It was a warm, Spring afternoon in the village of Ryugawa, and the mood was calm and pleasant. The soft eastern winds carried gifts, such as the subtle fragrance of newly blossomed cherry trees, and the smells of fresh village cuisine. Most of the locals were just finishing up with their daily work, and beginning to visit the baths or relax and drink in the one of the bars. Many people from outlying farmlands trickle into town in the evenings, sometimes simply to pick up supplies, but mostly to drink, socialize, and seek out whatever entertainment was to be found in a relatively small village like Ryugawa.<br/><br/>The community is surprisingly diverse here, made up of a majority of humans, but also consisting of members of several other races, such as bunny-eared descendents of the Usagi Clan, and relatives of the Neko Clan, who have cat features. However, while the village elder prefers to keep the village out of regional politics as much as possible, Ryugawa exists in the territory of the mysterious and powerful Kitsune Clan, and they pay their taxes to the Kitsune daimyo. As such, it's not uncommon to see a few fox-people around either.<br/><br/>The village contains a modest market place in which one can expect to find such common foods as rice, seasonal vegetables, and fresh fish from the nearby river. It is also home to a young miko (shrine maiden) who tends the village's one shrine, a medicine man who sells various folk remedies and is said to practice healing magics, a moderately sized, mixed-sex bathhouse which is owned by a strange fish-man, a couple of drinking establishments, a clothing store, and a general supply store.<br/><br/>