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-====== Lover ======
-Samurai are expected to place romantic love below their obligations to family and clan—but the human heart is not so easily confined. Many samurai who fall in love keep their relationship secret, while others are more overt. The following are suggested narrative effects for a character with a Lover bond:
-  * A lover seeks to spend time with you, writes letters to you, and is willing to assist you in ways that do not require publicly acknowledging your bond (giving you information key to pursuing a desired goal, encouraging you to pursue your personal interests, helping you to deal with emotions you usually must keep to yourself), and they expect you to do the same.
-  * Generally, your lover’s allies do not acknowledge your relationship. Some might be favorably disposed to you covertly if you make their ally happy (and unfavorably disposed if you make them unhappy), while others might be jealous of the attention you receive. Your lover’s enemies might target you to attempt to gain leverage over your lover.
-  * If your bond rank is 3 or higher, a lover is more overt about your relationship, allowing them to assist you more publicly (such as giving you letters of introduction to officials above your status, allowing you to use their name to pursue your goals, and even helping you directly), and they expect the same from you.
-**“With You, the Storm Subsides” (Bond Ability)**: At the end of a scene involving your lover or reminders of them, you may call upon your bond to remove additional strife equal to your bond rank.
-^ Bond Rank      ^ XP Cost         ^ Ability Unlocked   ^
-| Rank 1         | 3 XP            | **Bond Ability (Varies by Bond)** In addition to any narrative benefits of your bond, you call upon your relationship with one bonded character in a manner based on the type of bond (see the bond  bility for the relevant bond type on page 136).        |
-| Rank 2         | 4 XP            | **“Like you always say...”**: You count as having one bonded character’s assistance on a check in which the bonded character is skilled.        |
-| Rank 3         | 6 XP            | **“A familiar presence draws near...”**: If the bonded character is an NPC, you may play that character instead of your own character for the next scene (or in an establishing flashback or her appropriate scene, if that character is unavailable or deceased). Remember to adhere to that character’s giri and ninjō while playing them. Major decisions on the part of that character must be approved by the GM. If the bonded character is a PC, you and that PC’s player may immediately play out an establishing flashback scene that occurred between your characters in the past.        |
-| Rank 4         | 8 XP            | **“You taught me this!”**: Use one bonded character’s ring or skill ranks (or skill group ranks, if they are an NPC) for a check instead of your own.        |
-| Rank 5         | 10 XP           | **“We are bound by this fate we have made!”**: Transfer one of your Void points to the bonded character or gain 1 Void point after they spend a Void point.        |