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 Thus Lee Ho followed the scent and interviewed Lord YYYY where he was imprisoned. The Buddhist priest had to bribe two Yakuza prisoners to clear some space for a private conversation. In return he'd carry a message to a loved one outside the jail for them. One of the Yakuza agreed and once again Lee Ho interrogated a suspect.
-Lord YYYY was a very angry and bitter man. This was not surprising as he was once promised to be married to the Princess Easi Ko. The motivation and guilt behind his actions was easy to extrapolate, as was his hatred for the 'scum' known as MeBe. Lee Ho then took a message from the Yakuza and journeyed into Yedo. He then passed the message to the criminal's wife, but also added his own. A reward of ten gold would be given to the Yakuza clan's boss if he could succeed in a task set for him. The boss was to meet with the Buddhist at the castle.
+Lord YYYY was a very angry and bitter man. This was not surprising as he was once promised to be married to the Princess Easiko. The motivation and guilt behind his actions was easy to extrapolate, as was his hatred for the 'scum' known as MeBe. Lee Ho then took a message from the Yakuza and journeyed into Yedo. He then passed the message to the criminal's wife, but also added his own. A reward of ten gold would be given to the Yakuza clan's boss if he could succeed in a task set for him. The boss was to meet with the Buddhist at the castle.
 With such a ludicrously large reward the crime boss couldn't believe this could be a trap and so met up with Lee Ho. The priest requested the presence of the person responsible for manufacturing the poison used in the assassination attempt in the castle. The boss jumped at the contract and sped off to follow up this intuitive guess work.
 He then returned to the Tenwa compound to join in with the heated discussion. Lord Krappi and his hatamoto were trying to figure out who was responsible for the murder of the Emperor. MeBe presented a scroll he'd found on the body of the female Ninja. It said **//"Take your Cue from Lady Amora"//**. Tokyo saw the handwriting was so fine and distinctive that it must have been written by the Minister of the Left.
+This placed a new slant on events. It indicated that the Lady Amora was setup as a unknowing diversion to facilitate the Emperors assassination. This idea revealed that the plot was far longer running and devious that originally thought. Whomever was behind the plan was very cunning indeed.
+All the known evidence was listed
+  * The Minister of the Left had been witnessed trying to hide the scroll with the correct instructions for the Ceremony of Rice in it, even though he would have known it would cause a famine.
+  * Both the Minister of the Left and the Minister of the Right had been heard discussing the hiding of the Rice Ceremony knowledge so that Lord Tenwa would be forced to commit Seppuke.
+  * The Minister of the Left had written instructions on a scroll found on the body of the Ninja. It clearly showed that he was aware of the assassination attempt and was co-ordinating that part of it.
+Then the party concluded all of the unsubstantiated evidence.
+  * The Minister of the Left must have personally arranged for the female Ninja impostor to infiltrate the court that morning. Her clothing was a temporary disguise and she would not have been recognized by the other ladies in waiting.
+  * The Minister of the Left was trying to suppress the note written by the Emperor's first son. The heir must know something about the treachery within the imperial court but has been removed from public sight by the minister.
+  * The blood feud raised by the Hikidunot clan was an elaborate plan to either
+    * Kill Lord Krappi who was a threat to the imperial intrigue.
+    * Setup the perfect cover for the diversionary attack on the Emperor.
+  * Lord Hikidunot might be an unknowing puppet in the power play and not be a member of the intrigue.
+  * The Hikidunot clan might not have been responsible for the missing messages between the Emperor and Lord Krappi. The Minister of the Left could have concealed them all along, as Lord Krappi originally suspected.
+  * The Minister of the Left was deliberately blocking all attempts by Lord Krappi to see the Emperor.
+  * Since the Kami of the Hikidunot family was corrupted to the support of Altuzu, the demon lord might have been involved in the plot.
+  * Only Altuzu being the Daimyo of all the monsters in Nippon could command a Tatsu to extract a human Ninja from Yedo castle. Unless the Tatsu was a shape changed Shugenja. So, again Altuzu must have been part of the plot.
+  * The Minister of the Left was behind the plan for Lord YYYY to give Lady Amora the Sweeping Swallow and probably convinced Lord Hikidunot to start the blood feud.
+  * The Minister of the Left is either in partnership with, or a follower of Altuzu.
+Only one thing made no sense to Lord Krappi and his hatamoto. What was the Minister of the Left gaining for killing the Emperor? The Emperor's brother was now regent, so temporal power had passed into his hands. Lord Krappi decided that as the Emperor's brother had been the kind patron of the party for many years, he was the only person who could be trusted in the entire imperial court. He was also the only person with enough authority to remove both the Minister of the Left and the Minister of the Right from their positions so that they could be punished for their crimes.
+But to gain entrance to the Emperor's brother Lord Krappi needed to speak with Lord Xinji. So Lord Krappi went to the tea ceremony and had his bodyguard contemplated the beautiful gardens the tea house was set in.
+The tea ceremony was masterfully completed and a great sense of peace settled on the occupants of the tea house. Lord Krappi believing himself in the morally superior position waited for Lord Xinji to speak. Lord Xinji apologized once more for the disobedience in his clan and presented a gift. It was a Portuguese 'bang stick' which Lord Krappi had seen many, many years before. Although unsure of how to use such an implement Lord Krappi thanked Lord Xinji and placed the gift to one side. Lord Krappi explained that he was unhappy to see such a fine clan dishonored by a 'spider' within his castle's walls. Lord Xinji (not the most cerebral of men) took a while to understand the reference and asked who the spider was. Lord Krappi went on to say that the spider was highly placed and was out of reach of both Lord Xinji's and his own reach, although if Lord Xinji could sent two messages into the imperial court he might be able to deal with the problem and clear the dishonor brought upon the Xinji clan.
+The first message was a request to be granted audience with the new regent. The second was to meet with Lady Mi-Lan. Lord Krappi then asked for the location of Lord Hikidunot's fiefdom, which Lord Xinji gave.
+The tea ceremony then finished and both lords returned to their respective keeps.
+Back in Lord Krappi's quarters a disreputable group of escorted Yakuza delivered an old crone to Lee Ho. Lee Ho paid the criminals, thus gaining a sin and then healed the old woman who'd been severely beaten about. He then retired afraid of the methods which might be used to make the woman talk. Lord Krappi interrogated the petrified woman indirectly via MeBe. She admitted making a herbal poultice which could have been used as a lethal poison. Then Lord Krappi managed to trick her into revealing who'd paid her for the poison. It was the Emperor's Brother!
+==== Week (Unknown) (Year of the Unknown)) ====
+<sup>Actual Game date (2000-03-08)</sup>
+> **That Night**
+Lee Ho and some Buddhists from the Imperial court prepare the dead Emperor body for the next days burial. Lee Ho notices that one of the Buddhists has a strange scar on his face that has been covered up with flesh coloured make-up. He asks his Yamabushi guard to watch him.
+In the early morning the Scared Priest throws a small poison bomb into the centre of the room. In the first round all but four fall to the ground. Lee Ho somehow managed to not take a breath as did his Guard. The 'Ninja' then punches the two other priest in the stomach and they go down at the end of the round. A fight starts between the Yamabushi and the Ninja. Lee Ho can not stop himself from breathing and he is overcome by the poison.
+The Yamabushi somehow defeats the Ninja before becoming overcome and runs outside into the clean sweat air. After recovering he discovers that everyone has been knocked out by the gas. He goes and gets Lord Krappi and the rest of the Hatamoto.
+The Ninja in fact turns out to be some form of Bakemono with a grey skin that is wearing the skin of one of the Buddhists Priests. Lord Krappi and men guard the Emperors body and there attended priests all night.
+> **Next Morning**
+Lord Krappi and Hatamoto are invited to the burial more because they are there with the body than for any other reason.
+Just as the pyre is about to be light, Lee Ho and Tokyo notice that there is a Tatsu descending at great speed. Lord Krappi looks around for the Ninja attack and does not spot one.
+Tokyo fire a massive metal storm at the Tatsu, but it dodges.
+Three Tiger like creatures with flaming tails jump from the back of the Tatsu. MeBe and Lord Krappi run to attack.
+There is a melee on top and around the Emperors funeral pyre. Lord Krappi seams to glow with divine light, one of the fire tigers is stunned. The Tatsu swoops down and blasted MeBe he is fried with a critical burn and collapse on top of the now burning pyre. Lord Krappi dispatches his and jumps / climbs on to the pyre. Quickly kills the two fire-tiger. Tokyo kills the Tatsu with large fire show of his own. Lord Krappi throws MeBe off the pyre and Lee Ho slowly runs to heal him (MeBe has 8 hp left).
+The party then start investigating the fire-tiger that is stunned by the aura of Lord Krappi. They find out that the Emperors body was supposed to raise and attack them as well. The disgusting though is crossing there mind about a grey Bakemono and human skin when the Regent approaches. Lord Krappi demands to have a audience with the Regent. It is granted for the afternoon.
+> **Later that Morning**
+Lady Easiko comes to see her brave fiancée after delivering the invite to Lord Krappi.
+> **That Afternoon**
+Lord Krappi has decided that the Regent must be killed and 1st Son rescued from his evil clutches. A plan is hatched with three Samurai made invisible and guided to the 1st Son by Tokyo. Whilst Lord Krappi and Lee Ho go to the meeting with the Regent, where Lord Krappi will confront Altuzu's puppet.
+The invisible guard wonder around the keep under Tokyo instruction but instead of 1st Son being in his room he is in the garden with the Regent and Lord Krappi.
+The Regent thanks Lord Krappi for his help that morning and grants him the Governorship of the port of Amori. And he declares that Altuzu has broken the compact and grants Lord Krappi 'Right to War on his Enemy' i.e. Shogun (General in charge of an Imperial War). This seams to change Krappi's plan and he decides not to attack the Regent.
+There is a discussion between Regent, 1st Son and Lord Krappi about the mission. The Regent objects to the 1st Son going but does not stop him leaving with the party. It ends up with Lord Krappi and party and 1st Son leaving for Kyoto on a Kirin.
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