The third session revolved around finding the Tabaxi in the snowy peaks of Yama. Among them, an Oni, impersonating a Tabaxi Druid, attempted to defeat and devour the party.
~7pm - 1:54am [7h]
The party spoke with the undead 'Grand Alchemist' and discovered the secret of the Beating Hearts. Yusuf finds dilemmas with his Lord, and the party intervenes in a fight amongst Tabaxi, where they meet the Calmkeepers.
~7pm - 12:17am [5h]
The party prepares for a trial to prove to the Tabaxi that their intentions in the 'Realm between Realms' are peaceful. The Ikari (a group of Tabaxi), however, had other plans, and sought to use the trial as a platform to urge the Tabaxi to take up arms and return to Haven and reclaim it. A battle ensued, proving once and for all that our travellers were on the Tabaxis' side.
~6:30pm - 1am [7h]
When the party fought the Daimyo in the prison.
The party enters The Troubled West proper, led by the strange, pale, undead 'lieutenants' of the Mist Clan. There, while in camp, a meeting occurs that discusses the possibility of uniting the clans to uproot the Shogunate once and for all. Oda Miyamoto agrees, along with Nodachi and a lieutenant of the Crymson Clan. The party fights a pair of Yurei (Ghosts) who seem to be allied with strange, black hounds that glide in the air.
Following the disappearance of all the members of the encampment, the party pushes through the harsh lands of the 'The Troubled West' and comes across the remains of the town of Namida, where once a massacre occurred. Lazlo appears! After saving another of the Mist Clan's undead Lieutenants, the party goes down a tunnel into some reticent mines, where, once its end is reached, a place called 'Mikan' can be seen. There, the Mysterious Black Blade is said to reside.
Met with The Ivory Hunter and Black Mask, lazlo, Kota, and Sunny fight to survive. Meanwhile @[Hansuke fights alongside Masau against a Shogunate Assassin, while Yusuf struggles with having broken a seal that held The Yurei at bay, before joining Hansuke in his fght. After surviving, the party was met with Black Blade, who showed them the way inside the hidden Town of Mikan, hidden headquarters of The Mist Clan. There they rested, Hansuke was freed of his aging curse, and Yusuf renounced his oath with Asang.