Basho Genji was recently the target of an
assassin from Ispar, the conjured demonic slave of a most
evil collusion -- that between a corrupt Sho merchant
house with whom Genji's teacher had fallen afoul, and a
mystical desert cult of insance dervish. Following are
documents and images to capture this event as it
transpired. The appearance of this assassin truly marks
the beginning of a campaign against Jojii's Sword and its
friends.
Background to this story can be
found in the following documents:
 Basho
Genji's Call to Action
The
Commentary of Tacitus the Scholar
The demon, having
possessed the unfortunate Gharun woman Alka
al-Rudraz, enters Mayoi to feed. She had been
hiding in the countryside, watching Jojii's Sword
and living as a wild animal. She would certainly
have chosen to strike soon.
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Pew the Mottled
(left), old friend of Jojii's Sword, has
dispelled the demon and recovered the artifact
from which it gained power -- a ring given once
by Basho Genji to his Isparian teacher, Murasaki
Tanka. Here, Alka al-Rudraz is unconscious after
the removal of the demon.
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After a short
chase, Alka al-Rudraz threw herself from a nearby
mountain, thus killing herself.
It is rumored that
the Gharun cult captures and corrals unfortunate
souls and street urchins for the purpose of
possessing them with assassin demons. If true,
then Alka may have known what her purpose had
been, and may out of honor or shame taken her own
life.
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Akemi (right) soon
joined Pew (middle), and the two traveled to Lin
to present the ring to Basho Genji (left). Genji
was both elated and distrubed. He had given the
ring to Murasaki Tanka many years ago, and the
teacher had never removed it. Perhaps, Genji
feared, Murasaki Sensei has perished.
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