Wade Garrett
Just trying to do the right thing
- Pronouns
- He/His/Him
[X] The Geisha
[X] The Actor
[X] The Speaker
[X] The Actor
[X] The Speaker
Killing with Silence (L5R/Exalted)
- Thread starter Maugan Ra
- Start date
- Crossover
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
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[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Merchant. Money is filthy in the eyes of samurai, commerce a wretched necessity best left to peasants. They do not see what you see, as you travel across the land. They do not know what you know, gleaned from friends and debtors in a hundred minor towns. They do not hear the people weep, safe in their perfumed castles as they are, but you do... and you intend to do something about it. (No Moon)
Revolution? Revolution!
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Merchant. Money is filthy in the eyes of samurai, commerce a wretched necessity best left to peasants. They do not see what you see, as you travel across the land. They do not know what you know, gleaned from friends and debtors in a hundred minor towns. They do not hear the people weep, safe in their perfumed castles as they are, but you do... and you intend to do something about it. (No Moon)
Revolution? Revolution!
- Location
- Before the Ninth Gate
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
mothematics
How wide is the concept of "you"?
- Location
- the bottom of a coffee cup
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] The Speaker.
As per ES.
[X] The Geisha.
Because geisha rock. Duh.
As per ES.
[X] The Geisha.
Because geisha rock. Duh.
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
Revlid got me.
We must be the Iaijutsu Yak.
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
Acceptable.
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
Is also Iaijutsu Yak
Revlid got me.
We must be the Iaijutsu Yak.
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
Acceptable.
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
Is also Iaijutsu Yak
[X] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Merchant. Money is filthy in the eyes of samurai, commerce a wretched necessity best left to peasants. They do not see what you see, as you travel across the land. They do not know what you know, gleaned from friends and debtors in a hundred minor towns. They do not hear the people weep, safe in their perfumed castles as they are, but you do... and you intend to do something about it. (No Moon)
[X] The Broker. No one notices the servant cleaning halls, the gardener pruning flowers, the farmer planting rice. The common folk see much and hear more, and in the quiet hours they pass what they know to you, in exchange for coin and what protection you have it within your power to give. You will keep them safe, all of them, for as long as you can... even if you have to bleed every samurai in Rokugan to see it done. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Merchant. Money is filthy in the eyes of samurai, commerce a wretched necessity best left to peasants. They do not see what you see, as you travel across the land. They do not know what you know, gleaned from friends and debtors in a hundred minor towns. They do not hear the people weep, safe in their perfumed castles as they are, but you do... and you intend to do something about it. (No Moon)
- Location
- United States
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
[X] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
[X] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
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- Location
- The Netherlands
i really don't want to get haunted by the people we murder
Emy
Artificial Defender
Just murder them again, I guess? nbd
Hmmm. You know, if we are blessed by lord Moon, does that mean we basically outrank the Samurai in their own system? We would not rely on that to shelter us, of course. We want to tear the system down. But it would be hilarious to point that out to them.
[X] The Speaker.
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
- Location
- UK
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
SirLagginton
Shadow Cabal Caerbannog Bun-Bun
- Location
- Arrrghhh
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
[X] The Bandit Chief - They made you who you are. When the great armies of the Clans marched to war, when they spilled each other's blood for honour and glory, it was your people who paid the price. Your children conscripted, your harvest stolen, your village sacked and burned. You turned to banditry to survive, but it is the thought of revenge that keeps you warm at night. Now you have the chance to seize it. (Full Moon)
- Location
- London, England
Being blessed by the Moon puts you in a really weird position in Rokugan's social hierarchy, because on the one hand Onnotangu is unquestionably one of the very highest among the gods... and on the other hand his role in their creation myth is "divine tyrant who ate his own children and had to be faced in righteous combat by the First Emperor".
So anyone named as his Chosen would probably slot into the rough role of "powerful, high ranking emissary of your most fearsome enemy". Someone to be respected, but not anyone a moral samurai would find themselves wanting to obey.
Ah, but the best thing is that your average Rokugani samurai has probably brutally and callously murdered far more people than our protagonist.
Our solution therefore is to enable J-horror scenarios from vengenceful spirits against the samurai of Rokugan, who by and large 100% have the Grudge coming.
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
So many good options. So many.
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[X] The Shinobi. For a peasant to strike down a samurai means death for that peasant's entire family. But when a shinobi does it, what evidence is left? When a ghost slips into town and cuts the throat of a corrupt magistrate, or burns the home of a cruel lord, or reclaims the tax shipment that a village needs to survive, who do you blame? Ninja, after all, do not exist. (Full Moon)
[X] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
So many good options. So many.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[x] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
[x] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
[x] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[x] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
My picks are all over the place...
[x] The Geisha. By law and custom, you do not exist, a non-person who simply happens to talk and think. Because you are not real, it is no disgrace for a samurai to display emotion in your presence, to take delight in your music and admire your beauty... to confide in your their fears. It is a fragile kind of power, but it is yours, and it is all that you have. (Changing Moon)
[x] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
[x] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
My picks are all over the place...
Winged Knight
Still just a crazy man with a wolf on his head
- Location
- Texas
[X] The Ronin. You are a samurai without a lord, a contradiction that many see as a violation of the natural order. The nobles of the Clans see you as little better than dirt, the farmers fear you have come to take what they have made, the merchants hand you filthy coin and revel in their power, but you... you are free, as no one else can be, and you will never give it up. (Full Moon)
What's not to love about being a walking contradiction within your society? I think there's fertile ground to explore here.
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
Religious worship in the Emerald Empire has always been something I've enjoyed digging into.
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
This is just fascinating. A peasant Shugenja who wasn't adopted by one of the Clans? That's certainly likely to create fun interactions.
What's not to love about being a walking contradiction within your society? I think there's fertile ground to explore here.
[X] The Monk. Born a peasant, you were given to the monastery at a young age, and though you walk the land and tend to the spiritual needs of the people you find yourself increasingly doubting the wisdom of what you teach. Can it truly be holy, to bow before the sword? Can there be anything sacred in upholding an order that cares more for birth than virtue? And if not... what are you going to do about it? (No Moon)
Religious worship in the Emerald Empire has always been something I've enjoyed digging into.
[X] The Speaker. The dead are no strangers to you, for you see them whenever you close your eyes. They tell you their secrets, teach you their magic, protect you from your foes. In exchange, you pass on their wishes to the living and tend to the places where they died. It is blasphemy for any not of the samurai caste to do as you do, but what of it? You will not let the law stand in the way of what is right. (No Moon)
This is just fascinating. A peasant Shugenja who wasn't adopted by one of the Clans? That's certainly likely to create fun interactions.