Battle of the Rolling Waves

A bushi of the Mantis Clan named Nakano was placed in charge of trade arrangement between his clan and the Yasuki family traders of the Crab Clan. The trade would involve artifacts from the Ivory Kingdoms. Nakano was an honorable man and he felt distaste for disobeying the edit that the Emperor put forth regulating the trade of such items.

He arrived at the trade site and refused to do business because the Yasuki demanded a higher price then was agreed upon. Returning to his ship he found it occupied my magistrates. He admitted to everything to keep the dishonor from reaching his lord. He was stripped of name and clan but found a way to escape with his crew before execution.

He disappeared only to appears years later in a suprise assult against the Yasuki traders who had betrayed him. The Yasuki where caught completely by suprise and were unable to fight back. Though outnumbered, Nakano's, forces were victorious and sank all but the leaders vessel. This man who was spared was the one who had betrayed Nakano.

Nakano strapped the merchant to the mast of the ship and sent it sailing into the maw of the Great Sea Spider. Nakano now sails the seas shaving ships form pirates and is cecretly considered a sacred ancestor amoung the mantis today. (Wolf p. 44-45)