Re: Rice Run
(OOC Due to the nature of our culture and superstitions, up the literal yin-yang...
Sahudese get -4 to their IQ's instead of the -6, other races default to, in their own cultures. So, time to rock and most importantly, roll!)
07:03, Today: Chye Isuel rolled 8 using 3d6. IQ ~ 12-4 (8 or less) .
Chye recognizes the symbol and the particular Kami, it represents.
He lowers his polearm, and parleys:
"Priest of Hou Ji! We're from the village yonder, and it's been under control of the wicked baron's men who make free with our women, and extort our people. We represent the Omo Sakemoko, back in Northport, and we're supporting the uprising! Two dozen men attacked the village, but we drove them off, captured their leader, and they fled into these wood. We're tracking them now, and plan to capture or kill the lot of them to buy us more time. Do you know these wood, can you help us? Am Chye Iseul. 蔡 이슬 *Mountain Dew*
Chye's great grandfather is the dragon "Chye Cháyè" 蔡 茶葉*Mountain Tea Leaf*, the grandson of the half-dragon,
Chye Wu 蔡 武 *Mountain Warrior*,
and the son of Master Chye Xiāo 蔡 霄 *Mountain Cloud*
Chye is a Youxia, and we are known as the Lóng Hòuyì." 龍後裔 *Dragon Descended* +1
(+2 with dragonkind, and associated groups)
within the Jianghu.
*In the jianghu, martial artists are expected to be loyal to their master (sifu). This gives rise to the formation of several complex trees of master-apprentice relations as well as the various sects such as Shaolin and Wudang. If there are any disputes between fighters, they will choose the honorable way of settling their issues through fighting in duels, and tournaments.
A common aspect of the jianghu is that the courts of law are dysfunctional and that all disputes and differences (within the community) can only be resolved by members of the community, through the use of mediation, negotiation or force, predicating the need for the code of xia and acts of chivalry. Law and order within the jianghu are maintained by the various orthodox and righteous sects and heroes. Sometimes these sects may gather to form an alliance against a powerful evil organization in the jianghu.
The following description focuses more on the martial arts aspect of "jianghu", its well-established social norms, and its close relation with "wulin".
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A leader, called the "wulin mengzhu" (武林盟主; lit. "master of the wulin alliance"), is elected from among the sects in order to lead them and ensure law and order within the jianghu. The leader is usually someone with a high level of mastery in martial arts and a great reputation for righteousness who is often involved in some conspiracy and/or killed. In some stories, the leader may not be the greatest martial artist in the jianghu; in other stories, the position of the leader is hereditary. The leader is an arbiter who presides and adjudicates over all inequities and disputes. The leader is a de jure chief justice of the affairs of the jianghu.*
This message was last edited by the player at 11:30, Thu 21 May 2020.