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PART 3 “Merchant Market Meeting” MERCHANT
Master. Forgive me. I sold it to a man named Mit-
Location: Tohoku Prefecture; Aomori suhide. I do not believe he will give it back unfortu-
After selecting and mounting the horse(s) the PC nately. He was very interested in the item, knew a lot
of history about it. He said something about how
(s) follow Takagi and Gataki Nakatashi out of the having the pendant would ‘sway the balance of pow-
Shukuba. er in this region’. I didn’t really pay attention, I was
more excited about how much he wanted to pay for
TAGAKI NAKATASHI it. I apologize.

Now brother, who is this man, and where was he TAKAGI NAKATASHI
when… the two of you met?
Where is he?
GATAKI NAKATASHI
MERCHANT
He was a travelling merchant in the upper east of our
district near the-- You can find him in a camp about five miles to the
north outside of the Nakatashi border. He won’t be
TAGAKI NAKATASHI alone. He had several people with him when I saw

Then that is where we will go! him, and I’m fairly sure he has several others where
ever he went. Please be careful, he wasn’t the kind-
The group rides to the location Gataki Nakatashi est of souls.
mentioned. The merchant is excited to see Gataki Takagi mounts his horse, jerks the reigns to turn
Nakatashi again, and approaches the group from be- his horse and rides off leaving the rest of the party
hind the caravan toward Gataki Nakatashi, holding a behind. The Merchant and Gataki Nakatashi ex-
large fish. change a look of disbelief with Tagaki’s behavior.

MERCHANT TAKAGI NAKATASHI
Sir! It is so good to see you! I want you to have this. Nakatashi! Move out!
It is the largest one I’ve ever caught! Please, take it GATAKI NAKATASHI
and enjoy.
Thank you for the information, sir. Know that this is
TAGAKI NAKATASHI no fault of yours. Go in peace.
Brother, tell him why we are here. We don’t have TAKAGI NAKATASHI
time for pleasantries.
GATAKI! NOW!
GATAKI NAKATASHI
Gataki Nakatashi mounts his horse and rides to
Thank you good citizen, I will enjoy this in your hon- catch up to the group.
or. I have a questions. When we encountered each
other the other day, I accidently gave you a golden PART 4 “With Sugar on Top?”
pendant. Tell me sir, might you still be in possession
of said item? Location: Tohoku Prefecture; Aomori
MERCHANT
It’s been a long ride, and as the sun sets, the
Oh goodness no, Sir. That pendant paid off all of my group arrives at the outskirts of the small camp.
debts, and I was able to buy new equipment!
Looking down from a high hill they can observe a
Takagi angrily hops off of his horse and marches setup that resembles a military formation of tents.
toward the merchant. He gets in the merchants face. Posted guards can be seen in strategic locations.
TAKAGI NAKATASHI GATAKI NAKATASHI

You did WHAT?!! Hmmm… you are going to go down there and nego-
GATAKI NAKATASHI tiate a meeting with Mitsuhide-san to see if this mat-
ter can be resolved quickly and peacefully.
TAKAGI!! You will not accost this merchant!
Please forgive my brother. The task at hand has trou- GM NOTE: The PC(s) should select an entrance to
bled him so, and he has forgotten his ethics. Please, if discuss a meeting with Mitsuhide. No matter what
you could, tell us where the pendant is, I would ap- the PC(s) say to the guard(s) they will not be granted
preciate it.
a meeting. Starting a fight will bring the entire army.

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