[x] Not only were the Soshuro in the castle largely subverted (explaining readily how my spies had failed) but that they had begun to take the Shadow Brand mark once again, in defiance of my orders and common sense.
[X] There was an assassination attempt planned, not on the Emperor, the Seppun were expecting it, and perhaps more importantly had brought a small army of guards to prevent it. No the assassins wanted my head with the intent to frame the act on a radical member of the Crane.
[X] Against my hopes, and confirming my dark suspicions, Bayushi Atsuki had not died that day in the Shadowed Tower, and yet lived, under the guise of a number of ronin, that all appeared to have a different faces, somehow...