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Fool's Gourd
A return gift from Oda Kippoushi.
A gourd that Kippoushi carried around on their hip when they were considered nothing more than a laughing stock by the other daimyo, and bore the moniker of the Fool of Owari. There's no particular history behind it; it's just an ordinary black gourd.
During this time, Nobunaga was noted to wear eccentric clothing while hanging around the castle town. Those who derided them as a fool, those who realized their actual intent...it's unclear what Nobunaga's true objective was, but the Fool of Owari's legend began here.
Wahahahaha! Now you are the Fool of Chaldea!