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Forging through the autumn leaves,

A calling stag:

When I hear his voice I feel,

There is this one concept art image (or however it is called) of a giant and weird goshinboku.

Chapters: 7/? Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Ryuzo/Jin Sakai Characters: Jin Sakai, Ryuzo (Ghost of Tsushima), Masako Adachi, Yasunari Adachi, Sadanobu Ishikawa, Yuna (Ghost of Tsushima), Tomoe (Ghost of Tsushima), Lord Shimura (Ghost of Tsushima) Additional Tags: Jin saves Kazumasa on Iki, and things aren’t necessarily better, but at least Ryuzo becomes a samurai, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Minor Character Death, as usual, It’s pretty dark, not really darker than the game but still, Established Relationship, but also flashbacks to when it wasn’t, at the root of it there is some, Hurt/Comfort, Iki Island Spoilers, some but it takes place on Tsushima for now Summary:

“So, what’s your sword’s name?” Ryuzo asked.

“Tempest’s End,” Jin replied.

There was something ominous about the fact that Jin was calling it that, considering that Lord Sakai’s, his father’s, sword was called The Storm.

Sequel is supposed to be the Iki part. Which is mostly the point of it all lol. But of course with the level of detail in the backstory and everything else, I don't see how it could have started on Iki right away. I think some of the things that happened or happen in this fic are out of left field enough without trying to infodump them on people while already on Iki.