The Smoking Serpents are a small group of outlawed mercenaries led and financed by Seigun traditionalist Lady Anju, who congregated the group along with the ronin Ryusuke to protect exploited villages in Otsuhama from the Murosawa Stag Riders in 3124 RH. After achieving victory with great sacrifice and little reward, the group returned to the Sashimi Restaurant owned by the founding members, Ryusuke and his hired guard, Kasamatsu. The resturant; the Crying Carp, in reality was a front business to conceal the actual living spaces of the Smoking Serpents as well as the giant body of Waradashi.

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The original founding members consisted of Lady Anju, daughter of a deceased Seigun Clan. Ryusuke, an exiled Seigun who turned to scavenging lost Seigun artifacts. Kasamatsu, the loyal kunoichi sworn to Ryusuke. Nioh, the rash thief who later proved himself to the group. Yo Yong Ho, the foreign monk who found himself trapped in Tekkan after the Shogun shut down all entrances and exits from the country. Waradashi/Haradashi, the heavy, indestructible bunraku who was built as a weapon of war for the shogunate. And Hiro, the undying maniac who practically forced himself into the Smoking Serpents and was later accepted for his unyielding heart.

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While currently working as hired anonymous mercenaries for the defenseless. Lady Anju hopes to one day expand the Smoking Serpents into an army to match the shogun’s, where she can fulfill her purpose and reinstate Seigun Law.

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