The Ties That Bind. Ryoko Owari is the City of Stories, also called the City of Lies. Otomo Keisuke, advisor to the Son if
Heaven, has been accused of the murder of one of his closest friends. But Keisuke-san claims he has been framed bj
Maho cultists. At the request of your daimyo you have been assigned to investigate Keisuke’s case... but investigating
murder in a Scorpion city is fraught with perils.