The eagles are the eyes and ears of the Tengu, creating a potent early warning system should the enemy be foolish enough to climb into the snowy peaks of the Rokan. With beaks as sharp as steel and attacking with practised co-ordination, gouging and clawing down on the intruders, striking at weaknesses in the armour and exposed flesh. — description from...
The outcast, an iconoclast once shunned by the Tengu, his wings clipped by the elders for crimes unclear. The Kuren Tengu are one of the rarest and the black Kuren even rarer. However the Black Kuren is a portent to a great disaster. Cast out and thought dead, but Hakzabo survived, raised by a hermit hunter. He has become an agile and skilled hunter...
Both Ume and her twin brother Haru show great potential and are so highly regarded by their tutors that they are already spoken of as future Masters. Haru has an affinity for both earth and air, combining them to create an earthen barrier which gives melee protection and cover for his allies. Both however have a lot to learn and they are always prepared to...
Hiretsuna is an oddity amongst the Bakemono, selected by the Council of Shadows at a young age and marked for greatness. The Council have invested heavily in Hiretsuna and when the Kage Kaze Zoku agreed to train him their plans moved one step forward. His race’s natural affinity for subterfuge combined with his practiced skills make him also impossible to...
Hiryu is an Ashigaru hailing from the city of Eddo, distinguished from his fellow Ashigaru in Ryu by the heavier armour he wears. He also skillfully wields the Naginata favoured in the North, rather than the Yari; which is standard issue in Ryu. A life long soldier, Hiryu is a firm believer in rank and file fighting. He understands the ebb and flow of the...
Life for Kaede is just another performance. He learned his trade not in the luck houses but on the streets of Jima. Where acting the part could be the difference between eating or not, a beating or not, living or not. He treats combat like a show, as battle progresses, he works through the three acts of a play, adapting his style for each act in order to...
Description from the publisher: Kuma is the rock on which the water breaks the solid and resilient constant of the Temple. With Bo staff or claw he strikes out and floors foes with swift and brutal strikes. Despite his mass it is difficult to pin him down or outnumber him and with a practiced mediation Kuma can reach out to the roots of the earth to bind...
Whilst the female Shisai perform rituals and tend to Orochi's shrines, the male initiates are the martial arm of the faithful. Instead of blessings of transformation and the ability to channel the Will of Orochi; he has been gifted a serpent companion. Even if Kyou finds himself debilitated his escort fights on unaffected. He also empowers other Shisai...
Matoko fights under the house of the bleeding moon for the Shadow Wind Clan. On the battlefield she is everywhere and nowhere at once. Enemies struggle to keep up with her in melee combat and those that try to retaliate amidst her onslaught often find she has already gone. As deadly as she is beautiful, her face is the last thing many will see....