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Lord Shigeru Otori Personal Narrative

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As a boy i grew to live to my families expectations, till they expected me to fight. I was born into a high class family expected to fight under the Otori name. My family gave me the name of Isami, they hoped i'd have the courage of my father. They would be disappointed. I knew that war was not what i was made for. Anything but war. When was younger i was taught how to survive, but more so on how to kill.

When i was 19 i was fully equipped with the skills of a warrior, then came the battle of yagihara. Lord Shigeru Otori’s brother was killed and i knew that my death would be inevitable. Unless i escaped now. I knew not where i would go, only that i was to leave with the cover of darkness. I opposed the system that was followed. Lords and Ladies, Servants and Slaves? Equality was an unthought of concept for the people around me, and so i tried to disappear from the world. As I left my home and the people whom i would call family, i travelled along the long paths and eventually learnt the passages and paths of the entire city. After a long day of travelling i set my things under a tree, and started to rest.

I awoke suddenly with the sounds of men running and women crying. Another Tohan attack.
Things like this had become all too common for me and i knew that i was best to …show more content…

We walked through the trees and avoided the detection of the Lord. Suddenly we heard the sound of fast weak foot steps, then saw a young boy running from a man. We could only assume it was a Tohan attack. As we stood there, the boy ran into the Otori lord, who seemed ready. He drew his sword and sliced at his foes. That could have been me i thought, if the Lord had of spotted me i might have been killed like that. Ayato gazed in horror, i wondered if he had ever seen someone be killed before. He seemed naive and oblivious to the dangers of the world. Truly

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