Lots of Kolat

Mike goes inside the House of the Jade Dawn.

House of the Jade Dawn
Stares them all down and demands to know what there is to drink. Used the Kolat code of "tory" to bluff his way into their good graces. Mike talks about his "assignment" to kill babies.

Some are shocked and appalled. Some approve. None seem to want to join in the babykilling.

Outside
Shinjo Yasamura (not to be confused with the village Yamasura) with 500 wind riders and the Unicorn Clan Champion are to assault the fort. Determined that he has ulterior motives. Wants to get into the fort to confirm that Master Roc is present before signalling the assault.

Travel to White Shore Harbor via Tea House
Mike discovers that Master Roc is on a delivery mission to an island off the coast of Unicorn to the north. So we Tea House to White Shore Harbor to catch them.

Battle!
19 ashigaru. 3 samurai

Bastion gets switched onto the boat via Changing Tides

Aayadin spider climbs onto the boat to tank and then climbs onto the mast

Mike gets carried onto the boat

Milosh Changing Tides onto the boat and fireballs the deck and then also lightning bolts

A Roc approaches!

Mike kills a masked man in the cabin and steals his mask and a package from the desk.

Milosh fails to polymorph it! Aayadin fails to blind it! Mike Thunderbolts onto it but fails to hold on!

It grabs the boat and starts to lift it out of the water! Milosh fails to polymorph it again! Aayadin wants to run!

It flies us up 130 feet and tears the boat into two pieces and throws them at the ocean below. Mike deals serious damage while on it's back.

Aayadin casts featherfall on all of us.

It finally dies after dive bombing Aayadin. Mike blinks out of the way, Milosh misty steps. Bastion and Aayadin get hit. We all land safely on the ground.

End of the battle
Mike reads the package.

We long rest.