KOMACHI'S TRAVEL GUIDE: The story of the
Bay of Drowned Honor is a noble and tragic
one, dating back to the reign of the third
Governor. Two nobles of the Scorpion Clan had quarreled, and
the matter could only be resolved with blood. They resolved to
meet at the Moment's Edge Bridge at dusk, for a duel to the death.
That day, a great storm rolled in off the Plains ofThunder, but
the two samurai were undeterred. Even though everyone urged
them to postpone their duel, both insisted that their honor would
not wait. They stood at the center of the bridge and prepared to draw,
when there was a crack of thunder and a great wave swept one
of the samurai over the edge of the bridge. The second
immediately dove in after him. Their bodies were found the next
day, clinging tight to one another. To this day, no one knows if
they died fighting each other in the water, or swimming together
to land and finish their duel.
