KakitaKaori 292 Posted March 6, 2020 (edited) It's been enough years, I'm making this my own. This list started out as a list by @Maffster , found Here. But since he is not able to update it, I've taken it over for him. Everything on this list appears sorted by the date of publication. As such, I've modified it from the original list where there are discrepancies. If it is associated with a box or card pack set, it is associated with the date that product was released. If it was associated with a novel, it is associated with the date it went on sale on the market. If you want to know when events occur relative to each other in time, you can find it here, at my New 5r Timeline. Since events in the timeline often interweave each other or are functionally simultaneous, or contain flashbacks of various lengths, I suggest reading in order of release, rather than by timeline. Also, this timeline has summaries of the fictions for you to refer to and other tools. If you want to listen to an audio version of many of these stories, you can find them at https://the-table-is-yours.pinecast.co/. The Great Clans - This flavor text is from the Box set but is a better introduction to L5R than any fiction, and is suggested to start here before launching into the fictions. 01 - Her Fathers Daughter 02 - The Price Of War 03 - The Rising Wave 04 - Dark Hands Of Heaven 05 - Risen From The Flames 06 - Curved Blades 07 - Smokeless Fire 08 - The World, A Stage 09 - An Empire In Turmoil ...........(PDF Version) 10 - A Season Of War ...........(PDF Version) 11 - A Most Suitable Teacher 12 - In the Garden of Lies (Part 1) 13 - In the Garden of Lies (Part 2) 14 - To The South (Part 1) 15 - To The South (Part 2) 16 - The Fate of Flames 17 - Better To Be Certain 18 - The Fires of Justice 19 - The Stories We Tell 20 - Blind Ambition ...........(PDF Version) 21 - Service and Sacrifice 22 - A Difference Of Lanterns ...........(PDF Version) 23 - Beneath, Below, Beyond 24 - Family Duty ...........(PDF Version) 25 - Flying Chariot, Standing 26 - Court Games ...........(PDF Version) 27 - Honor, Loyalty, Duty 28 - The Bright Flame of the World's Glory ...........(PDF Version) 29 - Wildcats And Dragon Teeth 30 - Fireflies ...........(PDF Version) 31 - The Spectres of War 32- Repentance Does Not Come First 33 - The Sword and the Spirits 34 - Tempests and Tides ...........(PDF Version) 35 - A Crane Takes Flight 36 - Gaze Into Darkness ...........(PDF Version) 37 - Kurosunai Village 38 - Awakened ...........(PDF Version) 39 - Dreams of Shadow ...........(PDF Version) 40 - Outsiders 41 - Heart of the Garden 42 - Snow And Sun ...........(PDF Version) 43 - Between the Lines 44 - A Swift End ...........(PDF Version) 45 - Whispers of Shadow and Steel 46 – Tiger Stalks His Prey 47 - A Simple Test 48 - A Call to Stewardship - Unicorn Clan Letter 49 - A Call to Leadership - Lion Clan Letter 50 - A Call to Witness - Dragon Clan Letter 51 - A Call for Diplomacy - Crane Clan Letter 52 - A Call for Unity - Phoenix Clan Letter 53 - A Call to Investigate - Crab Clan Letter 54 - A Call to Duty - Scorpion Clan Letter 55 - Small Mercies 56 – Imperial Gifts 57 - Across the Burning Sands 58 – Children of the Empire Part 1 59 – Children of the Empire Part 2 60 – Children of the Empire Part 3 61 -Like Seeds on the Wind 62 – Rule from Horseback 63 – The Last Stone Played 64 – Tactical Maneuvers 65 – 2019 Clan Letters 66 – Falling Stars 67 – By the Stroke of a Brush 68 – Red Petals Scatter 69 – Two Swords Fall from Heaven 70 – Black and White 71 – Behind the Empty Throne 72 – Roar of the Lioness 73 – Wind Through Falling Leaves 74 – The Price of Failure 75 - The Eternal Knot 76 – Trust Me 77 – A Game of Promises 78 – The Cornered Lion Part 1 79 – The Cornered Lion Part 2 80 – Bloody Harvest 81 – Pine and Cherry Blossom 82 – We Strike First 83 – Beyond Reach 84 – What the Eye Cannot See 85 – A Night Storm Rages 86 – Cold Autumn Harvests 87 – Hidden Markings 88 - The Art of Matchmaking 89 - How the World Ought to Work 90 - Caged Birds 91 - Violence Behind Courtliness 92 - Truth and Lies 93 - Courtly Nets and Hidden Snares 94 - The Sea and the Sun's Shadow 95 - Heart of the Mountain 96 - A Missive from the Front - Lion Clan 97 - A Missive from the Front - Unicorn Clan 98 - A Secret Letter - Scorpion Clan 99 - A Discerning Eye and an Unyielding Resolve 100 - Daidoji 101 - Beneath the Light of Jade 102 - The Shadow of Glory 103 - Duty's Cost 104 - The Stained Cup 105 - Trail of Shadows 106 - The Last Leaf Falls 107 - When the Wave Strikes the Shore 108 - Questionable Shelter 109 - What Cost a Dream `110 - An Impossible Task 111 - The Yogo Curse Part 1 112 - The Yogo Curse Part 2 113 - The Careful Gardener 114 - A Worthy Opponent Edited January 10 by KakitaKaori A Worthy Opponent 6 Lily Chen, Magnus Grendel, TheHobgoblyn and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted May 4, 2020 Added Violence Behind Courtliness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerBob 17 Posted May 15, 2020 Thank you so much for doing this. I love the lore and fiction of L5R. However, I'm not a fan of how the fiction is laid out on the FFG site. You are truly doing Amaterasu's work for us. 3 Damenwood, DSalazar and KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJ48 7,102 Posted May 23, 2020 Man, I have some catching up to do! 1 KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schmoozies 1,378 Posted June 17, 2020 13 hours ago, KakitaKaori said: Updated You may not have noticed but there is a third 2020 Clan War Scorpion Letter written by Yogo Junzo posted in the fiction section of the website. There is some odd formatting in it so it may be a draft that was posted in error, or it could be some Scorpion cipher we are meant to figure out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted July 9, 2020 We've reached #100. Congratulations FFG! 2 Kinzen and DSalazar reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillos 1,521 Posted August 25, 2020 So I just noticed I missed a couple fictions. How are people finding out about new fictions? If I hadn't checked the forum to see people commenting on them I would have never noticed. It's a little frustrating that the last few didn't get a front page article. I've been trained to look there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schmoozies 1,378 Posted August 25, 2020 39 minutes ago, phillos said: So I just noticed I missed a couple fictions. How are people finding out about new fictions? If I hadn't checked the forum to see people commenting on them I would have never noticed. It's a little frustrating that the last few didn't get a front page article. I've been trained to look there. They have been popping up on the FFG Twitter, and the Facebook groups have linked them as well. 1 phillos reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillos 1,521 Posted August 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Schmoozies said: They have been popping up on the FFG Twitter, and the Facebook groups have linked them as well. My disdain for social media bites me again. Between Twitter and Facebook I guess Facebook is slightly less annoying to monitor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted September 3, 2020 Fixed some of the numbering and removed some duplicates that didn't make sense from Maffster's initial list, since I doubt he is ever coming back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redcapjack 29 Posted September 14, 2020 Thank you for this... the storyline seems different, but with many similarities to, the original storyline. Does anyone know if the current game intends to somewhat mirror the events leading up to the Day of Thunder? Or is there an entirely separate intended here? 1 KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSalazar 494 Posted September 15, 2020 Most people want/believe there will be a Second Day of Thunder. Me? Not so much, I would love to have a big Oni threat like the Maw, if that's the case, but I really don't want a SDoT happening. Because that will mean FFG will have to dial up the supernatural threat of the season to keep the setting "interesting" (or boring, IMHO). I really like the emphasis they are giving to the people and their relationship instead of supernatural events. I mean, I get supernatural events happening on the Crab border, because that's pretty much their thing. But I really don't want the amount of Empire/World shattering events that happened in the old timeline in a matter of, what, 90 years? 1 KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schmoozies 1,378 Posted September 15, 2020 13 hours ago, redcapjack said: Thank you for this... the storyline seems different, but with many similarities to, the original storyline. Does anyone know if the current game intends to somewhat mirror the events leading up to the Day of Thunder? Or is there an entirely separate intended here? Second Day of Thunder is a likely eventual goal, how long we take to get there is the question. We've already seen that they are doing quite a bit of diversion from the old storyline while still hinting at many of the biggest story beats (just coming at them from completely different directions like the Scorpion Clan "Coup" not being Shoju's fault, and Ronin Toturi being his choice and not a punishment that was leveled against him) so I see no reason to expect different with the Second Day of Thunder. 2 redcapjack and KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSalazar 494 Posted September 15, 2020 Yeah, I mean, from release to SDoT, it took AEG roughly 2 years. While we have been under what? 3 years of FFG control and we just had “the Scorpion Clan Coup”, so if it takes another 7 years to reach the SDoT, I would be ok with tjat. 2 KakitaKaori and redcapjack reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redcapjack 29 Posted September 16, 2020 So there is a Scorpion Clan Coup? I haven't gotten that far in the fictions yet, but I keep reading occasional story beats that put me ahead a little too far... I'm very confused by much of it all. I'm happy Tadaka is still Tadaka, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinzen 1,635 Posted September 16, 2020 On 9/14/2020 at 6:23 PM, Diogo Salazar said: Most people want/believe there will be a Second Day of Thunder. Me? Not so much, I would love to have a big Oni threat like the Maw, if that's the case, but I really don't want a SDoT happening. Because that will mean FFG will have to dial up the supernatural threat of the season to keep the setting "interesting" (or boring, IMHO). I really like the emphasis they are giving to the people and their relationship instead of supernatural events. I mean, I get supernatural events happening on the Crab border, because that's pretty much their thing. But I really don't want the amount of Empire/World shattering events that happened in the old timeline in a matter of, what, 90 years? I wouldn't assume any of that is the inevitable consequence of the Second Day of Thunder. There are other ways to continue on with the story than an Even More Bigger More Badder More Scariest Supernatural Threat; there might be a time-skip so that the earth-shattering events don't all happen on each others' heels; I doubt they'll ditch the focus on people and relationships. 2 redcapjack and DSalazar reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSalazar 494 Posted September 16, 2020 Which from the perspective of the RPG is fine, but from the LCG, not so much. I mean, I hope FFG learned from AEG’s mistakes and all. Only time will tell... 1 redcapjack reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonbo Karasu 2,616 Posted September 16, 2020 12 hours ago, redcapjack said: So there is a Scorpion Clan Coup? I haven't gotten that far in the fictions yet, but I keep reading occasional story beats that put me ahead a little too far... I'm very confused by much of it all. I'm happy Tadaka is still Tadaka, though. There's a card out/due called Scorpion Clan Coup. Whether that has in fact taken place is a matter of opinion and if there was one it was a political coup, not a military coup as happened in the old timeline. I'll say no more about it and let you see the shoes as they drop and have the "Oh ****!" moments when you see things fit together. 1 1 DSalazar and redcapjack reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillos 1,521 Posted September 17, 2020 I had always assumed after they relaunched us to pre-Clan Wars era that SDoT would be introduced in another product like a Descent-like mini's game for example. It just seems like that sort of band of heroes journey into a hostile environment and take on a giant supernatural threat kinda wants a different type of game. In contrast the LCG is perfectly suited to handle a Clan Wars type story line. I guess it also could be handled by the RPG products if they want. A SDoT could even be run concurrently with a Clan Wars storyline if they wanted to do it that way. A delegation of clan representatives coming together to deal with a supernatural threat doesn't mean the political infighting needs to stop. That said yeah unless they really play with the timeline then the current rate of storytelling means a SDoT is a long way off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asako Michi 1,746 Posted September 17, 2020 Well, we do have Chags already involved in the story, not to mention the Bat Clan. I'd say they're willing to make some changes to the timeline. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted September 30, 2020 Added the new fiction. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victarion13 56 Posted October 1, 2020 On 3/7/2020 at 4:21 AM, KakitaKaori said: If you want to know when events occur relative to each other in time, you can find it here, at my New 5r Timeline. 102 - The Shadow of Glory 103 - Duty's Cost I was chekingin the Overall Timeline, and the two fiction I left in the quote (Shadow of Glory and Duty cost) are not in that timeline. Anyway, very great work 1 KakitaKaori reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted October 17, 2020 On 9/30/2020 at 9:56 PM, Victarion13 said: I was chekingin the Overall Timeline, and the two fiction I left in the quote (Shadow of Glory and Duty cost) are not in that timeline. Anyway, very great work Thanks. I missed these. I got them in there now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KakitaKaori 292 Posted November 10, 2020 I've been doing some verification on publication dates and I've updated this so it matches the actual order of publication.. I also added An Impossible Task. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
