Tag Archives: Summer
A Dark Path’s Beginnings, Part I (Clan War Fiction)
A Dark Path’s Beginnings, Part I by Ree Soesbee It is one man’s duty to serve his lord. One man’s duty to give his life that his lord may live. One man’s duty to avenge, if his lord fall before … Continue reading
Flavor Text: Emperor Edition
Booster Display Quote – The Empire of Rokugan has expanded after more than one thousand years of xenophobia, and now resources from the Colonies, once known as the Ivory Kingdoms, pour into the war-torn Empire. With new riches come new … Continue reading
War of the Twins (Imperial Herald V3 #9)
War of the Twins by Shawn Carman Five years before the events of Emperor Edition Thw wind swept snow up in clouds of swirling white across the rocks before scattering, only to be lifted again by the next gust. It … Continue reading
Scenes from the Empire, Part 20
A series of three vignettes from across the Emerald Empire! Scenes from the Empire By Robert Denton & Yoon Ha Lee Special Guest Author Sean Holland Edited by Fred Wan Unlikely The Month of the Goat, 1193 In over 800 … Continue reading
A Matter of Honor
A short vignette dealing with the results from two of our GenCon events: the Imperial Yojimbo invitational event and the Shogun of the Empire War of Honor tournament! A Matter of Honor By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan Summer, … Continue reading
How to Address a Samurai
Traditional Japanese will tell you that you cannot use the san or sama ending without a name to precede it. Its traditionally rude to call someone by their first name without their permission first. However Rokugan is not Japan and … Continue reading
The Destroyer War, Part 18
The final chapter in the saga of Rokugan’s ongoing war with the Destroyer horde, as determined by the results of our Kotei Season tournaments! But the story doesn’t end here! Tune in next week for part 1 of Goddesses, the … Continue reading
Hours of the Day
The Rokugani day is split into twelve hours, six of which are daylight hours, six are night hours. There are two nomeclatures, the Common (used by heimin, hinin and eta) which uses animals to denote the hours, and the High … Continue reading
Tokigogachu Torid e (3rd Edition)
Tokigogachu Torid-e, the watchtower of the village of Tokigogachu, is both old and new. It’s an image of the eternal changing seas and the Mantis clan that made it his home. The story of this building is linked to the … Continue reading
A Book of Five Rings
Written by Miyamoto Musashi * Translated by Victor Harris Translator’s Introduction * Japan during Musashi’s lifetime * Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule … Continue reading
The Samurai’s Primer
Part 1: Behavior The society of Rokugan is a very polite one, and very firmly divided into three strata; your equals, your superiors, and your inferiors. Equals should be treated politely, but not overly so, unless of course you’re trying … Continue reading
The Burden of Becoming
by Nancy Sauer Edited by Fred Wan Several weeks ago, the Battle of Shiro Utaku Shojo Yu Pan smoothly ran another Yobanjin through with her lance and just as smoothly flung his corpse off it. He had been the last … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 15
By Shawn Carman Edited by Fred Wan Nearly three dozen men descended from the mountains, moving like shadows through the plains in the northern portion of the Empire. They moved at night, rapidly, covering as much ground as possible as … Continue reading
Legacy of the Naga, Part 3
by Edward Bolme Beneath the gate to the inner city, a group of Crane gathered in the shadows and discussed what had happened. They spoke quietly and with silvered fans covering their mouths, for many people were still in the … Continue reading
A Letter from Saigorei
We stand before the gates of Volturnum, and we live or die as one. I see the rows of pikemen, their helms gleaming in the faint light of the moon – all the light that can be given to us, … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 11
By Shawn Carman & Nancy Sauer Edited by Fred Wan Jineko struggled not to show her anger and despair to the others as she hurried through the winding, narrow streets of the city. The people here had been on edge … Continue reading
The War of Dark Fire, Part 6
By Shawn Carman & Nancy Sauer Edited by Fred Wan The day had dawned bright and fine, a promise of the full glories of the coming spring. The villagers had eaten their breakfasts and hurried out to field and garden … Continue reading
Voices of Oblivion’s Gate
by Ree Soesbee “‘Goju!’ I scream, and my voice is never-ending ‘I come for you!’” – Isawa Hochiu, Master of Fire ***** The Five Masters stood outside the gate to Volturnum, their powerful magic holding back the Shadow’s hordes. A … Continue reading
Flavor Text: Glory of the Empire
Card Flavor Text: A Game of Sadane – “Your kimono is most lovely. My grandmother had one like it when she was your age, I believe.” Akaru no Oni – “Never enter one’s layer. Burn it from without. Enter its … Continue reading
