In Service of the Empire

Chapter 1 Dark Tides

The tide slowly washes in. The harbor is quiet. There are only the sounds of inhaled smoke and exchanged coins, of deals made and crimes excused. What happens here, we keep as secrets. The tide slowly washes out. The stains remain.   An investigation in the strange and obscure town of Taimana Choryu, or Slow Tide Harbor, that the parculiar Tortoise Clan Governs. The Emerald Magistrates arrive to investigate the disapperance of an opium addicted samurai.