Session 29

At Morikage Toshi.

Find frozen castle from 200 years ago. See frozen humans and animals, frozen in place, looking as if surprised. It appears technology and practices have not much changed over the last 200 years since this freezing occured.

Find frozen gate.

Ogre oni spellcaster attacks us as we open gate to inner castle. Group slays it in one round of combat, before it gets to do anything but move.

Find Hyakkimaru chained between two pillars in front of the gate to the keep. He thaws after Quickjump's centipede splits in two and goes to him to warm him. He now has a skin on his face (but ears are still prosthetic) and has a human a right arm and left leg.

Find Agasha Yuriko. Quickjump impersonates Shiba Kojiro. He apparently called off wedding and Agasha Yuriko's mother left. Wedding party came and exchanged gifts. But then Shiba Kojiro called off wedding ("prank?"). Marriage was to forge alliance between Dragon and Phoenix.

Agasha Yuriko remembers an untrustworthy-looking man who attended wedding. Man from dragon gifted the masamune blade katana. Claimed to be a representative of Mirumoto family. After, a woman came and promised more soldiers for the castle; promised everything would be made right; that the castle would be made strong again. She provided soldiers (Oni and skeletons) to make the castle strong again.

Agasha Yuriko appears to be Kizuki #5. "The Cold-hearted".

Agasha Yuriko remembers blood all over her--pain and sorrow--but then felt free. Agasha Yuriko cut free the pain from her body (committed seppuku). Used her wakizashi. Her wakizashi is a 10-foot pole/glaive (water kata).

Agasha Yuriko's face changes into an "old hag" and she attacks.

Hyakkimaru has 9 sets of eyes floating beyond him in Milosh's sight (according to Orca, there are 9 Kizuki currently alive).

Orca slay Kizuki #4. With her final breath, she says, "She will come for you. This is not the end."

Speak with Agasha Yuriko's spirit. Agasha Yuriko says we would have to talk with Shiba about whether we would be able to take over the Morikage Toshi keep. Agasha Yuriko thanks Luth for making Morikage Toshi vulnerable. Agasha Yuriko says her mother cursed this land; curse is lifted by freeing/slaying Agasha Yuriko.

Hantei Asuna drafts Agasha Yuriko's mind-controlled crab samurai into service. Hantei Asuna asks them to serve a new master today; they join with Asuna. Asuna replaces the hairpin she received from Hantei Aizen with a new hairpin she receives from Agasha Yuriko. As she does so, a frosty butterfly appears flying around Hantei Asuna. Hantei Asuna gains control over her disguise.

Luth grows wild flora around this area.

Hantei Asuna assigns the 7 former Crab Samurai to Orca. We add them to Orca.

Everyone levels up to level 6!