Notable Personalities During the Reign Table of the Shining Prince . 46 Founding a Religion: Genji, Shinsei, & the Fortunes ....................49 of Contents Alternate Branches of Development . 50 Chapter Five: The Reign of the Clan Spells of the Early Empire . 52 Steel Chrysanthemum ....105 Introduction . .4 Rokugan Under Tyranny . 106 Hantei Okucheo, the Early Years . 106 The Dark Times: The Madness of Hantei Okucheo ............... 107 Chapter Three: Clans and Factions in the Steel Chrysan- Chapter One: The Iron Empire ..........55 themum’s Reign ................113 The Crab Clan . .113 The Togashi Dynasty .......7 An Iron Empire . 56 The Crane Clan . .114 The Timeline of Iron Rokugan . 57 Welcome to a Different Rokugan . 7 The Dragon Clan ...............115 The State of the Clans ........... 67 A Recognizable History .......... 8 The Lion Clan . .115 The Crab Clan ............... 67 ...Or One Less Recognizable ...... 12 The Phoenix Clan . .116 The Crane Clan .............. 67 Clans and Factions The Scorpion Clan ..............116 The Dragon Clan . 68 in the Togashi Dynasty .......... 15 The Imperial Families. .117 The Lion Clan ............... 69 The Crab Clan . 16 The Minor Clans ...............119 The Phoenix Clan. 69 The Crane Clan . 16 Notable Personages of the Steel Chry- The Scorpion Clan . 70 The Lion Clan . 17 santhemum Era ................119 The Minor Clans . 71 The Mantis Clan ............... 18 The Golden Legion ............... 123 Major Figures in Iron Rokugan . 72 The Phoenix Clan . .19 The Steel Magistrates ............ 123 Portrait of an Iron Empire ....... 75 The Scorpion Clan ...............19 An Alternate Explanation of the Steel Social Impacts of The Unicorn Clan . 20 Chrysanthemum. .124 Technological Progress ........ 75 Hantei’s Clan: The Owl Clan ..... 21 An Empire of Fear . 125 The Iron Dragon and The Spider Clan . 22 Resistance and Rebellion . 125 the Golden Road ............. 76 The Minor Clans ...............22 Aftermath of Tyranny .......... 126 Woodblock Printing and The Imperial Families. 23 New Mechanics ................. 126 the Spread of Literacy . 76 Imperial Histories 2 The Kolat . 23 The Restorationists ........... 77 Notable Personages of Samurai Firearms . 78 the Togashi Dynasty . 23 New Mechanics . 80 Storytelling in Mystic Rokugan ..... 25 Unique Firearms of the Great The People . 25 Clans ...................... 81 The Tales . 26 Chapter Six: The Spirits .................... 26 The Eighth Century Crises 129 New Mechanics .................. 26 A Century of Peril ............... 130 Sample file Overview of the Clans and Factions 135 The Crab Clan . 135 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE Chapter Four: The Crane Clan . 136 Heresy of the Five Rings . .83 The Dragon Clan .............. 136 The Lion Clan . 136 Chapter Two: Timeline of the Heresy . 84 The Phoenix Clan . 137 The Clans and Factions During the The Reign of the The Scorpion Clan ............. 138 Heresy Era . 89 The Minor Clans ...............139 Shining Prince ...........31 The Crab Clan . 89 The Imperial Families. .140 The Crane Clan . 90 The World of the Shining Prince .... 32 The Shadowlands . .140 The Dragon Clan . .91 The Great Clans During the Reign of the Important Personages of the Eighth The Lion Clan . .91 Shining Prince . 38 Century .......................140 The Phoenix Clan . 92 The Crab Clan . 38 The Political Climate Before and After The Scorpion Clan .............. 93 The Crane Clan . 39 Iuchiban . .143 The Minor Clans ................94 The Dragon Clan ............... 40 Alternate Paths: The Maw Success- The Imperial Families. 95 The Lion Clan . .41 fully Conquers Crab Lands .......143 The Brotherhood . 95 The Phoenix Clan . 42 Alternate Paths: The Maw is Never Important Personages of the Heresy Era The Scorpion Clan .............. 43 Freed .........................144 96 The Ki-Rin Clan ............... 45 Alternate Paths: The Phoenix - Blood- Faith and Politics ................. 97 The Minor Clans ............... 45 speaker Alliance ................145 The All-Monk Campaign .........99 The Imperial Families. 45 Nemuranai of the Eighth Century ...145 A Darker Heresy: Gorinno the Villain Threats . 46 Nightmares of Jigoku .............147 101 New Game Mechanics . 102 The Phoenix Clan . .211 The Black Scrolls and the Tao of Fu Chapter Seven: The Scorpion Clan ..............211 Leng . 265 The Return of the Unicorn . 151 The Unicorn Clan . 212 The Destroyers as a Military Threat 266 The Shadowlands . 212 The Ebon Daughter .............. 267 The History Behind the Unicorn Clan’s Major Figures of The Fate of Fu Leng . 267 Return . 152 the Four Winds Era . 213 The Politics of Total Warfare ....... 268 The Clans and Factions at the Dawn of The Onisu: Nightmares New Mechanics ................. 270 the Ninth Century . 158 of the Eight Clans ............. 216 The Crab Clan . 158 The Cursed Blade Chukandomo .... 217 The Crane Clan . .159 The Shadowed Tower . 218 The Dragon Clan .............. 160 New Mechanics .................220 The Lion Clan . 160 New Creatures: The Onisu ......220 The Phoenix Clan ............. 161 Chapter Twelve: The Scorpion Clan ............. 162 The Age of Exploration . 273 The Unicorn Clan . 163 The Minor Clans ...............164 A Time of Change ............... 273 The Imperial Families. .164 The Clans and Factions in the Age of The Kolat . 165 Chapter Ten: Exploration . 276 The Crab Clan . 276 The Shadowlands . 165 The Shadowed Throne ... 227 Presenting the Return of the Unicorn 166 The Crane Clan . 276 The Unicorn Perspective ........ 166 History of a Different Shade ......228 The Dragon Clan .............. 277 The Defenders of the Empire . 167 Year 1160: The Shadow of the Em- The Lion Clan . 278 New Mechanics ................. 168 press . 228 The Phoenix Clan . 278 Clans and Factions Under the Shadowed The Scorpion Clan ............. 279 Throne ....................... 233 The Spider Clan . 279 The Crab Clan . 233 The Unicorn Clan . 280 The Crane Clan . 233 The Imperial Families. 280 The Dragon Clan .............. 234 Notable Personages of the Age of Explo- Imperial Histories 2 Chapter Eight: The Lion Clan . 235 ration. 281 The Shattered Empire . .171 The Mantis Clan .............. 235 The Dark Naga and the War of Serpents The Phoenix Clan . 236 283 An Alternate Rokugan . 172 The Scorpion Clan ............. 237 The Fudoism Heresy . 286 A Changed History ............ 172 The Unicorn Clan . 237 New Mechanics ................. 286 Timeline of the Shattered Empire 173 The Minor Clans .............. 238 The Clans and Factions The Imperial Families. 238 in the Shattered Empire . 182 The Shadowlands . 239 The Crab Clan . 182 Notable Figures of the Shadowed Throne OF CONTENTS TABLE The Crane Clan . .184 239 The Dragon Clan .............. 185 What Happened to the Dark Covenant of Chapter Thirteen: Empire The Lion Clan . 186 Fire ..........................241 of the Emerald Stars .....289 The Mantis Clan .............. 187 The Tests of Enlightenment . 242 Rokugan In Space! . 290 The Phoenix Clan . 187 The Shadow Court .Sample . 242 file Timeline of the Emerald Stars ....291 The Scorpion Clan ............. 188 The Realm of Shadows ............244 Clans and Factions of The Unicorn Clan . .189 New Mechanics ..................244 The Imperial Families. .190 the Emerald Stars ............. 295 The Shadowlands . .191 The Crab Clan . 295 Prominent Figures The Crane Clan . 295 in the Shattered Empire . .191 The Dragon Clan .............. 296 An Unresolved Epic . .194 The Lion Clan . 296 Sengoku Jidai Rokugan . .194 Chapter Eleven: The Mantis Clan .............. 297 The Phoenix Clan . 297 A Potential Savior: Kaneka ......195 The Destroyer War .......247 GM’s Toolbox: Using Kaneka in a The Scorpion Clan ............. 297 Shattered Empire ...............196 Timeline of the Destroyer War ..... 248 The Spider Clan . 298 New Mechanics ..................196 The Clans and Factions in the Destroyer The Unicorn Clan . 298 Wa r ......................... 255 The Minor Clans ...............299 The Crab Clan . 255 Notable Personalities of The Crane Clan . 256 the Emerald Stars ..............299 The Dragon Clan .............. 256 The State of the Galaxy . 301 The Lion Clan . 257 Personal Technology in the Era of the Chapter Nine: The Mantis Clan .............. 257 Emerald Stars ................ 304 The Four Winds Era . 199 The Phoenix Clan . 258 The Age of Space Exploration ..... 305 The Scorpion Clan ............. 258 Rokugan in Space: Game Mechanics 306 The Time of the Four Winds . 200 The Spider Clan . 259 Clans and Factions in The Unicorn Clan . 260 the Four Winds Era . 208 The Imperial Families. 260 The Crab Clan . 208 The Minor Clans .............. 260 The Crane Clan . 209 The Ronin. 261 Index ...................308 The Dragon Clan .............. 209 Notable Figures of the Destroyer War . The Lion Clan . 210 262 The Mantis Clan .............. 210 The halls of the Ikoma libraries echo as the young Ikoma scribe hauls yet another armful of scrolls out to the low table in the central chamber. His hair and kimono are gray-white with the accumulated dust of the day’s work, and sweat turns the smudges on his forehead into dark blotches. He wipes his forehead with his sleeve and belatedly realizes he has made things even worse, staring with dismay at the dark stains on the golden-tan silk. His voice quavers as he asks, “Master, have we found everything now?” “We can never find everything, boy.” His master does not look up from the scrolls he is perusing by candlelight. “Even here in the Ikoma libraries, some records are incomplete.”