• +2 Wis (costs: 4)
• +2 Str (costs: 4)

9 ranks remaining because of possible prestige class requirements

• Improved Unarmed Strike ¹⁾
• Skill Focus (Perform(String))
• Skill Focus (Knowledge(History))
• Dodge
• Improved Initiative
• Run
• Skill Focus (Perform(Sing))
• Weapon training bonus (bows)
• Point-Blank Shot

• Genko
• Elven
• Draconic
• Sylvan
• Undercommon
• Celestial
• Abyssal

• Well-versed
• Versatile Perform(String, Oratory)
• Bardic Performance
• Suggestion

• Bravery
• Weapon and armor proficiency
• Armor training
• Weapon training

• 0th: Ghost Sound, Lullaby, Message, Summon Instrument, Prestidigitation, Dancing Lights
• 1th (5 per day): Charm Person, Disguise Self, Confusion, Lesser, Alarm
• 2nd (4 per day): Silence, Tongues, Heroism, Hold Person

• Dae'run Tallhoof
• Kukichi Kyoraku
• Lilima Lyevala
• Wendele Selu Helevorn-Sedis
• Shunsin Hattori
• Izanagi Yunichi
• Ishimaki Morohira
• Kumiko Hasegawa

• Preparations for the festivity for soleil
  • Theatre during the party
    • kai and asafure (the directors of the play) are split up because of “creative differences”
    • They are invited to perform the play for the court of Wendele
      • They are not aware that they are both invited
      • Both plays were performed
        • Kai had a better sense of aesthetics and diplomatic dialogue writing, however the plot was a bit dull
        • Asafure had a better and more realistic plot, however it was rather offensive and the last part was missing
        • The cultural teacher Nagusa Nishihiro said that it would be better that a traditional play would be performed
        • Yugure asked the playwriters to work together on the play, with Asafure as the main plot writer, and Kai as the dialogue writer and special effects director
        • Yugure wrote musical intermezzos for the play, which might also function as a backup plan
        • Furthermore, a more traditional play might function as a backup plan
        • The writers were asked to have a new version ready by the next day
        • The new combined piece turned out to be eclectic as best, and therefore it was chosen to perform the traditional piece together with Yugures intermezzi consequently
        • The theatre play went well, but was a bit traditional, formal and uninspiring
        • The general setting was quite formal as well
        • Dancing and Yugures intermezzi managed to loosen the crowd up
• Ilfreann disclosed to Yugure where his mother can be found
  • He then has to demonstrate his martial arts to the red tigers, where a noble woman will possibly tell more

• During the Soleil party, an old man came to Yugure and challenged him to perform a tradition-breaking song. Yugure succeeded, and the man gave him information about a better instrument, hidden in the tomb of the previous court bard of the shogun. Furthermore, he added that bringing a party would be “tradition-breaking”, and that he had to be careful for poisons and swords. Finally, he told Yugure about having to complete 3 challenges.
• Yugure asked Lilima, Shunsin and Kukichi to come with him to the tomb in order to find information about the 3 challenges
  • Kukichi had the correct papers to access the tomb
  • The party encountered the ghost of Goro Asawe, which was angered because of the disturbance of his tomb. After a short combat, he was defeated
  • An encrypted scroll was found on the sarcophagus, which they brought back
• Shunsin was able to decode the scroll
  • Defeat the giant Damoto in single combat
  • Shock the imperial princess Reika with a ballad
  • Visit the monastery of Morimaru
  • After that, the choto has to be found somewhere
• Damoto is the guardian of Mount Moro
  • This means that both Kukichi and Daerun might benefit from defeating him
  • Yugure convinced Daerun to accept the challenge of defeating him
• Imperial princess Reika
  • Daughter from the second wife of the emperor
  • 28 years old
  • Not married because picky
  • Rumours:
    • about her being a demon
    • that she is just annoying
• Morimaru
  • Was on Heisei (not anymore)
  • Did sound-based martial arts
  • Stood in the Bashio prefecture
  • Shifu had problems with the shogun, then went away™
  • For more information we went to the previously visited monastery
  • The shifu there could tell us that the last thing he heard Morimaru was in a place without time
  • However, although there is no time on the astral plane, there is also no sound over there, so instead the party decided to go to the ethereal plane instead
  • Kukichi knew some wizard friends who can cast the relevant spells for ethereal plane shifting
  • First the party went to the location of the monastery, where they found the dimensions, and that it really went to the ethereal plane
  • They also found small portals at the location
  • They decided to find one of the wizards in the cities who could help the party travel there
  • Before they go, they put cotton wool in their ears in order to prepare for the sound
  • They cannot be there for longer than 16 minutes
  • When they arrive, they see a lot of mist and hear monks shout loudly in the distance
  • They arrive at the monastery, where monks are practising their katas while shouting
  • They speak to the shifu
    • He tells Yugure that Goro Asawe died because he drowned in a vat of wine
    • He also told him about the weapon-like features of the Choto
    • Furthermore, he warned that the Choto had a curse “not from this plane”
    • Finally, he handed Yugure a scroll in a copper case
  • They then traveled back to the city
  • The scroll says “lies” (ligt)