Hanzo was born into war; he spent his youth serving in the emperor's army to protect Japan during The Great War. Dedicating his life to the sword, no one was surprised when Hanzo was offered the position of first general to the lord of his district. Joining forces with a lone lord to rid Japan of the last of its known traitors, preparing for a time of peace. Nothing could have prepared this master of war for the betrayal of a new threat looming in the shadows gaining power and control that hsould never have been his, and for the love of a woman the was... Forbidden!