#Entertainer Sample: Hanabi (花火)

Contents

"The battlefield needs a song."

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#1st Dan — Wandering Song-and-Dance Entertainer

#Scent

A young dancer from a wandering performing troupe. With song and dance, drums and flutes, she raises soldiers' morale. She does not hold a blade, but the camp where she stands does not collapse.

#Background — How the Adventure Began

Hanabi grew up in an unnamed wandering performing troupe. She does not know who her parents were. The oldest scene in her memory is from age five: an old woman beating a drum in a marketplace while Hanabi danced. The audience threw coins, and those coins bought dinner.

At sixteen, Hanabi was forcibly called to a daimyo house's private banquet because her status was entertainer. There, she felt for the first time that her song and dance could do more than earn money. After the banquet, a young officer of the daimyo said, "I deploy tomorrow, but because of your song today, I am not afraid." That officer did not return from the battlefield the next day.

Because of that, Hanabi volunteered to become a camp-following entertainer. She stood behind the battlefield, beating drums and dancing before deployment and after return. Even when there were dead, she remained at the funeral and offered song and dance to the end. "The dead need songs too."

#Law

Hanabi — Entertainer 1st dan
Wounds 2, Defense 10(no armor, brilliant costume), Energy 11
Courage+0, Finesse+1, Physique-1, Wisdom+0, Presence+2, Fate+1
Background: Wanderer | Heart: Compassion (Way of Emptiness)

Weapons: none (tools: drum, shamisen, fan)

Maneuver List:

Typical Breath: maintain Rear Zone → Encouragement Song(1) × 3 + Dance's Gaze(2) = 5. Support allies throughout the battle.

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#5th Dan — Famous Entertainer

#Scent

An entertainer daimyo rush to invite. Yet she belongs to no one person. An entertainer belongs to everyone and no one. She offers song and dance fairly to many houses, and information passes between them.

#Background — How She Came This Far

After 1st dan, Hanabi spent three years touring six domains centered on Kagura Domain, offering camp-following song and dance. In the third year, she completed the Song of Energy: a dance that temporarily raises every ally's Energy. At the first demonstration, Kagura Domain's spear unit visibly changed in morale. Everyone passed the Mental Save, and Cohesion lasted through the night.

In the fourth year, Hanabi awakened the aptitude Natural Presence (美). Her aura began expanding beyond the zone. Around that time, at a rear treatment station on one battlefield, she saw an ashigaru boy crying after losing a leg. She sat before him and beat the drum for half an hour. The boy stopped crying. That scene passed from soldier to soldier by word of mouth, and her fame became complete.

#Law

Hanabi — Entertainer 5th dan
Wounds 2, Defense 11(talisman lining), Energy 13(10+Finesse 2+Speed +1)
Courage+0, Finesse+2, Physique-1, Wisdom+0, Presence+3, Fate+1
Background: Wanderer route A (camp-following entertainer) | Heart: Compassion (Way of Emptiness)
School: none (self-taught song and dance)

Additional Maneuvers:

Typical Breath: Rear Zone → Song of Energy(4) + Encouragement Song(1) = 5. The whole team moves 1 breath more.

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#10th Dan (Tatsujin) — "National Treasure Hanabi"

#Scent

An entertainer officially designated a National Treasure by the Emperor. The songs she sings are sung in every corner of the realm. It is said that when she dances, even enemy soldiers lower their blades for a moment.

#Background — How She Earned the Renown Title

Hanabi's legend lies in the song and dance inside the castle during the Edoku Disturbance. During the disturbance, when Kagura Castle's keep was besieged and morale touched bottom, Hanabi climbed alone into the central courtyard and played the shamisen for three days and nights. Soldiers woke from sleep to listen, and stayed awake to listen. Her performance did not break once for three days. When reinforcements arrived after three days, morale inside the castle was higher than at the start of the disturbance.

The Emperor personally granted her the title National Treasure. On that spot, she performed the same dance before the Emperor as well. It is said the Emperor wept.

#Law

Hanabi — Entertainer Tatsujin
Wounds 2, Defense 12(divine-treasure talisman attached), Energy 14(10+Finesse 3+Speed+1)
Courage+0, Finesse+3, Physique-1, Wisdom+0, Presence+3, Fate+3
Background: Wanderer Tatsujin (National Treasure)
Heart: Compassion (complete)
Renown Title: National Treasure (Class Capstone)

Tool: masterwork shamisen (divine-treasure grade — relic of a previous-generation entertainer)

Additional Maneuvers:

"The battlefield becomes a stage."