While they would distract the credulous and superstitious people of the Emerald Empire, a more discreet assassin would stealthily complete the murder. Each murder was specially gruesome, and no trace of the assassin was left behind.Īs soon as the illusion was gaining momentum, low-ranking Scorpion spies began dressing in black clothes and provoking "ninja sightings" all over Rokugan. These "ninja" were said to be the power behind the wave of deaths that followed, of every person that was responsible for the death of Aramoro. The men faked their own deaths out of respect for their dead master, and then used dark magics to transform their bodies and souls into shadow itself. According to the legend, the ghost of Bayushi Aramoro appeared to them, urging the group to gain revenge for his death and the destruction of the Scorpion spy network. That group called themselves "the ninja" (which was most probably the first use of the term). The Scorpion spread rumors of a group of ninja that didn't obey Hantei X's order.
Instead, he planned together with the daimyo of the Shosuro, Soshi, and Yogo families, and decided to charge Shosuro Nodage with the mission of creating a false conspiracy that would divert the attention from the real operations of the Scorpion.
The Ninja Myth Įven though Bayushi Hajioki was ordered to dismantle the network, he didn't obey that order. Since his time, the ninja have been considered extinct in the Emerald Empire. The order was given, and many ninja, including Hajioki's own brother Bayushi Aramoro, committed seppuku. When these reached the ears of the Emperor, he ordered the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Hajioki to dismantle the network. Attempt at Elimination ĭuring the rule of Hantei X the Otomo family, jealous of the role of the Bayushi ninja network (whose functions overlapped theirs) started a campaign of rumors. The Scorpion spies began paying geisha and actors to teach them acting and make up techniques in order to give them the "invisibility" they would need.
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Once they learned how to move, they began to learn how to climb. Once a servant learned how to watch and listen, they began to learn how to move at night without being detected. The Scorpion Clan gave gold to a wiling servant and told them to watch, listen and remember.
Bayushi accepted and the Emperor's spy network was born, they were known as the ninja. Hantei told he wished him to organize an order of spies, but if his trust was betrayed Bayushi's line would be erased. Creation Īfter Fu Leng's defeat Hantei turned to Bayushi and requested him to create a system of gathering information from the other clans to ensure his dynasty's tenure on the Throne. Ninja were considered eta, and therefore non-persons.
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