Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. This was a list of the technique of the Shosuro Shinobi school. They were also knowledgeable in all aspects of Rokugan's criminal underworld, for their duties often required them to seek aid or information there. A shinobi was trained to move silently, kill efficiently, and blend effortlessly into the shadows. When his Clan called upon him, his skills were ready, but until then these deadly samurai hid in plain sight.
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Optimally, a Shosuro Shinobi had a full life and duties aside from those he learned at this school. Most were instructed privately while they continued studies in other schools, adapting guises as bushi or courtiers as they continued their shinobi training. Most Shosuro students were drafted from the other Scorpion schools when they began to show great talent in stealth or the cold instincts that were so useful for an assassin. When the Goju came under the control of the ShadowlandsYudoka extended this duty to shadowlands creatures too. Every Shosuro Shinobi were given new duties to chase the corrupted pawns of the Darkness that had survived the War Against Shadow.
If there was no possibility of escape, a captured shinobi would take his own life rather than risk revealing the Scorpion's secrets under torture. They revealed nothing about their training or objectives. Shinobi who were exposed must claim to be acting without the knowledge of the Scorpion Clan. The Empire hated ninja, and though the shinobi did not consider themselves ninja, they did recognize that their tactics were so similar as to make little difference in the eyes of their enemies. Above all else a shinobi's most prized possession was his identity.Ī shinobi concealed his true nature from any whom he did not trust implicitly. The Shosuro family loathed the demonic Goju assassins who proudly beared the name of "ninja". Some might call the shinobi ninjabut it was unwise to let them hear the term. The Shinobi were spies, saboteurs, and assassins, to be utilized when diplomacy, strength of arms, and magic fail. The Shosuro Shinobi Assassin were the most secretive school in the most secretive Clan in Rokuganand for good reason.