This is my first Solo quest.
Hollow is the pit in my heart.

What is the point of going on like this?

The sun was high in the Akashiman sky as in bathed the sprawling Yukon district with a warming glow. It was a relatively peaceful day and the hustle and bustle of the streets filled the air with sounds of activity. There was a strong smell of fresh baked goodies that tantalized the nostrils of all that walked through the marketplace. All seemed well in the world on the surface but the young lord of the Amatsukami house knew all that would change soon.

Hayate had just returned from Radasanth and him meeting with Shinsou Osiris. Though life returned to how it was the young lord knew it wouldn’t last. He instructed his subordinates and entourage to covertly begin the preparations needed to start their journey to Whitevale. There was a bit of pushback on behalf of Hayate’s siblings to stay in their ancestral home but in the end Hayate convinced them that it would be their best option. The young lord couldn’t continue to lace the pockets of the Shogun anymore when there were such more worthy wars to fight.

The day carried on into mid-afternoon as Hayate sat in his chambers meditating the gravity of his next move as leader of the Amatsukami. Shinsou Osiris and the Brotherhood greatly outclassed the military might of Akashima by nearly double and offered the Amatsukami a lofty sum to gain their support. Even still it would mean that the assets they have occurred thought the generations wouldn’t need to move across all of Corone. This would include all their servants, livestock and the large sum of gold and coal he had stockpiled in the vaults deep underneath their compound.

That is, if the Shogun didn’t kill them all first.

Hiruzen was a man who ran Akashima through fear and backroom politics. This was something that Hayate knew quite well as he negotiated on behalf of his clan a number of times. It wouldn’t be hard to justify calling him a monster among men, and it gave Hayate great shame to have put up with his bullshit for as long as he did. But with the words of encouragement given to him by his new Lord, Shinsou Osiris, the young master had the confidence he needed to stand up for the sake of his clan and abandon this life that had been forced to live for so very long.

All that was left to do now was leave under the cover of night and prey for the best. Hayate was more than capable of defending himself against and resistance they might encounter but as for his caravan this could go either way. Was this going to be the worst decision of the young lords life, only time would tell.