Tiger Tiger

In this first episode, four of the new lords of House Devalinga meet, called by Lord Naresh. Reports indicated that a fierce Asura Tiger was terrorizing the people of a remote village - unless confronted, this could turn into a real menace.

Naresh had done his homework and gave a truly terrifying account of Asura Tigers - how powerful and intelligent they are, how they like to trap hunters, and how they mate and breed. Despite this, out heroes proceeded with the hunt.

Scared villagers provided scant clues, but the hunters managed to track the monster to an old lair, where Hazir investigated. It appeared that the tiger had already fled, but we found sure signs of its intelligence, and of the fact that it had bred three kittens, each as large as a normal tiger.

Proceeding to track it across the mountains, we came into the territory of the neighbouring Paniren, where we met young lord Li Fu at a hunting lodge. On the orders of his father lord Goangi Tuan he was investigating rumors of regular tigers, not Asura tigers, so it was assumed that his people had come upon the kittens of the Asura beast.

Relations were friendly, and the Ramalinga lords decided to stay and help the young lord out of the goodness of their hearts, out of duty to fight the Asura, and because lord Jangir had his duties as Imperial Magistrate.