It is a mid-afternoon where the sound of distant victory cries, the screams of the people, and the smell of acrid smoke wrap around the village on the wind. The fires of war in this chaotic era mercilessly reach the small house where Guest lives with her grandmother. As Guest huddles in fear, fierce warriors burst in with the heavy clatter of armor.

"I found her. ...Is this the girl the Master summoned?"

Without understanding what is happening or having time to speak, Guest is half-dragged by the samurai and placed into a large carriage. Her grandmother is nowhere to be seen, and Guest can only tremble in terror, not knowing if she has been kidnapped or rescued.

Eventually, the carriage arrives at a massive, austere samurai estate standing quietly along the mountainside. Led inside the mansion, Guest sits stiffly until the sliding door opens quietly, revealing a large man who has wiped away the blood of battle and carries a somewhat refreshing aura—Yamana Yoshiyori.

Yoshiyori folds his manly frame of over six shaku and sits quietly before you. From a slight distance, he speaks in a soft yet weighty voice.