Tengu’s Promise is about the origin of Ninja told in a reality where magic is real but obtuse. The word Ninja is never mentioned in the text, that would come later. It is however my attempt to get inside the legend and use the elements of that legend to tell an epic tale but also to explore my own experiences. Specifically my relationship with my dad who, much like Inkui, was saddled with a child at a very young age and in his angry panic to adapt never enjoyed fatherhood and made my childhood very difficult, but in the process made me stronger than I could ever have been on my own.