MOROSUKE'S HISTORY: This plain and unadorned structure is famous for being the site of a fatal duel between shugenja/ swordsmith Togashi Nyoko and Hida Raiden during the reign of Hantei the sixteenth. Raiden had mocked Nyoko for trying to be a swordsmith, a shugenja and a samurai-ko at the same time. Nyoko offered to show him that all three were the same by dueling him to the death. Ryoko Owari was settled as a neutral location for the duel. Raiden was confident that he, who had studied only the sword, would easily defeat a woman who had split her attention between the sword and the temple. They met at sunrise in the center of the bridge, and the instant the duel began, Raiden found himself with a deep slash to his belly. He had not even seen her draw. "Impossible," he gasped. "No one alive is so fast!" Nyoko shook her head. "I am alive and dead; dead to the past and dead to the future, because I live at the moment's edge:' When she saw comprehension in his eyes, she drew her wakizashi and cut off his head.
SHIGEKO'S DOSSIER: The Moment's Edge Bridge is another
consistent trouble spot. The Strong Arm firemen and the
Moment's Edge firemen have long been rivals, and the
bridge is the place where their domains cross. This makes it the
most likely site for brawls between the two gangs.
While battling criminal rackets would seem to be a concern
for the Thunder Guard, the distressing truth is that the Guard in
those areas are so corrupt and connected to the firemen of the
area that such conflicts are usually ignored by the Guard - that
is, when members of the Guard are not actively fighting on one
side or the other.
It takes seven minutes to reach the Moment's Edge Bridge
from the Garden of Daikoku, six minutes from the Unicorn Gate
or the northwest pier, seven minutes from the northeast pier, and
eight minutes from the Fisherman's Gate.