The Race to Volturnum
Toturi's Army
It is time to ready ourselves for war and take the first steps into that blackened land. It waits for us, and it knows that we will come. I walked among the armies as they rose on this bloody dawn. I saw their eyes.
How can we hope to defeat the Shadow, when we cannot even find the hope to march? The Shadowlands are large; they spread out before us in waves. The oni are there, I know this. Our armies know this.
That is no reason to turn back.
The Shadow has taken our Emperor and murdered our ancestors. Now it hunts us like dogs. I looked into the eyes of the samurai, and I wondered which of them wore false faces. Which are Goju's servants? How can we know?
We will lead you. It is our duty. Those who serve Toturi will take the first step. There is nothing to do except fight, nothing to live for but revenge--revenge for our Emperor and for our Empire. The Shadow hopes to destroy us by murdering all that we have been--our ancestors.
My father.
His father.
Destroyed.
I will not see that happen, no matter what I must do to prevent it. If I march into the Shadowlands alone, then so be it. Follow me, Rokugan. If you dare.
--Tohaku