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<div>'''400: End of the Crab-Crane war and Sparrow Clan founded'''<br />
:The war resulted in an Imperial Edict banning large-scale open warfare among the Seven Clans of the Empire. Since that time, only small battles have been permitted, and only with the Emperor's consent. The entire massed armies of the Great Clans would not be turned against each other ever again.<br />
:During an earlier negotiation for peace, Crane official Doji Onegaro was ousted from the Crane Clan. The Emperor grants Onegaro lands stripped from the Crab and Crane for his own use. The lands are harsh, unforgiving, and largely worthless. Onegaro retires to a monastery but his son, Suzume, stays behind to found the Sparrow Clan.<br />
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'''400: Found of the Ikoma Spymaster academy'''<br />
:The Lion learn far too late about the quiet problems between the Crab and Crane, and realize that the sudden defection of the Yasuki to the Clan of the Crab is not as abrupt as it appeared. The Lion Clan daimyo and the Ikoma family daimyo devise a practical solution, and secretly found the Spymaster school to strengthen the information-gathering resources of the Lion.<br />
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'''402: Snake Clan corrupted'''<br />
:Chuda Tamihei, great-grandson of Isawa Chuda, succumbs to the temptation of a spirit and voices a deadly prayer to dark forces, unleashing a dreaded Shuten Doji in the lands of the Snake Clan. The spirit begins extending its influence throughout the tiny Snake Clan, spreading to all who hear the cries of another under its thrall, completely assuming control in a matter of days.<br />
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'''402: The Five Nights of Shame'''<br />
:Alerted to the presence of the Shuten Doji, the Council of Elemental Masters devote considerable resources to the Snake Clan's destruction. Three thousand Shiba bushi and numbers of shugenja are brought outside the Snake capital in just three days. Huge numbers of Shiba bushi are lost in the battle before the Masters discover the proper means to combat the spirit. In the end, however, the Snake Clan is completely destroyed. No trace remains of the Shuten Doji, or of the Phoenix magistrate sent to discover its ultimate fate.<br />
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'''412: Hida Tadaka & Matsu Itagi in Shadowlands'''<br />
:Exuding pride and overconfidence, Lion daimyo, Matsu Itagi contends that he can seal the Festering Pit alone. He visits the Crab lands and proclaims that if the Lion inhabited the Crab lands, the Shadowlands would have been defeated generations ago. Itagi boldly strides into the Shadowlands, only to be rescued weeks later by the selfless sacrifice of Crab daimyo Hida Tadaka. This gesture forestalls hostilities between the two clans for centuries. Both Champions thereafter died from the wounds they sustained fighting the Shadowlands together.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kasuda sponsors the Brotherhood of Shinsei'''<br />
:The eighth Hantei Emperor, Hantei Kusada, becomes a pawn of the Gozoku alliance. This cabal of Crane, Scorpion, and Phoenix leaders train Kusada to be a loyal pawn after kidnapping him to gain control of his father, Hantei Fujiwa.<br />
:Kusada had several sons and daughters, but his heir would be his first-born, a son that was also controlled by the Gozoku. The Gozoku ensured that the Scorpion, Phoenix, and Crane, enabling the Alliance to retain their hold on the Emerald Throne, fostered all of Kusada’s sons. Kusada's daughters were wed or fostered off to other clans for political alliances, helping the Gozoku gain increased control of the politics of the Empire.<br />
:Kusada's only accomplishment of note is his sponsorship of religion, and he is responsible for building over two dozen magnificent temples in Otasan Uchi in places that Shinsei visited or performed a holy act. Kusada eventually takes advantage of the fact that the Brotherhood is completely beyond the Gozoku's control, and orders them to serve as his spies while he seeks an escape from their domination.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kusada's spies uncovered by the Gozoku'''<br />
:The Brotherhood had no choice but to obey (as the Emperor is the ultimate head of the Shintao religion), and he believed no one would suspect such behavior. However, the "spies" were caught, and the Gozoku decided to make an example of the Brotherhood, executing four of them for treason in the Emperor's name. This is seen as the Gozoku's first mistake, as it turned more attention to the darker side of their control of the Empire. The Brotherhood begins resisting openly, and the Gozoku strike back, arresting Gaman, Master of the Four Temples, and burning three sohei monasteries. The peasantry see the emperor's servants attacking the peaceful monks and rebel, forcing the Gozoku to stop their persecution, but the damage has already been done.<br />
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'''432: Hantei Yugozohime fostered by the Lion'''<br />
:The Lion fostered Yugozohime, a daughter of Hantei Kusada’s. Rather than marrying her to a courtier and teaching her to be a quiet, respectful woman as the Gozoku intend, the Matsu and Ikoma train her in the tenets of bushido and the wisdom of the Heavens --the Lion teach Hantei Yugozohime how to be an Empress. When she learns the true glory of the Hantei Emperors, the young Empress plans to one day defeat the Gozoku.<br />
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'''435: Coronation of Hantei Yugozohime'''<br />
:When Hantei Kusada dies of old age, his heir is brought from Phoenix lands to take the throne (and maintain the Gozoku stranglehold on the power of the Empire). However, Yugozohime challenges her brother to a duel for the throne, and defeats him. With the support of the Lion and Dragon behind a confident and powerful Hantei Empress, the strength of the Gozoku's three clans is swiftly and suddenly shattered.<br />
::The death of the last Gozoku-controlled Hantei heir signals a terrible blow to the organization, but the leaders of the alliance are still confident in their ability to recover. Seeing only the Lion Clan in fulls upport of the would be Empress, the Scorpion, Crane, and Phoenix Clans prepare to crush the threat to their rule as quickly as it began. However, when the ambassadors of the Dragon make it plain that legions of Mirumoto soldiers, unchecked for the entirety of the Gozoku's rule, are in place to cut the Imperial Lands off from any sort of military action from any Clan save the Lion, the Gozoku's end is all but confirmed.<br />
:Many members of the Gozoku's three clans either quickly retired to monasteries or die in duels within the year. Shiba Haijushiko assists Yugozohime in dismantling the Gozoku's power base in return for his own pardon. No formal charges were brought against any Gozoku members, though Yugozohime (Hantei VII) hands many functions of the Imperial Court that the Gozoku used to their advantage over to the Otomo family, effectively preventing an such attempts to make a pawn of the Throne in such a manner again.<br />
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'''438: Gusai family name awarded'''<br />
:Centuries after the Mantis were informally established, Gusai, current leader of the Mantis, is invited to Otosan Uchi. During a contest of wits with the Empress, Gusai shows Yugozohime the strength of steel over words by drawing a blade to the Hantei's throat. Gusai wins his argument with the Empress, as well as Minor Clan status and the Gusai family name. The Daughter of Heaven has the last word, however, and proves the strength of his words by ordering Gusai's execution.<br />
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'''440: Gaijin Ambassadors Arrive at Imperial Court'''<br />
:At the behest of the Mantis, a small group of gaijin explorers are allowed admission to the Imperial Court, largely because they possess an ancient banner from the Ki-Rin Clan, while their fleet docks in Golden Sun Bay. The Emperor opens limited trade and exchange of ideas with the foreign visitors. The gaijin are allowed two years to prove their honor and their respect for the Empire.<br />
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'''442: Battle of White Stag/Raging Seas'''<br />
:The gaijin are commanded to leave Otosan Uchi, and retaliate with violence. In the ensuing battle, Hantei Yugozohime is tragically slain. The united clans band together to slaughter the gaijin, driving the shattered remnants of their fleet to sea, where many of their number are consumed in a mysterious storm.<br />
:Yugozohime's uncle, Hantei Muhaki assumes the throne. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon Agasha Kasuga and his followers, despite the fact that they have apparently helped gaijin attackers flee to safety. Only Kasuga and the Emperor himself know the true reasons behind Muhaki’s decision. The Tortoise Clan is born.<br />
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'''442: Shinjo and the Lying Darkness'''<br />
:Finally reaching Shinjo's group, the other Ki-Rin families discover their brethren trapped in a foul swamp nearly identical to the Shadowlands. The Moto and Otaku battle their way to free the trapped Shinjo while the Iuchi hold the darkness at bay and the Ide tend to the wounded. Once her family is safe, Shinjo orders the Ki-Rin to flee and never look back. They grudgingly agree, and watch helplessly as the Lying Darkness swallows Lady Shinjo. In the aftermath, Shinjo's descendant Yonaru declares that they are no longer the Ki Rin, but the Unicorn Clan. Battered and weary, they continue westward, determined to fulfill Shinjo's vow to fully explore the lands beyond.<br />
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'''447: Boar Clan founded'''<br />
:The descendants of a group of Crab explorers thought lost in the Twilight Mountains since the year 383 arrive in Otosan Uchi with three tons of jade and iron. Their leader, Heichi, presents these as a payment of back taxes to the Emperor. Heichi's followers refuse to return to their former clan. Amazed by Heichi's story and intrigued by his profound knowledge of bushido and law, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon them.<br />
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'''472: The Emperor's Blessing written'''<br />
:The Emperor's Blessing, Miya Mai's most critically acclaimed work, tells the tale of the end of the War Against Fu Leng and describes the founding of the Miya household. Mai considered the work "too tame" and only completed it so that the commission promised by her patron would provide enough for her to survive. The play is widely regarded to be Mai's best, and spawns a host of imitations. <br />
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'''487: Coronation of Hantei X'''<br />
:The first Hantei to have his lineage traced from the Otomo when the previous empress died without an heir, Hantei X was also the first Hantei to give up his personal name to simply be referred to as "The Hantei." His true name has been lost for all time, and in many texts he is referred to as "He who sacrificed his name for the Empire."<br />
:Hantei X had a distaste for shugenja, and sponsored monks extensively as an alternative to the ritualistic practices of the shugenja. This created a rift between the two holy orders, causing each to pursue their own agendas more frequently than cooperating with each other.<br />
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'''499: Kuni Nakanu's journals discovered'''<br />
:Otomo Jama, younger brother of the Imperial Heir, finds his destiny taking a sudden turn when he happens upon the resting place of Kuni Nakanu's maho texts. With the help of a Dragon and Crane shugenja, Jama translates the texts and discovers the secrets of power. A small cult forms with Jama at the helm.<br />
:As leader of this secret society, Otomo Jama takes a new name - Iuchiban. Jama's name is stricken from all records, but evidence is uncovered in the late second decade of the twelfth century - though it is heavily suppressed.<br />
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<div>'''101: Death of Togashi'''<br />
:Lady Doji visits Dragon lands in order to speak with the last of her surviving siblings. She is turned away at the gates with news of Togashi's death. Deep inside Togashi Mountain, the Kami allows Rokugan to believe him dead. He allows his mortal body to pass away and inhabits the first tamashii - an enlightened ise zumi prepared to carry Togashi's soul.<br />
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'''102: Disappearance of Doji'''<br />
:Lady Doji is wracked with depression after watching the fickle mortal world shift and change, as she remains constant. As she has never been close to her sole remaining sibling, Hida, Doji begins to feel very alone. With that, Lady Doji imparts her final wisdom to her son Nio and walks into the sea, never to be seen again.<br />
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'''110: Creation of the Badger Clan'''<br />
:The Badger Clan, one of the smallest of Rokugan's Minor Clans, is founded to guard the northern passes of the Empire.<br />
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'''145: Book of Sun Tao written'''<br />
:The famous ronin general Sun Tao is said to have completed his great treatise on warfare during this time. Sun Tao distributes credit for his knowledge among all of the clans, and gives a copy to each of the clan daimyo before vanishing into the Burning Sands seeking the clan of the Ki-Rin. The book is compared to Akodo's treatise Leadership, and many value the work as much as the Lion Kami's own writing. The Lion Clan has mixed reactions to the popularity of the book at first, but quickly master the ideas presented within it and start placing it in positions of honor next to Leadership. The missing original copies of his manuscript are among the most greatly prized treasures in Rokugan.<br />
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'''152: The City of Sorcerers'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin, having left the Ujik-hai lands, encounter a city of sorcerers to the west. These sorcerers wield powerful evil magic, and attack the Unicorn scouts savagely. The aged Iuchi is badly wounded, but steals one of their "books" and carefully learns the secrets contained within. He teaches this magic to a handful of his students, giving birth to the secret practice of Meishodo. The dark sorcerers are the precursors to the Qabal.<br />
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'''153: Shinjo at the Oasis of Spirits'''<br />
:After leaving the City of Sorcerers, Shinjo discovers a strange shimmering oasis in the desert. Shinjo enters the oasis while Otaku Shiko stands guard. Shiko eventually falls asleep, and when she awakens the oasis and Shinjo are gone.<br />
:Shinjo returns after a week, showing all the signs of a woman months pregnant. She explains to her closest advisors that the oasis was a passage to the Spirit Realms, but she will not divulge where she has been nor who the father of her child is. Months later, she gives birth to five children, all possessing the ability to change their shape, though their favorite forms are those of a human and a strange, one-horned beast called a "unicorn." As the children grow, they eventually lose the golden glow of the Spirit Realms and their ability to change their shape. Four choose to remain steeds, and one remains human. Thus the blood of Shinjo founds not only the Shinjo family, but a bloodline of powerful steeds to deliver her vassals into battle.<br />
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'''153: Emerald Magistrate and Emerald Legions founded'''<br />
:Experienced military officer Doji Hatsu and skilled Courtier Soshi Saibankan begin to draft methods by which quality soldiers could be conscripted and magistrates could enforce the law of the Empire. Hatsu and Saibankan soon devise the framework for the Imperial Legions and the Emerald Magistrates, respectively. The new system guarantees that the Emperor's conscripts and magistrates will work closely, with powers that compliment one another without being excessive. The system persists without radical change to this day.<br />
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'''200: First Mention of the Naga'''<br />
:A Crab named Kaiu Sudaro loses his son in the Shinomen forest. The Mara, a creature with a great snake tail and a human body, rescues the boy. By all accounts, this is the first notation in the Empire of the Naga, who soon become deeply integrated into Rokugani myth and legend.<br />
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<div>'''Pre-caldendar: Isawa gathers his tribe'''<br />
:Before the Kami fall to Ningen-do and create the Great Clans, powerful mortals begin gathering followers. Isawa, perhaps the greatest mortal spellcaster, is the most notable of these. He gathers a large tribe and found Gisei Toshi, a city which serves as the family's power base for over a thousand years. The scholars of Gisei Toshi begin recording events in a great calendar, designating the year of the city's founding as Year 1. Coincidentally, this is the same year in which the Kami fall from Tengoku. As this calendar is more stable and less relative than the practice of keeping track of the years by the current Emperor, many sages and scholars choose to adapt this calendar.<br />
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'''Prehistory: Formation of the Empire'''<br />
:After the Kami's fall to earth and the tournament that determined which of them would rule the Empire, the Lady Doji marries the humble warrior Kakita. Together, they build a land full of beautiful castles and shrines. The practices they establish throughout Crane lands quickly spread to the other clans and form the backbone of Rokugan's society, culture, and traditions.<br />
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'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''37: Creation of Isawa's Last Wish'''<br />
:Isawa creates a wedding gift for his daughter, who is to marry Sagoten, the son of Asako and Yogo. The magical artifact is known as Isawa's Last Wish, a powerful item incorporating all five elements. Many powerful shugenja aid him in his work, but the work would be impossible without Isawa's genius. The Wish is given an innocent and childlike intellect, and learns much from Isawa and those around him.<br />
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'''39: Yogo leaves the Phoenix'''<br />
:Having been cursed by a powerful Maho-tsukai during the war against Fu Leng, the shugenja Yogo leaves the Phoenix to join the Scorpion Clan and follow Bayushi. He is cursed to betray the one he loves, and he cannot bear to harm his family among the Phoenix. Some speculate that Yogo's abandonment was his betrayal, as it leads to his son's death.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
:When the little teacher known as Shinsei speaks with Hantei, the Emperor's brother Shiba is present and records the volumes of wisdom imparted that fateful night. This collection of lore comes to be known as the Tao of Shinsei. The Phoenix champion the Tao, encouraging the other clans to accept Shinsei's teachings. They transcribe the third of the Tao's three books, the Book of the Soul, that rectifies the many discrepancies between Shinseism and kami worship and allows the two religions to exist simultaneously without conflict.<br />
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'''42: Shinsei and the Thunders'''<br />
:The prophet Shinsei comes to the Crane lands during his search for the mortals who can banish Fu Leng. He initially chooses Doji and Kakita's son, Doji Yasurugi, but Yasurugi is killed by an oni on the day of his son's birth. All is feared lost until Shinsei discovers that Yasurugi's twin sister Konishiko shares his soul. With Konishiko accompanying them, Shinsei and the Thunders travel deep into the Shadowlands and never return.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Mirumoto and Shinsei'''<br />
:Just before the final confrontation with Fu Leng, Shinsei takes the Dragon Thunder aside and makes a single command - "No escape." Understanding, Mirumoto stands apart from the other Thunders even as they fall one by one to the Dark Lord. Even with only Hida Atarasi, Isawa, and the Dragon swordsman left on their feet, Fu Leng begins to doubt his chances for victory and attempts to flee from the scene - only to have Mirumoto step right before him, burying his daisho with a lightning strike into the Dark Kami's chest. Atarasi assaults Fu Leng while he is distracted by the Dragon's blades, giving Isawa just enough time to sacrifice himself to trap the soul of a dark god in twelve scrolls of power. With his final act, Fu Leng unleashes his fury at the vassal of his meddlesome brother, and cleaves the Dragon's head from his shoulders.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive. Shiba's spirit is guided by the wisdom of Shinsei and enters the body of his successor, using the Ancestral Sword of the Phoenix, Ofushikai, as his anchor to the mortal realm. This begins the tradition wherein the Soul of Shiba manifests in each Phoenix Clan Champion over the centuries.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''42: Revelation of the Path of Man'''<br />
:When Shiba's spirit returns to the new Phoenix Champion, Shiba Tsuzaki, he visits his follower Asako and reveals to her great secrets of the universe known as the Riddle of Man. Asako and her followers perceive a level of enlightenment that could, if mastered, lead to their ascension to a higher plane of existence. The Asako who study these riddles come to be known as the henshin. The Isawa are consumed by jealousy at being denied this gift, and the rift between the families leads Isawa's daughter, Akiko, to cancel her betrothal with Asako Sagoten.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''46: Formation of the Daidoji'''<br />
:Doji's son Hayaku returns from the Shadowlands after three years of searching for his sister, Konishiko. His form is larger, with strength built by adversity, and his face is scarred with his voice having been stolen from him by a terrible throat injury. Hayaku returns Konishiko's sword to Doji, who recognizes that her daughter's soul is within it. The Crane rejoice at the return of their Thunder, and Hayaku is awarded the name Daidoji, or "Defender of the Doji" for his valor.<br />
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'''46: The Concealment of the Wish'''<br />
:The Isawa and Asako families' bickering over the fate of Isawa's Last Wish and the henshin's secret finally results in the Hantei's intervention. Hantei Genji, second Emperor of Rokugan, orders the Wish sealed away forever. As only shugenja can utilize the Wish, only the Shiba can be trusted to guard its tomb. His decree is that such power is too great for any family to wield, and the Phoenix accede to his wishes.<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''53: Denouncement of ancestral testimony'''<br />
:While the Empire is in its infancy, many Kitsu are called upon to use their gifts to have spirits of the dead give legal testimony. This practice comes to an abrupt halt when the Scorpion reveal that one of the "spirits" testifying in a particular trial is supposedly the soul of a Matsu general who is in fact still alive. The Lion accuse the Scorpion of twisting their gifts, while the Scorpion simply counter that the magic is unreliable. Unwilling to let the matter get out of hand, Hantei Genji declares all magic invalid in legal proceedings.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''66: Destruction of Shiro Akiko'''<br />
:An old and bitter man, Asako Sagoten resolves to break the curse on his father and restore Isawa Akiko's love for him. He does this the only way he knows how - he breaks into its vault and steals Isawa's Last Wish. Sadly, Sagoten's selfish desires are his undoing. The Last Wish flares out of control, killing Sagoten, Akiko, and hundreds of others. Akiko's palace, the palace built by her father to honor the marriage that would have been, is reduced to a barren field. To this day, no vegetation will grow there and the Phoenix avoid the area. The Last Wish is returned to its shrine by the cataclysm's sole survivor - a mournful Shiba bushi.<br />
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'''67: Acquisition of the Fox lands'''<br />
:When she led the Ki-Rin Clan exploring outside Rokugan, Shinjo left behind peaceful farmers and ji-samurai to guard her lands. They settle into their territory for less than a generation before the Lion clan takes notice of their fertile farmland. The Lion Clan secures the rights from the Imperial Court to take the lands under their own care - by force if necessary. The remaining Ki-Rin put up a heroic struggle, but are crushed soundly and swiftly. Hantei Genji relocates Shinjo's followers to the southern Spine of the World Mountains, and the Lion lay claim to a much-needed source of food-stuffs for their massive armies. This event leads the Shining Prince to forbid Great Clans to war upon Minor Clans, and recognizes Shinjo's followers as the minor Fox Clan.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''82: Togashi and Shosuro'''<br />
:Corrupted by the touch of the Lying Darkness, Shosuro turns away from the Scorpion and seeks her last hope of salvation - the enigmatic Dragon Kami. Unwilling to cause further imbalance in the universe by initiating a confrontation with the Darkness, Togashi traps Shosuro in a prison of pure crystal, the only substance able to keep the power of the Nothering at bay. In an attempt to maintain the purity of the Scorpion Thunder's soul, he frees the uncorrupted spirit of Shosuro back into the Kharmic Cycle, where it awaits its time to be reborn.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''87: Agasha Steel'''<br />
:For decades, students of the First Agasha Foundry attempted to use their magic to create the "perfect steel". Eventually, they begin to fold two types of steel into one by heating the metal. As a result, the Agasha are able to craft blades that are not easily broken and keep a sharp edge. Such a dramatic advance in the art of smithing cannot stay long in the hands of only one Clan, however. In less than a decade the Dragon find members of other clans utilizing Agasha techniques to create their own superior blades.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder.<br />
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'''97: The Siege of Shiro Shiba'''<br />
:The Mantis, a "clan" of island-dwelling sailors not officially recognized by the Emperor, attacking Shiro Shiba, Kaimetsu-up, son of recently murdered Crab Champion Osano-Wo, demands that the Phoenix turn over a guest of the castle, who he claims is responsible for the murder. The Phoenix refuse the brash ronin's request and their shugenja unleash their magic on the invaders. Kaimetsu-uo reaches the gates alone and calls on his father to aid him. Lightning erupts from the sky, splitting the gate open and striking the Phoenix shugenja deaf. The Phoenix, convinced by the obvious supernatural display, surrender the murderer. Osano-Wo is named the Fortune of Fire and Thunder not long thereafter.<br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''501: The Anvil of Despair is created'''<br />
:The sinister Agasha Ryuden, a guest of the Boar Clan within their home in the Twilight Mountains, forges a mighty anvil from the ore formed by the blood of the First One. Ryuden sacrifices the entire Boar Clan to the foul creation, resulting in one of the darkest and most powerful Nemuranai in all of Rokugan. Their tortured spirits combine into the Shakoki Dogu, a vengeful and malicious spirit that haunts the mountains for centuries to come.<br />
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'''508: Bloodswords Forged'''<br />
:Asahina Yajinden later uses the Anvil of Despair to forge the dreaded Bloodswords, Ambition, Passion, Judgement and Revenge, for his dark master Iuchiban. The swords are given to the Scorpion, Crane, Crab and Lion daimyo respectively.<br />
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'''509: Red Snow Battle'''<br />
:Akodo Meikuko violently reacts to a Togashi monk's casual statement in the court, mobilizing an army of 20,000 soldiers to attack Togashi Mountain. Only 2,000 survive the great winter battle. Meikuko takes her life with the sword given to her by Asahina Yajinden. Her name is thereafter synonymous with "mistake" among the Lion.<br />
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'''509: Death of Hida Tenburo'''<br />
:Crab daimyo Hida Tenburo suddenly murders his children in their sleep. He thereafter commits suicide with the blade given to him by Asahina Yajinden.<br />
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'''510: Suicide of Doji Tanaka'''<br />
:The charismatic and popular Crane Champion Doji Tanaka stuns his court when he confesses his undying love for an eleven-year-old geisha. Shortly thereafter he hurls himself into the sea just as his ancestor did, delighting the Crane's enemies with the enormity of his scandalous death. Unbeknownst to anyone, Tanaka's suicide is prompted by the bloodsword Passion, created by the traitorous Asahina Yajinden and given to Tanaka on behalf of the Bloodspeaker, Iuchiban.<br />
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'''510: Battle of Stolen Graves'''<br />
:Scorpion Champion Bayushi Rikoji, who has not yet touched the blade given to him by Asahina Yajinden, suspects foul sorcery after the deaths of the daimyo who wielded the other three blades. Rikoji dispatches Scorpion magistrate and shugenja Soshi Takasho to find the creator of the blade. Together with Legionnaire Akodo Minobe they discover the secret cult of the blood sorcerer Iuchiban, who plans to animate the bodies of the Imperial crypts as an army to be used against the Emperor himself. Rousing the armies of the clans, Iuchiban is eventually captured, killed, and entombed within a great structure that was enchanted to contain his blackened soul. The architect, Kaiu Gineza, is also entombed therein by Scorpion assassins so that the secrets of the tomb will remain safe.<br />
:After Iuchiban's defeat, Asahina Yajinden's mind is erased. He becomes a gardener in the Emperor's gardens. The Emperor thereafter issues a formal edict that all corpses of the dead will henceforth be cremated rather than buried, to prevent the use of the bodies of honored ancestors as vessels of evil magic. <br />
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'''510: Mantis family name 'Gusai' removed'''<br />
:The Gusai family name, attributed to the nobility of the Mantis Clan, was revoked after only three generations after it was given. Gusai Rioshida, Mantis daimyo attempted a coup and held the Emperor's son hostage in the Mantis isles. The prince was returned and the Gusai family destroyed. Because the Mantis Clan chose to betray their lord and execute his family because of their shame, the Mantis were allowed to retain their clan status.<br />
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'''533: Battle of Kensen Gakka'''<br />
:After a failed attack on Kyuden Ikoma, the Matsu retaliate and attack the Shiro no Meiyo. The Lion make an example of the Scorpion present, killing everyone within, and renaming the city Kensen Gakka ("Humility's Lesson")<br />
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'''569: Birth of Hantei XVI'''<br />
:The birth of the Steel Chrysanthemum (as Hantei XVI would come to be called) occurs under portents so ominous that their like has not been seen since the time of Iuchiban. The Shosuro, Ikoma and Asahina quietly ignore this fact.<br />
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'''580: Lion Assault on the Centipede'''<br />
:A Lion general with visions of grandeur attempts to take the lands of the Centipede for his own. Having set up multiple fortifications along Treacherous Pass, the Phoenix can send little direct aid, and the true battle is in the courts of the Hantei. Aided by the Crane and Phoenix, the Centipede convince the Emperor to order the Lion’s withdrawal before they are slaughtered.<br />
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'''589-597: Reign of the Steel Chrysanthemum'''<br />
:Hantei XVI takes the throne when his father retires early at his son's request. Hantei XV believes his honest, clever and capable son will usher in a new age of prosperity. Hantei XVI, however, proves a different sort of ruler. Plagued by paranoia since birth, the Steel Chrysanthemum's world is slowly overrun by ghost assassins, traitors in every corner, and enemies in each crowd. Hantei XVI enacts orders to mercilessly crush any threat to his power, real or imagined. Thousands die subjected to his cruel reign. Hantei XVI is finally deposed when the Imperial Guard assault the Hantei after ordering his own mother's death at the bare hands of Crab Champion Hida Tsuneo. Hantei, Tsuneo and those few loyal to the Steel Chrysanthemum are all destroyed.<br />
:Those who follow the Steel Chrysanthemum into death are to be henceforth cursed to follow him forever.<br />
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'''597: Temple of the Lost Gods created'''<br />
:During his reign, Hantei XVI was well known for his disregard for religion, amongst his many other character flaws. Abusing his status, he elevated dozens of mortals to lesser Fortune status as a means of eternal humiliation. These Fortunes included the Fortune of Dung, the Fortune of Torture, and other abysmal titles.<br />
:Hantei XVII set out to ensure that this would never happen again, and arranged that the head monk of the Four Temples must formally announce all such decrees when he finds an auspicious time to do so. Even with this new edict, the Steel Chrysanthemum’s blasphemy (though technically not, few argue the point) cannot be undone. A small temple in Phoenix lands is dedicated to these ‘lost’ fortunes but they are otherwise ignored.<br />
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<div>'''Pre-caldendar: Isawa gathers his tribe'''<br />
:Before the Kami fall to Ningen-do and create the Great Clans, powerful mortals begin gathering followers. Isawa, perhaps the greatest mortal spellcaster, is the most notable of these. He gathers a large tribe and found Gisei Toshi, a city which serves as the family's power base for over a thousand years. The scholars of Gisei Toshi begin recording events in a great calendar, designating the year of the city's founding as Year 1. Coincidentally, this is the same year in which the Kami fall from Tengoku. As this calendar is more stable and less relative than the practice of keeping track of the years by the current Emperor, many sages and scholars choose to adapt this calendar.<br />
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'''Prehistory: Formation of the Empire'''<br />
:After the Kami's fall to earth and the tournament that determined which of them would rule the Empire, the Lady Doji marries the humble warrior Kakita. Together, they build a land full of beautiful castles and shrines. The practices they establish throughout Crane lands quickly spread to the other clans and form the backbone of Rokugan's society, culture, and traditions.<br />
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'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''37: Creation of Isawa's Last Wish'''<br />
:Isawa creates a wedding gift for his daughter, who is to marry Sagoten, the son of Asako and Yogo. The magical artifact is known as Isawa's Last Wish, a powerful item incorporating all five elements. Many powerful shugenja aid him in his work, but the work would be impossible without Isawa's genius. The Wish is given an innocent and childlike intellect, and learns much from Isawa and those around him.<br />
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'''39: Yogo leaves the Phoenix'''<br />
:Having been cursed by a powerful Maho-tsukai during the war against Fu Leng, the shugenja Yogo leaves the Phoenix to join the Scorpion Clan and follow Bayushi. He is cursed to betray the one he loves, and he cannot bear to harm his family among the Phoenix. Some speculate that Yogo's abandonment was his betrayal, as it leads to his son's death.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
:When the little teacher known as Shinsei speaks with Hantei, the Emperor's brother Shiba is present and records the volumes of wisdom imparted that fateful night. This collection of lore comes to be known as the Tao of Shinsei. The Phoenix champion the Tao, encouraging the other clans to accept Shinsei's teachings. They transcribe the third of the Tao's three books, the Book of the Soul, that rectifies the many discrepancies between Shinseism and kami worship and allows the two religions to exist simultaneously without conflict.<br />
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'''42: Shinsei and the Thunders'''<br />
:The prophet Shinsei comes to the Crane lands during his search for the mortals who can banish Fu Leng. He initially chooses Doji and Kakita's son, Doji Yasurugi, but Yasurugi is killed by an oni on the day of his son's birth. All is feared lost until Shinsei discovers that Yasurugi's twin sister Konishiko shares his soul. With Konishiko accompanying them, Shinsei and the Thunders travel deep into the Shadowlands and never return.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Mirumoto and Shinsei'''<br />
:Just before the final confrontation with Fu Leng, Shinsei takes the Dragon Thunder aside and makes a single command - "No escape." Understanding, Mirumoto stands apart from the other Thunders even as they fall one by one to the Dark Lord. Even with only Hida Atarasi, Isawa, and the Dragon swordsman left on their feet, Fu Leng begins to doubt his chances for victory and attempts to flee from the scene - only to have Mirumoto step right before him, burying his daisho with a lightning strike into the Dark Kami's chest. Atarasi assaults Fu Leng while he is distracted by the Dragon's blades, giving Isawa just enough time to sacrifice himself to trap the soul of a dark god in twelve scrolls of power. With his final act, Fu Leng unleashes his fury at the vassal of his meddlesome brother, and cleaves the Dragon's head from his shoulders.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive. Shiba's spirit is guided by the wisdom of Shinsei and enters the body of his successor, using the Ancestral Sword of the Phoenix, Ofushikai, as his anchor to the mortal realm. This begins the tradition wherein the Soul of Shiba manifests in each Phoenix Clan Champion over the centuries.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''42: Revelation of the Path of Man'''<br />
:When Shiba's spirit returns to the new Phoenix Champion, Shiba Tsuzaki, he visits his follower Asako and reveals to her great secrets of the universe known as the Riddle of Man. Asako and her followers perceive a level of enlightenment that could, if mastered, lead to their ascension to a higher plane of existence. The Asako who study these riddles come to be known as the henshin. The Isawa are consumed by jealousy at being denied this gift, and the rift between the families leads Isawa's daughter, Akiko, to cancel her betrothal with Asako Sagoten.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''46: Formation of the Daidoji'''<br />
:Doji's son Hayaku returns from the Shadowlands after three years of searching for his sister, Konishiko. His form is larger, with strength built by adversity, and his face is scarred with his voice having been stolen from him by a terrible throat injury. Hayaku returns Konishiko's sword to Doji, who recognizes that her daughter's soul is within it. The Crane rejoice at the return of their Thunder, and Hayaku is awarded the name Daidoji, or "Defender of the Doji" for his valor.<br />
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'''46: The Concealment of the Wish'''<br />
:The Isawa and Asako families' bickering over the fate of Isawa's Last Wish and the henshin's secret finally results in the Hantei's intervention. Hantei Genji, second Emperor of Rokugan, orders the Wish sealed away forever. As only shugenja can utilize the Wish, only the Shiba can be trusted to guard its tomb. His decree is that such power is too great for any family to wield, and the Phoenix accede to his wishes.<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''66: Destruction of Shiro Akiko'''<br />
:An old and bitter man, Asako Sagoten resolves to break the curse on his father and restore Isawa Akiko's love for him. He does this the only way he knows how - he breaks into its vault and steals Isawa's Last Wish. Sadly, Sagoten's selfish desires are his undoing. The Last Wish flares out of control, killing Sagoten, Akiko, and hundreds of others. Akiko's palace, the palace built by her father to honor the marriage that would have been, is reduced to a barren field. To this day, no vegetation will grow there and the Phoenix avoid the area. The Last Wish is returned to its shrine by the cataclysm's sole survivor - a mournful Shiba bushi.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''82: Togashi and Shosuro'''<br />
:Corrupted by the touch of the Lying Darkness, Shosuro turns away from the Scorpion and seeks her last hope of salvation - the enigmatic Dragon Kami. Unwilling to cause further imbalance in the universe by initiating a confrontation with the Darkness, Togashi traps Shosuro in a prison of pure crystal, the only substance able to keep the power of the Nothering at bay. In an attempt to maintain the purity of the Scorpion Thunder's soul, he frees the uncorrupted spirit of Shosuro back into the Kharmic Cycle, where it awaits its time to be reborn.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''87: Agasha Steel'''<br />
:For decades, students of the First Agasha Foundry attempted to use their magic to create the "perfect steel". Eventually, they begin to fold two types of steel into one by heating the metal. As a result, the Agasha are able to craft blades that are not easily broken and keep a sharp edge. Such a dramatic advance in the art of smithing cannot stay long in the hands of only one Clan, however. In less than a decade the Dragon find members of other clans utilizing Agasha techniques to create their own superior blades.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder.<br />
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'''97: The Siege of Shiro Shiba'''<br />
:The Mantis, a "clan" of island-dwelling sailors not officially recognized by the Emperor, attacking Shiro Shiba, Kaimetsu-up, son of recently murdered Crab Champion Osano-Wo, demands that the Phoenix turn over a guest of the castle, who he claims is responsible for the murder. The Phoenix refuse the brash ronin's request and their shugenja unleash their magic on the invaders. Kaimetsu-uo reaches the gates alone and calls on his father to aid him. Lightning erupts from the sky, splitting the gate open and striking the Phoenix shugenja deaf. The Phoenix, convinced by the obvious supernatural display, surrender the murderer. Osano-Wo is named the Fortune of Fire and Thunder not long thereafter.<br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''704: The Dragonfly Clan is founded'''<br />
:Despite her betrothal to a samurai from the Lion Clan, Phoenix shugenja Isawa Maroko marries her true love, Mirumoto Asijin of the Dragon. Their parent clans, notorious for their tolerant and enigmatic ways, permit the couple to settle in the plains south of the Dragon Clan. Maroko's jilted suitor, Akodo Yukutsu, leads an army of 5,000 Lions against the couple's holdings, only to be stopped by two armies, one Dragon and one Phoenix, preventing his attack. Furthermore, a huge force of Shugenja prevents his retreat until Yokutsu swears never again to harass Maroko and Asijin. Pleased with the outcome of the Battle of Kyuden Tonbo, the pro-Crane Emperor awards the couple a family name, Tonbo, and Minor Clan status.<br />
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'''711: The Battle of the Great Climb'''<br />
:Insulted by an Agasha ambassador in court, the vengeful Lion general Akodo Yokutsu leads an army of Lion against the Dragon Clan, careful to avoid the lands of Mirumoto Asijin and Isawa Maroko lest he violate the oath he swore sever years previous. Laying siege to the Dragon, Yokutsu demands a duel with Asijin to redeem his honor. The Dragon daimyo Togashi Ayoko arranges the duel, in which Asijin is killed. This is part of an agreement between Ayoko and Asijin, one which extends the Dragon Clan's protection to the Dragonfly in exchange for Asijin's sacrifice. The arrogant Yokutsu declares himself the daimyo of the Dragonfly and states his intention to wed Isawa Maroko, but is challenged and killed in a duel by Asijin and Maroko's son, Tonbo Kuyuden. With the threat of violence from the Lion temporarily appeased, the Dragonfly Clan become the Dragon's official emissaries.<br />
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'''715: The Battle of the Tidal Land bridge'''<br />
:While a sizable force of Shadowlands creatures attack the Crab forces elsewhere, a lone and sparsely defended watchtower near Earthquake Fish Bay is attacked by a cunning Oni no Kinjiro and its minions. Severely outnumbered, the Crab seem doomed despite their commanders battle prowess. Just when all seems lost, a hunting horn sounds across the bay. Daimyo Daidoji Masashigi and his guardsmen charge across the Tidal Land Bridge and attack the foul creatures. The weary and battered Crab are quickly left behind as Masashigi forces the creatures onto the Landbridge. There, they fight the Oni no Kinjiro as the waves rise up around them, swallowing everything. The Crab wait, but no survivors emerge. Only a battered helmet, once worn by Masashigi, is found. The Crab build a shrine to the valiant hero, and henceforth have close relations with the so-called "Iron Cranes" of the Daidoji family.<br />
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'''716: Hiruma Castle falls to the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Caught off-guard by a massive Shadowlands army, the samurai of Hiruma Castle are quickly overrun and completely routed. The dark army is greater than any witnessed since the days of the war with Fu Leng. The Hiruma are pushed back all the way to the Hida provinces, where the army is finally stopped by powerful magic from the Kuni family.<br />
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'''716: The Battle of the Cresting Wave'''<br />
:After the fall of Hiruma Castle, the Crab Clan rallies around the provinces of the Hida. The great army of the Oni Lord Maw is delayed by a powerful young shugenja named Kuni Osaku, who creates a gigantic wave of water from the Saigo River to keep them at bay while the Crab scramble to create the Great Carpenter Wall. After 73 days, the wall is completed. Osaku collapses dead from the strain of her magic and the armies of the Maw attack the wall. Despite their numbers, the Shadowlands creatures cannot overwhelm the entrenched Crab, bolstered as they are by hired ronin and samurai of the other Great Clans. The Maw's forces are eventually beaten back into the Shadowlands, where hidden forces of bloodthirsty Hiruma exact a terrible vengeance for the loss of their homeland. The Maw is slain in the battle -- his army shattered, but the Hiruma provinces remain under the control of the Shadowlands for centuries to come.<br />
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'''750: The Battle of Sleeping River'''<br />
:Two hundred years after his first defeat, the dreaded sorcerer Iuchiban again rises to threaten the Empire. Armed with the secret of moving his spirit from body to body, Iuchiban spends the two centuries following his defeat creating a massive cult throughout Rokugan. The Bloodspeakers, his loyal followers, amass a great army of corpses on the plain near Sleeping River. An ise zumi discovers Iuchiban's spirit and alerts the clans to his treachery. After driving Iuchiban's forces from Ryoko Owari, the united clans converge upon the plains of Sleeping RIver and destroy the sorcerer's undead army. The ise zumi who first discovered Iuchiban manages to capture and hold his spirit until a suitable tomb can be erected, allowing the Bloodspeaker to finally be imprisoned for good.<br />
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'''750: Hare Clan founded'''<br />
:For his brave effort against the armies of Iuchiban, the ronin Reichin is granted the family name Usagi, and Minor Clan status. The Hare Clan is born.<br />
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'''755: The death of Hiruma Sokokai'''<br />
:The last surviving student of the Hiruma Bushi School, Hiruma Sokokai's death results in the loss of the advanced techniques of the Hiruma family. With no school or formalized dojo, the Hiruma begin training informally among themselves.<br />
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'''755: Kitsu Taiko becomes the Master of Fire'''<br />
:In an unprecedented move, the Isawa invite the recently retired Kitsu Taiko, widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful shugenja in the Empire, to join their council as the new Master of Fire. Taiko accepts the position and serves loyally for many years. Many suspect the Isawa bestowed this honor upon Taiko purely to maintain their reputation as the most powerful shugenja in the Empire, but the Isawa refuse to acknowledge such base accusations. It is the first time a non-Phoenix is ever given a position on the Council.<br />
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'''761: Kitsu Taiko becomes the Master of Fire'''<br />
:Born of peasant stock, Kitsu Taiko has an instinctive command of the kami. He is discovered by the Kitsu at a young age after a spirit leads them to him, and is quickly inducted into their ranks. Taiko is a dominant force among the Lion throughout his life, influencing many great battles and making numerous innovations in areas relating to fire magic. The Phoenix offer him the position of Elemental Master of Fire, when he reaches retirement age, and he accepts. He is the only non-Phoenix to ever hold such a position.<br />
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'''774: The Oracle of Fire falls to Fu Leng'''<br />
:A mere decade after having been selected as the new Oracle of Fire, a minor Isawa shugenja reappears in the land of the Phoenix. Apparently insane, the Oracle goes on a rampage, destroying several small villages and an entire legion of Shiba samurai before disappearing in a massive explosion that completely incinerates an entire shrine. At the same time, the Crab serving upon the Great Carpenter Wall witness an enormous explosion of fire from deep within the Shadowlands. The Phoenix theorize that the Oracle somehow became exposed to the Taint of the dark lord and was called to the Shadowlands to serve him. It is a grim reminder that no one is immune to corruption.<br />
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'''782: The fall of Morikage Toshi'''<br />
:Forsaken by her unloving and callous husband Shiba Kojiro, a young bride formerly of the Dragon Clan takes her life to escape the pain of the dishonor. Mad with grief, the bride's mother lays a powerful curse upon the husband's castle. Soon the vines and trees reach out and reclaim the castle, wrapping it in thick vegetation that renders it useless. All attempts to magically dispel the curse end in failure, and in the end the Phoenix abandon the castle rather than arouse the ire of the vengeful spirits there. The castle lies vacant for centuries, home only to the restless ghosts that wander the halls.<br />
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<div>'''210: Disappearance of the Kami Hida'''<br />
:In the year 210, the aged Kami of the Crab took up his tetsubo, announced he intended to seek out his lost son, and departed into the Shadowlands. He was never seen again.<br />
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'''210: Togashi's Secret'''<br />
:Two hundred years after Hantei's coronation, Scorpion Champion Bayushi Oshiro sets his spy network to discovering the truth behind the Dragon's mysteries. His own daughter ventures to Togashi's mountain, but does not return for seven years. When she does, she is blind and her hair is streaked white - but Togashi's greatest secret was hers. She is pregnant and her baby will be the child of a Kami. She leaves Scorpion lands after sharing the truth of Togashi's identity with her father. Unbeknownst to the Scorpion Clan, Togashi's bride also retrieves the Twelfth Black Scroll for the Dragon Kami, which he takes under his personal protection.<br />
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'''223: War with the Rocs'''<br />
:Crossing a vast mountain range, the Ki-Rin are attacked by men riding gigantic birds, large enough to carry a man and his steed off. The two forces battle for days amid the snow-capped mountains before students of Iuchi call down the mountain-side to crush their enemies. The gambit is successful, but destroys the pass through which the Ki-Rin entered, permanently blocking the path leading back to the Ujik-hai and Rokugan.<br />
:In response, Shinjo splits the Hantei's mirror into four pieces then divides the Ki-Rin into four groups to search for a passage home. Each group leaves in a different direction, and the mirrors allow them to communicate with one another intermittently.<br />
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'''225 - 442: Trials and tribulations'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin are seperated for over two centuries, with each group encountering a variety of friends and goes. The Otaku run afoul of their old enemies from the City of Sorcerers and discover that the insidious villains have learned to remove their hearts from their bodies to ensure their immortality. The iuchi combat and then eventually make peace with strange, elemental beings known as jinn. Shinjo's family thwarts the activities of a cult of assassins who worship a murderous, multi-armed deity called the Destroyer. The Ide and Moto encounter the Ashalan, a race of immortal beings sharing a finite number of souls. The Moto take to the seas and make contact with the distant kingdom of Merenae.<br />
:In 442 the Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide receive a startling image of Shinjo being torn apart by darkened talons. They rush to reunite and discover what threatens their beloved lady, a lady who most of her servants have never seen.<br />
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'''234: Shrouding of Gisei Toshi'''<br />
:Relations between the Isawa and Asako continue to deteriorate. Isawa Hidetsugu determines that he will uncover the Asako's secrets one way or another. Seizing Isawa's Last Wish from its guardians, he attempts to use it to see into the Asako henshin's hearts. When he does so, Gisei Toshi suddenly erupts into flame. The Wish's power consumes Hidetsugu. The blaze can be seen for miles, and much of Gisei Toshi is destroyed.<br />
:Following the catastrophe, the Wish is again moved to safety by Shiba guardians. The Isawa determine to make the most out of the tragedy, and tell the Empire that Gisei Toshi has been destroyed. They then shroud the city with powerful magic. Henceforth only the Isawa family's most trusted family members, a handful of Shiba guards, and the resident peasants may dwell in the city, and those who enter are rarely allowed to leave. It is here that the Isawa family's most delicate magical experiments take place, and it is here that they collect the most deadly magical artifacts so that they can be safely contained. (The Last Wish is an exception to this, as its presence is seen as an irresistible temptation to the shugenja who dwell there.)<br />
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'''234: Formation of the Shinmaki Shinseist sect'''<br />
:At the twentieth Great Convocation, a monk called Basso appears, claiming to have in his possession a lost compilation of Shinsei’s wisdom, written immediately before the Little Prophet disappeared into the Shadowlands. Many believe its philosophies are an outgrowth of Togashi’s interpretations of Shinsei’s wisdom, rather than Shiba’s. Basso urges the wisdom of this “Diamond Sutra” over other collections of Shinsei’s writing. Basso’s urgings were considered outrageous by some, including the legendary monk Kobo, who left the meeting and was never seen again. At the Convocation’s end, enough monks had embraces Basso’s ideas that a new sect, Shinmaki Shinseism, came into being. The exact teachings of this sect remain a mystery to all save those within it, as the differences between the Diamond Sutra and the original Tao are subtle to be sure. Even so, subtle differences in a document as important as the Tao are enough to cause a wide rift between the Shinmake and other Shinseists.<br />
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'''243: Invention of Koku'''<br />
:Yasuki Tanaka invents the koku. The system of exchanging items of worth for goods or services existed long before Tanaka, but his design is the koku recognized today. The koku's design features the kanji of the Fortunes on one side and the Kami on the other. Though they are simple and recognizable, Tanaka's coins manage to confound most attempts at forgery. When the Emperor inquires as to the nature of the strange little copper coin (which was, at that point, exclusively used by the Crane) Tanaka gladly provides the Emperor with his minting plates as a gift.<br />
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'''247: Death of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Like his father, Genji is said to have ascended into the Celestial Heavens upon his death. The latter part of Hantei Genji's rule secures Shinseism and the philosophy of Shintao in the Empire, although it does not become widely popular until later in the history of the Empire. Hantei Ningi succeeds him.<br />
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'''251: Togashi Kaze is executed'''<br />
:The ise zumi Togashi Kaze, progenitor of kaze-do, is called before Hantei Ningi to demonstrate his arts. As he refused all other samurai before him, Togashi kaze refuses even the Emperor, and he orders his Emerald Champion to cut him down. He refuses, and commits seppuku. The Hantei then tells his general, a Matsu, that he will become Champion if he slays the monk. The Matsu does not hesitate, and the monk dies, but kaze-do survives.<br />
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'''254: Formation of the Shintao sect'''<br />
:At the twenty-second Great Convocation, it is decided to resolve the growing disputes between the monks by dividing the Brotherhood into multiple sects. Of these, the Shintao sect is the largest.<br />
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'''268: Creation of Kaze-do'''<br />
:As the Empire grows, so too does the division between the classes. It expands greatly when the third Hantei commands that no peasant may carry a weapon on pain of death. This unintentionally leaves all heimin with no defenses against the dangers of the land, both natural and otherworldly. Few consider the peasant's plight worthy of attention, but one man - an ise zumi named Togashi Kaze - takes action. Kaze develops a new style of jiujutsu and makes it famous by demonstrating it on furious (and well armed) samurai a number of times. The Emperor requests a formal demonstration of Kaze's technique, but the monk refuses, stating the art is for the peasants alone. Enraged by the monk's effrontery, the Hantei orders Kaze's death and he goes to his grave never having taught a single samurai his style.<br />
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'''283: Death of Isawa Akuma'''<br />
:Isawa Akuma loses control, and his soul, to the extremely powerful Oni that he summoned and bound to his name. Oni no Akuma utterly destroys the province in which it gained freedom, and carves an unstoppable path of destruction before finally reaching the Shadowlands.<br />
:Only the Maw ever gained greater infamy since, and only for the army it led.<br />
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'''283: Birth of Oni no Akuma'''<br />
:In a spectacular public display of maho, Isawa Akuma, a notorious shugenja, dies and the Oni Overlord Akuma is born. The oni is born in the city of Gisei Toshi, and for the second time in a century, the hidden city is ravaged by uncontrollable magic. Portions of the Tao's original manuscript are lost before the Elemental Masters can drive the oni out.<br />
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<div>'''Pre-caldendar: Isawa gathers his tribe'''<br />
:Before the Kami fall to Ningen-do and create the Great Clans, powerful mortals begin gathering followers. Isawa, perhaps the greatest mortal spellcaster, is the most notable of these. He gathers a large tribe and found Gisei Toshi, a city which serves as the family's power base for over a thousand years. The scholars of Gisei Toshi begin recording events in a great calendar, designating the year of the city's founding as Year 1. Coincidentally, this is the same year in which the Kami fall from Tengoku. As this calendar is more stable and less relative than the practice of keeping track of the years by the current Emperor, many sages and scholars choose to adapt this calendar.<br />
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'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''37: Creation of Isawa's Last Wish'''<br />
:Isawa creates a wedding gift for his daughter, who is to marry Sagoten, the son of Asako and Yogo. The magical artifact is known as Isawa's Last Wish, a powerful item incorporating all five elements. Many powerful shugenja aid him in his work, but the work would be impossible without Isawa's genius. The Wish is given an innocent and childlike intellect, and learns much from Isawa and those around him.<br />
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'''39: Yogo leaves the Phoenix'''<br />
:Having been cursed by a powerful Maho-tsukai during the war against Fu Leng, the shugenja Yogo leaves the Phoenix to join the Scorpion Clan and follow Bayushi. He is cursed to betray the one he loves, and he cannot bear to harm his family among the Phoenix. Some speculate that Yogo's abandonment was his betrayal, as it leads to his son's death.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
:When the little teacher known as Shinsei speaks with Hantei, the Emperor's brother Shiba is present and records the volumes of wisdom imparted that fateful night. This collection of lore comes to be known as the Tao of Shinsei. The Phoenix champion the Tao, encouraging the other clans to accept Shinsei's teachings. They transcribe the third of the Tao's three books, the Book of the Soul, that rectifies the many discrepancies between Shinseism and kami worship and allows the two religions to exist simultaneously without conflict.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Mirumoto and Shinsei'''<br />
:Just before the final confrontation with Fu Leng, Shinsei takes the Dragon Thunder aside and makes a single command - "No escape." Understanding, Mirumoto stands apart from the other Thunders even as they fall one by one to the Dark Lord. Even with only Hida Atarasi, Isawa, and the Dragon swordsman left on their feet, Fu Leng begins to doubt his chances for victory and attempts to flee from the scene - only to have Mirumoto step right before him, burying his daisho with a lightning strike into the Dark Kami's chest. Atarasi assaults Fu Leng while he is distracted by the Dragon's blades, giving Isawa just enough time to sacrifice himself to trap the soul of a dark god in twelve scrolls of power. With his final act, Fu Leng unleashes his fury at the vassal of his meddlesome brother, and cleaves the Dragon's head from his shoulders.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive. Shiba's spirit is guided by the wisdom of Shinsei and enters the body of his successor, using the Ancestral Sword of the Phoenix, Ofushikai, as his anchor to the mortal realm. This begins the tradition wherein the Soul of Shiba manifests in each Phoenix Clan Champion over the centuries.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''42: Revelation of the Path of Man'''<br />
:When Shiba's spirit returns to the new Phoenix Champion, Shiba Tsuzaki, he visits his follower Asako and reveals to her great secrets of the universe known as the Riddle of Man. Asako and her followers perceive a level of enlightenment that could, if mastered, lead to their ascension to a higher plane of existence. The Asako who study these riddles come to be known as the henshin. The Isawa are consumed by jealousy at being denied this gift, and the rift between the families leads Isawa's daughter, Akiko, to cancel her betrothal with Asako Sagoten.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''46: The Concealment of the Wish'''<br />
:The Isawa and Asako families' bickering over the fate of Isawa's Last Wish and the henshin's secret finally results in the Hantei's intervention. Hantei Genji, second Emperor of Rokugan, orders the Wish sealed away forever. As only shugenja can utilize the Wish, only the Shiba can be trusted to guard its tomb. His decree is that such power is too great for any family to wield, and the Phoenix accede to his wishes.<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''66: Destruction of Shiro Akiko'''<br />
:An old and bitter man, Asako Sagoten resolves to break the curse on his father and restore Isawa Akiko's love for him. He does this the only way he knows how - he breaks into its vault and steals Isawa's Last Wish. Sadly, Sagoten's selfish desires are his undoing. The Last Wish flares out of control, killing Sagoten, Akiko, and hundreds of others. Akiko's palace, the palace built by her father to honor the marriage that would have been, is reduced to a barren field. To this day, no vegetation will grow there and the Phoenix avoid the area. The Last Wish is returned to its shrine by the cataclysm's sole survivor - a mournful Shiba bushi.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''82: Togashi and Shosuro'''<br />
:Corrupted by the touch of the Lying Darkness, Shosuro turns away from the Scorpion and seeks her last hope of salvation - the enigmatic Dragon Kami. Unwilling to cause further imbalance in the universe by initiating a confrontation with the Darkness, Togashi traps Shosuro in a prison of pure crystal, the only substance able to keep the power of the Nothering at bay. In an attempt to maintain the purity of the Scorpion Thunder's soul, he frees the uncorrupted spirit of Shosuro back into the Kharmic Cycle, where it awaits its time to be reborn.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''87: Agasha Steel'''<br />
:For decades, students of the First Agasha Foundry attempted to use their magic to create the "perfect steel". Eventually, they begin to fold two types of steel into one by heating the metal. As a result, the Agasha are able to craft blades that are not easily broken and keep a sharp edge. Such a dramatic advance in the art of smithing cannot stay long in the hands of only one Clan, however. In less than a decade the Dragon find members of other clans utilizing Agasha techniques to create their own superior blades.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder.<br />
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'''97: The Siege of Shiro Shiba'''<br />
:The Mantis, a "clan" of island-dwelling sailors not officially recognized by the Emperor, attacking Shiro Shiba, Kaimetsu-up, son of recently murdered Crab Champion Osano-Wo, demands that the Phoenix turn over a guest of the castle, who he claims is responsible for the murder. The Phoenix refuse the brash ronin's request and their shugenja unleash their magic on the invaders. Kaimetsu-uo reaches the gates alone and calls on his father to aid him. Lightning erupts from the sky, splitting the gate open and striking the Phoenix shugenja deaf. The Phoenix, convinced by the obvious supernatural display, surrender the murderer. Osano-Wo is named the Fortune of Fire and Thunder not long thereafter.<br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''1100: The Battle of Fate's Gorge'''<br />
:Following a slight to the Matsu family's generals, Isawa and Matsu forces meet on the field of battle to prove once and for all whether the Imperial shugenja are truly needed by the Emperor. In an attempt to interrupt the Lion's leadership, Master of Water Isawa Kaiyoko, magically teleports eight Shiba bushi into the war tent of the Lion to kill General Matsu Uniri and his wife Yunaki. The Phoenix fail to account for the couple's daughter, however, and ten-year-old Matsu Tsuko saves her mother's life by crushing the throat of the final Phoenix assassin with a boken. With Matsu Yunaki leading the Lion troops, the Phoenix are defeated on the field of battle the following day.<br />
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'''1103: Hantei XXXVIII takes the Throne'''<br />
:At the age of 26, the rightful heir to the throne, Hantei Jodan, is crowned the 38th Emperor of Rokugan. A daring and spirited young man, Hantei XXXVIII finds his life force slowly crushed over the years by relentless conflicts between the Great Clans.<br />
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'''1107: Hantei Sotorii is born'''<br />
:After the death of his third wife, Hantei XXXVIII took up the company of a Crane concubine. As soon as the boy is born and survives (infant mortality is always a factor in Rokugan), the Emperor marries his mother, making her the Empress and Sotorii the heir to the throne. Unfortunately, his mother dies victim of a mysterious fever a short three years after his birth.<br />
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'''1109: The Wasp Clan is founded'''<br />
:Born of a Scorpion father and a Lion mother, the young man named Tsuruchi survives both clans' treachery, losing both his parents and the castle that is his birthright. With cunning and stealth, he reclaims his home and kills the Lion that usurped it, his uncle. Tsuruchi presents his dilemma to the Emerald Champion, a Crane who shares his distaste for the Lion and Scorpion, and is given leave to create his own clan. The Wasp Clan is born, sworn into the service of the Emerald Champion.<br />
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'''1111: The Yotsu family name granted'''<br />
:A mountain dwelling ronin, the warrior Yotsu discovers that the caravan of Empress Hochiahime (Hantei XXXVIII's second wife) has been attacked by a large Bloodspeaker cult. The cultists kill the Empress' infant children, and all of the Seppun guardsmen attached to the caravan. The Empress Hochiahime and the young heir Sotorii are taken captive, intended for a sacrifice in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Yotsu creeps into the camp with the blade of a fallen guardsman. Though he knows he cannot possibly defeat the Bloodspeakers alone, he asks the Empress for permission to die in the Empress' name. The Empress forbids it, instead insisting the ronin rescue the heir Sotorii, passing Yotsu a message for the Hantei to mourn her and her unborn child.<br />
:With no other options, Yotsu exchanges his youngest son in Sotorii's place and leaves. Weeks later the young heir is reunited with his true father, the Emperor Hantei XXXVIII. In recognition of Yotsu's sacrifice, he is given the name Yotsu Yatoshin, the name of the Emperor's father, and a small fiefdom in the Mountains of Regret as well as rule over a district in Otosan Uchi. Later explorations by the Imperial Legions find the Bloodspeaker Cult gone, and it is presumed that Empress Hochiahime was sacrificed to their blasphemous rituals.<br />
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'''1116: Sword of Yotsu otokudate formed'''<br />
:Yotsu Yatoshin begins swearing ronin outside his family to the Yotsu name and training them in the techniques he devised while living deep in the mountains.<br />
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'''1117: Yorimoto becomes the Daimyo of the Mantis Clan'''<br />
:Well known for his anger over the Mantis' station as a Minor Clan, many of the Mantis feel that Yoritomo will lead them to greatness, perhaps paving the way for them to play a more significant role in Rokugan.<br />
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'''1118: Kokujin'''<br />
:Sensing the coming return of Fu Leng, Togashi meditates, reflecting upon his own soul's readiness... and finds it lacking. Though the Dragon Kami has remained apart from much of the Realm of Mortals for the past thousand years, even he is not immune to its touch and realizes the darkness and imperfections that have crept into his soul. The power of Fu Leng is such that even Togashi's immortal and divine soul could be turned against the Empire if he is not completely pure. Knowing that his confrontation with his dark brother is inevitable, Togashi makes a choice that will haunt his clan for years - he chooses two tamashii from this generation. Upon one he places the burdens of doubt, remorse, desire, fear, and anger that have built up within him over the millennium. The new ise zumi takes the name Kokujin, and is driven immediately mad by the Kami's "gift". Though Togashi attempts to counsel Kokujin and calm his soul, the torture of a god's heart is too much for the mortal man and he disappears into the Shadowlands.<br />
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<div>'''400: End of the Crab-Crane war and Sparrow Clan founded'''<br />
:The war resulted in an Imperial Edict banning large-scale open warfare among the Seven Clans of the Empire. Since that time, only small battles have been permitted, and only with the Emperor's consent. The entire massed armies of the Great Clans would not be turned against each other ever again.<br />
:During an earlier negotiation for peace, Crane official Doji Onegaro was ousted from the Crane Clan. The Emperor grants Onegaro lands stripped from the Crab and Crane for his own use. The lands are harsh, unforgiving, and largely worthless. Onegaro retires to a monastery but his son, Suzume, stays behind to found the Sparrow Clan.<br />
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'''402: Snake Clan corrupted'''<br />
:Chuda Tamihei, great-grandson of Isawa Chuda, succumbs to the temptation of a spirit and voices a deadly prayer to dark forces, unleashing a dreaded Shuten Doji in the lands of the Snake Clan. The spirit begins extending its influence throughout the tiny Snake Clan, spreading to all who hear the cries of another under its thrall, completely assuming control in a matter of days.<br />
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'''402: The Five Nights of Shame'''<br />
:Alerted to the presence of the Shuten Doji, the Council of Elemental Masters devote considerable resources to the Snake Clan's destruction. Three thousand Shiba bushi and numbers of shugenja are brought outside the Snake capital in just three days. Huge numbers of Shiba bushi are lost in the battle before the Masters discover the proper means to combat the spirit. In the end, however, the Snake Clan is completely destroyed. No trace remains of the Shuten Doji, or of the Phoenix magistrate sent to discover its ultimate fate.<br />
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'''412: Hida Tadaka & Matsu Itagi in Shadowlands'''<br />
:Matsu Itagi, an arrogant Lion Champion, ventured into the Shadowlands, only to be rescued by the Crab. Both Champions thereafter died from the wounds they sustained fighting the Shadowlands together.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kasuda sponsors the Brotherhood of Shinsei'''<br />
:The eighth Hantei Emperor, Hantei Kusada, becomes a pawn of the Gozoku alliance. This cabal of Crane, Scorpion, and Phoenix leaders train Kusada to be a loyal pawn after kidnapping him to gain control of his father, Hantei Fujiwa.<br />
:Kusada had several sons and daughters, but his heir would be his first-born, a son that was also controlled by the Gozoku. The Gozoku ensured that the Scorpion, Phoenix, and Crane, enabling the Alliance to retain their hold on the Emerald Throne, fostered all of Kusada’s sons. Kusada's daughters were wed or fostered off to other clans for political alliances, helping the Gozoku gain increased control of the politics of the Empire.<br />
:Kusada's only accomplishment of note is his sponsorship of religion, and he is responsible for building over two dozen magnificent temples in Otasan Uchi in places that Shinsei visited or performed a holy act. Kusada eventually takes advantage of the fact that the Brotherhood is completely beyond the Gozoku's control, and orders them to serve as his spies while he seeks an escape from their domination.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kusada's spies uncovered by the Gozoku'''<br />
:The Brotherhood had no choice but to obey (as the Emperor is the ultimate head of the Shintao religion), and he believed no one would suspect such behavior. However, the "spies" were caught, and the Gozoku decided to make an example of the Brotherhood, executing four of them for treason in the Emperor's name. This is seen as the Gozoku's first mistake, as it turned more attention to the darker side of their control of the Empire. The Brotherhood begins resisting openly, and the Gozoku strike back, arresting Gaman, Master of the Four Temples, and burning three sohei monasteries. The peasantry see the emperor's servants attacking the peaceful monks and rebel, forcing the Gozoku to stop their persecution, but the damage has already been done.<br />
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'''432: Hantei Yugozohime fostered by the Lion'''<br />
:The Lion fostered Yugozohime, a daughter of Hantei Kusada’s. Rather than marrying her to a courtier and teaching her to be a quiet, respectful woman as the Gozoku intend, the Matsu and Ikoma train her in the tenets of bushido and the wisdom of the Heavens --the Lion teach Hantei Yugozohime how to be an Empress. When she learns the true glory of the Hantei Emperors, the young Empress plans to one day defeat the Gozoku.<br />
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'''435: Coronation of Hantei Yugozohime'''<br />
:When Hantei Kusada dies of old age, his heir is brought from Phoenix lands to take the throne (and maintain the Gozoku stranglehold on the power of the Empire). However, Yugozohime challenges her brother to a duel for the throne, and defeats him. With the support of the Lion and Dragon behind a confident and powerful Hantei Empress, the strength of the Gozoku's three clans is swiftly and suddenly shattered.<br />
::The death of the last Gozoku-controlled Hantei heir signals a terrible blow to the organization, but the leaders of the alliance are still confident in their ability to recover. Seeing only the Lion Clan in fulls upport of the would be Empress, the Scorpion, Crane, and Phoenix Clans prepare to crush the threat to their rule as quickly as it began. However, when the ambassadors of the Dragon make it plain that legions of Mirumoto soldiers, unchecked for the entirety of the Gozoku's rule, are in place to cut the Imperial Lands off from any sort of military action from any Clan save the Lion, the Gozoku's end is all but confirmed.<br />
:Many members of the Gozoku's three clans either quickly retired to monasteries or die in duels within the year. Shiba Haijushiko assists Yugozohime in dismantling the Gozoku's power base in return for his own pardon. No formal charges were brought against any Gozoku members, though Yugozohime (Hantei VII) hands many functions of the Imperial Court that the Gozoku used to their advantage over to the Otomo family, effectively preventing an such attempts to make a pawn of the Throne in such a manner again.<br />
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'''438: Gusai family name awarded'''<br />
:Centuries after the Mantis were informally established, Gusai, current leader of the Mantis, is invited to Otosan Uchi. During a contest of wits with the Empress, Gusai shows Yugozohime the strength of steel over words by drawing a blade to the Hantei's throat. Gusai wins his argument with the Empress, as well as Minor Clan status and the Gusai family name. The Daughter of Heaven has the last word, however, and proves the strength of his words by ordering Gusai's execution.<br />
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'''440: Gaijin Ambassadors Arrive at Imperial Court'''<br />
:At the behest of the Mantis, a small group of gaijin explorers are allowed admission to the Imperial Court, largely because they possess an ancient banner from the Ki-Rin Clan, while their fleet docks in Golden Sun Bay. The Emperor opens limited trade and exchange of ideas with the foreign visitors. The gaijin are allowed two years to prove their honor and their respect for the Empire.<br />
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'''442: Battle of White Stag/Raging Seas'''<br />
:The gaijin are commanded to leave Otosan Uchi, and retaliate with violence. In the ensuing battle, Hantei Yugozohime is tragically slain. The united clans band together to slaughter the gaijin, driving the shattered remnants of their fleet to sea, where many of their number are consumed in a mysterious storm.<br />
:Yugozohime's uncle, Hantei Muhaki assumes the throne. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon Agasha Kasuga and his followers, despite the fact that they have apparently helped gaijin attackers flee to safety. Only Kasuga and the Emperor himself know the true reasons behind Muhaki’s decision. The Tortoise Clan is born.<br />
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'''442: Shinjo and the Lying Darkness'''<br />
:Finally reaching Shinjo's group, the other Ki-Rin families discover their brethren trapped in a foul swamp nearly identical to the Shadowlands. The Moto and Otaku battle their way to free the trapped Shinjo while the Iuchi hold the darkness at bay and the Ide tend to the wounded. Once her family is safe, Shinjo orders the Ki-Rin to flee and never look back. They grudgingly agree, and watch helplessly as the Lying Darkness swallows Lady Shinjo. In the aftermath, Shinjo's descendant Yonaru declares that they are no longer the Ki Rin, but the Unicorn Clan. Battered and weary, they continue westward, determined to fulfill Shinjo's vow to fully explore the lands beyond.<br />
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'''447: Boar Clan founded'''<br />
:The descendants of a group of Crab explorers thought lost in the Twilight Mountains since the year 383 arrive in Otosan Uchi with three tons of jade and iron. Their leader, Heichi, presents these as a payment of back taxes to the Emperor. Heichi's followers refuse to return to their former clan. Amazed by Heichi's story and intrigued by his profound knowledge of bushido and law, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon them.<br />
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'''472: The Emperor's Blessing written'''<br />
:The Emperor's Blessing, Miya Mai's most critically acclaimed work, tells the tale of the end of the War Against Fu Leng and describes the founding of the Miya household. Mai considered the work "too tame" and only completed it so that the commission promised by her patron would provide enough for her to survive. The play is widely regarded to be Mai's best, and spawns a host of imitations. <br />
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'''487: Coronation of Hantei X'''<br />
:The first Hantei to have his lineage traced from the Otomo when the previous empress died without an heir, Hantei X was also the first Hantei to give up his personal name to simply be referred to as "The Hantei." His true name has been lost for all time, and in many texts he is referred to as "He who sacrificed his name for the Empire."<br />
:Hantei X had a distaste for shugenja, and sponsored monks extensively as an alternative to the ritualistic practices of the shugenja. This created a rift between the two holy orders, causing each to pursue their own agendas more frequently than cooperating with each other.<br />
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'''499: Kuni Nakanu's journals discovered'''<br />
:Otomo Jama, younger brother of the Imperial Heir, finds his destiny taking a sudden turn when he happens upon the resting place of Kuni Nakanu's maho texts. With the help of a Dragon and Crane shugenja, Jama translates the texts and discovers the secrets of power. A small cult forms with Jama at the helm.<br />
:As leader of this secret society, Otomo Jama takes a new name - Iuchiban. Jama's name is stricken from all records, but evidence is uncovered in the late second decade of the twelfth century - though it is heavily suppressed.<br />
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<div>'''314: Beginning of Nezumi-Crab Alliance'''<br />
:This is the beginning of the famed Nezumi-Crab alliance (the existence of which the Crab still does not yet admit openly). Twelve-year-old samurai Kazuma has a strange rapport with Ratlings, and forges the bonds of trust between man and Nezumi. The Nezumi believe that Kasuma possessed the soul of both Human and Nezumi, and went on to become a Transcendent spirit after his death.<br />
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'''339: Founding of the Snake Clan'''<br />
:Imperial Magistrate Isawa Chuda successfully saves the Emperor's life from the deadly threat of a Maho cult. In reward for his years of service and valorous actions, the Emperor declares Chuda to be the Daimyo of the Snake Clan after Chuda proclaims that he is the Emperor's serpent, "creeping into the hidden places and striking down your enemies."<br />
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'''347: Founding of the Centipede Clan'''<br />
:Around the dawn of the century, a minor Isawa daimyo founded a modest shugenja school in an isolated valley east of the Mountains of Regret, near the sea. He left eleven daughters and no sons, and those daughters left a similar legacy. Due to their isolation from the Phoenix, both culturally and physically, several Otomo convince the Hantei that records would be tidier were they a minor clan. The Hantei grants their request, giving them the name of Moshi. The Centipede revere Amaterasu even over the Hantei himself, with his permission and that of every Hantei following.<br />
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'''353: Founding of the Asahina family'''<br />
:Isawa Asahina was the Phoenix master of air, also known for his power with Fire, and the greatest artificer of his time. A great war was fought between the Lion and the Phoenix, and the Crane forced a peace. Isawa Asahina was furious, believing that the magic of the Phoenix would have crushed the Lion, and he went on a rampage across the lands of the Crane, destroying whole villages, and those samurai who dared to stand against him were struck down.<br />
:Until he met a lone samurai-ko, Doji Kiriko, who risked everything by standing in front of his targets, making no move to attack or even defend herself. He made two attacks, and she threw herself into the path of both, saving the lives of the peasants gathered behind her. Awestruck by her bravery, he relented.<br />
:Caring for her wounds over the next months, he eventually joined the Crane clan, bringing with him many brethren, and the Asahina family was born.<br />
: Asahina forms a close bond with the Brotherhood of Shinsei, particularly the Order of Mercy, a sect devoted to the Fortune Jizo. Many new monasteries are built throughout the Crane lands as a result of this bond.<br />
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'''371: Crowning of Hantei Fujiwa'''<br />
:Hantei V (also known as Hantei Fujiwa) was an exceptional Emperor for many reasons. He believed that the more recent Emperors were too concerned with increasing the quality of life in the Empire for certain areas instead of improving the Empire as a whole. Hantei Fujiwa was the first Emperor since Hantei himself to actually engage the forces of the Shadowlands in combat. Hantei V himself slew oni with the powerful Sword of the Hantei, and led the Imperial Legions in combat side by side with the Crab.<br />
:When the Emperor returned to Otosan Uchi, his wrath upon the Lion and Crane was great. He accused them of weakening the Crab through political attacks, requiring as a result his direct intervention on their behalf. Fujiwa's first wife died childless during the time he was in Crab lands, only furthering Hantei's anger. Late in Fujiwa's reign, his eldest son was kidnapped by a conspiracy of Crane, Phoenix, and Scorpion courtiers calling themselves the Gozoku.<br />
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'''387: The Yasuki split and the Crane-Crab war'''<br />
:The great Crab-Crane war was the first large-scale internal war in Rokugan. Caused by the Crab seizing territory along the Crane's southern borders (presumably to feed the Crab's beleaguered troops after a number of major battles against the Shadowlands), and the split of the Yasuki family from Crane to Crab, the war lasts over a decade.<br />
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'''391: The Kidnapping of Hantei VI'''<br />
:Bent on taking the power of the Emerald Throne for their own, the Gozoku Alliance plots the end of the Hantei line with the death of Hantei Fujiwa's heir, the sixth Hantei. Unbeknownst to his co-conspirators, Bayushi Atsuki is visited by the Dragon Champion unexpectedly a week before the assassination is to be made. Togashi requests the Hantei hair be spared and instead allowed to live as a figurehead of the Gozoku's rule. The Dragon Kami cryptically states, "The time of the last Hantei has not yet come." Seeing Togashi's advice as implicit approval of the Gozoku's course, Atsuki alters the designs on Hantei VI and gains immeasurable confidence in his actions.<br />
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'''391-435: Rulership of the Gozoku'''<br />
:After the kidnapping of Hantei Fujiwa's heir, the Hantei Emperor had little choice to but to concede to the demands of the Gozoku Alliance. Fujiwa fell ill and died shortly after capitulating to the Gozoku, leaving his aged uncle Otomo Tohojatsu, as reagent until Hantei Kusada could rightfully claim the throne. Tohojatsu quickly fell in with the Gozoku, as he had always coveted possession of the Emerald Throne. Hantei Kusada (Hantei VI) was destined to serve as nothing more then a figurehead -- by the time he was of age to take the throne, Otomo Tohojatsu's concessions to the Gozoku had rendered them completely in control. The Gozoku themselves were interested in establishing the independance of the clans, with the Hantei Emperor to serve as a "face" for their rule over the clan provinces. The Gozoku's rule was a prosperous time for Rokugan. They encouraged a detailed system of roadways and new ways of conducting trade and travel so that the clans would be able to stand more apart from each other. Art and culture flourished. Unfortunately, so did crime and corruption as it became clear that even the Great Clans cared nothing for the Emperor's law.<br />
:Doji Raigu (son of the Crane Champion and later Champion himself), Shiba Gaijushiko (the Imperial Scribe), and Bayushi Atsuki (the Emperor's spy master and Scorpion Clan Champion) led the Gozoku.<br />
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'''397: Coronation of Hantei Kusada'''<br />
:The son of Hantei Fujiwa's coronation was held completely under the power of the Gozoku Alliance.<br />
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<div>'''210: Disappearance of the Kami Hida'''<br />
:In the year 210, the aged Kami of the Crab took up his tetsubo, announced he intended to seek out his lost son, and departed into the Shadowlands. He was never seen again.<br />
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'''210: Togashi's Secret'''<br />
:Two hundred years after Hantei's coronation, Scorpion Champion Bayushi Oshiro sets his spy network to discovering the truth behind the Dragon's mysteries. His own daughter ventures to Togashi's mountain, but does not return for seven years. When she does, she is blind and her hair is streaked white - but Togashi's greatest secret was hers. She is pregnant and her baby will be the child of a Kami. She leaves Scorpion lands after sharing the truth of Togashi's identity with her father. Unbeknownst to the Scorpion Clan, Togashi's bride also retrieves the Twelfth Black Scroll for the Dragon Kami, which he takes under his personal protection.<br />
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'''223: War with the Rocs'''<br />
:Crossing a vast mountain range, the Ki-Rin are attacked by men riding gigantic birds, large enough to carry a man and his steed off. The two forces battle for days amid the snow-capped mountains before students of Iuchi call down the mountain-side to crush their enemies. The gambit is successful, but destroys the pass through which the Ki-Rin entered, permanently blocking the path leading back to the Ujik-hai and Rokugan.<br />
:In response, Shinjo splits the Hantei's mirror into four pieces then divides the Ki-Rin into four groups to search for a passage home. Each group leaves in a different direction, and the mirrors allow them to communicate with one another intermittently.<br />
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'''225 - 442: Trials and tribulations'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin are seperated for over two centuries, with each group encountering a variety of friends and goes. The Otaku run afoul of their old enemies from the City of Sorcerers and discover that the insidious villains have learned to remove their hearts from their bodies to ensure their immortality. The iuchi combat and then eventually make peace with strange, elemental beings known as jinn. Shinjo's family thwarts the activities of a cult of assassins who worship a murderous, multi-armed deity called the Destroyer. The Ide and Moto encounter the Ashalan, a race of immortal beings sharing a finite number of souls. The Moto take to the seas and make contact with the distant kingdom of Merenae.<br />
:In 442 the Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide receive a startling image of Shinjo being torn apart by darkened talons. They rush to reunite and discover what threatens their beloved lady, a lady who most of her servants have never seen.<br />
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'''234: Formation of the Shinmaki Shinseist sect'''<br />
:At the twentieth Great Convocation, a monk called Basso appears, claiming to have in his possession a lost compilation of Shinsei’s wisdom, written immediately before the Little Prophet disappeared into the Shadowlands. Many believe its philosophies are an outgrowth of Togashi’s interpretations of Shinsei’s wisdom, rather than Shiba’s. Basso urges the wisdom of this “Diamond Sutra” over other collections of Shinsei’s writing. Basso’s urgings were considered outrageous by some, including the legendary monk Kobo, who left the meeting and was never seen again. At the Convocation’s end, enough monks had embraces Basso’s ideas that a new sect, Shinmaki Shinseism, came into being. The exact teachings of this sect remain a mystery to all save those within it, as the differences between the Diamond Sutra and the original Tao are subtle to be sure. Even so, subtle differences in a document as important as the Tao are enough to cause a wide rift between the Shinmake and other Shinseists.<br />
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'''243: Invention of Koku'''<br />
:Yasuki Tanaka invents the koku. The system of exchanging items of worth for goods or services existed long before Tanaka, but his design is the koku recognized today. The koku's design features the kanji of the Fortunes on one side and the Kami on the other. Though they are simple and recognizable, Tanaka's coins manage to confound most attempts at forgery. When the Emperor inquires as to the nature of the strange little copper coin (which was, at that point, exclusively used by the Crane) Tanaka gladly provides the Emperor with his minting plates as a gift.<br />
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'''247: Death of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Like his father, Genji is said to have ascended into the Celestial Heavens upon his death. The latter part of Hantei Genji's rule secures Shinseism and the philosophy of Shintao in the Empire, although it does not become widely popular until later in the history of the Empire. Hantei Ningi succeeds him.<br />
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'''251: Togashi Kaze is executed'''<br />
:The ise zumi Togashi Kaze, progenitor of kaze-do, is called before Hantei Ningi to demonstrate his arts. As he refused all other samurai before him, Togashi kaze refuses even the Emperor, and he orders his Emerald Champion to cut him down. He refuses, and commits seppuku. The Hantei then tells his general, a Matsu, that he will become Champion if he slays the monk. The Matsu does not hesitate, and the monk dies, but kaze-do survives.<br />
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'''254: Formation of the Shintao sect'''<br />
:At the twenty-second Great Convocation, it is decided to resolve the growing disputes between the monks by dividing the Brotherhood into multiple sects. Of these, the Shintao sect is the largest.<br />
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'''268: Creation of Kaze-do'''<br />
:As the Empire grows, so too does the division between the classes. It expands greatly when the third Hantei commands that no peasant may carry a weapon on pain of death. This unintentionally leaves all heimin with no defenses against the dangers of the land, both natural and otherworldly. Few consider the peasant's plight worthy of attention, but one man - an ise zumi named Togashi Kaze - takes action. Kaze develops a new style of jiujutsu and makes it famous by demonstrating it on furious (and well armed) samurai a number of times. The Emperor requests a formal demonstration of Kaze's technique, but the monk refuses, stating the art is for the peasants alone. Enraged by the monk's effrontery, the Hantei orders Kaze's death and he goes to his grave never having taught a single samurai his style.<br />
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'''283: Death of Isawa Akuma'''<br />
:Isawa Akuma loses control, and his soul, to the extremely powerful Oni that he summoned and bound to his name. Oni no Akuma utterly destroys the province in which it gained freedom, and carves an unstoppable path of destruction before finally reaching the Shadowlands.<br />
:Only the Maw ever gained greater infamy since, and only for the army it led.<br />
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<div>'''101: Death of Togashi'''<br />
:Lady Doji visits Dragon lands in order to speak with the last of her surviving siblings. She is turned away at the gates with news of Togashi's death. Deep inside Togashi Mountain, the Kami allows Rokugan to believe him dead. He allows his mortal body to pass away and inhabits the first tamashii - an enlightened ise zumi prepared to carry Togashi's soul.<br />
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'''102: Disappearance of Doji'''<br />
:Lady Doji is wracked with depression after watching the fickle mortal world shift and change, as she remains constant. As she has never been close to her sole remaining sibling, Hida, Doji begins to feel very alone. With that, Lady Doji imparts her final wisdom to her son Nio and walks into the sea, never to be seen again.<br />
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'''110: Creation of the Badger Clan'''<br />
:The Badger Clan, one of the smallest of Rokugan's Minor Clans, is founded to guard the northern passes of the Empire.<br />
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'''145: Book of Sun Tao written'''<br />
:The origins of the man known as Sun Tao are open to speculation, but it is generally believed that he wrote his treatise on warfare during this period. The writings of the ronin general are valued as greatly as the observations of Akodo himself, sometimes even more so. The missing original copies of his manuscript are among the most greatly prized treasures in Rokugan.<br />
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'''152: The City of Sorcerers'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin, having left the Ujik-hai lands, encounter a city of sorcerers to the west. These sorcerers wield powerful evil magic, and attack the Unicorn scouts savagely. The aged Iuchi is badly wounded, but steals one of their "books" and carefully learns the secrets contained within. He teaches this magic to a handful of his students, giving birth to the secret practice of Meishodo. The dark sorcerers are the precursors to the Qabal.<br />
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'''153: Shinjo at the Oasis of Spirits'''<br />
:After leaving the City of Sorcerers, Shinjo discovers a strange shimmering oasis in the desert. Shinjo enters the oasis while Otaku Shiko stands guard. Shiko eventually falls asleep, and when she awakens the oasis and Shinjo are gone.<br />
:Shinjo returns after a week, showing all the signs of a woman months pregnant. She explains to her closest advisors that the oasis was a passage to the Spirit Realms, but she will not divulge where she has been nor who the father of her child is. Months later, she gives birth to five children, all possessing the ability to change their shape, though their favorite forms are those of a human and a strange, one-horned beast called a "unicorn." As the children grow, they eventually lose the golden glow of the Spirit Realms and their ability to change their shape. Four choose to remain steeds, and one remains human. Thus the blood of Shinjo founds not only the Shinjo family, but a bloodline of powerful steeds to deliver her vassals into battle.<br />
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'''153: Emerald Magistrate and Emerald Legions founded'''<br />
:Experienced military officer Doji Hatsu and skilled Courtier Soshi Saibankan begin to draft methods by which quality soldiers could be conscripted and magistrates could enforce the law of the Empire. Hatsu and Saibankan soon devise the framework for the Imperial Legions and the Emerald Magistrates, respectively. The new system guarantees that the Emperor's conscripts and magistrates will work closely, with powers that compliment one another without being excessive. The system persists without radical change to this day.<br />
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'''200: First Mention of the Naga'''<br />
:A Crab named Kaiu Sudaro loses his son in the Shinomen forest. The Mara, a creature with a great snake tail and a human body, rescues the boy. By all accounts, this is the first notation in the Empire of the Naga, who soon become deeply integrated into Rokugani myth and legend.<br />
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<div>'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Mirumoto and Shinsei'''<br />
:Just before the final confrontation with Fu Leng, Shinsei takes the Dragon Thunder aside and makes a single command - "No escape." Understanding, Mirumoto stands apart from the other Thunders even as they fall one by one to the Dark Lord. Even with only Hida Atarasi, Isawa, and the Dragon swordsman left on their feet, Fu Leng begins to doubt his chances for victory and attempts to flee from the scene - only to have Mirumoto step right before him, burying his daisho with a lightning strike into the Dark Kami's chest. Atarasi assaults Fu Leng while he is distracted by the Dragon's blades, giving Isawa just enough time to sacrifice himself to trap the soul of a dark god in twelve scrolls of power. With his final act, Fu Leng unleashes his fury at the vassal of his meddlesome brother, and cleaves the Dragon's head from his shoulders.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''82: Togashi and Shosuro'''<br />
:Corrupted by the touch of the Lying Darkness, Shosuro turns away from the Scorpion and seeks her last hope of salvation - the enigmatic Dragon Kami. Unwilling to cause further imbalance in the universe by initiating a confrontation with the Darkness, Togashi traps Shosuro in a prison of pure crystal, the only substance able to keep the power of the Nothering at bay. In an attempt to maintain the purity of the Scorpion Thunder's soul, he frees the uncorrupted spirit of Shosuro back into the Kharmic Cycle, where it awaits its time to be reborn.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''87: Agasha Steel'''<br />
:For decades, students of the First Agasha Foundry attempted to use their magic to create the "perfect steel". Eventually, they begin to fold two types of steel into one by heating the metal. As a result, the Agasha are able to craft blades that are not easily broken and keep a sharp edge. Such a dramatic advance in the art of smithing cannot stay long in the hands of only one Clan, however. In less than a decade the Dragon find members of other clans utilizing Agasha techniques to create their own superior blades.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder. <br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''42: Mirumoto and Shinsei'''<br />
:Just before the final confrontation with Fu Leng, Shinsei takes the Dragon Thunder aside and makes a single command - "No escape." Understanding, Mirumoto stands apart from the other Thunders even as they fall one by one to the Dark Lord. Even with only Hida Atarasi, Isawa, and the Dragon swordsman left on their feet, Fu Leng begins to doubt his chances for victory and attempts to flee from the scene - only to have Mirumoto step right before him, burying his daisho with a lightning strike into the Dark Kami's chest. Atarasi assaults Fu Leng while he is distracted by the Dragon's blades, giving Isawa just enough time to sacrifice himself to trap the soul of a dark god in twelve scrolls of power. With his final act, Fu Leng unleashes his fury at the vassal of his meddlesome brother, and cleaves the Dragon's head from his shoulders.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''82: Togashi and Shosuro'''<br />
:Corrupted by the touch of the Lying Darkness, Shosuro turns away from the Scorpion and seeks her last hope of salvation - the enigmatic Dragon Kami. Unwilling to cause further imbalance in the universe by initiating a confrontation with the Darkness, Togashi traps Shosuro in a prison of pure crystal, the only substance able to keep the power of the Nothering at bay. In an attempt to maintain the purity of the Scorpion Thunder's soul, he frees the uncorrupted spirit of Shosuro back into the Kharmic Cycle, where it awaits its time to be reborn.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''87: Agasha Steel'''<br />
:For decades, students of the First Agasha Foundry attempted to use their magic to create the "perfect steel". Eventually, they begin to fold two types of steel into one by heating the metal. As a result, the Agasha are able to craft blades that are not easily broken and keep a sharp edge. Such a dramatic advance in the art of smithing cannot stay long in the hands of only one Clan, however. In less than a decade the Dragon find members of other clans utilizing Agasha techniques to create their own superior blades.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder. <br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''815: The Unicorn Clan returns to Rokugan'''<br />
:After eight centuries of wandering abroad, the clan once known as the Ki-Rin return at last to the Emerald Empire. Pursued by the hordes of the Shadowlands, the Unicorn know they cannot afford to take time to peacefully explain their approach to the Crab. Instead, the Unicorn return with a vengeance. Their powerful cavalry smashes through the Crab fortifications and speeds into Rokugan. When confronted by an army of the Scorpion Clan, the Unicorn display bizarre gaijin tactics, granting them another crushing victory at the Battle of White Shore Plain. As the Great Clans debate over whether or not to attack the strangers again, the Unicorn emissaries find allies among the Crane by returning a fan given to Shinjo by Lady Doji centuries ago. The Crane endorse the Unicorn and soon the Emperor decrees that the Ki-Rin have come home and restores their land to them.<br />
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'''815: The Naga stir in their sleep'''<br />
:Distracted by the return of the Unicorn, a small force of Shadowlands creatures forge through the Crab's defenses and make it into Rokugan. Moving through the Shinomen Mori, the creatures destroy a large clutch of Naga eggs. Many Naga are awakened by the disturbance in the Akasha, and quickly crush all traces of the Shadowlands force. A foul, tainted marsh is all that remains of the creatures' army.<br />
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'''816: A new Hiruma school established'''<br />
:After a full century with no formal school in which to train their Hiruma scouts, the Crab realize that the techniques of the Hiruma are seriously atrophied. Nothing remains of their once renowned techniques, and plans are launched to build a new school. The Hiruma, however, refuse to accept charity from their kin and will not attend a school occupied by another Crab family.<br />
:The newly returned Unicorn provide a solution. As a gesture of goodwill to assuage their earlier violation of the Crab's defenses, they offer to house and train Hiruma students among the Shinjo family. The Hiruma accept, and in return, they assist the Unicorn in constructing their new homes in Rokugan. Within a matter of months, the techniques of the Hiruma swiftly improve with access to adequate training facilities and the advice of experienced Shinjo scouts.<br />
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'''820: The Kitsuki family of the Dragon Clan is formed'''<br />
:Agasha Kitsuki, a brilliant yet lackluster student of the Agasha Shugenja School, is accused of murder. Given twenty-four hours to prove his innocence, Kitsuki produces both proof and testimony exonerating him. In recognition of his incredible powers of perception, he is given leave by the Dragon Clan to form his own family, the Kitsuki.<br />
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'''825: The Moto ride to the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Led by daimyo Moto Tsume, a large portion of the Moto army ride to the Shadowlands, with plans to aid the Crab in destroying their enemies. They do not return.<br />
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'''827: Battle of the Chrysanthemum Petals'''<br />
:Moto Tsume returns from the Shadowlands at the head of a great Shadowlands army, brutally attacking the Crab and his former kin in the Unicorn. Though the Crab and Unicorn manage to fight off the invading horde, the surviving Moto are stained by the utter corruption of their daimyo. On that day, the White Guard are born, a group of Moto warriors who wear only white -- the color of death - and will not rest until the last Dark Moto has been slain for good.<br />
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'''827: The Battle of the Broken Daisho'''<br />
:Faced with a conflict between the Lion and the Crane that might plunge the Empire into war, Phoenix Champion Shiba Toriiko takes an army of Phoenix and intercedes. The Phoenix warriors keep the armies of the other clans from reaching one another, but do not lift a finger in their own defense, dying by the dozens in the hands of Lion archers. Perplexed, both Lion and Crane pull back. The Crane general, Kakita Gosano, is incensed and enters a duel with Toriiko despite her obviously superior dueling skills. Toriiko never flinches, and is cut down. Deeply shamed by his pride, Gosano sends his forces home and enters a monastery, vowing to work toward the peaceful world Toriiko desired.<br />
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'''830: The Shimushigaki is defeated'''<br />
:Twelve shugenja valiantly sacrifice themselves to banish the Shimushigaki, a powerful gaki returned from the spirit realms following its defeat with Iuchiban's armies. A shrine is erected in the shugenjas' honor, and the monks there believe that so long as the Bells of the Dead ring regularly, the Shimishigaki cannot return to the mortal world.<br />
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'''834: Founding of the Falcon Clan'''<br />
:The Emperor grants the lands of the Toritaka province to the son of an ashigaru spearman who had saved the life of the Imperial Advisor. Yotogi (the peasant boy) quickly discovers the nature of the assassin -- a peasant half-maddened by the possession of an evil spirit. The Falcon quickly finds their meaning when their studies into the nature of ghosts and other supernatural occurrences lead them to be in high demand. The Falcon, because of their nature, have been allies of the Crab since the beginning.<br />
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<div>'''400: End of the Crab-Crane war and Sparrow Clan founded'''<br />
:The war resulted in an Imperial Edict banning large-scale open warfare among the Seven Clans of the Empire. Since that time, only small battles have been permitted, and only with the Emperor's consent. The entire massed armies of the Great Clans would not be turned against each other ever again.<br />
:During an earlier negotiation for peace, Crane official Doji Onegaro was ousted from the Crane Clan. The Emperor grants Onegaro lands stripped from the Crab and Crane for his own use. The lands are harsh, unforgiving, and largely worthless. Onegaro retires to a monastery but his son, Suzume, stays behind to found the Sparrow Clan.<br />
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'''402: Snake Clan corrupted'''<br />
:Chuda Tamihei, great-grandson of Isawa Chuda, succumbs to the temptation of a spirit and voices a deadly prayer to dark forces, unleashing a dreaded Shuten Doji in the lands of the Snake Clan. The spirit begins extending its influence throughout the tiny Snake Clan, spreading to all who hear the cries of another under its thrall, completely assuming control in a matter of days.<br />
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'''402: The Five Nights of Shame'''<br />
:Alerted to the presence of the Shuten Doji, the Council of Elemental Masters devote considerable resources to the Snake Clan's destruction. Three thousand Shiba bushi and numbers of shugenja are brought outside the Snake capital in just three days. Huge numbers of Shiba bushi are lost in the battle before the Masters discover the proper means to combat the spirit. In the end, however, the Snake Clan is completely destroyed. No trace remains of the Shuten Doji, or of the Phoenix magistrate sent to discover its ultimate fate.<br />
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'''412: Hida Tadaka & Matsu Itagi in Shadowlands'''<br />
:Matsu Itagi, an arrogant Lion Champion, ventured into the Shadowlands, only to be rescued by the Crab. Both Champions thereafter died from the wounds they sustained fighting the Shadowlands together.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kasuda sponsors the Brotherhood of Shinsei'''<br />
:The eighth Hantei Emperor, Hantei Kusada, becomes a pawn of the Gozoku alliance. This cabal of Crane, Scorpion, and Phoenix leaders train Kusada to be a loyal pawn after kidnapping him to gain control of his father, Hantei Fujiwa.<br />
:Kusada had several sons and daughters, but his heir would be his first-born, a son that was also controlled by the Gozoku. The Gozoku ensured that the Scorpion, Phoenix, and Crane, enabling the Alliance to retain their hold on the Emerald Throne, fostered all of Kusada’s sons. Kusada's daughters were wed or fostered off to other clans for political alliances, helping the Gozoku gain increased control of the politics of the Empire.<br />
:Kusada's only accomplishment of note is his sponsorship of religion, and he is responsible for building over two dozen magnificent temples in Otasan Uchi in places that Shinsei visited or performed a holy act. Kusada eventually takes advantage of the fact that the Brotherhood is completely beyond the Gozoku's control, and orders them to serve as his spies while he seeks an escape from their domination.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kusada's spies uncovered by the Gozoku'''<br />
:The Brotherhood had no choice but to obey (as the Emperor is the ultimate head of the Shintao religion), and he believed no one would suspect such behavior. However, the "spies" were caught, and the Gozoku decided to make an example of the Brotherhood, executing four of them for treason in the Emperor's name. This is seen as the Gozoku's first mistake, as it turned more attention to the darker side of their control of the Empire. The Brotherhood begins resisting openly, and the Gozoku strike back, arresting Gaman, Master of the Four Temples, and burning three sohei monasteries. The peasantry see the emperor's servants attacking the peaceful monks and rebel, forcing the Gozoku to stop their persecution, but the damage has already been done.<br />
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'''432: Hantei Yugozohime fostered by the Lion'''<br />
:The Lion fostered Yugozohime, a daughter of Hantei Kusada’s. Rather than marrying her to a courtier and teaching her to be a quiet, respectful woman as the Gozoku intend, the Matsu and Ikoma train her in the tenets of bushido and the wisdom of the Heavens --the Lion teach Hantei Yugozohime how to be an Empress. When she learns the true glory of the Hantei Emperors, the young Empress plans to one day defeat the Gozoku.<br />
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'''435: Coronation of Hantei Yugozohime'''<br />
:When Hantei Kusada dies of old age, his heir is brought from Phoenix lands to take the throne (and maintain the Gozoku stranglehold on the power of the Empire). However, Yugozohime challenges her brother to a duel for the throne, and defeats him. With the support of the Lion and Dragon behind a confident and powerful Hantei Empress, the strength of the Gozoku's three clans is swiftly and suddenly shattered.<br />
:Many members of the Gozoku's three clans either quickly retired to monasteries or die in duels within the year. Shiba Haijushiko assists Yugozohime in dismantling the Gozoku's power base in return for his own pardon. No formal charges were brought against any Gozoku members, though Yugozohime (Hantei VII) hands many functions of the Imperial Court that the Gozoku used to their advantage over to the Otomo family, effectively preventing an such attempts to make a pawn of the Throne in such a manner again.<br />
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'''438: Gusai family name awarded'''<br />
:Centuries after the Mantis were informally established, Gusai, current leader of the Mantis, is invited to Otosan Uchi. During a contest of wits with the Empress, Gusai shows Yugozohime the strength of steel over words by drawing a blade to the Hantei's throat. Gusai wins his argument with the Empress, as well as Minor Clan status and the Gusai family name. The Daughter of Heaven has the last word, however, and proves the strength of his words by ordering Gusai's execution.<br />
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'''440: Gaijin Ambassadors Arrive at Imperial Court'''<br />
:At the behest of the Mantis, a small group of gaijin explorers are allowed admission to the Imperial Court, largely because they possess an ancient banner from the Ki-Rin Clan, while their fleet docks in Golden Sun Bay. The Emperor opens limited trade and exchange of ideas with the foreign visitors. The gaijin are allowed two years to prove their honor and their respect for the Empire.<br />
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'''442: Battle of White Stag/Raging Seas'''<br />
:The gaijin are commanded to leave Otosan Uchi, and retaliate with violence. In the ensuing battle, Hantei Yugozohime is tragically slain. The united clans band together to slaughter the gaijin, driving the shattered remnants of their fleet to sea, where many of their number are consumed in a mysterious storm.<br />
:Yugozohime's uncle, Hantei Muhaki assumes the throne. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon Agasha Kasuga and his followers, despite the fact that they have apparently helped gaijin attackers flee to safety. Only Kasuga and the Emperor himself know the true reasons behind Muhaki’s decision. The Tortoise Clan is born.<br />
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'''442: Shinjo and the Lying Darkness'''<br />
:Finally reaching Shinjo's group, the other Ki-Rin families discover their brethren trapped in a foul swamp nearly identical to the Shadowlands. The Moto and Otaku battle their way to free the trapped Shinjo while the Iuchi hold the darkness at bay and the Ide tend to the wounded. Once her family is safe, Shinjo orders the Ki-Rin to flee and never look back. They grudgingly agree, and watch helplessly as the Lying Darkness swallows Lady Shinjo. In the aftermath, Shinjo's descendant Yonaru declares that they are no longer the Ki Rin, but the Unicorn Clan. Battered and weary, they continue westward, determined to fulfill Shinjo's vow to fully explore the lands beyond.<br />
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'''447: Boar Clan founded'''<br />
:The descendants of a group of Crab explorers thought lost in the Twilight Mountains since the year 383 arrive in Otosan Uchi with three tons of jade and iron. Their leader, Heichi, presents these as a payment of back taxes to the Emperor. Heichi's followers refuse to return to their former clan. Amazed by Heichi's story and intrigued by his profound knowledge of bushido and law, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon them.<br />
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'''472: The Emperor's Blessing written'''<br />
:The Emperor's Blessing, Miya Mai's most critically acclaimed work, tells the tale of the end of the War Against Fu Leng and describes the founding of the Miya household. Mai considered the work "too tame" and only completed it so that the commission promised by her patron would provide enough for her to survive. The play is widely regarded to be Mai's best, and spawns a host of imitations. <br />
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'''487: Coronation of Hantei X'''<br />
:The first Hantei to have his lineage traced from the Otomo when the previous empress died without an heir, Hantei X was also the first Hantei to give up his personal name to simply be referred to as "The Hantei." His true name has been lost for all time, and in many texts he is referred to as "He who sacrificed his name for the Empire."<br />
:Hantei X had a distaste for shugenja, and sponsored monks extensively as an alternative to the ritualistic practices of the shugenja. This created a rift between the two holy orders, causing each to pursue their own agendas more frequently than cooperating with each other.<br />
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'''499: Kuni Nakanu's journals discovered'''<br />
:Otomo Jama, younger brother of the Imperial Heir, finds his destiny taking a sudden turn when he happens upon the resting place of Kuni Nakanu's maho texts. With the help of a Dragon and Crane shugenja, Jama translates the texts and discovers the secrets of power. A small cult forms with Jama at the helm.<br />
:As leader of this secret society, Otomo Jama takes a new name - Iuchiban. Jama's name is stricken from all records, but evidence is uncovered in the late second decade of the twelfth century - though it is heavily suppressed.<br />
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<div>'''400: End of the Crab-Crane war and Sparrow Clan founded'''<br />
:The war resulted in an Imperial Edict banning large-scale open warfare among the Seven Clans of the Empire. Since that time, only small battles have been permitted, and only with the Emperor's consent. The entire massed armies of the Great Clans would not be turned against each other ever again.<br />
:During an earlier negotiation for peace, Crane official Doji Onegaro was ousted from the Crane Clan. The Emperor grants Onegaro lands stripped from the Crab and Crane for his own use. The lands are harsh, unforgiving, and largely worthless. Onegaro retires to a monastery but his son, Suzume, stays behind to found the Sparrow Clan.<br />
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'''402: Snake Clan corrupted'''<br />
:Chuda Tamihei, great-grandson of Isawa Chuda, succumbs to the temptation of a spirit and voices a deadly prayer to dark forces, unleashing a dreaded Shuten Doji in the lands of the Snake Clan. The spirit begins extending its influence throughout the tiny Snake Clan, spreading to all who hear the cries of another under its thrall, completely assuming control in a matter of days.<br />
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'''402: The Five Nights of Shame'''<br />
:Alerted to the presence of the Shuten Doji, the Council of Elemental Masters devote considerable resources to the Snake Clan's destruction. Three thousand Shiba bushi and numbers of shugenja are brought outside the Snake capital in just three days. Huge numbers of Shiba bushi are lost in the battle before the Masters discover the proper means to combat the spirit. In the end, however, the Snake Clan is completely destroyed. No trace remains of the Shuten Doji, or of the Phoenix magistrate sent to discover its ultimate fate.<br />
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'''412: Hida Tadaka & Matsu Itagi in Shadowlands'''<br />
:Matsu Itagi, an arrogant Lion Champion, ventured into the Shadowlands, only to be rescued by the Crab. Both Champions thereafter died from the wounds they sustained fighting the Shadowlands together.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kasuda sponsors the Brotherhood of Shinsei'''<br />
:The eighth Hantei Emperor, Hantei Kusada, becomes a pawn of the Gozoku alliance. This cabal of Crane, Scorpion, and Phoenix leaders train Kusada to be a loyal pawn after kidnapping him to gain control of his father, Hantei Fujiwa.<br />
:Kusada had several sons and daughters, but his heir would be his first-born, a son that was also controlled by the Gozoku. The Gozoku ensured that the Scorpion, Phoenix, and Crane, enabling the Alliance to retain their hold on the Emerald Throne, fostered all of Kusada’s sons. Kusada's daughters were wed or fostered off to other clans for political alliances, helping the Gozoku gain increased control of the politics of the Empire.<br />
:Kusada's only accomplishment of note is his sponsorship of religion, and he is responsible for building over two dozen magnificent temples in Otasan Uchi in places that Shinsei visited or performed a holy act. Kusada eventually takes advantage of the fact that the Brotherhood is completely beyond the Gozoku's control, and orders them to serve as his spies while he seeks an escape from their domination.<br />
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'''428: Hantei Kusada's spies uncovered by the Gozoku'''<br />
:The Brotherhood had no choice but to obey (as the Emperor is the ultimate head of the Shintao religion), and he believed no one would suspect such behavior. However, the "spies" were caught, and the Gozoku decided to make an example of the Brotherhood, executing four of them for treason in the Emperor's name. This is seen as the Gozoku's first mistake, as it turned more attention to the darker side of their control of the Empire. The Brotherhood begins resisting openly, and the Gozoku strike back, arresting Gaman, Master of the Four Temples, and burning three sohei monasteries. The peasantry see the emperor's servants attacking the peaceful monks and rebel, forcing the Gozoku to stop their persecution, but the damage has already been done.<br />
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'''432: Hantei Yugozohime fostered by the Lion'''<br />
:The Lion fostered Yugozohime, a daughter of Hantei Kusada’s. Rather than marrying her to a courtier and teaching her to be a quiet, respectful woman as the Gozoku intend, the Matsu and Ikoma train her in the tenets of bushido and the wisdom of the Heavens --the Lion teach Hantei Yugozohime how to be an Empress. When she learns the true glory of the Hantei Emperors, the young Empress plans to one day defeat the Gozoku.<br />
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'''435: Coronation of Hantei Yugozohime'''<br />
:When Hantei Kusada dies of old age, his heir is brought from Phoenix lands to take the throne (and maintain the Gozoku stranglehold on the power of the Empire). However, Yugozohime challenges her brother to a duel for the throne, and defeats him. With the support of the Lion and Dragon behind a confident and powerful Hantei Empress, the strength of the Gozoku's three clans is swiftly and suddenly shattered.<br />
:Many members of the Gozoku's three clans either quickly retired to monasteries or die in duels within the year. Shiba Haijushiko assists Yugozohime in dismantling the Gozoku's power base in return for his own pardon. No formal charges were brought against any Gozoku members, though Yugozohime (Hantei VII) hands many functions of the Imperial Court that the Gozoku used to their advantage over to the Otomo family, effectively preventing an such attempts to make a pawn of the Throne in such a manner again.<br />
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'''438: Gusai family name awarded'''<br />
:Centuries after the Mantis were informally established, Gusai, current leader of the Mantis, is invited to Otosan Uchi. During a contest of wits with the Empress, Gusai shows Yugozohime the strength of steel over words by drawing a blade to the Hantei's throat. Gusai wins his argument with the Empress, as well as Minor Clan status and the Gusai family name. The Daughter of Heaven has the last word, however, and proves the strength of his words by ordering Gusai's execution.<br />
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'''440: Gaijin Ambassadors Arrive at Imperial Court'''<br />
:At the behest of the Mantis, a small group of gaijin explorers are allowed admission to the Imperial Court, largely because they possess an ancient banner from the Ki-Rin Clan, while their fleet docks in Golden Sun Bay. The Emperor opens limited trade and exchange of ideas with the foreign visitors. The gaijin are allowed two years to prove their honor and their respect for the Empire.<br />
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'''442: Battle of White Stag/Raging Seas'''<br />
:The gaijin are commanded to leave Otosan Uchi, and retaliate with violence. In the ensuing battle, Hantei Yugozohime is tragically slain. The united clans band together to slaughter the gaijin, driving the shattered remnants of their fleet to sea, where many of their number are consumed in a mysterious storm.<br />
:Yugozohime's uncle, Hantei Muhaki assumes the throne. Shortly thereafter, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon Agasha Kasuga and his followers, despite the fact that they have apparently helped gaijin attackers flee to safety. Only Kasuga and the Emperor himself know the true reasons behind Muhaki’s decision. The Tortoise Clan is born.<br />
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'''447: Boar Clan founded'''<br />
:The descendants of a group of Crab explorers thought lost in the Twilight Mountains since the year 383 arrive in Otosan Uchi with three tons of jade and iron. Their leader, Heichi, presents these as a payment of back taxes to the Emperor. Heichi's followers refuse to return to their former clan. Amazed by Heichi's story and intrigued by his profound knowledge of bushido and law, the Emperor bestows Minor Clan status upon them.<br />
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'''472: The Emperor's Blessing written'''<br />
:The Emperor's Blessing, Miya Mai's most critically acclaimed work, tells the tale of the end of the War Against Fu Leng and describes the founding of the Miya household. Mai considered the work "too tame" and only completed it so that the commission promised by her patron would provide enough for her to survive. The play is widely regarded to be Mai's best, and spawns a host of imitations. <br />
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'''487: Coronation of Hantei X'''<br />
:The first Hantei to have his lineage traced from the Otomo when the previous empress died without an heir, Hantei X was also the first Hantei to give up his personal name to simply be referred to as "The Hantei." His true name has been lost for all time, and in many texts he is referred to as "He who sacrificed his name for the Empire."<br />
:Hantei X had a distaste for shugenja, and sponsored monks extensively as an alternative to the ritualistic practices of the shugenja. This created a rift between the two holy orders, causing each to pursue their own agendas more frequently than cooperating with each other.<br />
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'''499: Kuni Nakanu's journals discovered'''<br />
:Otomo Jama, younger brother of the Imperial Heir, finds his destiny taking a sudden turn when he happens upon the resting place of Kuni Nakanu's maho texts. With the help of a Dragon and Crane shugenja, Jama translates the texts and discovers the secrets of power. A small cult forms with Jama at the helm.<br />
:As leader of this secret society, Otomo Jama takes a new name - Iuchiban. Jama's name is stricken from all records, but evidence is uncovered in the late second decade of the twelfth century - though it is heavily suppressed.<br />
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<div>'''210: Disappearance of the Kami Hida'''<br />
:In the year 210, the aged Kami of the Crab took up his tetsubo, announced he intended to seek out his lost son, and departed into the Shadowlands. He was never seen again.<br />
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'''223: War with the Rocs'''<br />
:Crossing a vast mountain range, the Ki-Rin are attacked by men riding gigantic birds, large enough to carry a man and his steed off. The two forces battle for days amid the snow-capped mountains before students of Iuchi call down the mountain-side to crush their enemies. The gambit is successful, but destroys the pass through which the Ki-Rin entered, permanently blocking the path leading back to the Ujik-hai and Rokugan.<br />
:In response, Shinjo splits the Hantei's mirror into four pieces then divides the Ki-Rin into four groups to search for a passage home. Each group leaves in a different direction, and the mirrors allow them to communicate with one another intermittently.<br />
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'''225 - 442: Trials and tribulations'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin are seperated for over two centuries, with each group encountering a variety of friends and goes. The Otaku run afoul of their old enemies from the City of Sorcerers and discover that the insidious villains have learned to remove their hearts from their bodies to ensure their immortality. The iuchi combat and then eventually make peace with strange, elemental beings known as jinn. Shinjo's family thwarts the activities of a cult of assassins who worship a murderous, multi-armed deity called the Destroyer. The Ide and Moto encounter the Ashalan, a race of immortal beings sharing a finite number of souls. The Moto take to the seas and make contact with the distant kingdom of Merenae.<br />
:In 442 the Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide receive a startling image of Shinjo being torn apart by darkened talons. They rush to reunite and discover what threatens their beloved lady, a lady who most of her servants have never seen.<br />
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'''234: Formation of the Shinmaki Shinseist sect'''<br />
:At the twentieth Great Convocation, a monk called Basso appears, claiming to have in his possession a lost compilation of Shinsei’s wisdom, written immediately before the Little Prophet disappeared into the Shadowlands. Many believe its philosophies are an outgrowth of Togashi’s interpretations of Shinsei’s wisdom, rather than Shiba’s. Basso urges the wisdom of this “Diamond Sutra” over other collections of Shinsei’s writing. Basso’s urgings were considered outrageous by some, including the legendary monk Kobo, who left the meeting and was never seen again. At the Convocation’s end, enough monks had embraces Basso’s ideas that a new sect, Shinmaki Shinseism, came into being. The exact teachings of this sect remain a mystery to all save those within it, as the differences between the Diamond Sutra and the original Tao are subtle to be sure. Even so, subtle differences in a document as important as the Tao are enough to cause a wide rift between the Shinmake and other Shinseists.<br />
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'''243: Invention of Koku'''<br />
:Yasuki Tanaka invents the koku. The system of exchanging items of worth for goods or services existed long before Tanaka, but his design is the koku recognized today. The koku's design features the kanji of the Fortunes on one side and the Kami on the other. Though they are simple and recognizable, Tanaka's coins manage to confound most attempts at forgery. When the Emperor inquires as to the nature of the strange little copper coin (which was, at that point, exclusively used by the Crane) Tanaka gladly provides the Emperor with his minting plates as a gift.<br />
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'''247: Death of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Like his father, Genji is said to have ascended into the Celestial Heavens upon his death. The latter part of Hantei Genji's rule secures Shinseism and the philosophy of Shintao in the Empire, although it does not become widely popular until later in the history of the Empire. Hantei Ningi succeeds him.<br />
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'''251: Togashi Kaze is executed'''<br />
:The ise zumi Togashi Kaze, progenitor of kaze-do, is called before Hantei Ningi to demonstrate his arts. As he refused all other samurai before him, Togashi kaze refuses even the Emperor, and he orders his Emerald Champion to cut him down. He refuses, and commits seppuku. The Hantei then tells his general, a Matsu, that he will become Champion if he slays the monk. The Matsu does not hesitate, and the monk dies, but kaze-do survives.<br />
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'''254: Formation of the Shintao sect'''<br />
:At the twenty-second Great Convocation, it is decided to resolve the growing disputes between the monks by dividing the Brotherhood into multiple sects. Of these, the Shintao sect is the largest.<br />
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'''283: Death of Isawa Akuma'''<br />
:Isawa Akuma loses control, and his soul, to the extremely powerful Oni that he summoned and bound to his name. Oni no Akuma utterly destroys the province in which it gained freedom, and carves an unstoppable path of destruction before finally reaching the Shadowlands.<br />
:Only the Maw ever gained greater infamy since, and only for the army it led.<br />
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<div>'''210: Disappearance of the Kami Hida'''<br />
:In the year 210, the aged Kami of the Crab took up his tetsubo, announced he intended to seek out his lost son, and departed into the Shadowlands. He was never seen again.<br />
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'''223: War with the Rocs'''<br />
:Crossing a vast mountain range, the Ki-Rin are attacked by men riding gigantic birds, large enough to carry a man and his steed off. The two forces battle for days amid the snow-capped mountains before students of Iuchi call down the mountain-side to crush their enemies. The gambit is successful, but destroys the pass through which the Ki-Rin entered, permanently blocking the path leading back to the Ujik-hai and Rokugan.<br />
:In response, Shinjo splits the Hantei's mirror into four pieces then divides the Ki-Rin into four groups to search for a passage home. Each group leaves in a different direction, and the mirrors allow them to communicate with one another intermittently.<br />
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'''234: Formation of the Shinmaki Shinseist sect'''<br />
:At the twentieth Great Convocation, a monk called Basso appears, claiming to have in his possession a lost compilation of Shinsei’s wisdom, written immediately before the Little Prophet disappeared into the Shadowlands. Many believe its philosophies are an outgrowth of Togashi’s interpretations of Shinsei’s wisdom, rather than Shiba’s. Basso urges the wisdom of this “Diamond Sutra” over other collections of Shinsei’s writing. Basso’s urgings were considered outrageous by some, including the legendary monk Kobo, who left the meeting and was never seen again. At the Convocation’s end, enough monks had embraces Basso’s ideas that a new sect, Shinmaki Shinseism, came into being. The exact teachings of this sect remain a mystery to all save those within it, as the differences between the Diamond Sutra and the original Tao are subtle to be sure. Even so, subtle differences in a document as important as the Tao are enough to cause a wide rift between the Shinmake and other Shinseists.<br />
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'''243: Invention of Koku'''<br />
:Yasuki Tanaka invents the koku. The system of exchanging items of worth for goods or services existed long before Tanaka, but his design is the koku recognized today. The koku's design features the kanji of the Fortunes on one side and the Kami on the other. Though they are simple and recognizable, Tanaka's coins manage to confound most attempts at forgery. When the Emperor inquires as to the nature of the strange little copper coin (which was, at that point, exclusively used by the Crane) Tanaka gladly provides the Emperor with his minting plates as a gift.<br />
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'''247: Death of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Like his father, Genji is said to have ascended into the Celestial Heavens upon his death. The latter part of Hantei Genji's rule secures Shinseism and the philosophy of Shintao in the Empire, although it does not become widely popular until later in the history of the Empire. Hantei Ningi succeeds him.<br />
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'''251: Togashi Kaze is executed'''<br />
:The ise zumi Togashi Kaze, progenitor of kaze-do, is called before Hantei Ningi to demonstrate his arts. As he refused all other samurai before him, Togashi kaze refuses even the Emperor, and he orders his Emerald Champion to cut him down. He refuses, and commits seppuku. The Hantei then tells his general, a Matsu, that he will become Champion if he slays the monk. The Matsu does not hesitate, and the monk dies, but kaze-do survives.<br />
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'''254: Formation of the Shintao sect'''<br />
:At the twenty-second Great Convocation, it is decided to resolve the growing disputes between the monks by dividing the Brotherhood into multiple sects. Of these, the Shintao sect is the largest.<br />
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'''283: Death of Isawa Akuma'''<br />
:Isawa Akuma loses control, and his soul, to the extremely powerful Oni that he summoned and bound to his name. Oni no Akuma utterly destroys the province in which it gained freedom, and carves an unstoppable path of destruction before finally reaching the Shadowlands.<br />
:Only the Maw ever gained greater infamy since, and only for the army it led.<br />
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<div>'''101: Reported Death of Togashi'''<br />
:When Doji travels to the land of the Dragon Clan to visit with her brother, Togashi, she is turned away at the gate. This was the first news of the death of the Dragon Kami.<br />
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'''102: Disappearance of Doji'''<br />
:Lady Doji is wracked with depression after watching the fickle mortal world shift and change, as she remains constant. As she has never been close to her sole remaining sibling, Hida, Doji begins to feel very alone. With that, Lady Doji imparts her final wisdom to her son Nio and walks into the sea, never to be seen again.<br />
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'''110: Creation of the Badger Clan'''<br />
:The Badger Clan, one of the smallest of Rokugan's Minor Clans, is founded to guard the northern passes of the Empire.<br />
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'''145: Book of Sun Tao written'''<br />
:The origins of the man known as Sun Tao are open to speculation, but it is generally believed that he wrote his treatise on warfare during this period. The writings of the ronin general are valued as greatly as the observations of Akodo himself, sometimes even more so. The missing original copies of his manuscript are among the most greatly prized treasures in Rokugan.<br />
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'''152: The City of Sorcerers'''<br />
:The Ki-Rin, having left the Ujik-hai lands, encounter a city of sorcerers to the west. These sorcerers wield powerful evil magic, and attack the Unicorn scouts savagely. The aged Iuchi is badly wounded, but steals one of their "books" and carefully learns the secrets contained within. He teaches this magic to a handful of his students, giving birth to the secret practice of Meishodo. The dark sorcerers are the precursors to the Qabal.<br />
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'''153: Shinjo at the Oasis of Spirits'''<br />
:After leaving the City of Sorcerers, Shinjo discovers a strange shimmering oasis in the desert. Shinjo enters the oasis while Otaku Shiko stands guard. Shiko eventually falls asleep, and when she awakens the oasis and Shinjo are gone.<br />
:Shinjo returns after a week, showing all the signs of a woman months pregnant. She explains to her closest advisors that the oasis was a passage to the Spirit Realms, but she will not divulge where she has been nor who the father of her child is. Months later, she gives birth to five children, all possessing the ability to change their shape, though their favorite forms are those of a human and a strange, one-horned beast called a "unicorn." As the children grow, they eventually lose the golden glow of the Spirit Realms and their ability to change their shape. Four choose to remain steeds, and one remains human. Thus the blood of Shinjo founds not only the Shinjo family, but a bloodline of powerful steeds to deliver her vassals into battle.<br />
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'''153: Emerald Magistrate and Emerald Legions founded'''<br />
:Experienced military officer Doji Hatsu and skilled Courtier Soshi Saibankan begin to draft methods by which quality soldiers could be conscripted and magistrates could enforce the law of the Empire. Hatsu and Saibankan soon devise the framework for the Imperial Legions and the Emerald Magistrates, respectively. The new system guarantees that the Emperor's conscripts and magistrates will work closely, with powers that compliment one another without being excessive. The system persists without radical change to this day.<br />
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'''200: First Mention of the Naga'''<br />
:A Crab named Kaiu Sudaro loses his son in the Shinomen forest. The Mara, a creature with a great snake tail and a human body, rescues the boy. By all accounts, this is the first notation in the Empire of the Naga, who soon become deeply integrated into Rokugani myth and legend.<br />
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<div>'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''1: Ki-Rin Clan established'''<br />
:After losing to Bayushi in the Kami's contest to see who will rule them, Shinjo begins wandering the Empire, gathering like-minded individuals to her banner. In time, they settle in the wide, open plains on Rokugan's western border and become the Ki-Rin Clan in the tradition of the majestic steeds of Tengoku that Shinjo recalls fondle.<br />
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'''2: Shinjo visits Fu Leng'''<br />
:Dur the early stages of the war with Fu Leng, Shinjo travels deep into the Shadowlands in search of her beloved brother. She discovers that the forces of Jigoku have twisted him deeply. Fu Leng attacks Shinjo, and she realizes he could kill her easily, but he allows her to love. He sends her back to the Empire with a message: "I was not given a chance to participate in your contest to be Emperor." Clearly, Fu Leng plans to conquer the Empire that he was not allowed to aid in building.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands. Lady Doji gives her sister a precious sandalwood fan.<br />
:Some of Shinjo's followers remain behind to tend her lands, but the majority march down Exile's Road toward a mysterious destiny. The followers of Shinjo come to call their time away from the Empire the Ki-Rin's Exodus.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''45: Encounter with the Ujik-hai'''<br />
:After months of murderous travel through the Burning Sands, Shinjo and her followers reach the steppes dominated by the nomadic Ujik-hai tribes. The Ujik-hai attack the newcomers fiercely, and the Unicorn defend themselves. In time, the Ujik-Hai are defeated not by force of arms, but by the awe with which they come to regard Shinjo. Rumors of her divinity spread throughout the tribes, and many pledge themselves to her in order to receive her guidance and protection. The Ujik-Hai who swear fealty to the Unicorn come to be known as the Moto family. The Ki-Rin remain among the Ujik-hai for over a century.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder. <br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''815: The Unicorn Clan returns to Rokugan'''<br />
:After eight centuries of wandering abroad, the clan once known as the Ki-Rin return at last to the Emerald Empire. Pursued by the hordes of the Shadowlands, the Unicorn know they cannot afford to take time to peacefully explain their approach to the Crab. Instead, the Unicorn return with a vengeance. Their powerful cavalry smashes through the Crab fortifications and speeds into Rokugan. When confronted by an army of the Scorpion Clan, the Unicorn display bizarre gaijin tactics, granting them another crushing victory at the Battle of White Shore Plain. As the Great Clans debate over whether or not to attack the strangers again, the Unicorn emissaries find allies among the Crane by returning a fan given to Shinjo by Lady Doji centuries ago. The Crane endorse the Unicorn and soon the Emperor decrees that the Ki-Rin have come home and restores their land to them.<br />
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'''815: The Naga stir in their sleep'''<br />
:Distracted by the return of the Unicorn, a small force of Shadowlands creatures forge through the Crab's defenses and make it into Rokugan. Moving through the Shinomen Mori, the creatures destroy a large clutch of Naga eggs. Many Naga are awakened by the disturbance in the Akasha, and quickly crush all traces of the Shadowlands force. A foul, tainted marsh is all that remains of the creatures' army.<br />
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'''816: A new Hiruma school established'''<br />
:After a full century with no formal school in which to train their Hiruma scouts, the Crab realize that the techniques of the Hiruma are seriously atrophied. Nothing remains of their once renowned techniques, and plans are launched to build a new school. The Hiruma, however, refuse to accept charity from their kin and will not attend a school occupied by another Crab family.<br />
:The newly returned Unicorn provide a solution. As a gesture of goodwill to assuage their earlier violation of the Crab's defenses, they offer to house and train Hiruma students among the Shinjo family. The Hiruma accept, and in return, they assist the Unicorn in constructing their new homes in Rokugan. Within a matter of months, the techniques of the Hiruma swiftly improve with access to adequate training facilities and the advice of experienced Shinjo scouts.<br />
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'''820: The Kitsuki family of the Dragon Clan is formed'''<br />
:Agasha Kitsuki, a brilliant yet lackluster student of the Agasha Shugenja School, is accused of murder. Given twenty-four hours to prove his innocence, Kitsuki produces both proof and testimony exonerating him. In recognition of his incredible powers of perception, he is given leave by the Dragon Clan to form his own family, the Kitsuki.<br />
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'''825: The Moto ride to the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Hoping to aid the Crab in their struggle against the Shadowlands, Moto Tsume, daimyo of the Moto, leads a large force into the dark lands. He does not return.<br />
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'''827: Battle of the Chrysanthemum Petals'''<br />
:Moto Tsume returns from the Shadowlands at the head of a great Shadowlands army, brutally attacking the Crab and his former kin in the Unicorn. Though the Crab and Unicorn manage to fight off the invading horde, the surviving Moto are stained by the utter corruption of their daimyo. On that day, the White Guard are born, a group of Moto warriors who wear only white -- the color of death - and will not rest until the last Dark Moto has been slain for good.<br />
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'''827: The Battle of the Broken Daisho'''<br />
:Faced with a conflict between the Lion and the Crane that might plunge the Empire into war, Phoenix Champion Shiba Toriiko takes an army of Phoenix and intercedes. The Phoenix warriors keep the armies of the other clans from reaching one another, but do not lift a finger in their own defense, dying by the dozens in the hands of Lion archers. Perplexed, both Lion and Crane pull back. The Crane general, Kakita Gosano, is incensed and enters a duel with Toriiko despite her obviously superior dueling skills. Toriiko never flinches, and is cut down. Deeply shamed by his pride, Gosano sends his forces home and enters a monastery, vowing to work toward the peaceful world Toriiko desired.<br />
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'''830: The Shimushigaki is defeated'''<br />
:Twelve shugenja valiantly sacrifice themselves to banish the Shimushigaki, a powerful gaki returned from the spirit realms following its defeat with Iuchiban's armies. A shrine is erected in the shugenjas' honor, and the monks there believe that so long as the Bells of the Dead ring regularly, the Shimishigaki cannot return to the mortal world.<br />
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'''834: Founding of the Falcon Clan'''<br />
:The Emperor grants the lands of the Toritaka province to the son of an ashigaru spearman who had saved the life of the Imperial Advisor. Yotogi (the peasant boy) quickly discovers the nature of the assassin -- a peasant half-maddened by the possession of an evil spirit. The Falcon quickly finds their meaning when their studies into the nature of ghosts and other supernatural occurrences lead them to be in high demand. The Falcon, because of their nature, have been allies of the Crab since the beginning.<br />
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<div>'''1100: The Battle of Fate's Gorge'''<br />
:Following a slight to the Matsu family's generals, Isawa and Matsu forces meet on the field of battle to prove once and for all whether the Imperial shugenja are truly needed by the Emperor. In an attempt to interrupt the Lion's leadership, Master of Water Isawa Kaiyoko, magically teleports eight Shiba bushi into the war tent of the Lion to kill General Matsu Uniri and his wife Yunaki. The Phoenix fail to account for the couple's daughter, however, and ten-year-old Matsu Tsuko saves her mother's life by crushing the throat of the final Phoenix assassin with a boken. With Matsu Yunaki leading the Lion troops, the Phoenix are defeated on the field of battle the following day.<br />
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'''1103: Hantei XXXVIII takes the Throne'''<br />
:At the age of 26, the rightful heir to the throne, Hantei Jodan, is crowned the 38th Emperor of Rokugan. A daring and spirited young man, Hantei XXXVIII finds his life force slowly crushed over the years by relentless conflicts between the Great Clans.<br />
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'''1107: Hantei Sotorii is born'''<br />
:After the death of his third wife, Hantei XXXVIII took up the company of a Crane concubine. As soon as the boy is born and survives (infant mortality is always a factor in Rokugan), the Emperor marries his mother, making her the Empress and Sotorii the heir to the throne. Unfortunately, his mother dies victim of a mysterious fever a short three years after his birth.<br />
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'''1109: The Wasp Clan is founded'''<br />
:Born of a Scorpion father and a Lion mother, the young man named Tsuruchi survives both clans' treachery, losing both his parents and the castle that is his birthright. With cunning and stealth, he reclaims his home and kills the Lion that usurped it, his uncle. Tsuruchi presents his dilemma to the Emerald Champion, a Crane who shares his distaste for the Lion and Scorpion, and is given leave to create his own clan. The Wasp Clan is born, sworn into the service of the Emerald Champion.<br />
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'''1111: The Yotsu family name granted'''<br />
:A mountain dwelling ronin, the warrior Yotsu discovers that the caravan of Empress Hochiahime (Hantei XXXVIII's second wife) has been attacked by a large Bloodspeaker cult. The cultists kill the Empress' infant children, and all of the Seppun guardsmen attached to the caravan. The Empress Hochiahime and the young heir Sotorii are taken captive, intended for a sacrifice in order to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Yotsu creeps into the camp with the blade of a fallen guardsman. Though he knows he cannot possibly defeat the Bloodspeakers alone, he asks the Empress for permission to die in the Empress' name. The Empress forbids it, instead insisting the ronin rescue the heir Sotorii, passing Yotsu a message for the Hantei to mourn her and her unborn child.<br />
:With no other options, Yotsu exchanges his youngest son in Sotorii's place and leaves. Weeks later the young heir is reunited with his true father, the Emperor Hantei XXXVIII. In recognition of Yotsu's sacrifice, he is given the name Yotsu Yatoshin, the name of the Emperor's father, and a small fiefdom in the Mountains of Regret as well as rule over a district in Otosan Uchi. Later explorations by the Imperial Legions find the Bloodspeaker Cult gone, and it is presumed that Empress Hochiahime was sacrificed to their blasphemous rituals.<br />
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'''1116: Sword of Yotsu otokudate formed'''<br />
:Yotsu Yatoshin begins swearing ronin outside his family to the Yotsu name and training them in the techniques he devised while living deep in the mountains.<br />
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'''1117: Yorimoto becomes the Daimyo of the Mantis Clan'''<br />
:Well known for his anger over the Mantis' station as a Minor Clan, many of the Mantis feel that Yoritomo will lead them to greatness, perhaps paving the way for them to play a more significant role in Rokugan.<br />
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'''1121: The Three Man Alliance is formed'''<br />
:After a series of minor skirmishes, the Scorpion send one of their promising young generals, Bayushi tomaru, to crush the Minor clans that border their lands to the east: the Fox, Wasp, and Sparrow clans. Supremely confident of his abilities and forces, Tomaru drastically underestimates his opposition and is ambushed by the combined forces of all three clans. Tomaru is utterly humiliated by the defeat while the Minor Clans are greatly emboldened by the success of their battle. The three form a permanent alliance against the Scorpion Clan's predations.<br />
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'''1123: The Hare Clan is destroyed'''<br />
:Manipulated by a Kolat splinter group, Scorpion general Bayushi Tomaru seeks to cleanse his name by leading a massive Scorpion force against the Hare Clan. The Hare are accused of attacking a Scorpion diplomat and seizing materials that belong to the Scorpion. Usagi Oda, the Hare Clan daimyo, is killed and most of the clan's meager holdings are destroyed. Of Oda's children, his eldest son Ozaki escapes and his daughter Tomoe is taken hostage by Tomaru. She is shortly thereafter taken by the Kolat.<br />
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'''1123: The Scorpion Clan Coup'''<br />
:Driven by a lost prophecy of Uikku and the bloodsword Ambition, Scorpion Champion Bayushi Shoju masterminds an extensive plot to assassinate Hantei XXXVIII and his heir, ending the Hantei line before it can bring ruin to the Empire. The enormity of such a task proves beyond the Scorpion's capabilities and they cannot hold Otosan Uchi against the Combined Great Clans. Furthermore, they are deceived by Phoenix magic into believing that the Emperor's heir is dead when he in fact escaped the purge. When he returns to Otosan Uchi following a hasty gempukku ceremony in Phoenix lands, he ends the Bayushi line by marrying Shoju's widow, Bayushi Kachiko and dissolves the Scorpion Clan.<br />
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'''1123 - 1129: The Scorpion in Hiding'''<br />
:The Imperial Legions march on a mission of vengeance, destroying every Scorpion palace save Shiro Yogo. All Scorpion who do not abandon their family names are killed or exiled by the vengeful Legions. Bayushi Kachiko subtly gives her followers a single command: "wait." Many Scorpion loyalists hide their masks and set their daisho aside, or build secret compounds in the Empire's deep mountains and forests. There, they plan their revenge.<br />
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'''1129: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:The Scorpion unexpectedly aid the Empire when Kachiko commands the hidden Scorpion to ally with the army of the Seven Thunders. The appearance of so many trained samurai bolsters the flagging armies, and many do not even pause to question where the Scorpion have been all these years.<br />
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'''1129: Coronation of Toturi I'''<br />
:Following Fu Leng's defeat and a brief period of frantic rebuilding in Otosan Uchi, ronin and former Lion Champion Toturi is crowned Emperor. One of Toturi's first actions as Emperor is to restore the Scorpion to Great Clan status. Bayushi Kachiko accepts her former husband's position as Scorpion Clan Champion.<br />
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'''1130: Disappearance of Toturi and banishment of the Scorpion'''<br />
:On the eve of his second anniversary as Emperor, Toturi I disappears. The only clues left behind are his bloodstained bedclothes in his private chambers in Otosan Uchi. Acting as regent, Toturi's lieutenant Takuan orders Emerald Champion Kakito Toshimoko to punish the Scorpion for their "obvious treachery." Correctly believing the Scorpion innocent of this crime, Toshimoko banishes them from the Empire rather than ordering them killed. Toshimoko orders the Scorpion Clan's children to be fostered to the Crane Clan, ostensibly as insurance against their retaliation against Rokugan. In reality, this is an act of mercy, for Toshimoko knows the children are unlikely to survive the difficult journey.<br />
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'''1130: Corssing the Burning Sands'''<br />
:Surviving the trek across the desert through their sheer tenacity, the Scorpion forces arrive at Medinaat al-Salaam, an oasis city within the Burning Sands. They are assaulted by the Senpet Empire, a massive kingdom of polytheistic warriors and sorcerers. The Senpet enslave the majority of the clan and put them to work in their copper mines. Bayushi Kachiko is taken captive, but is mistaken for Selqet, a figure from Senpet mythology. A handful of Scorpion escape captivity, including Bayushi Tangen and Shosuro Tage.<br />
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'''1131: Turmoil in Medinaat al-Salaam'''<br />
:With Selqet's appearance, the factions in Medinaat al-Salaam are thrown into chaos, as many believe a great prophecy is about to be fulfilled. Kachiko is believed to be one of the Four Avatars, the figures necessary to free an entity known as the Goddess. As the unrest increases, however, it is eventually revealed that it is Shosuro Tage, not Kachiko, who is an Avatar. Together with the other Avatars, Tage releases the Goddess from a poisonous realm called the Black Earth. The Goddess, worshipped throughout the Burning Sands, is none other than the Kami Shinjo, founder of the Unicorn Clan.<br />
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'''1131: The Scorpion lands are contested'''<br />
:Citing an Imperial edict that gives the Mantis the duty of patrolling all non-affiliated lands, Mantis Champion Yoritomo attempts to seize control of the former Scorpion lands. Unknown to the Empire, this act is the result of a secret arrangement between the two clans wherein the Mantis will safeguard the land until the Scorpion's return. Bayushi Aramoro's only son, Bayushi Aramasu, is given to the Mantis as a hostage to seal this bargain. The arrangement is complicated by the treachery of Crane Champion Doji Kuwanan, who seeks to claim the Scorpion lands for his Clan. The Crane take the Mantis armies by surprise near the Crane-Scorpion border, and Yoritomo has little choice but to retreat.<br />
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'''1132: Gift of the Emperor'''<br />
:The Emperor Toturi I holds a contest to see who will ultimately control the Scorpion lands. Each clan is allowed a single participant, and a lone ronin is permitted to enter as well. The ronin emerges as the victor, and reveals his true identity: Bayushi Aramoro, Bayushi Shoju's brother. Aramoro requests the return of the Scorpion's lands and rightful place among the Great Clans. For the second time in his reign as Emperor, Toturi restores the Scorpion Clan.<br />
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'''1132: War in the Heavens'''<br />
:During the chaotic events surrounding the death and replacement of Lady Sun and Lord Moon, the Scorpion forces return to Rokugan. Among their number are several gaijin from beyond the Burning Sands, including the terrible Senpet warrior Abresax and a number of enigmatic Ashalan. Also accompanying the Scorpion is the Kami Shinjo, freed from her imprisonment. A huge army of nomadic Moto accompanies the Scorpion, rejoining their Unicorn brethren.<br />
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'''1150: Devastation of Beiden Pass'''<br />
:The War of Spirits comes to a conclusion as Phoenix shugenja and Scorpion saboteurs collapse Beiden Pass upon the Steel Chrysanthemum's armies. The Empire's crossroads is destroyed, buy Hantei XVI's attempt to claim the throne is crushed.<br />
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'''1158: Death of Toturi'''<br />
:En route to Ryoko Owari, possibly to meet with his illigitimate son Akodo Kaneka, Toturi I is ambushed by a huge force of Shadowlands creatures. The Scorpion defend him as best they are able, but their honor guard is caught completely off-guard by the massive horde of goblins and Tsuno. The Onisu Fushin, Nightmare of the Scorpion, cuts down the Emperor in a duel. The Scorpion are greatly shamed by their failure to defend the Emperor, and the Kuroiban immediately begin scouring the Empire for the oni that murdered Toturi.<br />
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'''1158: The Shadowed Tower is revealed'''<br />
:A dangerous splinter group is revealed within the Scorpion led by the returned spirit of Shosuri Fuyari - actually the spirit of Gozoku leader Bayushi Atsuki masquerading as Fuyari. The group, called the Shadowed Tower, promotes a return to the shadows, abandoning the high visibility that Clan Champion Bayushi Yojiro has brought to the clan. The members of the Shadowed Tower consider maho and other foul practices acceptable ways to serve the clan so long as the result is worth the risk. Many notable personalities join the Tower, including Bayushi Ogura and Yogo Tjeki.<br />
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'''1158: Scorpion governance of the Emerald Championship'''<br />
:At the behest of Hantei Naseru, the Scorpion oversee the Test of the Emerald Champion to replace the ailing Kakita Toshiken. Scorpion entrant Bayushi Kwanchai deliberately injures Shiba Aikune, son of Phoenix Champion Shiba Tsukune, bringing himself great dishonor. An Isawa shugenja heals Aikune's leg, unintentionally disqualifying the Phoenix due to the stipulation that only the Scorpion may perform religious ceremonies (such as magic) during the tournament. The Crane contestant, Yasuki Hachi, is declared Emerald Champion, but everyone believes him to be in collusion with the Scorpion and Hantei Naseru to assure his victory.<br />
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'''1158: Bayushi Kaukatsu appointed Imperial Chancellor'''<br />
:The Scorpion Clan is chosen by the Otomo and the Imperial Court to appoint an Imperial Chancellor, a single individual who will be responsible for maintaining relations between the Four Winds. The Scorpion choice for the chancellor is hardly a surprise: Bayushi Kaukatsu, unrivaled master of the Imperial Court, accepts the position on behalf of his family and clan.<br />
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'''1159: Otosan Uchi is destroyed'''<br />
:Crushed in a sudden onslaught by the Shadowlands Horde, Otosan Uchi is reduced to a smoldering ruin. Several Scorpion heroes are forged in the city's pyre, including Bayushi Tai, the shadowy warrior who aids Toturi Tsudao in defeating Daigotsu and driving him from the Imperial Palace. Tai offers to cleanse the Steel Throne of its Taint, while secretly planning to take it to the Shadowed Tower.<br />
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'''1159: Bayushi Yojiro secretly retires'''<br />
:In the face of the Shadowed Tower's cultural revolution, Bayushi Yojiro secretly retires. He gives his handpicked successor the Celestial Sword of the Scorpion as well as his signature armor. With these gifts, Yojiro's successor can impersonate him, presenting the Shadowed Tower with a foe they believe they can anticipate, but of whom they truly know nothing.<br />
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<div>'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family.<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
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'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
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'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
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'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
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'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
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'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder. <br />
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'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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<div>'''1: Coronation of Hantei I'''<br />
:Following a tournament between the Kami (excluding Togashi, Fu Leng, and of course Ryoshun) the Hantei is determined to be the most worthy ruler of Rokugan. At the end of the tournament, Togashi speaks in words of prophecy: "When the last Akodo falls, so falls the last Hantei."<br />
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'''1: Isawa’s Rejection'''<br />
:Isawa, leader of his tribe, refuses to bow before the Kami when all others do. His tribe agrees, returning north. At first, they ignore the plights that besiege the rest of the nascent Empire, but soon Oni and goblins plague even their lands, and they turn to maho, protected by their Fortunes, to defend their sacred city.<br />
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'''2-42: The War Against Fu Leng and Creation of the Shadowlands'''<br />
:Shortly after the fall of the Kami, waves of darkness issue from the Festering Pit, tainting the southern lands of Rokugan. The armies of the Lost Brother, Fu Leng, swarm across Rokugan and destroy all in their path. The servants of the Hantei fight valiantly for decades, but find that they are slowly losing the war.<br />
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'''36: Yogo joins the Scorpion'''<br />
:Cursed by the Fu Leng, the Phoenix Shugenja Yogo, husband of Asako, is doomed to betray those he loves the most. Bayushi approaches Yogo with a strange offer: join the Scorpion Clan. When Yogo protests that he is cursed to betray those he loves, Bayushi responds, "but you do not love me." Yogo joins the Scorpion and founds a family<br />
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'''42: The Tao of Shinsei transcribed'''<br />
:A strange little man arrives in the court of the Hantei, promising that he can give the Kami victory over the armies of Fu Leng. First, however, he gains audience with the Kami themselves, and speaks to Hantei at length. Shiba copies down the little man's wisdom dutifully; this text later becomes the Tao of Shinsei, the foremost religious text in Rokugan.<br />
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'''42: The Day of Thunder'''<br />
:When the war looks bleakest, Shinsei gathers one mortal from each of the Seven Great Clans. Hida Atarasai, Doji Konishiko, Mirumoto, Matsu, Isawa, Shosuro, and Otaku join Shinsei on a journey to the Shadowlands to defeat the fallen god Fu Leng. All of the Thunders die there, save one.<br />
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'''42: Death of Shiba'''<br />
:After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shiba journeys into the Shadowlands in search of Shinsei and the Thunders. Shiba is mortally wounded battling the First Oni, but ensures that Shosuro returns to the Empire alive.<br />
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'''42: Shosuro's Return'''<br />
:The final Thunder, Shosuro, returns from the Shadowlands with the Black Scrolls. Shosuro survives her journey only to by making a pact with the Lying Darkness, and immediately thereafter casts off the persona of Shosuro to become Soshi, founder of the Scorpion Shugenja family.<br />
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'''44: The first Great Convocation is held'''<br />
:Two years after Shinsei’s disappearance, those who have taken up the study of his words come together in Shinsei no Sumai Mura, a village devoted to the Little Prophet in the Dragon lands. At this council, the various groups of monks who have come to embrace Shinsei’s wisdom agree to compile and codify tales of his travels and combine them with Shiba’s own transcriptions. This event marks the birth of the Tao of Shinsei, Shiba’s transcriptions being referred to as the True Tao. It is agreed that a convocation will be held in the village every ten years, growing the Tao as deemed necessary.<br />
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'''45: Shinjo's Exodus'''<br />
:With the war against Fu Leng now effectively at an end, the Kami Shinjo determines that she must leave the Empire and explore the world to better prepare the Empire for its dangers. Three families of the Ki-Rin Clan - The Otaku, Iuchi, and Ide - choose to follow her. Before leaving, Hantei granted Shinjo one pair of magical mirrors created by Shiba and Isawa. The mirrors would allow Shinjo to communicate with Hantei even in distant lands.<br />
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'''45: Death of Hantei'''<br />
:Crippled by a lingering injury during the war against Fu Leng, Hantei spends the last months of life bedridden. Unable to carry the news of victory to the Empire, Hantei charges a boy named Miya with the responsibility of bringing the joyous tidings to all. Shortly afterward, the Son of Heaven closes his eyes and dies content with what he and his brothers and sisters have done. Many believe, however, that Hantei simply tired of a mortal existence, rejoined his mother in the Celestial Heavens.<br />
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'''46: Crowning of Hantei Genji'''<br />
:Due to a period of mourning, the Emerald Throne stands empty for a short time while the Empire recovers from the war and the loss of the Son of Heaven. Hantei Genji, the first son of Hantei, is crowned Hantei II five months after the death of his father. Genji, also called the Shining Prince, is responsible for the majority of the social traditions of the modern Empire. Genji's reign lasts over two hundred years, the blood of the Kami Hantei strong in his veins. Hantei Genji marries a Doji woman, cementing the tradition of the Hantei Emperor taking a Crane bride and the concept of primogeniture (inheritance by the first-born).<br />
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'''48: Birth of Hida Osano-Wo'''<br />
:Osane-Wo, second son of the Kami Hida and offspring of the Thunder Dragon was born in this year.<br />
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'''48: Shinseism and Fortune Worship combined'''<br />
:Two years after taking the throne, the shining Prince Hantei Genji officially unites Shinseism and the worship of the Fortunes, declaring both to be equally important and official religions of the Empire. There is initial resistance from fundamentalists of both beliefs, but Rokugan soon adjusts to the idea that these two sets of beliefs are not mutually exclusive.<br />
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'''63: Hida steps down as Champion of the Crab'''<br />
:Though Hida is a powerful Kami, he recognizes many traits in his son Osano Wo that he himself lacks, in particular leadership and charisma. Particularly impressed by his son's great triumphs against the trolls, the Kami Hida steps down from rulership of the Crab to bestow the mantle upon his son. Hida thereafter is often seen leading large groups of specially selected samurai on brutal strikes deep into the Shadowlands (sometimes lasting up to a year). He otherwise leaves the clan in his son's hands.<br />
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'''72: The Phoenix Clan discovers Uikku, the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku, the prophet of Shinsei's Tao, is a young child cursed with the gift of prophecy. Found in a remote Phoenix province, his ravings are alternately inspiring and baffling, but many of them involve the future or interpretations of the Tao. The Phoenix take him into their custody, and transcribe all of his pronouncements dutifully, sharing them with the Brotherhood of Shinsei. Although Uikku was young and seemed out of touch with the world, his understanding of the Tao was legendary, and the scrolls containing his prophecies amaze scholars with their accuracy, even today.<br />
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'''80: Mantis Clan founded'''<br />
:Osano-Wo chooses to acknowledge his illegitimate son Kenzan as his heir rather than the legitimate Kaimetsu-uo. Though relations between Kenzan and Kaimetsu-uo are not hostile, his enraged Matsu mother leads Kaimetsu-uo out of Crab lands to find his own destiny. He finds it across the seas of Rokugan, on the islands he names the Isles of Spice and Silk. His followers call themselves the Mantis, though they are not currently acknowledged as a clan. (In, fact the very idea of creating Minor Clans is a precedent that has not yet been established)<br />
<br />
'''82: The Crystal Prison created'''<br />
:The Scorpion Thunder Shosuro, after passing through a dozen different faces and identities, has begun to realize that her mind is no longer her own. Fearing the influence of the darkness within her, she surrenders herself to the Kami Togashi for help. Togashi realizes that he cannot save her, but he creates a crystal prison deep beneath the Kyuden Togashi to contain the danger she represents. Shosuro allows herself to be confined.<br />
<br />
'''83: Disappearance of Bayushi'''<br />
:The First Scorpion is said to have left behind his mask and his sword for his son, with the note "I have lost her forever" before disappearing completely.<br />
<br />
'''90: Death of Uikku: the Serene Prophet'''<br />
:Uikku succumbs to a fever, and perishes; his last years dominated by visions of the future, culminating in the revelation of the Dooms. These Dooms are largely secrets of the Phoenix and the Brotherhood, prophesizing the destruction of the clans, and of an eighth, unknown power.<br />
<br />
'''90: Fox Clan founded'''<br />
:The Fox are descendants of the Ki-Rin, those who remained behind when Shinjo led her people out of Rokugan. The Lion Clan ousts those who would become the Fox from their ancestral lands. They are granted new land in Mori Kitsune, the family name Kitsune, and Minor Clan of their own. The Emperor forbids the Great Clans from declaring war upon them, establishing a precedent by which Great Clans may not initiate war with Minor Clans.<br />
<br />
'''97: Hida Osano-Wo murdered'''<br />
:An unknown assassin murders the Champion of the Crab. His father, Hida, is missing on a long expedition in the Shadowlands, and with the power of darkness on the rise Osano-wo's son Kenzan is reluctant to abandon his post. Instead, he sends a message of distress to his half-brother, who eagerly leaps upon the chance to avenge their father. Hunting the traitor to Phoenix lands with a fleet of Mantis sailors beside him, Kaimetsu-uo arrives at the doors of Kyuden Isawa itself. When the Phoenix refused to open the gates, Kaimetsu-uo cries to his father for vengeance. The Thunder roars and a stroke of pure lightning opens the gates of the Isawa Palace. The Phoenix quickly back down and agree to assist the samurai who so clearly acts on behalf of the elements themselves. The traitor is released into Kaimetsu-uo's custody and painfully executed.<br />
:Shortly thereafter, Phoenix scholars request that Hantei grant the Status of Fortune upon the departed Osano-wo. Osano Wo is hereafter the Fortune of Fire and Thunder. <br />
<br />
'''99: Death of Akodo'''<br />
:While surveying the construction of the Hall of Ancestors and the Ikoma Libraries, Akodo One-Eye is caught in an unexpected fight with Beasts of the Shadowlands. The monsters make their way through the Shinomen Forest, preparing to attack the fledgling borders of the Empire. Akodo stands against the horde with one hundred of his men, and meets his enemy in what was once the Seikitsu Pass through the Spine of the World Mountains. When the battle seems lost, Akodo calls out to his mother, the Sun Goddess, to witness how brave men died. As the advancing Shadowlands Beasts reach him, Akodo's mighty rear collapses the pass, bringing down a mountain upon him and the enemy.<br />
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'''100: Kuni Nakanu notices taint on corpses'''<br />
:The first signs of the Shadowlands taint, and the Crab Clan studies its effects as early as the first century after the Empire's founding. Their scholarly research has saved many lives, and the information they have been able to discover during the thousand years of peace have been truly remarkable.<br />
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