Recent content by Katakura Ishi

It was quiet in the garden. Peaceful. Servants and attendants hurried past, paying no heed to the foreigner in their midst. The unforgiving sun shone down on the open garden to heat the stone upon which the First Blade sat, eyes closed, back straight, legs folded beneath her. Meditation was...

The port was abuzz with the new day's tidings. Hundreds upon hundreds of sailors, rovers and merchantmen filled the busy port streets. Footpads and messenger boys flitted in-between, like the little birds that nested atop the domed roofs. With one hand on her coin purse and the other upon the...

The Sand Gate was much the same as when she had left. Riding in just before dawn, the First Blade's return was met with silence. The men on duty seemed surprised to see her and her warriors. Disappointed, even. Seluca was healing, slowly but surely, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the...

'That's most kind of you,' Ishi replied, smiling at Rasoul's words. Failing to outfit her people for the harsh climate of Amol-Kalit had been an oversight on her part. It was one she was loathe to repeat. 'About the Ksecun problem... I take it I have your leave to utilize some of your local...

'We have,' Ishi replied, smiling graciously at her Lord. 'As you say, the land surrounding Seluca differs greatly from that of my home... what was my home.' In a rare moment of vulnerability, the First Blade paused as she thought back on the windswept shores of her home. Its rugged beauty was...

Ishi hummed. 'See with your own eyes, hear with your own ears,' she paused, 'and judge with your head, not your heart.' That was the most crucial part. Ishi did not know the Guard-Captain personally. What he was like as a man was of little concern to the First Blade. She had been tasked with...

"He lacks will," Ishi replied, unsure of her Sultan's opinion on the man but knowing he should hear her words regardless. "Time or lack of action has worn him down, dulled the blade of his mind. It seemed to me that Captain Shabin has grown... disillusioned during his tenure as guard...

Smiling to herself, Katakura Ishi shook her head as the Sultan turned down her offer, again. "I do not see how teaching you to defend yourself in my absence can be considered a waste of my time... but have it your way, Lord." Letting her smile wither, the First Blade watched her charge as his...

The First Blade didn't get much time to herself, but when she did, it was mostly spent in practise. Or contemplation. Or rest. Today was one of those rare days where she could accomplish all three, if the True One saw fit to grant her few interruptions. He had been particularly rancorous as of...