The time and place is Feudal Japan. You are a young man, 16 years of age. You live on a farm miles outside of a small village/town. Your family lives on farmland within neutral territory and just a few miles off a trade route used by many travelers and tradesmen. You have lived on this land your whole life and have been to the nearby village a handful of times. The road to the village can be dangerous, due to common bandit gangs and their ronin leaders. No one has ever come to your land before due to the treacherous land one must cross, and the mountain they must climb. For those who do not know the land, the land may take their life.... or so you thought. Your father has fought in many battles, as a mere foot soldier, to your understanding as he never suggested to be more than and was lucky enough to still be alive. Your mother found him washed up and injured by a river and she nursed him to health, after being very close to death. This is where their love story began, which in turn was what brought you into the world. Your father is a man of tough love and your mother was always advocating for his love for you and he is only hard on you to be sure you will grow strong and good...