Shinobi

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Shinobi are covert agents and infiltrators who hide from sight and strike with surprise and without honor. The shinobi are a weapon of war, but they are often used in times of peace to hide the origin of an attack and deflect blame for drastic but precise violence. The use of such tactics, and the shinobi themselves, are officially banned by Imperial edict, but somehow rumors of their use remain.

Ninjutsu are secret techniques passed down from shinobi masters to their students. They are hardly ever committed to paper, and are written only in the minds of their practitioners. Sneaking through shadows, poisoning foes, and vanishing without a trace—to employ these tactics is to stray from the path of Bushidō, but some are willing to pay this price for their family, clan, and empire