Wind of the Gods
By: Heavy Metal
As: 'Blood from the Moon'
ISBN: 9781879450110 (48p.) (1993) Format: Hardcover
In 13th century Japan, one of Lord Daimyo's vassals, Bushi Kozo, explains his meager tax payments by saying his peasants are giving him trouble. Daimyo sends his best samurai, Tchen Qin, to lead Kozo and 10 other samurai in killing the rebels. The samurai quarrel among themselves, and then are ambushed by fighters who seem to know more than peasants should about strategy. Kozo survives and returns to Daimyo to plan another assault. Tchen Qin is wounded, falls into the river, and is presumed dead. Pimiko, the favorite concubine of Lord Daimyo but also Tchen Qin's lover, doesn't believe he can be dead and leaves by herself in search of Tchen Qin.
