Hunt the Executioner (Genkumaru)

After taking in the etchings and the inscription he would take the Hawk token, assuming that is what was meant, and then would go down the fourth path to see what laid before him here.


Wooden Rat
Copper Snake
Silver Hawk

Genkumaru would make his way down the hallway marked with the number four, still using the red stones to light his way. The tunnel was creepy, made of dark stone, with etchings of history across its surface. The walls appeared to tell a story, with various different depictions of war and battle. She eventually would make it to the end of the hall way to see a wooden table built into the wall. On this table rested four round tokens, like giant coins, and looked like they could have slotted into the holes on the wall back in the main chamber.

On the table would be an inscription that read:

"We all bow before the king, a shining inevitable end"

Beneath the writing would rest four tokens, each one being made out of a different material and would bear a different picture. There was:

-A wooden token bearing the picture of a hawk
-A golden token bearing the picture of a skull
-A copper token bearing the picture of a rat
-A silver token bearing the picture of a snake

As the four medallions would be placed into the stone door, they would sit for a second, until a loud click could be heard. The stones would rotate, seemingly unlocking the doors, as the stones would click, causing the doors to slide through the sand, opening up the chamber behind. A thick, warm breeze would escape the chamber, billowing through the hall way. As they stepped through the stone doorway, the room would come into full view.

A long rectangular hallway would open up, three stone walls and a sandy floor. The room would appear to be completely empty, just an empty sandy room, no windows or doors. However upon further inspection, you would see ten stone coffins propped up against the walls, five on the left and five on the right. Above each coffin would be a red gem, similar to the ones on the statue. illuminating the room and the coffins. On each coffin would be a name etched into its surface.

- Miyamoto Musashi

- Achille Marozzo

- Tsukahara Bokuden

- Mohamuro Stern

- Fiore Dei Liberi

- Donald McBane

- Johannes Liechtenauer

- Zabuza Momochi

- Zarek Kanda

- Momichi Stalwart

As Genkumaru slowly peeled back the stone tomb bearing the name of Zabuza Momochi, he would not even have time to take in what occurred. Like lightning, a spear mounted inside the coffin would spring forward, impaling the man right in the gut (consuming your FAP). He would feel the steel of the spear enter his gut, just barely missing any vital organs. Blood would begin to pool up in the mans mouth as his vision went dark. He was not dead, but would need time to recover before continuing further.

You open up Mohamuro Stern's coffin, gently pulling the stone lid from the wall. As you peer inside, instead of seeing the contents of a coffin, you instead see a hole in the backside of the wall, a tunnel descending down into the ground. As you step through the coffin and follow the tunnel, you eventually enter a large stone room. Your feet meet the sandy floor, as you suddenly hear a large bang directly behind you, the opening you just came through now blocked off by a stone wall. You have been trapped inside this room.

You look around, red gems illuminating the room, trying to take in the scene. Thats when it sinks in, something has started pouring from the walls, a thick red substance has started to fill the room, splashing in the sand below, quickly filling up the room. Panic sits in as you try to figure out what to do next. In the center of the room you notice a stone table, with 26 stone blocks, each bearing a letter of the alphabet, A through Z. The blocks appear to be able to be connected to each other, stacking vertically to create words with each other.  On each wall sits a lever, one on the left wall, one on the right wall and one on the center wall.

The handles of these levers are hollow, with enough space to place a 5 block stack, meaning a five letter word was needed to complete the handle of each of these levers. You notice each wall has words inscribed on it beneath each lever.

Center lever
"What you seek is the key to survive"

Right lever
"The one who corrupted the man who slew a nation"

Left lever
"What she stole to save his life"

The room itself was large, but was quickly filling up with this red liquid now. The room itself was ten meters by ten meters, and five meters tall. But the red substance was rising a meter a minute, quickly filling the room around you.

You quickly put the word BLADE together using the blocks, and fit it into the level. It slides in without any resistance, allowing you to pull the lever downward. As you do, the lever goes all the way down, clicking and releasing a panel hidden in the stone wall. On this panel you can see two indention's, two holes in the shape of an object. The hole on the left appears to take the shape of a heart, while the hole on the right took the shape of a human skull. Removing the blocks from the lever, you watch as the blood continues to rise around you, contemplating what to do next.

You quickly put the word HEART together using the blocks, and fit it into the lever. It slides in without any resistance, allowing you to pull the lever downward. As you do, the lever goes all the way down, clicking and releasing a panel hidden in the stone wall. On this panel you can see a red glass object imbedded into the wall. This glass object takes the shape of a heart, as you take out the heart you turn to notice the room has quickly started to fill with red liquid. You now contemplate what to do next.

You quickly put the word DEMON together using the blocks, and fit it into the lever. It slides in without any resistance, allowing you to pull the lever downward. As you do, the lever goes all the way down, clicking and releasing a panel hidden in the stone wall. On this panel you can see a red glass object imbedded into the wall. This glass object took the shape of a skull, and was the exact same size as the hole in the center wall. Rushing it over to the wall you put the glass skull in the slot, only to hear a loud clank as both items now rest in the openings of the walls. The red liquid around you stops pouring, and then begins to drain, flowing through openings in the floor. You watch as a small opening appears under the two glass objects. As you pass through the opening a familiar scene unfolds.

You step into a small sandy room, no doors or windows, only stone walls. Before you sits another stone statue, depicting the large image of the Executioner and his blade. However this statue appears to be a bit different than the one before it. Where the eyes rest, are instead two deep concave holes, hollow and empty. At the base of the statue is another plaque with another inscription on it.

In your hands, heart and head, your final journey, to face the dead. Through the eyes once more, see your fate, time to descend through your final gate.

After turning back to go and find the missing red gems, you move as quick as you can, hoping you did not lose any real time back tracking. You do manage to find the gems and return the to room with the statue. You climb up onto the statue, placing both of the red gems you had taken into the eye sockets. The red crystals slot in perfectly, opening up a trap door in the sandy floor beneath you. You look down from your perch on the statue to see a decent sized hole as opened up in the floor, with a metal slide type chute descending down into the hole.

You take a giant leap of faith, literally, as you plunge downward into the dark abyss below. You continue to fall, wind rushing past your face, as the seconds grow longer and longer. You quickly realize this hole was way deeper than you expected. You would continue to fall for several seconds, your mind beginning to wonder what actually was going on.

You continue to fall for what feels like a life time, using the moment to recollect yourself and meditate. The wind rushes by you as you fall deeper and deeper into the darkness. Then, out of no where a familiar red glow begins to emit itself from the base of the pit, a faint reflection of light getting closer and closer. Within seconds you are quickly rushing towards what appears to be a body of water. With a splash you land into a shallow, but deep enough pool of water to prevent yourself from being killed.

You are now in the base of a massive round hole. The room is illuminated by three small red gems, each stone lodged in the wall above a door, for a total of three doors. The middle door is closed, a wooden door with a sword etched into it. As you attempt to open the door you realize it is locked. You look left, then right, looking at the other two options. The left and right are not doors, but openings that lead to another tunnel. Above the left tunnel is the name Vivian Stern and above the right is the name Mohamuro Stern

You ultimately decide to go to the left first, walking underneath Vivian Stern's name and through the dark tunnel. After a few seconds of walking the room opens up, a square stone room illuminated by several red gems. In the center of the room lies a giant stone coffin, an inscription etched into the surface of the lid. At the back of the room, built into the wall, sits a stone table with a metal box of some kind.

You first inspect the coffin, using the dim red glow to read the words scratched into the lid.

"Here lies Vivian Stern, the woman who loved a demon. Her love brought a man back from the edge, and saved a nation. To save the soul, you must remind him of who he is"

Beneath the words, embedded into the stone surface sits a rusty metal object, what appears to be half of a key of some kind. After inspecting the coffin you inspect the back of the wall, trying to figure out the table. On the stone slab sits an odd box, and above it, in the wall a hole. This hole bears the shape of a heart, and is roughly the same size as the crystal heart from the lever room. As you take in all this information, you take a moment to decide what to do next.

You now decide to go to the left, walking underneath Mohamuro Stern's name and through the dark tunnel. After a few seconds of walking the room opens up, a square stone room illuminated by several red gems. In the center of the room lies a giant stone coffin, an inscription etched into the surface of the lid. At the back of the room, built into the wall, sits a stone table with a metal box of some kind.

You first inspect the coffin, using the dim red glow to read the words scratched into the lid.

"Here lies Mohamuro Stern, the man who became a demon. While the man lies dead, his spirit lives on. To kill the demon, you must win his heart"

Beneath the words, embedded into the stone surface sits a rusty metal object, what appears to be half of a key of some kind. After inspecting the coffin you inspect the back of the wall, trying to figure out the table. On the stone slab sits an odd box, and above it, in the wall a hole. This hole bears the shape of a skull, and is roughly the same size as the crystal skull from the lever room. As you take in all this information, you take a moment to decide what to do next.