Dojisigin plot against Tatiseigi

The Dojisigin plot against Tatiseigi was an unfiled assassination scheme whose danger extended beyond its intended target: the planned attack put the aiji-dowager, the heir, and other guests at risk. Its discovery prompted a private appeal to Lord Aseida, while evidence gathered afterward connected the Guild unit involved to upheaval in the south and was prepared for review by the Guild and legislature.

Plot and Immediate Stakes

Two members of an Assassins’ Guild unit from Dojisigin Marid confessed that they had been compelled to lie in wait for Lord Tatiseigi. Their planned attack was unfiled. The confession document reached the Guild the night before the account was given, supplying documentary evidence where the speaker acknowledged that there had previously been no proof.

The incident carried particular stakes because Lord Tatiseigi had guests at the time. Among them were Ilisidi, the aiji’s son and heir Cajeiri, the speaker, a ship-aiji, and three children from Human space station. The children were guests of the aishidi’tat as part of a diplomatic maneuver and were under close security. The attack thus threatened a gathering whose significance reached beyond the Atageini household.

Appeal to Lord Aseida

Lord Aseida had helped the two Dojisigin members gain access to the Atageini house. The account leaves open whether he knew that foreign guests were present. With a ship-aiji who had formerly served as paidhi-aiji, the speaker went in person to the Kadagidi estate to explain the circumstances privately and request an apology on behalf of Ilisidi, Cajeiri, and Lord Tatiseigi.

The proposed resolution was deliberately limited and private: had Lord Aseida appeared, heard the explanation, and offered a verbal apology, the matter could have been settled without further escalation. Such an apology would have relieved Lord Tatiseigi of the burden on his honor as well as addressing the dowager’s and heir’s concerns. The account’s conditional phrasing makes clear that this was an offered path to resolution, not an outcome already achieved.

Evidence and Wider Consequences

The investigation produced evidence from the Kadagidi house connecting the Guild unit to recent upheaval in the south. The two members’ confession traced their routing from Murini’s people in the Marid, through the Kadagidi house, toward an attack on the Atageini. This expanded the matter from a threat against Lord Tatiseigi into evidence of a route linking the southern political upheaval with the planned attack.

The investigators also recorded an interview with Lord Aseida while transporting him to Lord Tatiseigi’s house to give his account to Ilisidi. The records—including the confession and the interview—were to be sent to the Guild, made available to Guild members, and ultimately made available to members of the legislature. The aiji sought a suitable resolution quietly and expeditiously; the movement of evidence into institutional channels nevertheless gave the affair consequences beyond the attempted private settlement.