Tengu's Overlook

Tengu's Overlook was a city of the Laughing Mountain, a Seikitsu Yobanjin tribe. Writ of the Wilds, p. 43
== Foundation ==
Seeking refuge from the fledgling Lion, people who did not bow to the Hantei congregated at the foothills of the Spine of the World, withdrawing into the forests, and continued upwards. According to their legends, they were eventually visited by a stranger who claimed that he knew a safe place in the mountains. The man led them for several days through hidden paths until they came to a warm and fertile semi-volcanic pocket valley hidden in the highest peaks. Their guide revealed his true nature as one of the bird-like tengu. He demanded for his aid that they bring him a specific type of rice cake with a texture like gelatin, a delicacy, every month. The people agreed; so great was their relief, that their laughter cascaded down the mountainside, where it was said it echoed still, known as yamabiko. In the warm valley, they built the foundations of a city and named it Tengu's Overlook, after the spirit that had led them here. They leaft pounded mochi cakes as offerings to a shrine dedicated to the tengu that led them to safety. Writ of the Wilds, pp. 43-44
== Law and Order ==
Justice was considered a public duty by the traditions of Tengu’s Overlook. The people were expected to bring grievances to the warrior class, but while a trial was overseen by the warriors, it was actually run by the community itself. Anyone might sit in on a criminal trial within the city and all who attended decide innocence or guilt together — if no one showed up for a trial, that was considered an innocent verdict by default. Writ of the Wilds, p. 44
Category:Laughing Mountain