Two one-shots
from Ur-Måra

For three centuries, the Iron Sentinels have stood vigil over the Ghost Roads of Euthydemia — silent weeping caryatids of warded iron, each crowned with lapis lazuli, each shielding the great highways from the hallucinogenic madness of the Ghost Nations. No Sentinel has ever moved. No Sentinel has ever spoken. No Sentinel has ever failed.

Now two operatives of the Quartarius Quaestorum — Ur-Måra's covert institution for handling the impossible — have contracted your party to investigate. Find the Sentinel. Determine what happened. Render the wards safe — by whatever means necessary.

Iwa: the realm of the Red Sun. The Ikkō-ikki of Kaga Province have thrown down the daimyō and lived a sublime century in peace, ruled only by faith in Amida Buddha. But now, death comes: one bushi, mounted, armored, and oath-bound to crush the province and reunite the realm. Ue Village stands in his path.

You are its defenders — a village elder, an emishi scout, a lost sōhei, a young calligrapher, and others who never asked to be heroes.

Scout the approach. Parley if you dare. Set traps, forge alliances, and choose your ground. When the samurai arrives, take him apart piece by piece — if you can. The covenant of ikki ichimi — one mind, one will — is your only advantage.