The Emerald Empire of Rokugan demands much of its samurai: service to one's lord, service to one's Clan, and service to one's Emperor.
Bushido's staunch and unyielding code of conduct binds samurai to duty, strengthening their character and defining their choices. While some samurai serve the greater good, others use the strictures of Bushido to manipulate the lower ranks and advance their own power. Will you follow honor or reject it? The choice is yours!
Eight Great Clans form the heart of Rokugan's culture. Each is defined by its own principles, values, and agendas. Each sees the Code of Bushido in its own way. Each seeks to serve the Emperor with its own unique talents. Take up the soul of your ancestors - the samurai's daisho - and fight for the glory and honor of your family and Clan. Now is the time for heroes, in a world where Honor is a force more powerful than Steel.
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Current Leaders & VIPs
- Crab -
Hida YakamoHida O-Ushi - Crane - Doji Kuwanan
- Dragon - Hitomi
- Lion - Ikoma Tsanuri
- Mantis - Yoritomo
- Phoenix - Shiba Tsukune & Naka Kuro
- Scorpion - Bayushi Kashiko
- Unicorn - Shinjo Yokatsu
- Shadowlands - Kuni Yori & Kyoso no Oni
- Shinei Brotherhood - Takao
- Otosan Uchi - Emperor Toturi I
Timeline:
1132 Current time
See Story & news for more info.1131
Moto Tsume reborn
Kuni Yori enacts a perverse magical rituatl. He raises the general Moto Tsume to unlife via the power of Fu Leng's skull. Tsume swears his loyalty to Yomi. At Tsume's command, legions of undead Moto pour forth from Jigoku and into Yori's armies.
Year 1132, Month of the Hare
Seige of Hiruma Castle
Moto Tsume and Kuni Yori lead a brutal assault against Shiro Hiruma. With legions of undead, ogres, and bakemono, the Crab manage to survive through a combination of resourcefulness, determination, luck and the aid of the Third Whisker Nezumi. Hida Yakamo knows they will not survive unless his sister learns of what is happening. Parying that the Jade Hand will provide him protection, he begins a harried journey through Nezumi tunnels to Kyuden Hida. Yori senses the purity of the Jade Hand and sends Moto Tsume to apprehend Yakamo.
Strange happenings in Lion Lands
Shinjo Shirasu's Magistrates confront of a band Kitsu Shugenja and samurai during an investigation of strange disappearances. All the Lion are consumed by advanced Shadowland taint. The groups fights to the death. The magistrates attempt to investigate further, but Kitsu Okura intervienes, Okura demands to take over command of the investigation. Shirasu is suspicious of Okura, but doesn't question the Jade Champion. His magistrages withdraw from Lion territory.
Year 1131, Month of the Goat
Yori's Second Assault
Kuni Yori again assaults Hiruma castle and the Crab utterly crush his forces. The defenders become confident of their ability to defend the castle as Yori escapes unharmed satisfied with the result.
The Crane attack the Mantis
The Mantis begin to occupy the abandoned Scorpion lands. Daidoji Uji does not trust Yoritomo's motives and suspects that he may turn on the Crane after securing these new lands. Yoritomo knows the Crane cannot make a prolonged attack or hold the Scorpion lands without weaking the defense of their own borders so he withdraws to Beiden Pass and fights a defensive battle.
Siege of Sleeping Mountain
The Naga army attacks the Dragon lands and begins a prolonged campaign of brutal mountain warfare.
The Agasha leave the Dragon
A large number of the Agasha family leave due to Hitomi's irratic and more violent activities. They find a welcome home in the Phoenix lands. Shiba Tsukune even permits these Agasha to keep their family name rather than swear fealty.
Year 1131, Month of the Dragon
The New Jade Champion
Imperial Scribes discover the now defunct office of the Jade Champion while exploring the archives of Otosan Uchi. Chancellor Takuan decides to renew the title as a demonstration of his effective leadership. Shugenja journey to Otosan Uchi. At the tournament, Kitsu Okura easily wins and assumes the role of Jade Champion. However, some rumours persists that Kitsu Okura has used foul play, especially with the defeat of Kuni Utagu and Iuchi Karasu, the Doomseeker
1130
Year 1130, Month of the Serpent
The Unicorn Clan takes over Ryoko Owari instead of the now exiled Scorpions.
Year 1131, Month of the Hare
Naga abandon the Crab
At Qamar's command the Naga abruptly depart from Shiro Hiruma and march north. The Crab are surprised and angry at this betrayal
Kuni Yori attacks Hiruma Castle
The shadowlands horde attacks Hiruma castle under Kuni Yori's leadership. Hida Yakamo's forces repel the assults with little difficulty.
Year 1130, Month of the Hare
Disappearance of Toturi I
Emperor Toturi holds Winter Court at Otosan Uchi as a sign of unity. At the end of court he intends to hold a second coronation since the Clan Wars have subsided. The night before the intended coronation, Emperor Toturi vanishes from his chambers. Emerald Champion Kakita Toshimoko investigates the scene and concludes that the Scorpion Clan may have had a hand in the dissappearance. The court demands that the Scorpion Clan surrender the culprits or else. Toshimoko however is unsure of his conclusions and asks Kitsuki Yasu to investigate the scene again. Kitsuki find the evidence against the Scorpion to be false. Yasu warns Toshimoko to find the culprit quickly or the clans will fall into bickering and fighting one another leading to another Clan War.
The Chancellor
Takuan is named Imperial Chancellor in Toturi's absence. Takuan turns to Imperial Advisor Kakita Yoshi for aid. Yoshi complies and quickly becomes the true power behind the Jade Throne
Bayushi Kachiko knows that her clan will be exiled for Toturi's disappearance but suspects that the true culprit is an enemy of the Scorpion Clan. She summons and charges Ginawa and Matsu Hiroru to find Toturi's kidnapper. Hiroru believes unfortunately that the minions of Goju Adorai may be behind the kidnapping.
Kakita Toshimoko commands that the Scorpion Clan be exiled to the Burning Sands with a heavy heart. Matsu Gohei is commanded to escort Bayushi Kachiko and her followers beyond the Empire's borders. All Scorpion children under the age of 12 are left in the Empire under the care of the Crane Clan. Bayushi Aramoro and a number of other Scorpion members defy the order however and remain in the Empire at Kachiko's request.
Kakita Toshimoko abandons the Emerald Armor on the cliffs near Kyuden Doji, along with a final haiku shortly after the Scorpion's exile. Most assume he has taken his own life. Shinjo Shirasu takes command of the Emerald Magistrates until a new Emerald Champion can be chosen
1129 Start of the campaign
Toturi becomes Emperor of Rokugan, taking the name Toturi I.
Flight of the Dragons
The Elemental Dragons withdraw their influence from the mortal world. However, the Dragon of the Void finds it cannot completely abandon the mortals it has come to cherish and instead leaves behind a nemuranai that bears a fraction of its power. This is the Dragon's Claw Katana, which is left with the Crane Clan.
Hida O-Ushi's Wedding
Hida Yakamo commands his younger sister O-Ushi to marry. O-Ushi is outraged, but cannot defy her brother. So she announces a tournament, inviting all who seek her hand to compete in hand-to-hand combat. Furthermore, O-Ushi also insists that she be given the right to participate, and should she win, secure her independence. O-Ushi and Daidoji Uji incapacitate one another in a final match leaving the only one who didn't fight O-Ushi, Shinjo Yasamura the default champion and husband.
1128
- A number of unusual supernatural incidents occur across Rokugan during the New Year's Festival.
- The Crab Clan storms Otosan Uchi.
- Empress Bayushi Kachiko attempts to flee the Imperial Palace but is halted by Togashi Yokuni, who tells her that the Emperor has been possessed by Fu Leng.
- Hida Yakamo and Hida Kisada enter the Imperial Palace, where Hantei XXXIX grievously wounds Kisada. After the two Crab generals flee the palace, their Shadowlands allies betray them and attack the Crab, forcing them into a hasty retreat.
- The Battle of Bloodied Honor takes place outside Shinden Asahina, where the False Hoturi falls to Doji Hoturi's blade, leading to a rout of the Shadowlands forces shortly thereafter.
- Toturi's Army re-occupies Beiden Pass and forms an alliance with the Crab Clan.
- Emperor Hantei XXXIX cancels his Winter Court for the second year in a row.
- Hida Tsuru holds a mock Winter Court outside the ruins of Kyuden Doji, which is soon attended by the leaders of the clans and their military advisors. Now united, the clans begin uniting their forces against the Shadowlands.
- A massive Shadowlands army overruns Razor of the Dawn Castle and breaches the Kaiu Wall. The army heads straight for Otosan Uchi, pursued by Hida O-Ushi's forces.
- Second Day of Thunder The armies of the Great Clans, as well as forces from Yoritomo's Alliance, the Naga and the Brotherhood of Shinsei, march on Otosan Uchi.
- The Seven Thunders and the Hooded Ronin confront Fu Leng, who has possessed the body of Hantei XXXIX, inside the Imperial Palace.
- The 12th Black Scroll is opened by Mirumoto Hitomi after the death of Togashi Yokuni, making Fu Leng mortal.
- Bayushi Kachiko manages to blind Fu Leng, allowing Toturi and the mortally wounded Doji Hoturi to slay the dark Kami. With the death of Fu Leng, the Clan War ends.
1127
- Kyuden Kakita falls to Crab forces under the command of Hida Sukune.
- The Unicorn Clan allies with the Brotherhood of Shinsei and Toturi's Army in anticipation of the upcoming war.
- Crab forces seize and pillage Ryoko Owari Toshi after defeating two of the Imperial Legions guarding the city.
- The Battle of Beiden Pass begins, with the Crab Clan attacking the allied forces of Toturi's Army, the Dragon and the Unicorn.
- The four remaining members of the Elemental Council open the four Black Scrolls in their possession, subsequently becoming Tainted by their power.
- Crab Clan Champion Hida Kisada orders Kuni Yori to bring more Shadowlands reinforcements, offering his soul as payment once the war is over.
- Emperor Hantei XXXIX cancels his planned Winter Court at Shiro Iuchi, citing poor health.
1126
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The Clan War begins.
- The Elemental Terrors are created by the combined effort of the Dark Oracles.
- Master of Earth Isawa Tadaka returns from the Shadowlands bearing a Black Scroll he had stolen from Yogo Junzo. After his arrival in Phoenix lands, he and the other Elemental Masters (save for Master of Void Isawa Kaede) go into seclusion to study the Black Scrolls.
- Crab Clan Champion Hida Kisada forms an alliance with the Shadowlands, and the combined forces begin to march on Beiden Pass.
- Toturi's Army, bolstered by newly joined Dragon troops, sets up camp near Nanashi Mura. Toturi himself then leads a small troop towards the Crane lands.
- Kuni Yori willingly joins the Shadowlands after being ambushed en route to the Crab lands.
- A skirmish between Shiba Tsukune's forces and a Lion regiment moves the Phoenix closer into an alliance with the Crane Clan.
1124
- The Lion-Crane War ends.
- The end of the Great Sleep of the Naga.
1123
- The Hare Clan were destroyed by Bayushi Tomaru's army, and later disbanded by the Emperor
- The Darkfever Plague strikes Phoenix lands.
- Hantei XXXIX becomes Emperor after the Scorpion Coup.
- The Scorpion Clan and Akodo family are disbanded for their parts in the coup.
- Yogo Junzo opened the first Black Scroll.