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Weapon Options were close friends for several years during a time
• Staff and Pole Arm when Ioi was courting Aimi. Rokuro Katsunoka was
strangely jealous of the pair from the start, and would
• Fistload Weapons ask specific questions about the direction of the rela-
tionship. One evening, Rokuro Katsunoka followed
Relationships With Other Groups Aimi Onishi and Ioi Sanzo home after a celebratory
Musuko No Sento No- Enemy Sanzo- Neutral night where the three found each other at the same
tavern. Rokuro Katsunoka was drunk and behaving
Katsunoka- Enemy Takashiro- Neutral as though he was desperate for the attention of Aimi
Onishi. Unfortunately, the relationship between Hiro
Kushihara- Neutral Tominogoshi- Neutral Sanzo and Aimi dissolved, but Rokuro Katsunoka’s
curiosity and behavior never changed. Hiro Sanzo,
Nakatashi-Neutral Uchitori- Neutral
being ever suspicious also ended his toxic friendship
Yakama- Ally with his long time friend, Rokuro Katsunoka after
mutual acquaintances revealed that Rokuro had ro-
Yakama= Ally mantic encounters with several of Ioi’s ex-lovers
over the course of the friendship. Ioi Sanzo had
The relationship between the northern and south- those acquaintances killed, but knowing Rokuro
ern most prominent families is an intriguingly simple Katsunoka was the keeper of the Shukumei-ken, Ioi
one. Unlike most families who’s reception of Sanzo made the decision to not engage the sword master.
members, is apprehensive at best, Ganryu Yakama
has held no prejudice toward the Dragon and the However, the grudge between the two families was
Tiger. This type of reception is foreign to Sanzo yet born and still burns.
quite refreshing, and allows them a sense of normali-
ty that they’d otherwise receive elsewhere. Because Rank and Responsibility
of this, the Sanzo consider the Katsunoka family al- Beginner
lies, for lack of having a true ally, however, no really
interaction nor business deal has ever taken place to The Beginner level students of the Sanzo family
warrant such accolades from the Sanzo.
dojo have a secondary responsibility outside of train-
Musuko No Sento No= Enemy ing. They are to search for and recruit new students
into the Sanzo dojo.
As the Sanzo family reputation grew under the lead-
ership of Hiro Sanzo, the Musuko No Sento No mar- Intermediate
tial arts group was a particular group that the Grand
Master became particularly interested with. He want- Intermediate students are often requested to act as
ed to merge the groups together to create a powerful guards around the Sanzo compound. This level of
faction of the martial arts and build an army to one student is also the first group of students to be re-
day gain control of Japan. A meeting was set be-
tween the two leaders, and the man known as quested for duty outside the confines of the dojo by
“Mukade” agreed that the two factions could fulfill the head elders. This request has garnered an unfa-
Hiro Sanzo’s plan. However, Mukade was not to vorable reputation since many of the students who go
keen on being the second in command, and just as on these missions do not return.
Hiro Sanzo’s plan was gaining traction Mukade
turned his back on the master causing him to lose a Advanced
pivotal battle, and forcing him to retreat. The separa-
tion depleted the Sanzo army by half, and Hiro Sanzo Advanced members of the Sanzo dojo are often
was forced to abandon his goal of national domina- asked to be sparring partners for Utsemi Sanzo or
tion. Not to be left humiliated, Hiro Sanzo turned his
attention to the Musuko No Sento No martial arts Hiro Sanzo (should the scenario be played before his
group, and thus began a war between the two factions exile).
that is beign waged to this day.
Expert
Katsunoka= Enemy
Expert level students are asked to lead classes in
The Relationship between the Katsunoka and the absence of the head elders. They may also be se-
Sanzo is something purely born out of an interaction lected to accompany any of them should outside en-
between the late Ioi Sanzo, Rokuro Katsunoka and a deavors deem their assistance necessary.
young woman named Aimi Onishi. Rokuro and Ioi
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