"The curse of the historian is that he cannot stop at the legend people like to hear or remember, he has to go deeper for the less pleasant truth. As for myself, at the moment, I'm focusing on training the next generation of Imperial civil servants. A complicated way of saying I'm teaching kids to w...

I knew the Crane clan was evil, but they've literary entered puppy-kicking territory now. Mutilating a tree to permanently hinder its growth? What sick mind could have come up with such an idea?

"Just do your best and everything will be alright." Ayumu was not old by any physical standard, but he often felt like an elder when remembering how things were barely twenty years ago: "At the beginning, people were doubting the divine nature of the Kami until they could see them with their own eye...

"Seeing the hero... Did you get to meet Shiba in person? A few years ago, he would still have had time to talk with everyone, but with the Empire growing up so fast, his schedule is constantly packed to the brim. Balancing the demands of nine clans, the requests of foreign diplomats, and the needs o...

Should be there too.

A half-smile showed up on Ayumu's lips. He was used to such interrogative comments, especially as his distinctive scraggy frame made him easily recognizable: "I remember a tale about a young hero who, after killing some nasty monster, had to rush home to help with the harvest. It was mostly humorous...

Ayumu bowed with his head, calmly finished fixing the scroll he was working on, then put it and its tools aside carefully, before finally standing up and bowing properly. "Ayumu, of the Jiyo, born of the Isawa. Nice to meet you. Thanks for the compliment. The librarians have judged that my skills in...

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Books are wonderful. And fragile, oh so fragile. Paper rips. Ink fades. Wood breaks. If time by itself is enough to ravage books, the process is greatly expedited with each manipulation. Even the most careful of readers slightly damages the physical support of what they read. There is a probably a l...

Ayumu wasn't a personal friend of any half of the couple and as such couldn't provide them with a gift of reminiscence. He knew for sure from their important place in the Crane family that there wasn't any material thing they were really missing in their daily life. Any cloth given would end up insi...

I mean, with Shiba as Emperor, you didn't really expect to not have an event with Lore skills involved, do you? Test of Knowledge As the Empire grows at the pace of a racing horse, it requires more and more men and women of exception to tie it up together, people able to understand and balance the c...

I guess this is the right place to ask: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=196&p=2761#p2761

Ayumu will be in the audience, but kind of curious about the (fluff) logistics of this one. Will people portraying the Kami be on a dais so they can tower over people playing mortals? Will the villains be off screen, as is usual for Shadowlands play in raw? Will all the roles, only the Ratling one, ...

There are currently four players with 200+ messages.

The game hasn't even started yet.

Can Imperial characters actually host events? If so, are there adjustments to scoring to compensate their "at home" advantage?

Name: Jiyo Ayumu Birth name: Ayumu Former tribe: Isawa Faction: Imperial Gender: Male Build: Emaciated Age: Late 30s Marital status: Single Occupation: Teacher Technically a soldier of Shiba, technically a veteran of the campaign against the Shadowlands, Ayumu did not put his weaponry to much use th...

*checks if the Emperor's Bonk Patrol is on guard duty* I fear the current Bonk Patrol was designed with the idea only a few acts of inappropriate horny would happen within the estate each day. So, at the moment, it's a bit, totally, absolutely, overwhelmed. Please leave us a message with the act of...

I must ask...

Did Hsieh-Hsieh or a member of its family ever... mark its territory on Lady Doji's clothes?

That would be petty but...

Hunting seems something of an expenditure of resources for less gain then just growing food. Each to their own I suppose. A varied diet makes for more robust people though. I think there is a theory that adult hunters-gatherers were in better health and shape than adults of agricultural tradition. ...

Let's compromise: Most meats are allowed but no heart eating in court.