Mark of the Ninja

The game's story begins with an attack by an armed force on a ninja base. The unnamed main character, passed out after receiving a tattoo, is awakened by a female ninja named Ora. Gathering his equipment, the ninja is able to defeat the soldiers and save his master, Azai, alongside his other companions. Azai tells him about the power of his tattoo and the legend around it, explaining how the ink comes from a special desert flower that grants special skills, but slowly causes the wearer to go insane. To receive the tattoo, the ninja had to promise to commit seppuku once the madness took hold.
After the ninja receives his second tattoo, he and Ora are sent to attack the one behind the attack at their base, a ruthless and wealthy man named Karajan. Meanwhile, the tattoo artist, Dosun, expresses his concern over the ink's quality and promises to figure out where it came from, believing Azai is hiding something. The ninja is able to travel and defeat the head of security, and later tracks Karajan down to another country where he is killed as well. Upon returning home, the ninja and Ora find their ninja companions wearing the high technology weapons and suits they found at Karajan's mansion, leaving them to discover that Azai's plan all along was to steal that technology and lead the ninjas into a new era, thus disposing of the old ways of the tattoos. Instead of committing seppuku, the ninja and Ora flee to find Dosun.
Dosun ends up being captured by bandits in the desert, who stole his equipment. Upon freeing him, Dosun explains that the flowers that produce the ink have all died, and Azai was responsible. He planned the attack to cover up his mistake, as revealed in scrolls throughout the desert. Dosun then gives the ninja his final tattoo, before being killed trying to escape. The two main characters, losing all their gear, travel back to their base where the two confront Azai. It is here that Azai tells the protagonist that the power of the tattoos has driven him insane and it has manifested itself as the female ninja Ora, explaining how she knew so much and could help him when she was not near him. In the end, Azai gives the ninja a choice, kill Azai or kill Ora, ending his own life. The player is left to decide his fate.

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