Yep, I never was expecting for Hotaru to show up immediately after the last fiction focus on her. But her killing Arasou and halting the Lion's morale was perfect..the killing blow, her weeping for her friendship and hoping it would matter afterwards in a matter of one/two paragraph deserves praise.

Could do without Ryoshun. Fu Leng is iconic though.. I remembered in our playerbase that he should always be "he who should not be named" and if anyone accidentally says Fu Leng, everyone can hit him because of the transgression.

Toturi always ask Hotaru for haikus whenever he's smitten and fawning over some girl in Tsuma, never once sensing that Hotaru longs for him..then came the newcomer, Kachicko and everything changes. Hotaru and Kachiko starts to hang out more often, Hotaru still does the things for Toturi but the haikus seems sweeter and smiles better..Toturi now never seemed to enjoy all his conquers but longs for time when it was just him and Hotaru..and then he realized, he is inlove with his bestfriend. stay tuned for next season of The Gempukku Diaries.

Everything you said, it just that it would have been good to see for the new players why Arasou was chosen instead of Toturi instead. I too, giggled, with all the name dropping and references. (Agetoki always looks like its-a-meee-Mario to me) but I would have like to have a bit of shout out to the mentioned alliance between the Lion-Scorpion as this was one of the thing changed from the old story and got me curious.

Jokingly: I think Mantis won where they make an orangutan a clanman. Seriously for the other thing, I always felt that Phoenix was always on the lower end of the spectrum in term of power. They always had the smallest playerbase back then and the jankiness of shugenja/samurai dependance on most of their deck was detrimental in making them consistent. They were absolute beast when someone discovered a combo with them but most of those deck where NPE and got banned/errata immediately. hope it helps a bit..

Domo arigato for making me skim the story once again. Yoshino's defiance was really striking here and i did forgot about him acknowledging the curse of the Matsu Championship for the Lion. and he did sacrifice himself knowing he was outclassed by Chags so that the Lion will have a reason to further attack the Unicorn and take Chagatai out of the picture. again, thank you for making me re-read it and i suggest for the new players (lions in particular) to read it. The combat and dialogue was superb.

Yup, you know how it goes with Lion Champion..once you see one, you see them all plus I couldnt be bothered to know them thoroughly since they seem to change every season just to be clear: it was Dairuko and i kid with the above post

With a single arrow..from Otosan Uchi.

I seem to recall Yoshino getting killed by Chagatai in that fic but even there, I vaguely recall he was sacrificing himself for the Clan. the only real win I read, recall and liked was Domotai's army vs Legulus'. The calculations and meticulous planning really shows the virtue, brilliance and sheer dedication of the Lion army.

The story lacks Daidoji Nerishima's POV of Toturi's ambush. Toturi's brilliance could have been shown without the focus on the other named Lions' incompetence. I couldn't see in the fiction why Arasou was better than Toturi as a champion in the first place. the highlight of the story for a Lion fic was all about the Crane, both the immediate sorrow and the succeeding letter from Doji Hotaru saved the fic for me. Brace for Lion's lamentations about always losing a battle for a clan know for brilliance in war and combat.

Sweet, so used to playing with one province left as Scorpion and this definitely is a great card to have under the last attack if the same gameplay applies in the LCG. Last province, usually is everyone attacking you, flipping this essential makes the opponent trickless. I hope

I love the change from the ccg to the lcg about provinces. It might slow the game down a bit which can be both a good/bad thing. Scouting province just become a real thing, it adds another layer of tactical decision during conflicts. hoping for ninja/scout cards that flips/blanks provinces as an action and also, strongholds can have a facedown province under them right?

Spiders sleep on Kitsu furs

Because you want more diversity when it is already in existent in the story and setting just not represented in the skintone you want it to be represented. Because AEG overcatered to fan service (Spider,introduction of Foreign Goddess, Seductive Taint) in the twilight of their run that the story has gone down in quality. Because, the question of where the darkskin people are at was answered already but wasn't enough because people want them to be the focal point when it isnt warranted.

1. As you said, there are already stories like Afro Samurai, Man with the Iron Fist and hope you enjoy the quality of storytelling there. If you want it in L5R setting, there Kokujin and the multiple part Enlightened Madness fiction but if that not equates to representation with you because he is a villain even though he was the focus of the story and very fleshed out then dont waste your time reading it. 2. I focus on your challenge and I don't have to quote you because I am Scorpion and I cheat. When you start this thread (from another thread from a question already answered multiple times)with everything you just written, it does not take a genius to comprehend what you want to happen even if the story doesn't need it. 3. Sure it was unnecessary to specify your skintone not to further strengthen your argument because you know its irrelevant and I should be thankful for you for not pushing your idea the right way for someone of your skintone. just as you said, completely unnecessary. Agreed.

Because there really isn't an issue if you think about it. OP said there isn't enough dark-skinned people in L5R and LoTR when there clearly is. What OP wanted was prominence for "dark-skin people" in the story which is really not needed which for me smells like entitlement. representation is being tackled and approached by both settings by symbolism. One just need to see themselves in relations to the elements of the story being told. I like my stories to tackle ideas rather than cater to certain demographics/races.

I liked my Asian inspired fantasy world filled with Asian people.. Thank you very much. Rama Singh fixed that for you

Dark skinned people are in the Burning sands and pretty sure most unnamed Unicorns are. Rokugan is based on Asian myth, mystery and culture though majority is Feudal Japan but not solely based on that. Xenophobia is part of the setting. also welcome to L5R, might be a good idea to pick a clan while waiting for the official release.

Show me your stance, samurai! haven't been to Gencon but everytime a local Kotei coincedes with MtG launch or other CG event, we would UTZ our lungs out over here just to see them other ccg communities' reaction..hoping our frenzy convert them to L5R players.

As a Scorpion hardcased Stronghold black dynasty red conflict province will be transparents as well as rings.

Grats to http://homeofthecraneclan.com for getting the preview and kudos to FFG for keeping the clan forums in the loop. as an old player, this was very appreciated. Domo, FFG. if the Lion, reveals dynasty and Crane reveals conflict..i predict Scorpions to reveal a random opponent's card in hand.

Knew it was familiar. Its lethal now then.

Wohohohoho..have I got a surprise for you!