Tsuto Kaijitsu

Tsuto Kaijitsu is the illegitimate half-elven son of Atsuii Kaijitsu and an unknown father. He is the half-brother of Ameiko Kaijitsu.

Background
In 4688 AR, when Lonjiku Kaijitsu discovered that his wife Atsuii had just given birth to a half-elven child that could not possibly be his, he was as furious as only the tradition-bound patriarch of an old Minkaian family could be. Atsuii's affair and Lonjiku's rage over the revelation was well discussed in town for months. Atsuii never revealed the identity of Tsuto's father, and Lonjiku maintained their marriage - for him, the only shame greater than an affair would be the dissolution of their union.

Lonjiku abandoned the illegitimate half-elven child to the Turandarok Academy to be raised, forbidding Atsuii to visit him. Once Ameiko learned about his existence, she began to visit him a few times a month to bring him food. They quickly formed a bond, and Ameiko promised her half-brother that some day things would be better.

In 4701 AR, Tsuto and Ameiko had an argument that came to a head when Tsuto struck Ameiko. After that, Tsuto and Ameiko both left town, only returning for their mother's funeral a year later.

Atsuii Kaijitsu died during the flurry of woe that was the Late Unpleasantness. She was found among the jagged rocks at the foot of the cliff to the south of town, just below Kaijitsu Manor. Tsuto and Ameiko each returned to Sandpoint for her funeral - where Tsuto loudly proclaimed that Lonjiku had pushed Atsuii from the cliff. Lonjiku and Tsuto came to blows, and when the patriarch struck Tsuto with his cane, the half-elf cursed Lonjiku and left town.

Recent Events
Based on information from Tsuto's journal, in 4707 AR, Tsuto led an attack on Sandpoint. He directed a force of goblins to attack the Swallowtail Festival, while he and a small band of goblins went over the north wall and stole Father Tobyn's remains from the boneyard.

Shortly after the raid, Tsuto led a small band of goblins through the smuggler's tunnels beneath the Sandpoint Glassworks and slaughtered the workers there. He encased Lonjiku in molten glass. Tsuto then lured Ameiko to the Glassworks with the promise of information about the goblin raid on Sandpoint.

Tsuto revealed to Ameiko that he had joined Nualia's band of mercenaries, warning that Ameiko didn't want to be around when Nualia executed her final plan for Sandpoint. When Ameiko refused to join Tsuto at Thistletop, he set his goblins on her and took her prisoner.

Though Ameiko's Regulars defeated the goblins at the Glassworks and rescued Ameiko, by the time they found the hidden rooms below the Glassworks, Tsuto had fled.

Tsuto's Journal
This small leather-bound booklet contains two dozen parchment pages, most filled with maps of Sandpoint and erotic drawings of a beautiful platinum-haired woman that Zarku recognizes as Nualia Tobyn.

The maps depict a series of different attack plans. One is circled - a battle plan for 30 goblins that eventually resulted in the goblin raid on Sandpoint. None of the others are circled, and many are scratched out. One illustrates an attack on Sandpoint by a force of 200 goblins from sea, land, and through the smuggler's tunnels below the Glassworks.

Excerpts:


 * "The raid went about as planned. Few Thistletop goblins perished, and we were able to secure Tobyn's casket with ease while the rubes were distracted by the rest. I can't wait until the real raid. This town deserves a burning, that's for sure."
 * "Ripnugget seems to favor the overwhelming land approach, but I don't think it's the best plan. We should get the quasit's aid. Send her freaks up from below via the smuggling tunnel in my father's Glassworks, and then invade from the river and from the Glassworks in smaller but more focused strikes. The rest except Bruthazmus agree, and I'm pretty sure the bugbear's just being contrary to annoy me. My love's too distracted with the lower chambers to make a decision. Says that once Malfeshnekor's released and under her command, we won't need to worry about being subtle. I hope she's right."
 * "My love seems bent on going through with it - nothing I can say convinces her of her beauty. She remains obsessed with removing what she calls her 'celestial taint' and replacing it with her Mother's grace. Burning her father's remains at the Thistletop shrine seems to have started the transformation, but I can't say her new hand is pleasing to me. Hopefully when she offers Sandpoint to Lamashtu's fires, her new body won't be as hideous. Maybe I'll luck out. Succubi are demons too, aren't they?"