Shattered Empire


A Legend of the Five Rings RPG: Thousand Years of Darkness Homebrew Campaign

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"Welcome one and all, to the telling of a tale most distressing. It is a tale of a great empire ruled by honor. And of it's fall..."
-Sezume Tenkazu, Last of the Sparrow, on his deathbed, SE1156

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Most people know Rokugan as an empire ruled by Bushido.
An empire where Duty and Honesty are more important than death.
An empire where Courage and Compassion are limitless.
An empire where Courtesy and Sincerity are known by all.
An empire of Honor.

Those who know this could not be more right.
Or more wrong.

In the year 1128, the Hooded Ronin- Shinsei's Heir- gathered seven heroes to face the Ninth Kami just as the Little Teacher had almost a thousand years before. One Hero for Each of the Great Clans:
Hida Yakamo, the Crab; Doji Hoturi, the Crane; Mirumoto Hitomi, the Dragon; The Ronin General Toturi, the Lion; Isawa Tadaka, the Phoenix; Bayushi Kachiko, the Scorpion; Otaku Komoko, the Unicorn.
These seven held the hope of a nation fraught with war. They were all that stood between the Dark God and his plans of destruction and degredation. All knew that they would not, could not, fail. For if they did, all of Rokugan would suffer under the coruption of the vile taint of the Shadowlands.
They faced Fu Leng in the Throne Room of Otsan Uchi on the day known as the Second Day of Thunder.
They Lost.

It has been almost 500 years since that fateful battle.
The Ninth Kami still rules; his grip on the land like iron. His will more so.
Decite. Hate. Greed. Creulty. Betrayal. Fear. Murder.
These are the new tenents of Bushido in Fu Leng's Obsidian Empire.
Love. Compassion. Pity.
These are the new sins.

And yet there is still hope.
A tiny, flicker of light in an overwhelming darkness. The Mantis Isles grow crowded with souls who are born to fight and die in a land their ancestors once called home. Many have never, and will never, tread upon that soil.
Those that do find their hearts, their honor, streched and torn beyond measure. It is to these brave samurai that the people place their trust; their small candles of hope for a better tomarrow.
This is Rokugan.
This is the Shattered Empire.

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