Courts of the Crane Clan

Cross posted from Facebook: The winner was Unicorn Military piloted by Mychal Edwards AKA Shinjo Dae-hyun, loyal servant of the Khan and the returned Goddess, has triumphed. He has decided to save Kakita Mitohime, the valiant Kenshinzen. Congratulations to Mychal, and thank you! Kakita Kaori Ancesto...

Isao-san, I venture to disagree. L5R's IP is greater now than it was when the original game came out, and it is in FFG's interest to have access to all the elements of it. But it is possible that FFG values even more its long-term L5R player base. If it were to roll back to the very beginning of the...

Thank you very much!

I have a new story in the Artisan Academy if you want to check it out.
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Domo arigato.

To understand the background for this story, you may want to check out Beginnings at http://craneclan.weebly.com/beginnings.html for the origin of the characters discussed. There are also references to a couple of other stories with this character ( http://craneclan.weebly.com/a-letter-to-the-fox-c...

I'd like to put something together for Mitohime. Let me see what I can do.

I like that.

So, three things: First, the Harriers as they were originally were INCREDIBLY dishonorable. Like, not even a semblance of honor. In the setting, they were the ultimate example of hypocrisy, that the Crane could hold themselves up as among the most honorable people in the Empire and yet be knowingly...

Well, if they didn't do it this way, or someway similar, it wouldn't take many generations before we have everyone using gunpowder everywhere, or, well, guns. This allows it without quite normalizing it.

This is a cross post from l5r.com....but I don't think this is so bad. It's not so bad a move for a couple of reasons. 1) IF another clan were to learn that the Crane had gunpowder...not use, just have, it would not reflect badly on the Champion for allowing it to exist, since he has permission from...