Based on what I wrote in my first post, I am proposing the following relationships with Kenji:
1) Kayo: Kenji has seen her before, and was mesmerized by her beauty. I don't think they have had a romantic relationship, but certainly not because Kenji was uninterested. The current status of the relationship is that he thinks of her often, but is too ashamed of himself, his missing arm, and his rough/dirty existence (he was once a valued general and warrior and had many opportunities with geishas, but now he is a lone wolf, haunted by a demon and scraping together a horrible existence in the mountains).
2) Satoshi: some time ago, Satoshi and Kenji met in battle. Was Satoshi a ninja back then or was he a rival warrior for a daimyo who challenged Kenji's daimyo? Perhaps my assumption that Kenji would recognize Satoshi is wrong if he was a secretive ninja the whole time. If so, I can alter my narrative.
3) Genji: My narrative had the big sumo being carried up the mountain road on a palanquin (I saw Genji as important and valued, and also large enough that a long hike up a mountain might be taxing). I didn't put Kayo and Genji together, but that would/could happen easily enough. As far as Genji/Kenji, I'll roll for it...we don't know each other.
4) Tomoe: Rolling for it...result: we don't know each other.
5) Ikari: I wrote that Kenji saved Ikari's life once and there's a blood debt owed, but Kenji is willing to forgive it if Ikari will provide food, coin, info and hopefully more laughs (I presume Ikari has a sense of humor but I need to let the player decide that!).
My scene is written in such a way that it's when all the characters are converging on the abandoned mountain temple at roughly the same time. The temple is part of the area that Kenji has been living a scrappy life after being "revived" by a demon, who is slowly making him lose his mind.
OOC:
GM, I'll let you decide how much of my original narrative is "canon" when set next to the others. We might need your direction to ensure we don't have too many conflicting scenarios.
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