I've enjoyed the star wars game for star wars. But my tastes for the L5R setting would go towards a more descriptive set of mechanics.  I love Ars Magica where when you cast a spell; you're incorporating information about the character's study of two or more magical arts, their stamina, their relevant work in their laboratory, their study of the art of penetrating magic resistance, the magical influence of where they are standing and (chances are) one or two relevant virtues and flaws.  In Ars Magica spending experience points is tied so tightly to the character's history that you can accurately recreate most of a character sheet by looking at the books a character has read and the list of laboratory notes they've created.
The new L5R need not be that descriptive but a little finer grained than the new star wars would make me happy.

I've enjoyed the star wars game for star wars. But my tastes for the L5R setting would go towards a more descriptive set of mechanics.  I love Ars Magica where when you cast a spell; you're incorporating information about the character's study of two or more magical arts, their stamina, their relevant work in their laboratory, their study of the art of penetrating magic resistance, the magical influence of where they are standing and (chances are) one or two relevant virtues and flaws.  In Ars Magica spending experience points is tied so tightly to the character's history that you can accurately recreate most of a character sheet by looking at the books a character has read and the list of laboratory notes they've created.
The new L5R need not be that descriptive but a little finer grained than the new star wars would make me happy.

You guys are cute.

We all know it's gonna be poker hand driven like the alternate rules for the Deadlands RPG.  That's the future of gaming.

Agreed on points 1 and 2: both need to be addressed/justified/handwaved HARD by the Story Team as neither makes a whole lot of sense. Point 3 seems like the logical outcome, but again its very act of taking place rests upon the credibility of the first two.

I'd be a fan of Altansanai even if it were only to avoid this, as if I'd have non-calvary followers in my deck.  It irked me not to have a better champion, Once the Scorpion Clan Coup inexperienced version came out I never played that card again.
 

I'd be a fan of Altansanai even if it were only to avoid this, as if I'd have non-calvary followers in my deck.  It irked me not to have a better champion, Once the Scorpion Clan Coup inexperienced version came out I never played that card again.
 

As a hardcore Phoenix loyalist and my dearest decks being Inquisition, I found this storyline to be too hard to relate to. I'd rather have the Phoenix not being the nazis of Rokugan this time.

I remember it fondly, it went from "The moto might still have the lingering curse from the Death Gods and its a threat that needs to be kurbed" which people could get behind... but then went to "The moto BLOOD is spiritually weaker then our ubermensch rokugani blood and we need to control their breeding and all contact with the empire".

It made the phoenix go from, "seeking to end a curse and stem its, unknown until now, influence spreading" to actively stating that a race was spiritually inferior to the point that breeding with them was a threat to the spiritual soul of the empire itself.
It made the phoenix a bad guy by modern standards, but in setting it was completely correct, moto blood WAS spiritually afflicted by a curse that could be passed genetically. Basically it made the phoenix despicable in the eyes of the players, even their own diehard fans, while also basically making the whole debacle an issue of race... which is as touchy a topic as you can get these days... but NOT a case where we watch the racial discrimination overcome but instead where it is written to PROVE the racist side correct.
There is a reason the official Winter Court delegation tried to completely 180 on their clan's stance. 
It was a headache for everyone involved that even with the story writers giving a hell of an attempt to soften the impact, it was still a war that phoenix players, even though they had never had their faction win a war, didn't want the first win to be like that. It was a lose/lose that never felt like it should have happened in the first place...  

Not really- it's a much better-conceived conflict this time. Edits and revisions often are.
The old version was, "the Unicorn- specifically the Moto- have a nasty curse tied to their bloodline that literally nobody noticed until just now and it's so serious the Phoenix have to blabber it all over the Empire, even though Shinjo-Kami chose to be reborn into the Moto, meaning the Unicorn Clan's Kami chose to join a cursed bloodline." This was after the initial rollout (and a clan letter that, as per some back-channel chatter post-IP sale was actually written out of house because the story team was depleted at that point) which stated that "gaijin blood renders one susceptible to spiritual corruption," which was an utter non-starter.
So the Phoenix playerbase were being asked to get fired up about a war that to just about any English-literate modern reader, they deserved to lose. Even some pretty solid damage control by the likes of Robert Denton couldn't really make up for the botched "gaijin blood" rollout and a few basic incoherencies in the narrative of the problem (such as the fact that while the curse was verified as real, nobody could articulate why it mattered, and the actions of characters in the fiction indicated that many of the samurai of Rokugan were prepared to just ignore it).
If the Phoenix won (which they were apparently slated to do because they were long overdue to be right about something of consequence, having had their credibility written into the ground during the tussles with the Dragon and the Mantis), they would validate the grotesque in-setting racism of Rokugan to a degree, while making it plain that the Unicorn had to follow their guidance if they wanted anyone to come to their tea parties ever again or something.
 
The new version is, "the elemental kami are acting up, and we think that meishodo crap you guys brought back in your much-more-recent-than-in-old-canon return to Rokugan may be why." The Unicorn can lose this war without losing their identity or justifying the appalling in-setting racism of Rokugan. The Phoenix can lose this war without having made a fuss over something that most of the Empire seems to have no stake in and which has not been "around this whole time, you just never noticed." Both sides have room to be right or wrong without gutting their core identity.
It also lets FFG use all the purchased art assets of the Unicorn curbstomping the Phoenix which adorned many a card in the waning days of the CCG (seriously, the Phoneix were NEVER shown having the upper hand in card art- we were told they did this or that in flavor texts, but we never SAW it), gives the Unicorn and Phoenix both something to do that actually involves another clan,

Meishodo on the old-lore wiki.
 
We have basically nothing on it in the new lore.

Was he even an anti-hero? I saw him as a tragic hero. He loved the Emperor, and only went through with the regicide because he loved the Empire more, and only after asking those present if one must do all in one's power to protect it and receiving the affirmative reply.

So, there were so many people mentioned in the recent fiction, that I think we need to start a list of who's who, and who's what. The RPG rulebook introduced a large number of bit characters, meaning that I have decided to make this slightly less complete on here. There's also @Manchu 's thread about the fiction here
The below is an excerpt from the complete census which is on this spreadsheet, along with some charts showing family relationships.
This list includes all modern characters that have appeared in fiction and those presented in factual parts of RPG books, but not ancestral characters or ones merely mentioned in RPG backstories or fluff paragraphs.
 
Imperial Families
Hantei Family
Hantei XXXVIII (Jodan) (m) - Emperor - existing character - WE, BA, CG, TBFotWG, HotG, AST, TSHP, CotE, TM, VotF, BtET Hantei Daisetsu (m) - prince - modified character - TSwT, HotG, TSHP, CotE, BtET Hantei (?) Hochiahime (f) - Empress - modified character - TSwT Hantei Sotorii (m) - Crown Prince - existing character - WE, SF, TSwT, WaDT, AST, TSHP, CotE, VotF, BtET Miya Family
Miya Boshin (m) - EE Miya Bunji (m) - TSoTB Miya Chinatsu - Imperial Scribe - EE Miya Kotsumi (f) - Emerald Magistrate  - ItPotEC Miya Satoshi (m) - Daimyo, Imperial Herald - Existing character - WE, TSoTB, FCS, TBFotWG, BtET Miya Tetsua (m) - Governor of Toshi Kaeru - EE Otomo Family
Otomo (Bayushi) Mikuru (f) - Bayushi Yojiro's sister  - WE, HLD, TBFotWG Otomo Hiroshige (m) - Saneda's son  - DT Otomo Koryusai (m) - Otomo Mikuru's husband - WE Otomo Saneda (m) - Hiroshige's father  -DT Otomo Seno (m) - Ryoko Owari Emerald Magistrate  - WoSaS Otomo Sorai (m) - Daimyo - existing character- WE, BA, FCS Otomo Utoshi (m)  - AST Seppun Family
Seppun Hirohide (m) - Emerald Magistrate  - ARP Seppun Hokuto (m) - Emerald Magistrate  - ItPotEC Seppun Ishikawa (m) - Captain of the Honour Guard - existing character - card, SF, AMST, F, BtET Seppun Masayo - BtET Seppun Michiko - VotF Seppun Motome (f) - Royoko Owari Emerald Yoriki  - WoSaS Seppun Sanosuke (m) - Daisetsu's yojimbo  - HotG Crab Clan
Hida Family
Hida Amoro (m) - existing character - card Hida Goroharu ()  - TTC Hida Etsuji(m) - Watchtower of the Iron Hammer Commander - S Hida Hachiro (m) - Taisa- MotO Hida Hiromichi (m) - 3rd Tower Commander  - ARP Hida Kayo (m) - deceased  - ARP Hida Keinosuke (m) - former ronin  - ARP Hida Kisada (m) - Champion - existing character - card, DHoH, TWaS, BBB, GiD, ACtI, VotF Hida Kiyosue (f) - S Hida Kotoe (f) - S Hida Kurumi (m) - MotO, KT Hida Masuo (m) - Gunso - S Hida Mikoro () - Shiro Yogasha representative  - ItPotEC Hida Nanako (f) - Taisa - S Hida O-Ushi (f) - Champion's child - existing character - DHoH Hida Sukune (m) - Champion's child - existing character - DHoH Hida Tomonatsu (f) - deceased  - card, ARP DHoH Hida Tsukiko (f)  - ARP Hida Tsuru (m) - Cavalry Master - existing character - card, BbC Hida Yakamo (m) - Champion's heir - existing character - card, DHoH, ADoL Hiruma Family
Hiruma Gakuto (m) - S Hiruma Kagehiro ()  - TTC Hiruma Kenjiro (m) - Shizuyo's son, dead  - BbC Hiruma Kogoe (f) -Scout  - card and TtS, A Hiruma Izumi (m) - S Hiruma Motoko (m) - S Hiruma Shigeki (m) - Emerald Magistrate  - ItPotEC Hiruma Shizuyo (f)  - BbC Hiruma Yoshino (f) - Daimyo - modified character? - DHoH Hiruma Yukito (m)  - ARP Kaiu Family
Kaiu Masae (f)  - ARP Kaiu Riko (f) - MotO Kaiu Shihobu (f) - Daimyo  - DHoH Kaiu Shuichi (m) - Engineer  - card, TtS, A Kaiu Suzue (f) - S Kenru vassal Family
Kuni Family
Kuni Ayame (f)  - GiD Kuni Daigo (m) - existing character? - GiD Kuni Haruna (f) - Witch-hunter - EE Kuni Hatsu (m) - Witch-hunter - S Kuni Heki (m) - shugenja  - TtS, A Kuni Kayo (m) - EE Kuni Ritsuko (f)  - card, S Kuni Takeko (f) - MotO Kuni Terumi (f)  - ARP Kuni Turiko (f) - S Kuni Utagu (m) - existing character - GiD Kuni Yori (m) - Daimyo - existing character - card and DHoH, GiD, ACtI Takumi vassal Family
Ugawari vassal Family
Yasuki Family
Yasuki Fuzake (m) - Shugenja, modified character - card Yasuki Hatsu (m)  - ARP Yasuki Hikaru (f) - deceased?  - KV Yasuki Ippei (m) - MotO Yasuki Jun (m)  - TTC Yasuki Keiji (m) - MotO Yasuki Narumi (f) - S Yasuki Nobuko (f) - EE Yasuki Oguri (m) - Daimyo's child - existing character - card, DHoH, ACtI, VotF Yasuki Suzaku (f) - deceased  - DT Yasuki Taka (m) - Daimyo - existing character - card, DHoH, ADoL, BBB, CG, ACtI, VotF Heimin
Katsuo (m)  - KV Tomoko (f)  - KV Crane Clan
Asahina Family
Asahina Atsushi (m) - EE Asahina Ichikawa ()  - flavour text Asahina Maeko (f)  - TaT Asahina Tadane () - representative to Shiro Yogasha  - ItPotEC Asahina Takako (f)  - card, WE, TaT Asahina Takamori (m) - Daimyo  - card, WE Daidoji Family
Daidoi Aki (m) - TSoTB Daidoji Chitose () - Clan Magistrate  - ACfD Daidoji Hideaki (m) - MotO Daidoji Nerishma (m)  - card, HFD Daidoji Netsu (m)  - ACTF Daidoji Uji (m) - Daimyo - existing character - RPG, TSoW, VotF Daidoji Utsugiri (m) - formerly married to Akodo Matoko - modified character - SaS Hiramichi Vassal Family
Hiramichi no Daidoji Asahi (m) - CoS Doji Family
Doji Chiyoe (f) - Proposed wife for Sotorii - WE, VotF Doi Hatsuhina (f) - assistant Seneschal of Kyudne Doi - WE Doji Hotaru (f) - Champion - modified character - card, WE, RPG:C, ASoW, HFD, TPoW, TWaS, AMST, TFoF, SaS, CG, TBFotWG, TSoW, ACTF, TSHP, TWaKC, AST, ACfD, VotF Doji Kumiki (f)  - card Doji Kuwanan (m) - Hotaru's brother - existing character - AEiT, ASoW, HFD, TFoF, TFoJ, CG, ACTF, AST, VotF Doji Kuzunobu (m) - Hotaru's husband, formerly Fox - modified character - ACTF, TWaKC, ACfD, TM, VotF Doi Miyuki (f) - CoS Doji Murashige ()  - TTC Doji Satsume (m) - Emerald Champion, deceased - existing character - CotE, TTC, ItPotEC, ASoW, HFD, TWaS, TFoF, ADoL, CG, WaDT, ACTF Doji Shigeru - (fluid) - new? character - card, RPG, WE Doji Shizue (f) - Hotaru’s adoptive sister - existing character - card, HFD, TSwT, ACTF Doji Takeaki (m) - bushi, deceased  - AEiT Doji (Kakita) Teinko (f) - Hotaru's mother, deceased - existing character - HFD, TSwT, CG, ACTF Tsume Vassal Family
Tsume no Doji (Shiba) Itsuyo (f) - Daimyo - WAKC Tsume no Doji Kotonoha (m) - Guard Captain - WAKC Tsume no Doji Retsu (m) - deceased - existing character - WAKC Tsume no Doji Takashi (m) - deceased - existing character - WAKC Tsume no Doji Yemon (m) - Priest - WAKC Kakita Family
Kakita Amano (m)  - DT Kakita Asami (f) - daughter of Yuri - existing character - card, ASoW, CG, ACTF, TM Kakita Kaetatsu (m) - Governor of Tsuma - TTC Kakita Kaezin (m) - card, ASoW, TM Kakita Naomori (?)  - TTC Kakita Riku (f)  - TTC Kakita Ryuko (f) - novellist - card, WE, TSoTB, EE, TM Kakita Sakura (f) - EE Kakita Shijin (m) - EE Kakita Sukenobu (m) - (Former) steward of Toshi Ranbo - RPG Kakita Toshimoko (m) - The Grey Crane, Hotaru’s uncle - existing character - WE, TTC, HFD, SaS, CG, TBFotWG Kakita Yoshi (m) - Daimyo, Imperial Chancellor, Hotaru’s uncle - existing character - card, HFD, TWaS, ADoL, CG, TSHP, BtET Kakita Yuri (m) - existing character - card, ASoW, CG, HLD, VotF Iwasaki Vassal family
Heimin
(Daidoji) Hirotaka - Tea farmer - EE Kotomi - Tea Farmer - EE Noriko - Tea Farmer - EE Dragon Clan
Agasha Family
Agasha Kaito () - card Agasha Kiori (f) - EE Agasha Saigen () - Shoji Master  - FCS Agasha Shunsen (m) - modified character? - card Agasha Sumiko (f) - Ruby Champion  - SF, ItPotEC, TBFotWG, WaDT, TSoW, VotF, BtET Agasha Susumu (m) - EE Seiya vassal Family
Agasha no Seiya Fukuai (f) - LSotW Kitsuki Family
Kitsuki Daisaku (m) - Governor - CoS Kitsuki Jusai (m) - Daimyo - card, WoSaS Kitsuki (Matsu) Kagi (m) - Chief Emerald yoriki - Modified character - ItPotEC, TSoW Kitsuki Obo (m) - deceased  - WoSaS Kitsuki Shomon (f) - in Ryoko Owari - Modified character - card, ItGoL, LSotW Kitsuki Taiki - deceased - TSoTB Kitsuki Ti Yu ()  - TTC Kitsuki Tomo (m) - deceased - Emerald Yoriki  - ItPotEC Kitsuki Tomoyo (f) - Jusai's youngest daughter - TSoTB Kitsuki Yaruma (m) - in Imperial court - Existing character - card, flavour text, TRW, SF, WaDT, TSoW, VotF Kitsuki Yuikimi (f) - Topaz Champion  - card, TTC, BtET Mirumoto Family
Mirumoto Akitake (m)  - BTL Mirumoto Chiaki (f)  - ARP Mirumoto Hinata ()  - TTC Mirumoto Hitomi (f) - Daimyo’s hatamoto - existing character - card, TRW, BTL, ACtW, VotF Mirumoto Hyogin (m) - LSotW Mirumoto Kazuya (m) - TSoTB Mirumoto Masashige (m) - Daimyo - TRW, SnaSu Mirumoto Raitsugu (m)  - card Mirumoto Tanetsu () - representative to Shiro Yogasha  - ItPotEC Kobori vassal Family
Kobori no Mirumoto Sozan () - Masashige's clerk  - TRW Zurui vassal Family
Zurui no Mirumoto Chikako (f) - EE Togashi Family
Togashi Gaijutsu (m) - Tatooist - existing character - TRW Togashi Kazue (f)  - card, TRW Togashi Mitsu (m) - selected heir - existing character - TRW, BTL, ACtW, VotF Togashi Tadakatsu (m) - heretic  - card, TTC Togashi Umu (f) - EE Togashi Yokuni (m) - Champion - existing character - card, TRW, VotF Heimin
Sanjiro (m) - Tall Pines Headman  - TRW Yuki (f) - Sanjiro's wife  - TRW Hinin
Kanbei (m) - merchant, Perfect Land heretic  - SuaSn Lion Clan
Akodo Family
Akodo Arasou (m) - Toturi's brother, deceased - existing charater - WE, TPoW, TFoF, TFoJ, SaS, CG, TSoW, ACtL, VotF Akodo Daio (m) - Arasou and Toturi's father, deceased - existing character - flavour text Akodo Eiko ()  - TTC Akodo Gendo ()  - flavour text Akodo (Isawa) Kaede (f) - daughter of Ujina, married to Toturi, Spiritual Advisor to Hantei XXXVIII - existing character - card, SF, AMST, SaS, TBFotWG, F, TSoW, TSHP, ACtL, ACfU, VotF, BtET Akodo Kage (m) - existing character - card, SaS, TM Akodo Kozue (f) - Arasou and Toturi's grandmother, deceased  - flavour text Akodo Maeda (f) - born Damasu  - TWaKC Akodo Matoko (f) - retired sensei, formerly married to Daidoji Utsugiri - existing character - card, SaS Akodo Mikiu (f) - Akodo Matoko and Daidoji Utsugiri's daughter, just passed gempukku  - SaS Akodo Minami (f) - ruler of Lion quarter of Kaeru Toshi - EE Akodo Toshiro (m) ? - card Akodo Toturi (m) -  Champion, Emerald Champion, married to Isawa Kaede - existing character - card, TPoW, TFoF, TFoJ, SaS, TBFotWG, F, TSoW, ACTF, TSHP, AST, ACtL, VotF, BtET Akodo Yokutsune (?) - Arasou and Toturi's great-grandparent, deceased  - flavour text Damasu vassal Family
Lost
Ikoma Family
Ikoma (Asako) Akari (f) - wife of Ikoma Anakazu  - CB Ikoma Anakazu (m) - daimyo - existing character - card, CB, FCS, TBFotWG, TSHP, VotF, AtBS Ikoma Eiji (m)  - card, ASoW, TM, BtET Ikoma Ikehata (m)  - flavour text, card, TTC Ikoma Rumiko (f) - WE Ikoma Tsanuri (f) - existing character - card, BtL, ACtL Ikoma Ujiaki (m) - Imperial Ambassador - existing character - card, WE, AMST, SaS, CG, TBFotWG, VotF, BtET Hosokawa vassl Family
Hosokawa no Ikoma Tesshu (m)  - ASE, TSHP Kitsu Family
Kitsu Chiemi - Commander of the Imperial Legions - VotF Kitsu Motso (m) - existing character - flavour text, TPoW, TFoF, TFoJ Kitsu Sokori (f)  - DT, MotO, KT Kitsu Tsubasa (m)  - TTC Kitsu Tsuguri (m) - representative to Shiro Yogasha  - ItPotEC Matsu Family
Matsu Agetoki (m) - existing character - TPoW, TFoJ Matsu Beiona (f)  - card, ASoW Matsu Gohei (m) - existing character - TPoW, ASW, AtBS Matsu Mitsuko (f) - deceased?  - FD, TBFotWG, ASE,  Matsu Nioko (f) - EE Matsu Seishin (m) - TM, VotF Matsu Tsuko (f) - Daimyo - existing character - TPoW, TFoF, TFoJ, SaS, TBFotWG, TSoW, TSHP, ACtL, VotF Goseki vassal Family
Lost
Heimin
Reiha - Brewmaster - EE Phoenix Clan
Asako Family
Asako Azunami (f) - Master of Water  - card, RftF, TSaTS Asako Haruki (f) - Togama's cousin - TSoTB Asako Hayate (m?) - modified character? - Flavour text Asako Himeya (?)  - TTC Asako Kokka (f) - EE Asako Maezawa (m)  - card, TSaTS, O, TWaKC, ACfU, VotF Asako Taishi (f) - EE Asako Takahiro (m) - Inquisitor - EE Asako Togama (m) - family daimyo - existing character - RDNCF Asako Tsuki (f)  - former Imperial Ambassador - card, VotF Chukan vassal family
Chukan Nobue (f) - card Isawa Family
Isawa Atsuko (f)  - card, SF Isawa Eju (m) - Master of Air - existing character - RftF, TSaTS Isawa Iwahaki (f) - deceased  - TSaTS Isawa Kaito (f) - ancestral  - TSaTS, O Isawa Masahiro (m)  - card Isawa (Doji) Ninube (f) - deceased - 1st wife of Ujina - existing character - SF, DoS Isawa Nobu () - Void apprentice  - SF Isawa Tadaka (m) - son of Ujina, Master of Earth - existing character - card, RftF, F, RDNCF, O, ACfU, VotF Isawa Tsuke (m) - Master of Fire - existing character - RftF, TSaTS Isawa Ujina (m)- Master of Void - existing character - RftF, SF, SaS, F, TSaTS, RDNCF, DoS, TSHP, ACfU Isawa Uona (f) - existing character - card Isawa Yoshiko (f) - TSoTB Kaito Family
Kaito Hinowa (f) - EE Kaito Kosori (f) - Daimyo  - card, TSaTS, O Kaito no Isawa Nobukai (m) - deceased  - card, TSaTS Kaito Uwazuru (m)  - TSaTS Shiba Family
Shiba Itsuyo (f)  - TWaKC Shiba Miku (f) - Deceased - TSoTB Shiba Sono () - Emerald Ambassador  - ItPotEC Shiba Sukazu (m) - Hatamoto of Shiba Castle  - RftF Shiba Tetsu (m) - existing character - card, RftF, TSaTS, RDNCF, O Shiba Toya (m)  - TTC Shiba Tsukune (f) - Champion - existing character - card, RftF, SaS, TSaTS, RDNCF, O, TWaKC, ACtU, VotF Shiba Ujimitsu (m) - Deceased Champion- existing character - RftF Nasu vassal Family
Nasu no Shiba Shizuma (m) - General - WAKC Sesai Vassal Family
Sesai no Shiba Yasuhide (m) - Yojimbo to Tadaka - RDNCF Scorpion Clan
Nagori (?) - sensei  - Flavour Text Bayushi Family
Bayushi Ago (m) - Emerald Magistrate  - ItPotEC Bayushi Aramoro (m) - Champion's brother - existing character - card, HLD, TBFotWG, ACTF, AST, TSHP, WoSaS, BtET Bayushi Dairu (m) - Champion's son - modified character - card, TWaS, CotE Bayushi Gensato (m) - duellist  - ItGoL Bayushi Goshiu (m) - existing character Bayushi Iwane (m) - TM (Shosuro) Bayushi Kachiko (f) - Champion’s wife - existing character - WE, TSoTB, RPG:C, HFD, TWaS, ItPotEC, BA, CG, HLD, TBFotWG, ACTF, TSHP, AST, WoSaS, VotF, BtET Bayushi Kiriko ()  - TTC Bayushi Masanao (m)  - ItGoL Bayushi Mei Lin (f)  - TTC Bayushi Moriko ()  - TTC Bayushi Naizu (m) - junshin  - DT Bayushi Negi () - representative to Shiro Yogasha  - ItPotEC Bayushi Shoju (m) - Champion - existing character - TWAS, CG, HLD, TBFotWG, TSHP, AST, WoSaS, ACtD, CotE, VotF, BtET Bayushi Shunzo ()  - Flavour Text Bayushi Sugai (m) - existing character - TTC Bayushi Tsubasa (m) - MotO Bayushi Yojiro (m) - Emerald Magistrate of Toshi Ranbo - existing character - card, HLD, TBFotWG, AST, WoSaS, ACtL, ACfD, ACtD, ACtI, TM, VotF, BtET Bayushi Yunako (f) - commander of Bayushi Guard  - card, TWaS, BtET Aotora vassal Family
Aotora no Bayushi Akira (m) - EE Shosuro Family
Shosuro Denmaru (m) - Commander of Thunder Guard - modified character - WoSaS Shosuro Hametsu (m) - Daimyo, Champion’s brother-in-law - existing character - HFD, ItPotEC, ACTF, DoS Shosuro Hatsuko (f) - Kachiko's favourite geisha spy - modified character - SaS, HLD Shosuro Hyobu (f) - Governor of Ryoko Owari - existing character - card, ItGoL, WoSaS Shosuro Jocho (m) - Hyobu’s son - existing character - EE Shosuro Koharu (f) - Magistrate  - ItPotEC Shosuro Miyako (f)  - card, ItGoL, SnaSu Shoruro Sanae (f) - Go Master - EE Shosuro Takao (m)  - card, WoSaS Shosuro Takeru (m) - Kachiko's retainer  - CotE, BA Shosuro Tomoe ()  - TTC Shosuro Sadako (f) - character - card, DoS Soshi Family
Soshi Aoi (f) - deceased?  - card, WoSaS Soshi Ezo (m) - deceased  - WoSaS Soshi Ozuro ()  - TWaKC Soshi Shiori (f) - Daimyo  - TWaS Yogo Family
Yogo Asami (f) - Aramoro's wife - existing character - AST, BtET Yogo Hiroue (m)  - card, ItGoL, SnaSu Yogo Junzo (m) - Daimyo - existing character - TWaS Yogo Kikuyu (f)  - card Unicorn Clan
Ide Family
Ide Nominari ()  - ACtS Ide Riku (m) - CoS Ide Ryoma (m) - AtBS Ide Tadaji (m) - Daimyo, Ambassador to Imperial court - existing character - AMST, CG, FCS Iuchi Family
Iuchi Daiyu (m) - Daimyo, father of Altansarnai's children - existing character - card, CB, AMST, FD, FCS, HotG, VotF Iuchi Rimei (f) - Shinomen Wayfinder, shugenja  - TtS, A, ACtS Iuchi Shahai (f) - Daughter of Daiyu, Imperial hostage - existing character - card, AMST, FD, HotG, ACtS, VotF, BtET Iuchi Shichiro (m) - ruler of Unicorn quarter of Kaeru Toshi Iuchi Takeya (m) - shugenja - modified character? - O Moto Family
Moto Altani (f) - RfH Moto Ariq (m) - Scarlet Banner - RfH Moto Batbayar (f)  - TTC Moto Chagatai (m) - Noyan of the White Guard, Khan's heir - RfH, AtBS Moto Guyuk (m) - White Guard - RfH Moto Juro (m)  - Governor of Hisu Mori Mura - card, flavour text, VotF Moto Khojin (f) - Khan's daughter - RfH Moto Nergui (f)  - card Moto Ogodei (m) - Khan  - EE, RfH, AtBS Moto Rurame (f) - Noyan of the Scarlet Banners - EE, RfH, AtBS Moto Sorghaghtani (f) - Scarlet Banner - RfH Ujin vassal Family
Moto no Ujin Hogelun (f) - Khojin's Mother, witch of the Lords of Death - RfH Shinjo Family
Shinjo Akiba () - representative to Shiro Yogasha  - ItPotEC Shinjo Altansarnai (f) - Champion  - card, CB, FD, FCS, TBFotWG, HotG, ASE, TSHP, ACtS, ACtL, RfH, VotF, AtBS Shinjo Haruko (f) - Champion's 2nd child - modified character - CB, FD, HotG, AtBS Shinjo Kazue () - EE Shinjo Shono (m) - Champion's youngest and heir - modified character - card, CB, FD, HotG, ASE, ACtS, RfH, AtBS Shinjo Tatsuo (m) - Shinomen Wayfinder  - card, TtS, A Shinjo Yasamura (m) - Champion's 1st child - modified character - flavour text, CB, FD, HotG, AtBS Bokudo vassal Family
Shinjo no Bokudo Naosuke (m) - AtBS Shinjo no Bokudo Naotaka (m) - AtBS Ganzu vassal Family
Ganzu Hama (f) - khutun of the Hidden Valley Utaku Family
Utaku Kamoko (f) - modified character - CB, FCS, ACtS, VotF Utaku Hisako (f) - deceased  - FD Utaku Oichi ()  - TTC Utaku Sabuteki (m) - EE Utaku Takeku (f) - EE Utaku Tetsuko (f) - existing character - card Utaku Yumino (f)  - card, FD, AtBS Minor Clans
Badger Clan (Ichiro)
Bat Clan
Boar Clan (Heichi)
Lost
Cat Clan (Nekoma)
Centipede Clan (Moshi)
Deer Clan (Shika)
Shika Hisatsugu (m) - CoS Shika Yuki (f) - TSoTB Dragonfly Clan (Tonbo)
Tonbo Kuma (?) - ruler of Dragon quarter of Kaeru Toshi - EE  Falcon Clan (Toritaka)
Toritaka Dairoku (m) - S Toritaka Hatsue (f) - Daimyo - S Fox Clan (Kitsune)
Kitsune Gohei (m) - Champion, existing character -TM Kitsune Itsuki (m) - TM Hare Clan (Usagi)
Mantis Clan
Takarabako no Aguri (f) - Seer - EE Takarabako no Byakko (m) - Captain - EE Fuu ()  - TaT Susano-o no Hitoshi (m) - unknown son of Toshimoko  - TTC Susano-o no Izen (m) - Captain - WE Shimakage no Kai (m) - navigator - RPG:M Koharu (f) - mercenary - EE Tsuraikaze no Kudaka (f)  - card, BBB, TaT Hurricane no Kuzo - WE Magami (f) - Yoritomo's niece, potential wife for Sotorii - WE Uranaishi no Manami (f) - EE Kinushima no Miaka - RPG:M Shimakage no Shio (f) - captain - RPG:M Tokigogachu no Toya- RPG:M Umi ()  - TaT Yoritomo (m) - Champion - existing character - WE, RPG:M, HFD, ADoL, BBB, TaT Moth Clan (Kaikoga)
Snake Clan
Lost
Sparrow Clan (Suzume)
Suzume Hinagiku (f)  Tortoise Clan (Kasuga)
Kasuga Michiko (f)  - DT Kasuga Mikoto (f) - Clan Magistrate of Slow Tide Village  - DT Kasuga Mugatsu (m) - Governor of Slow Tide Village  - DT Kasuga Nagato (m) - Harbourmaster of Slow Tide Village  - DT Kasuga Toru (m)  - DT Kasuga Yumiko (f)  - DT Wasp Clan
 Tsuruchi (m) - Core Ronin
(Mirumoto) Akihiro (m) - on Warrior's Pilgrimage, Akodo Kage's yoimbo - TM Fubato (m)  - DT Gaku (m)  - DT Hade (m)  - DT Hatsuichi (?)  - TTC Michiru (f) - Maho-tsukai - new charcter - ARP (Mirumoto) Ichiro (m) - child of Masashige, Perfect Land heretic  - SnaSu, LSotW Kujira (m) - Leader of Warriors of the Boar, Dead  - TFoF Masao (m) - AST (Utaku) Morito (m) - existing character - flavour text (Isawa) Rujo (m) - former Master of Earth Satto (f) - Perfect Land heretic  - ItGoL, SnaSu, LSotW (Iuchi) Shoan (f) - expelled by Shono - AtBS Shibito (Kaiu Tsuneko) (f) - Possessed? - EE (Utaku) Tokei (m) - existing character - flavour text (Crab) Uchida (m) - EE Brotherhood
Aiko (f) - priestess of Inari  - flavour text Dai (f) - chief monk of Plains Wind monastery - EE Dori (f) - Grand Master of the Four Temples - EE (Hida) Gakuto (m) - retired  - ARP Hige (m) - Perfect Land heretic  - SnaSu, LSotW Hinoki (m) - Chief Priest of the Shrine of the Ki-Rin - EE Jun (f) - Monk of West Temple (Four Temples) - EE (Isawa) Kaiyoko (f) - former Master of Water, retired - existing character - TSaTS Kawana (m) Assistant Priest of Benten Seido - EE Kichi () - lay priest  - O (Lion) Kusuburu (m) - Master Sensei of Shinden Kasai Murata Hisao (m) - Priest of Shrine of Four Gifts - EE Ojo (m) - chief priest of Jikoju in Slow Tide Harbour - DT Seijin (m) - disgraced Fortunist and Perfect Land heretic  - SnaSu (Kitsu) Shizuka (f) - Chief Monk of Temple of Listening Ghosts -EE Shu (m) - Monk at temple of Listening Ghosts (Crab) Takeshi (m) - Sohei of Osano-wo Tsubaki (f) - Chief Priest of Benten Seido Yoji (m) - EE Yoshi (m) - Head Monk of Western Temple Gaijin
Qamarist Caliphate
Nehiri
Azif (m) - Smuggler - DT Hamid (m) - Spy - RfH Haroun al-Hakim (m) - Caliph - ft, AtBS Izad (f) - Captain of the Caliph's guard - AtBS Mandana (f) - sheikha - AtBS Nestor (m) - Father - AtBS Rashid (m) - sheikh - AtBS Sogdan
Suhili
Bandar
Abdul Rahim (m) - Emir of Mozedu, AtBS Saadiyah Rahim (f) - daughter of Abdul, AtBS ??
Kanidoko Itte - EE Non-Humans
Kitsu
Ha Iwa - RPG Naga
the Apieshu - deceased  - A the Ishikibal - deceased  - A the Shushual  - A Nezumi
Iht-zyk - RPG Ningyo
Tengu
Airi (f)  - ItPotEC Sojobo (m) Troll
Kasai - RPG Zokujin
Spirits
Baku - Dream Spirit Fushicho - phoenix - card Hadakayama - specific volcano - ACtD Jann (Gaiyuki) - type of djinn - O Kami - Guardian and Unleashed - card Kami of Hoseki Pond - O Lady Mazoku - S Ma'aruf - Ifrit, type of dinn - AtBS Mujina - trickster spirit from sakaku Nodeppo - blood-drinking bat spirit - TM Tsukumogami - spirit of an item - card Ukabarenai - lost souls - SM Fortunes
Air Dragon - RPG Amaterasu - Sun - RPG Benjo - King of **** - RPG Benten - Romantic Love - RPG Bishamon - Strength - RPG Byodo - King of **** - RPG Daikoku - Wealth - RPG Earth Dragon - RPG Ebisu - Honest Work - RPG Ekibyogami - Pestilence - RPG Emma-O - Death - RPG, SM Fire Dragon - RPG Fukurokujin - Wisdom and Mercy - RPG Gokan - King of **** - RPG Hachiman - Warfare - RPG Hamanari - Fish and Generous Meals - RPG Hofukushu - Vengeance - RPG Hotei - Contentment - RPG Inari - Grain - RPG Isora - Shore - RPG Jade Dragon - RPG Jikoju - East Wind - RPG Jiro - RPG Jizo - Mercy - RPG Jotei - Morning Dew - RPG Jurojin - Longevity - RPG Kagutsuchi - Ceramics and Meatallurgy - RPG Kamashi-Okara - Sorrow - RPG Kan-o - Sakura trees - RPG Kaze-no-Kami - Wind - RPG Kenro-Ji-Jin - Soil - RPG Kirako - Torture - RPG Kisshoten - Happiness and Fertility - RPG Komoku - West Wind - RPG Koshin - Roads - RPG Kuroshin - Agriculture - RPG Kyofuki - Earthquakes - RPG Megumi - Heroic Guidance - RPG Miyuki - Snow - WE Mujoki - Ghost of Impermanence, ruler of Toshigoku - RPG Musubi - Bonds - RPG Nagameru - Sakura trees - RPG Onnotangu - Moon - RPG Osano-Wo - Storm - RPG P'an Ku - RPG Sadahako - Geisha and Artists - RPG Sarutahiko - Strength and Purity - RPG Sengen - Mt Sengen - RPG Shinko - King of **** - RPG Soko - King of **** - RPG Sotai - King of **** - RPG Suijin - Sea - RPG Taisen - King of **** - RPG Tamon - North Wind - RPG Tenjin - Stories and Secrets - RPG Tenrin - King of **** - RPG Thunder Dragon - RPG Toshi - King of **** - RPG Uzume - Dancing - RPG Void Dragon - RPG Water Dragon - RPG Xing Guo - Steel - RPG Yama-no-Kami - Stone - RPG Yamakaze - Mountain Wind - TSoTB Zocho - South Wind - RPG Shadowlands
Lost
Moto Tsume The Obsidian Flower - Demon Bride of Fu Leng Oni
Atsumari's Daikutsu no Majo of Desire of Feathers Hajimeno Tatakai's Kabuto Kazanagan Kanu's Neiru's Obsidian Bone Parasitic Renjiro's Shadow Skull-cleaving The First Oni The Maw The Watcher (of Daylight Castle) Spirits
The Siren The Wounded Bushi Key
A - Awakening ACfD - A Call for Diplomacy (2018 Crane Letter) ACfU - A Call for Unity (2018 Phoenix Letter) ACTF - A Crane Takes Flight ACtD - A Call to Duty (2018 Scorpion Letter) ACtI - A Call to Investigate (2018 Crab Letter) ACtL - A Call to Leadership (2018 Lion Letter) ACtS - A Call to Stewardship (2018 Unicorn Letter) ACtW - A Call to Witness (2018 Dragon Letter) ADoL - A Difference of Lanterns AEiT - An Empire in Turmoil AMST - A Most Suitable Teacher ARP - A Ronin's Path (RPG Beta Scenario) ASE - A Swift End ASoW - A Season of War AST - A Simple Test AtBS - Across the Burning Sands BA - Blind Ambition BBB - Beneath, Below, Beyond BtbC - Better to be Certain BtET - Behind the Empty Throne BtL - Between the Lines CB - Curved Blades CG - Court Game CotE - Children of the Empire DHoH - Dark Hands of Heaven DoS - Dreams of Shadow DT - Dark Tides (RPG GM Pack Scenario) F - Fireflies FCS - Flying Chariot, Standing FD - Family Duty GiD - Gazing into Darkness HFD - Her Father's Daughter HLD - Honour, Loyalty, Duty HotG - Heart of the Garden ItGoL - In the Garden of Lies ItPotEC - In the Palace of the Emerald Champion (RPG DLC Scenario) KT - Knotted Tails (RPG DCL Scenario) KV - Kurosunai Village LSotW - Like Seeds on the Wind MotO - Mask of the Oni (RPG Scenario) O - Outsiders RDNCF - Repentance does not come First RfH - Rule from Horseback RFtF - Risen from the Flames RPG:C - RPG Core intro fiction RPG:M - RPG Mantis DLC intro fiction S - Shadowlands Sourcebook SaS - Service and Sacrifice SF - Smokeless Fire SM - Small Mercies SnaSu - Snow and Sun TaT - Tempests and Tides TBFotWG - The Bright Flame of the World's Glory TFoF - The Fate of Flames TM - Tactical Maneouvers TPoW - The Price of War TRW - The Rising Wave TSaTS - The Sword and The Spirits TSHP - Tiger Stalks His Prey TSoTB - The Scroll or the Blade (RPG DLC Scenario) TSoW - The Spectres of War TSWT - The Stories We Tell TTC - The Topaz Championship (RPG Beginner Box Scenario) TtS - To the South TWaKC - The Wedding at Kyotei Castle (RPG Convention Scenario) TWaS - The World a Stage VotF - Visions of the Future (May 2019 Clan Letters) WaDT - Wildcats and Dragon Teeth WE - Winter's Embrace (RPG Scenario) WoSaS - Whispers of Shadow and Steel  

"Smacktalk" has gone quiet! You and I must live in different internet circles, I never miss an opportunity to remind the lesser clans that the Spider won the CCG, Hantei Kanpeki rules Rokugan, Seiken broke the deal and caused it, Daigotsu got exactly what he wanted in the end, as fitting for the main protagonist, and there is nothing that will ever change that because of the time retcon.
I harvest that salt like a mine, such a rich vein of disgruntled fans.
I never miss a chance to remind the Crab that the only difference between Kisada and Kanpeki was that Kanpeki actually pulled it off.
I never miss a chance to remind the Crane that everything is actually their fault because of Yajinden's Blood Sword causing the Coup.
I never miss a chance to remind the Scorpion that they actually ARENT a clan of Batman just because they like to play ninja.
I never miss a chance to remind the Mantis that they sold out their very God for a thousand US dollars.
I never miss a chance to remind the Phoenix that the only difference between them and Crane is that Crane do the Maho part better
I never miss a chance to remind the Dragon that their "Empress" lost the minute Daddy D rose to God hood and never had a chance.

I never miss a chance to remind the Unicorn that they are wonderful and perfect in every way.... what? I like the Unicorn, bite me!
 
The banter is the best part of this hobby, its like rooting for sports teams, but its over fake samurai. I've made very good friends arguing over the tiniest arguing points regarding the clans while cheering and booing various factions. Only rarely have I ever seen it get heated and even the best arguments still simmer after a while.
But then again, I was a spider player. We were the hated faction filled with literally the nicest people imaginable. So we may taunt and laugh at the silly crab, trying to fool themselves into thinking they didn't have their 1000 year running streak broken by an indian goddess and a roman, but we will still happily sit down and have a few drinks, because in the end we both can look over at the crane and mock them and vise versa.
 
It would suck that in-character traits would be used against other players in a serious manner... that's nonsense.
 

Which clan do I think will be revealed last?
I think that it may be the Phoenix , because I think that someone who doesn't know the setting will come closer to the phoenix by extrapolating from peripheral information available in other write ups than they would for the Unicorn, Scorpion,  or Crab (and we've already had the Dragon, the Lion, and the Crane).  I suspect that this is the same reason that they were the last of the major clans to have a "Way of the [insert clan here]" book when the 1rst edition RPG rolled out back in the day.
 
As for your other question, I think it will be the Scorpion because:
Scorpion was the last major clan revealed in the original game, not showing up until the first expansion.
The Scorpion write up will be full of revealed secrets that get everyone excited for the release of the new game.

Because the Scorpion would wait until everyone else had made their moves to take the most opportune action!

To be fair, I've run through lair of tekaris 3 or 4 times now, and the perils come very early in this scenario. I believe that the first minor peril comes somewhere between turn 6 and 8,  thus it's practically impossible to get to the end room without the perils starting. This makes it one of the hardest side quests in the campaign. 

This is actually why I became sympathetic to the furballs. "Big army stomps small army" isn't a satisfying narrative. "Small army wins big upset" is. This meant, in a weird way, the Lion were the underdogs in every conflict they entered.

That's the only way I ever played much.  Two player games were a sort of weird thing that the tournament folks did.  When we got together to play we did it in groups.

That's the only way I ever played much.  Two player games were a sort of weird thing that the tournament folks did.  When we got together to play we did it in groups.

That's the only way I ever played much.  Two player games were a sort of weird thing that the tournament folks did.  When we got together to play we did it in groups.

W O O T ! ! ! ! 

To me, there's no way in hell some kind of chrono isn't already part of a marine's standard kit. If this was the Imperial Guard, it'd be a completely different matter (but I'd still judge that whomever has the maps and the compass has some kind of timepiece), but it's not - it's the space marines, the masters of tactical advances, special insertions, large-scale demolitions and dynamic entries.
There's just no way I envision them deploying anywhere without fist syncing their clocks.

I think it's crucial to remember that in Deathwatch, most marines are Tactical Marines- by which I mean that they have gone through the Scout-to-Assault-to-Devastator-to-Tactical progression that Astartes go through (or whatever it), or the Neophyte-to-Initiate progression or the Bloodclaw/Swiftclaw to Grey Hunter progression, just like any squad sergeant in an Assault or Devastator Squad.
 
This means that an Assault specialist can use a heavy bolter- there is nothing preventing him from flying around and letting the dakka loose after he lands, he's just restricted to using the 60 round box mags instead of the backpack ammo supply.  By the same token, any Tactical specialist can requisition a multi-melta, missile launcher or lascannon- but he'll probably want the maglock for his bolter, because every tactical specialist likes flexibility.
 
I don't view this as metagaming- I view this as the Killteam making strategic selections during the requisition phase.  This is what the requisition phase is for, so...

I've always wondered why a Marine would lose fellowship. after all his scars are badges of honour. Plus as he'd be wearing a helmet the majority of the time no one would see his scars so not be put off by them. 
 
I don't understand why a veteran marine is less sociable to his peers just because he's had massive damage to his face, why should his Command skill be penalised.

Frankly I find it insane that the rules might support a Techmarine "choosing" not to have Mechanicus implants given the fundamental nature of that Specialty. In-universe, they all have those implants, just like all Tech-Priests and Explorators. Not having Blessed by the Omnissiah also means you're not proficient with a piece of your Specialty-issue wargear...equally insane.