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clash swords in battle, and
Rikimaru emerges the victor. Later, the bandits are joined by Lord Hakkaku’s samurai, sent to return Princess Shizu to her husband. Eventually, Lord Hakkaku’s attempts to retrieve his wife escalate to include sending ninja and even undead creatures, but are successfully rebuffed by Rikimaru and Ayame. Ultimately, Lord Hakkaku decides to ignore any and all attempts at diplomacy and marches his forces into Lord Gohda’s domain. In response, Lord Gohda marshals his own troops, reinforced by Lord Akama’s men, thus beginning a war with the villainous Lord Hakkaku. However, due to the advantage of having undead creatures under his command, Lord Hakkaku quickly forces the joint Gohda-Akama army into a slow retreat.
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a tall cliff, ready to kill herself in order to prevent the birth of her child. Lord
Hakkaku appears, seemingly possessed by an evil entity himself, and explains that the occult rituals he performed on Princess Shizu were meant to resurrect the Lord of the Dead and successfully resulted in her becoming pregnant with a demonic spawn. Furthermore, he reveals his intentions of opening a gateway between the world of the living and the underworld, allowing countless demons to pass through and feast on the flesh and souls of helpless humans. Princess Shizu, struggling to resist the demonic possession, flings herself off the cliff, but is caught by Lord Hakkaku before she hits the ground; they both disappear into the night.
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killed by the two ninja, and the evil entity possessing
Princess Shizu is exorcised using Izayoi, the ancestral blade of the Azuma Clan. The three survivors of the ordeal escape the crumbling castle and return to Saiga. Princess Shizu remains in the village for a while to regain her strength before returning home to her father, while Rikimaru and Ayame, their mission finished, head back to Gohda Castle.
324:, Lord Toda). As it turns out, the marriage was a political one, intended to forge an alliance between Hakkaku and the neighboring Akama, ruled by Lord Tokiyori, an ally of Lord Gohda. However, a year after the wedding, Princess Shizu escaped Hakkaku and took refuge in Saiga. Seeking to help his ally, Lord Gohda sent Rikimaru and Ayame to safely escort Princess Shizu to Gohda Castle.
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Princess Shizu recovers from her wound, Rikimaru and Ayame protect the village from relentless bandit attacks. Upon encountering the leader of the bandits, Rikimaru recognizes him as Akunosuke Murai, a former general of the late Lord Toda, wounded during a battle and missing ever since; the two
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Burning Dawn crisis, Azuma Clan ninja Rikimaru and Ayame arrive at the small frontier village of Saiga on the northern outskirts of Lord Matsunoshin Gohda’s domain, where they witness a noblewoman being wounded by an arrow during a bandit raid. After driving back the bandits, they
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Upon regaining consciousness, Princess Shizu reveals that Lord
Hakkaku would involve her in strange, occult rituals, eventually prompting her to run away; on the night of her escape, she stabbed him in the eye with a small dagger, and is now fearful for her life at the hands of her vengeful husband.
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Hakkaku province replaced their lost ruler with a relative of Kagemasa, but he lacked the skills befitting of a lord, and Hakkaku eventually vanished from history altogether. Meanwhile, unable to find peace at home, Princess Shizu left the Akama province one day, never to be seen again.
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confirm that the woman is Princess Shizu, wife of Lord Kagemasa of the Hakkaku province (formerly the Toda province, war-torn since the demise of its previous
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game for PlayStation would have fared much better. He found the music repetitive and unfitting, the gameplay "stiff", and the graphics and story poor.
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856:"Tenchu: Dark Secret (DS) Review"
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1038:Time of the Assassins
828:"Tenchu: Dark Secret"
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910:: 72. January 2007.
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250:Tenchu: Dark Secret
25:Tenchu: Dark Secret
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129:Toshiyuki Kaziwara
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348:Development
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164:Nintendo DS
159:Platform(s)
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115:Yuki Ōta
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369:EBGames
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170:Release
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353:Tenchu
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146:Series
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