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Guest
Name: Iemochi Tani
Age: 29
Weapons:
Naginata
Hankyu
Tachi
Personality: pious, religious, private, fickle, melancholic, restrained, passionate
History:
What a happy family. As daughter of a rundown samurai, serf to a minor noble, Tani was very lucky to have been wed to her husband. He, loyal samurai to his liege Lord Soragawa, held a position of respect and privilege within Soragawa’s household. Trusted and renowned as a true supporter and fearsome warrior his Lord entrusted a strategic domain to his care. Tani was married to him when she was 16 years. She regarded him as a wise man. Their age-difference meant nothing, as her position as his wife brought honour and good fortune to her family.
Their marriage life started off excellent. Soon after the formal ceremony, in which they were wed, Tani became pregnant of their first son. For years all was well. She gifted her husband several more children, and he managed to retain his high rank by a prowess in battle which only seemed to ripen as he aged.
Then in a faithful battle, Tani’s samurai was betrayed, slain and beheaded. A rival samurai from within Soragawa’s following had plotted against him and his family. Not all samurai seemed to value honour and honesty as highly as her husband did. Even before the message of his demise could reach his household the same samurai staged a ‘ronin’ attack on her house. A combined force of ninja and ronin attacked in the night. Ill prepared, the household guard was taken by surprise. That same night her children were slain. Tani managed to escape, by a miracle and her prowess with the naginata. With thugs pursuing her, she ran for her father’s home.
A home threadbare, cold and isolated. But very defendable. Once her ancestral home had been an impregnable castle on the top of high cliff. Now it was less impregnable, but still on top of the high cliff and defended by her old father and his faithful retainers. The fake ninja-ronin force were met by a formidable force armed with odds and ends, but with fire in their belly and anger in their eyes. They did not get Tani.
As is customary for any widow, Tani became a Buddhist nun. Buddhism was a way for Tani to come to terms with her sorrow and loss. Within one night her life had crashed down and burned to the ground. Husband dead, children dead, home destroyed. After a couple of years, the attention of the murderer of her family was diverted by other political intrige. Now. more experienced, and more in touch with the political plane in their world, Tani still feels the pull of tradition and servitude. Through her husband she is still bound to Lord Soragawa. Tani has found - though Buddhism - a place for her sorrow. With the threat to her life lessened, and she being in a better place, Tani decides to leave the convent and return to her father's home.
At her ancestral home, the widow tries to put her first tentative steps towards regaining some honour in her husband's name. Honour and tradition wrestle with anger and sadness. Within that turmoil a tiny hint of hope shines through. Perhaps she can regain some semblance of her earlier position and rank. She owes it to her late husband and murdered children to at least attempt such feat.
After evening upon evening of heated discussion with her father Tani Iemochi reached her decision. She sets off on a path which can bring her what she wants. And she wants death or victory. Both goals are equal in her appreciation of them. Both goals will bring honour to her family. With death having the perk of her being reunited with them. What is her plan exactly? Tani will try to find a place at the home of Lord Soragawa, or one of his trusted, high-ranking samurai. She will bide her time and look for any opportunity to regain some of her former station.
Extra:
Tani’s favourite Buddhist sayings – which she uses frequently:
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.”
Age: 29
Weapons:
Naginata
Hankyu
Tachi
Personality: pious, religious, private, fickle, melancholic, restrained, passionate
History:
What a happy family. As daughter of a rundown samurai, serf to a minor noble, Tani was very lucky to have been wed to her husband. He, loyal samurai to his liege Lord Soragawa, held a position of respect and privilege within Soragawa’s household. Trusted and renowned as a true supporter and fearsome warrior his Lord entrusted a strategic domain to his care. Tani was married to him when she was 16 years. She regarded him as a wise man. Their age-difference meant nothing, as her position as his wife brought honour and good fortune to her family.
Their marriage life started off excellent. Soon after the formal ceremony, in which they were wed, Tani became pregnant of their first son. For years all was well. She gifted her husband several more children, and he managed to retain his high rank by a prowess in battle which only seemed to ripen as he aged.
Then in a faithful battle, Tani’s samurai was betrayed, slain and beheaded. A rival samurai from within Soragawa’s following had plotted against him and his family. Not all samurai seemed to value honour and honesty as highly as her husband did. Even before the message of his demise could reach his household the same samurai staged a ‘ronin’ attack on her house. A combined force of ninja and ronin attacked in the night. Ill prepared, the household guard was taken by surprise. That same night her children were slain. Tani managed to escape, by a miracle and her prowess with the naginata. With thugs pursuing her, she ran for her father’s home.
A home threadbare, cold and isolated. But very defendable. Once her ancestral home had been an impregnable castle on the top of high cliff. Now it was less impregnable, but still on top of the high cliff and defended by her old father and his faithful retainers. The fake ninja-ronin force were met by a formidable force armed with odds and ends, but with fire in their belly and anger in their eyes. They did not get Tani.
As is customary for any widow, Tani became a Buddhist nun. Buddhism was a way for Tani to come to terms with her sorrow and loss. Within one night her life had crashed down and burned to the ground. Husband dead, children dead, home destroyed. After a couple of years, the attention of the murderer of her family was diverted by other political intrige. Now. more experienced, and more in touch with the political plane in their world, Tani still feels the pull of tradition and servitude. Through her husband she is still bound to Lord Soragawa. Tani has found - though Buddhism - a place for her sorrow. With the threat to her life lessened, and she being in a better place, Tani decides to leave the convent and return to her father's home.
At her ancestral home, the widow tries to put her first tentative steps towards regaining some honour in her husband's name. Honour and tradition wrestle with anger and sadness. Within that turmoil a tiny hint of hope shines through. Perhaps she can regain some semblance of her earlier position and rank. She owes it to her late husband and murdered children to at least attempt such feat.
After evening upon evening of heated discussion with her father Tani Iemochi reached her decision. She sets off on a path which can bring her what she wants. And she wants death or victory. Both goals are equal in her appreciation of them. Both goals will bring honour to her family. With death having the perk of her being reunited with them. What is her plan exactly? Tani will try to find a place at the home of Lord Soragawa, or one of his trusted, high-ranking samurai. She will bide her time and look for any opportunity to regain some of her former station.
Extra:
Tani’s favourite Buddhist sayings – which she uses frequently:
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”
“Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.”
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