"I have seen it, its eyes glimmers yellow like that of a dying sun. It wears a broken straw hat of a fallen ronin, wielding the bow of a demon. All it did was stare directly at me, and vanish into the shadows. Out of all the wretched fiends I've come across, this encounter was by far the most dangerous."
-Hiroyasu Haruma
Biography
Most who have lived in the city for most of their lives know that the sentiment puppet bunraku of the Tatsu clan are vicious stalkers that hunt those who dare oppose the shogunate. They can chase down their target from miles away while sending pure terror down someone's spine. However, they're some who know the weaknesses to these assassins and found a way to counter their attacks and dismantle them. The ronin who fought off these hunters inspired an entire village into starting a rebellion against the samurai lords who sought to use the means of assassination to silence their people.
What was thought to be a massive uprising for the people of Tekkan instantly became a false dream of a poor villager. Overnight, the ronin and their followers had gathered in secret to plan their defense against the bunraku siege threatened by the shogunate early that day. But at the time of the invasion, the ronin saw no hunter, no soldier, no weapon outside their village walls. This suspicious lack of presence was the last thing to be reported before an arrow was found between the eyes of each ronin the next day. Trembling in fear, the one survivor who was left unscathed swore to not witness nor hear a single arrow being released into someone's skull. Each kill was done so precisely and swiftly, that no one could possibly trace the origins of the attacker. After this lethal raid, no personal belonging was confiscated, no building was set aflame, and no Tatsu soldier to police the area was to be seen. Whoever organized this attack must've done this for no other reason than to inject fear into the town's people back into their place in this new age of Tekkan.
Bunrakus
Trivia
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The hat Takumi wears is a Kasa, a hat commonly worn by ronin.
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Takmui obtaining this hat suggests he got it from the ronin he assassinated, worn to preserve his face and resemble the fierce ronin that easily fell victim to his arrows, so none would dare challenge the shogunate.
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Takumi bow isn't attachable but is completely built into his arm.
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The murder that erupted the popularity of Takumi's urban legend involved an arrow that was reported shot through 10 windows, 15 tight crevices, and finally through a man's eye from over a quarter a mile away.
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Takumi is the only being in Tatsu that Haruma; the steel-fist demon, fears.
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Not to get confused with Yokosubi; the only fighter to ever best Haruma in combat. Unlike Takumi, Haruma does not fear Yokosubi but instead respects him for the great spar Haruma long waited for.
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The rumors of a ritual to summon Takumi was quickly spread across the city until it was proven to be a hoax.
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