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PART 8      “Get Out While You Can”                    GM NOTE: Reward the PC(s) that elect to remain
                                                                with Benisatori 2x Experience Points at the end of
         Location: Gunma Prefecture, Numata
                                                                the quest.
            More Oni comes enter the fray as the group bat-     PART 10       “Demon Hunters”
         tles the large beast. They immediately grab an NPC
         member of the Kushihara party and kill them.  Feel-    Location: Gunma Prefecture, Numata
         ing overwhelmed, the order to escape the building is      The group sees a large hole in the town where it
         given.
                                                                seems the ground has naturally sunken in.  All guess-
                     BENISATORI FURIKKEN                        es are that the hole is the origin of the demise of the
           We must get away from these beasts!  Everyone,       town.  Enisatori Furikken leads his team to the hole,
                   quickly!  Escape while you can!”             and one by one they descend into the hole.
            Benisatori Furikken and Hyosuke Kushimoto will         It grows cold and dark as they descend, and when
         usher their Kushihara soldiers out of the building.    the come to a level area, there is an eerie smell and
         Besatori Furikken quickly follows leaving his protégé   light emanating from the cavern.
         to exit last.  On his attempt to escape, Hyosuke
         Kushimoto’s ankle is grabbed by a beast.  He           GM NOTE: Use the map on the following page to
         screamed, but the sunlight burns its skin causing it   guide the characters through this portion of the
         release him.  The Oni stare at the group from the cov-  quest.
         er of building.                                                        History of the Lair:

         PART 9     “Picking Teams”                                The lair is actually an old town that was buried
                                                                by a landslide.  Inside the town was a portal to the
         Location: Gunma Prefecture, Numata
                                                                underworld akin to a “Super Highway” for demons
            While the beasts stare at the remainder of the par-  to traverse dimensions.  This portal was sealed by a
         ty from the confines of the building, Hyosuke          copper relic set in place by a priest.  Recently, the
         Kushimoto and Bensatori Furikken stare back.  The      relic has fallen out of place due to an earthquake,
         Oni grunt and breathe calmly, as if calculating their   and them moved allowing the portal to reopen.  The
         next attack on the soldiers.  Their gaze never leaves   opening of the portal blasted a hole through the
         the party in an intimidating and haunting way.         earth’s surface and the demons attacked Numata

            Unafraid, Benisatori Furikken and Hyosuke           mercilessly.  To close the portal, the relic must be put
         Kushimoto put their weapons away, without breaking     back into the alter a top a raided area somewhere in
         their gaze from their demonic enemy.                   the cave.
                     BENISATORI FURIKKEN

           That poor man was trying to tell us that the beasts   GM NOTES: Rewards:
                    cannot go into direct sunlight.                -Experience Points= TBD
                       HYOSUKE KUSHIMOTO                           -Points of Renown= TBDx5

           That means at night, no one will not be safe any-       -Ki Energy= TBD
                               where.
                                                                   -Hansatsu= 550
                            BENISATORI
                                                                   -Kyoukan No Shuriken
          We must inform Lord Ghoda.  Kushimoto-san, you
         will take the soldiers that have families, the wounded                       WGT  AtP  Rng  LiE  Mas  Vel  CoA
          and those not willing to stay and fight, and return to
          Kushihara castle, and inform Daimyo Ghoda of this                            .4  10  TR  5    1    1   1
         encounter.  Those of you willing to stay with me, will
          join me in finding and destroying this menace at its   POWER: Characters within 10ft. of  target also
                               source.                          receive damages from attacks.



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