The samurai of Rokugan are both warriors and diplomats, serving their clans on the battlefields and in the courts. No true samurai can afford to neglect either field, lest they be found wanting at the critical moment. The Empire’s most famous works of strategy — the Book of Sun Tao and Otomo Madoka’s Subtlety of the Court — are studied by countless samurai who seek the crucial edge that will... [click here for more]
Meet Your Enemies
Since its inception, the Emerald Empire of Rokugan has faced challenge after challenge. From demonic hordes from the Shadowlands, to internal threats and conspiracies, the life of the samurai is anything but peaceful.
Enemies of the Empire features an array of challenges for players, and opportunities for gamemasters and players alike to add new flavor and new dangers... [click here for more]
Housed within the Ikoma Libraries and the Temple to Tengen are the Imperial Histories, the chronicles of the Emerald Empire. Compiled over a thousand years by adept historians, studied by scholars throughout the lands of the Jade Sun, and containing the wisdom of generations, these documents are a testament to the favor of the Heavens. Their pages tell the story of an Empire that is destined for greatness.... [click here for more]
"Show me a man who has no secrets, and I will show you either a corpse or a terrible threat to the status quo." -Otomo Banu
Consumed with their own affairs and agendas, the Great Clans of Rokugan rarely pay attention to the goings on of the other groups that share the Empire with them. The Minor Clans, ronin, the Brotherhood of Shinsei, and even the Imperial families themselves are often... [click here for more]
Be like unto the earth, and you shall endure forever.”– Isawa Norimichi, Master of Earth
The earth is the rock upon which the Empire of Rokugan has stood proudly for more than one thousand years, both as a metaphor and a very real truth. They are the essence and soul of the Crab Clan, as well as the power and the determination of the Dragon.... [click here for more]
The essence of Fire is the way of passion and destruction, of creation and death. It is oneness with the driving impulses of the innermost spirit and the sheer, raging intensity of the wildfire that scours the plains.” -The Tao of Shinsei
Fire is the fiercest and most destructive of the five elements, the burning passion that drives men both to war and to create in equal measure. The searing... [click here for more]
“Emptiness is the true center, the place where action and thought lose meaning and become the same thing.” – Mirumoto
The way of the Void is different for every samurai, for the Void itself encompasses every choice and none. Some study it, some hide from it, some are overcome by it, but none can ignore it. The Void is everywhere.
The final volume of the Elemental Series presents the world... [click here for more]
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