A Phoenix daimyo was traveling through Omoidasu Province on his way to Otosan Uchi when his procession encountered a Merenean man riding along the center of the road, Diogo Alvez. The gaijin refused to move aside nor bow in respect and was therefore slain by one of the daimyo's retainers. Despite being a completely legal and expected outcome for such impudence, the Merenaen Trading Consortium is livid about this. They are demanding not only the arrest of the samurai but also an indemnity of the utterly absurd figure of 100,000 koku for what they claim was a barbaric and unjustified murder of a guest. So far the Phoenix have rebuffed such outrageous demands. Given the Order to Expel Barbarians is scheduled to take effect in only three months, the miscreants will likely just be ejected, putting an end to such nonsense and reminding any remaining gaijin that they are guests and in no place to make such demands.
