Whispers of the Jade Empire

Previously

…Kenji nodded, the weight of her words settling upon him. He looked at the map again, then up at the first stars beginning to prick the darkening sky. The adventure had truly begun, and its first, most bitter lesson had already been learned. The greatest dangers, he now understood, were not always found in the wild, untamed places of the world, but often lurked in the hearts of men, cloaked in familiarity and poisoned by envy. The shadow of his mentor had fallen, and it was a long, dark one. But Kenji would not be consumed by it. He would carry the light of his dream, and the sharp edge of his resolve, into the unknown.