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Post by Asako Chisato on May 19, 2014 21:38:19 GMT
Hello!
This thread is intended to be educational. But I wanted to help answer the question: what happens when a good samurai gets tainted?
Being tainted is not illegal, harboring the taint and keeping it a secret -is-. There is no known cure for the taint, only means to prevent its spread and growth. But once its done, its done. There is no going a back.
Now, what does a good samurai do when he knows he has become tainted? Does he kill himself? Maybe. Only if the shame is too unbearable. In the crab, it is a common occurrence, they are less likely to seppuku. Insteada good samurai turns himself in to the Kuni, who are the undisputed masters of the taint. They keep records of all known samurai who are tainted regardless of what clan you are in!
If Akodo jimbob, Isawa Ryu, and Moto Ken all get tainted, they each turn themselves in to the kuni. The kuni add them to the list and act like a "parole officer" they issue jade pedal tea to those who are tainted but not over the edge into the darkness. They keep close tabs on all who are on their registry.
They also keep a -very- close eye on jade pedal tea. This drink helps to stem the growth of the taint, and serves no other purpose. If one wished to be a bad samurai and keep a dirty little secret and try to suppress their taint with jade pedal tea, the kuni would know!
What does this mean for Nozomi? The kuni know she is tainted, and they are the only legal source of jade pedal tea in the empire.
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Bayushi Satomi
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Post by Bayushi Satomi on May 19, 2014 22:12:21 GMT
Totally agreed, in a technical sense. However, the perception of what is going on is of course guided by what one knows, feels, and believes,then sometimes what a character says or thinks about both subjects does not match with what the metagame and "Rokugan lore" say.
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Post by Asako Chisato on May 19, 2014 22:24:36 GMT
oh yes, I am aware that Te -might- be getting "bad" advice. But I wanted to make sure he knew what was up, I got the impression he was new to l5r
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Bayushi Satomi
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Post by Bayushi Satomi on May 19, 2014 22:34:35 GMT
Oh, c'mon, how bad is to kidnap a very tainted person who happens to be the wife of one of the most important persons in the Empire?
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