Jujukoro's Dojo

A master of martial arts called Jujukoro had been travelling the Islands for some two millenia. A rare elf, he spent fifteen hundred years perfecting his ultimate art, Tenken Chouhou Koryu. It was a system of mastering ones self and taught the student to be ready for any situation and able to adapt to it just as fast. He had only taught one student thus far, a promising young man known as Jisuru.

Three years after the end battle of the Period of the Warring States, Master Jujukoro and his student Jisuru founded a martial arts dojo on the Southern Island of Futagoshuu. It drew fighters and monks and warriors from dozens of prefectures, all across the Islands. Any who could spare the money to make it to the dojo did. Legends and rumors about the mighty powers of the Tenken Chouhou Koryu school abounded.

Among those attending the Dojo were Hikitsukeru Jinji and Kankyo An'ya. Things at the dojo became increasingly dificult and the the students dropped out rapidly. The town below was booming with business, taking care and feeding the students.

Jinji and An'ya didn't at first choose to acknowledge each other because of how painful the memories were. Eventually, they became aquainted with a young shaman named Shintaku Takusen, a young Spirit Clan girl named Chirikun, A blade dancer named Miko Homikaido, A Crab Clan man named Ishikengo, and a Lion Clanmen named Tenkirai.

Intreguies between the powerful students in the town became more frequent and dangerous. Jinji became embroiled in a fight between his fellow Crane Clanmen and the Crab Clan after some of his fellows had murdered them in their sleep. More students dropped out.

During a sparing match, a man appeared, and slayed his sparing partner before the eyes of the entire dojo. Jinji and An'ya recognized him from the Period of the Warring States. Zunshu was sent away from the dojo and before anyone could catch him, he had gone.

Not long after that, Jujukoro dissapeared. His student erected a monument to him and the dojo closed as the ships of the new Akako Rebellion appeared and landed on the other side of the island.

Jinji and An'ya, Chirikun, Takusen, Miko and many others fled on boats and left for safer lands, their training in Tenken Chouhou Koryu unfinished.