[Post here first!] Main Gate

Nameless and co had spent the rest of the day walking the road to Kiyonai. By the time they got to the gates, dusk was upon them. He saw the guards manning and a slight sigh escaped his lips.

"We made it guys, we are in the clear."

He walked up to them, resting his hand on the hilt of his katana and the wakizashi under it. He hoped his symbol as a samurai would grant them an easier access, despite his lack in a family crest on his clothes.

//Kiara , @chineseprincess, Tika Seya

The group passes through the gate without any issue.

What had she done to deserve this? She had come to this land in search of a new beginning for her and her parents. At least they were allowed to move on - they had been granted a home. A place to build a farm, and live and love each other and grow old. Ketsueki?

It went to hell the first time she blacked out, the last thing on her mind being the Shogun as he glared at her before the world went dark. After that... she didn't want to relive those nightmares, but it was all she could see when she closed her eyes. Those shinobi, what they did to her...

Her father would be so ashamed.

She spent two weeks in a miserable bamboo cage, on the frigid ground, freezing in rags and in such pain from broken fingers and crude beatings. Food had been pathetic but she ate to keep herself alive, even if it still wasn't enough. Now, this trip from one city to the next - several days, with no food or water at all. Her body hurt from the bars across the bottom of her cage, having to lie uncomfortably across them. Her hands still hurt, the middle and ring fingers having been snapped and then tied together to keep them straight on both of her hands. Miserable didn't cover the state she was in.

What shinobi training she had undertaken and endured in Katashima... it couldn't prepare her for this. Now, she hurt inside and out. She wanted her family badly. She wanted out of this cage. And she had no idea where they were taking her. She was scared.

The guard that transported her to the gates would let them take her away, offering up the scroll with the order of immediate exile on the woman to the soldiers to present with their higher up. Afterwards, they would likely be on their way back home.

Scouts from Heiwashima village arrived, looking overly tired. A look of urgency played out on their faces, as the lead stammered in his exhaustion.
"S...Sir... bandits... at Heiwashima village..."
He addressed any samurai he could until the message was received.

Approach they would, two men with yaris. It wasn't in any way disrespectful, but they were occasionally stopping travelers for their own census purposes.

"Hey, you there. You haven't come across any bandits on the road, have you? We are paying citizens for any information they can provide us!"

"Hmm... you'd have to check with the magistrate's office, for they hold the records."

The guard gave him directions to the office, where he could go to consult the records, though there was no telling how he might be received or if such a visit or results were guaranteed. To him, these things were often a mystery, though as a guard it was the best advice he could give.

Tsatsa is indeed in tow, and follows behind him. What did Mordred plan to do here?

[Postponed]
Adelhard and his band (Alvar, Guillaume, and Berthold) ride to the gates. Their arms are safely packed away and they do not fly the standard, in an attempt to indicate their peaceful intents. Assuming they are not stopped for any reason by customs, they continue into the city.