Courts of the Crane Clan

All right, first of all: I don't think it contravenes forum rules, but I find the suggestion that "fat kids" are some sort of all-consuming, invasive force that will steal food and must be "held back" to be unkind and distasteful in the extreme. Now, to address the path itself: I...

There hasn't been a Tainted person on the Throne in a long time, either. Come to that, the only large-scale war against Jigoku I can think of since the Clan Wars (as opposed to Jigoku-powered big baddies in their volcano lairs plotting to build DEaths Star or whatever) was the Destroyer War... in wh...

Yeah, I don't get why people are taking To Do What We Must as a departure from our fundamental Crane-ness. As an approach, it's as old as the Clan's presence in the game.

Look I think we get it. You (and others) don't like Kanpeki and don't want him on the throne. I can get behind that. The thing is you can't start arguing legitimacy for something you have no idea how its going to happen. You mention there is no precedent for someone becoming Emperor without the dir...

Claiming to be Emperor doesn't make you so. Being a legitimate Emperor of Rokugan requires the approval of Tengoku. Are you expecting this to be forthcoming in Kanpeki's case? I agree, becoming the Emperor is no easy task for anyone, even for Daigotsu. But as Kakita Shiro pointed out, we do not hav...

Claiming to be Emperor doesn't make you so. Being a legitimate Emperor of Rokugan requires the approval of Tengoku. Are you expecting this to be forthcoming in Kanpeki's case?

Siding with Kanpeki is not honourable. It is, in fact, the sacrifice of honour on the altar of ambition. The Crane serve the Emperor... and Kanpeki is not the Emperor. Seiken is. Kanpeki is a Tainted usurper with no claim to the title at all. If what you want is a story about the Crane sacrificing ...

I voted for option 2. The roots of the Crane clan lie in Rokugan, not in the colonies. In court, not in the battlefield. In plain light, not hiding behind etas. We are one of the, if not the, most conservative clans. Not so much by choice than by necessity. We are the heart and soul of the Empire. ...

Probably Kanpeki would very briefly lose his Taint-powers until he asked Dad for a refill, then carry on as before. Which could make it useful in a fight - it could put him off balance for a critical second or two ("I SNAP YOU LIKE A- wait, why am I suddenly not superstrong ARGH"). I would...

An Oni? How crude. Kakita Kae is above such things!

She would have a Daidoji blow up a building with foreign seasonings instead. Much more refined.