[OOC] General

No worries, I was pretty clear I didn't need a background write up from anyone, in the spirit of OSR which leans towards emergent play (let the details come out as the story develops), rather than have a fully developed history.

So in Ikari's case, I started with your key feature: a bakuto with high thievery and pickpocketing, to suggest he would be a skilled member of a gang. There could certainly be factions between different gang, or clearly defined turfs. What you do next might reveal some of that. I implied the curse might be affecting his ability to do his job, but intentionally left the details blank (maybe it's just bad luck, or maybe the curse is getting worse, maybe Ikari might finally want to figure out why this is happening). I can follow up with some directions on your thread once you've had a chance to post an initial response first.

As for PCs already knowing each other, I have a suggestion for that too! Check out my table in the Character Creation thread! If you've aleady written something, we can always retcon a little if necessary, it's early days yet.

Just in case it is hard to keep track of where everyone's starting locations are:

Ikari, Kayo, Satoshi are all about to travel out of Heian, the former capital. Ikari is seeking to shake his current misfortune. Kayo is trying to avoid a vindictive enemy. Satoshi needs to find his contact.

Kenji revived in an abandoned temple, unsure why strange activities are afoot.

Genji is about to leave his temple in search of, enlightenment?

Tomoe, as befitting a ronin, is on the road, in this case the mountain road.

That said, I realise that some of us have written up a starting narrative that puts everyone together already. We can do that too, though that'll fast forward through your individual threads, and I wasn't about to resort to the classic reunion among friends at an inn as a starting point. May I recommend instead we let your meetings emerge as the starter threads unfold?

New posts incoming! Taking a moment to juggle all your starting propositions to that they all make sense as a whole. Especially with a bunch of suggestions flying around.

Jomsviking, I'll get to your submission in a moment as well. For consistent thematic flavour, how about a japanese-inspired name for your character?

You'll find that that's exactly what Jiggedy's character (who owns war armour) would understand if he walked anywhere wearing his armour. (We're not playing japanese-flavoured D&D!)