Bushimaru! Man, the PC's have really pissed him off now. They have retreated to their airaship to gather their strength in ready to face the Orc Dragon Bushimaru.

 

Bushimaru heals up before making the attempt to attack the ship. Okuryutsume. his katana, is giving him the power to transform into a Dragon. So in essence, his name is Okurytsume Bushimaru.

 

The Brimstone goes to battle stations. And lifts off. Alchemical Engines going to full blast. Half a mile away, you see an Imperial Forrest Dragon (Okuryu Bushimaru) rise from the ruins.

 

First thing you notice is that as gargantuan as the dragon was, he moved with incredible speed in the air.

Bushimaru is smarter than your average bear. He knows a frontal assault against the airship's broadside is not the wisest thing to do. To that end, he will fly high and attack from behind or from the front.

 

The most the Airship can turn in one round is 90 degrees with a turn about manuver.

 

Bushimaru can fly 250ft in one move action. Range incriments of the cannons are 100ft. Maximum range is 500 ft? 1000ft? 500ft for touch AC, 1000ft for AC. So in theory, if they dont ready an action to fire (which they may) Bushimaru can charge directly to the ship's deck from 500 ft.

 

If they do ready an action, as in hold fire before he gets there, Bushimaru will circle around as one move action, then charge (double move) from behind and above to the deck.

Once Bushimaru makes it onto the deck, he will wipe out any nobodies that are on the deck with his breath weapon and lands on the deck. He imeidiatly puts up his frightful presence. which affects everyone within 300ft... (everyone on the ship)

 

Once Cain enters the picture, the deadly dragon will hessitate for a second.

Residential District

Temple District

Farming District

Artisan District

Merchantile district

Military district

Government district

 

Gordo - Government

Leeah - Temple

Luna - Merchentile

Derk - Farming

Sanosuke - Military

Kavar - Residential

Cain - Artisan District

"You are using Crane Style..." Bushimaru speaks in his Deep Dragon Voice.

 

"So you are Cain... Yet, you choose to ally with these cretins, and not your bretheren?"

 

"What does your master, Mark have to say about this?"

 

Mark is dead.

 

"[Destroyed]?" Bushimaru responds, "Not likely."

 

"So... you are no longer affiliated with that traitor to Mortal Achievement."

 

Traitor?

 

"Tell me, Crane Style Monk; are you familliar of a power called Ki?"

 

"And tell me, do you yourself use Ki as part of your art form?"

 

No.

 

"That is because Mark has held onto the Secrets of Ki from you and all of your bretheren Cain."

 

"Long ago, back in my homeland, Mark stole the secrets to Crane Style, along with the secrets to the mystical energy Ki, after betraying his masters and fellow students. He twited the art into his own personal tool."

"Cain, as powerful as you are now, you would be much stronger with the knowllege of Ki. THat is why Mark kept it from his followers. He would not be able to controll you if you did."

 

"However, if what you say is true, and Mark is indeed destroyed... The knowlledge of Ki may have been destroyed with him."

 

...

 

"Unless..." Bushimaru ponders. "Hmmm..."

 

Bushimaru turns to you.

 

"I could use one of talents such as yourself, Cain. It looks like Hanoku has done something intelligent after all, allying himself with you."

 

"Come with me to the Artisan District. I have something to show you."

 

um...?

 

"I am assuming you do not want me to kill the lot of you. I am of course assuming you all have atleast a minor intelligence level to comprehend this. So you will humor me and escort me to the Artisan District."

The Tribe that dwelled within the Artisan district give Bushimaru a wide birth, almost as if they encountered him before. The tribes folk say that even their goddess is afraid of Bushimaru.

 

Bushimaru leads you towards the spire.

You get to the Ziggarat where the Apire is located, and you notice the tribes people are staying away from it. When they see you approch they give you caution and tell you that there are unwelcomed visitors upon the spire.

 

You see about a dozen humans standing around the spire at the top of the Ziggerrat. They were all dressed identical to Cain, and had a very similar apearance. Bushimaru didn't flinch, and continued walking up the stairs to the spire.

 

"Cain..." one of the monks speaks

 

"You betrayed our master!" "You betrayed us."

 

"He did nothing of the sort." Bushimaru speaks up unexpectedly. "Your master was a fraud. He sold you to the Lyndhurst Trading Corporation. Cain here will be your new master."

 

"Cain?" "You must be joking." "Sure he is skilled but he is not fit to lead us. Only Master Mark was."

 

"Step up to the spire, Cain." Bushimaru wispers to you. "Do not embarrass me and screw this up. Place your hand upon the spire."

 

Bushimaru speaks up, "Step aside!" as he transforms into his Dragon Form.

 

The monks part ways allowing you to pass.

 

As you place your hand upon the spire, Bushimaru starts speaking an encantation.

 

The spire lights up along with you, surrounding in magical energy. You feel your very soul lift out of your body and follow the energy shooting out of the Spire into the sky.

 

You see the world bellow you. You see it turning in all of its beauty. You then see it start to turn the opposite way. Faster and faster, you realize the sun is also moving. It's as if time itself was rewinding.

 

A flash of light and the world bellow you is very different than what you remember it. Even the stars are different.

 

Everything slows again, and time resumes, and you feel yourself falling. As the new landmass of this strange world comes upon you, you notice you are falling towards some sort of peninsula.

 

You find yourself floating above rolling hills. Your attention shifts to a man on one of the summits.

 

He is dressed in orange robes. He is practicing his form upon the mountain summit. Flawless execution. You recognize the form to be that of Crane Style. After a period of time you are not quite sure, you see him practicing a new form you have never seen before. As he moves fluidly like water, you notice he is affecting the very surroundings. The wind stills, and rocks and blades of grass float off the ground. As you witness this form, you take it in. In his final strike with his form he blows apart a rock that was infront of him by punching just short of it.

 

As he repeats the form, you feel yourself, bodyless following his forms. You are not sure how many times you do this, but you feel the power of the form flow through you. A new feeling that you have never fealt before runs through your soul. The power of the very lifeforce itself. Ki.

 

You wake up it seems. You are again infront of the spire, and you find that you have just performed this new form infront of everyone, who was no longer paying attention to the massive Dragon upon them but to you.

To everyone else's perspective, you just witnessed Cain perform the most beautiful works of art in the form of martial kada. His body movments were magical. The Spire had quieted down.

 

"As you can see," Bushimaru spoke, breaking the magical moment, "He IS your new master."

 

After a moment, Bushimaru Speaks again.

 

"His tutoring will have to wait though, come with me Cain... Bring your cretin friends with you."

He takes you within view of the Airship.

 

"That craft you stoll from the Lyndhurst Trading Corporation."

 

"You may think that you are unbeatable with that thing... but the Corporation have hundreds more of those monstrocities of Technology. They are using them to enforce their will over the entire world. They own almost the entire world. Over the past three hundred years, they have been slowly taking over the world, not by war, but through money. And now that they have amassed such an empire they plan on taking over the rest with their superior force. They are doing as much back in my homeland. If things continue to progress like they are now, there will soon be no free place to live in the world. You will be forced to work for the Corporation or die."

 

"Corporate Owned Imperialism... Atleast in my Nation, people had the ability to forge thier own destinies to an exent. Now they wage a loosing war to fight for that individualistic dream. As Powerful as I am, I do not have the power to fight such an industrial beast on my own. That is why I came here. To Saventh Yhi. A place untouched by society in over ten thousand years. I thought perhaps there might be something here in this mystical lost city that can combat this force."

 

"You have sampled the power of this island. This Island is more than a relic from a lost time. It sits in a unique place in the world. You witnessed a memory, a dream from over ten thousand years ago, and gained power from it."

 

"And with it, are able to now gain support from an otherwise hostile faction. There is so much potential in these spires. So much memory."

 

"Each Spire corrisponds to the district it is in. This is the Artisan district, so the memory it unlocked is one of art in the most abstract form. The other Six spires have their own incantations, powers and memories."

 

"I only knew of this place because of the ancient records in the library in my home city. It is a very old city, with its own history, and likely one of the few places left in the world that contain references to this city and its power. Even as vast and as old as that library is, its knowlledge is still limited."

 

"I haven't been on this island long enough to dicifer every spire. Just the Artisan. I was in the middle of research in the Government District when your friends so rudly interupted me."

"But to bring it back on point... Lyndhurst is on the verge of owning the world. After my home Nation, the only thing left for it to conquor is the new world, the Outer Continent. They already have a head start on their presence here with cities like Steampoint. But there still is a chance to gather up enough support to combat this menace. I see little choice unless you want to give up your freedom."