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    Summary

    Doji Kirigaya and her cadre return but the scars of Kosetsu remain. After a brief breath of peace their duty must begin anew. Joining them is a new member, a radiant Pheonix Shugenja named Isawa Tsuya. Departing the capital alongside their lord, Seppun Tetsuko, the cadre make for an austere Kuni castle.

    Tensions rise when they arrive at Last Breath castle, the seat of the Matsu. However their stay in the Lion’s den is brief. Word arrives via a mysterious letter of a village whose populace has vanished. Concerned that the horrors they once faced are moving again, Lord Seppun sends them to investigate and maintain the Emperor’s peace.

    Nestled in a valley near the tense ground of Beiden pass the village of Iron Quarry pass long was a neutral shared ground between Scorpion and Lion. Necessary to preserve the peace and not risk major hostilities. Valued for its Iron and road through the mountains, its neutrality is gone like its people. Here the cadre must find the truth and stop a war.

    Every step is political. Every silence is a threat.

    And in the quiet, the darkness smiles.

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