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<blockquote data-quote="Black Omega" data-source="post: 188929" data-attributes="member: 79"><p>Hmm..can try a fast and dirty overview. There is a ton of depth that will get left out, however.</p><p></p><p>The Emerald Empire, also called the Empire of Rokugan, is the campaign setting. Geographicaly it's not unlike China, mostly land based with a great wall to the south protecting from the Shadowlands. It's large enough geography varies quite a bit., freezing in the north to warm and temperate to the south. The society is uniformly lawful and orderly and strongly based on Japanese culture. Samurai rule the Empire, following the dictates of Bushido. It should be noted Samurai is a character class but it is also the noble social class. Courtiers, shugenja and Samurai all belong to it.</p><p></p><p>Historically, the Empire was formed after the Kami fell from Heaven, the result of a mythic level struggle between them and their father, Lord Moon. Celestrial beings born of the Sun and Moon, they quickly set up an empire and it's clans. And soon enough found themselves in a war against their evil brother, Fu Leng. His fall had opened a pit into Hell that was corrupting the land and everyone in the area. He was defeated when Shinsei (the Rokugani Buddha) selected a hero from each of the seven great clans. Called the Thunders, they and Shinsei found a way to mostly seal away the power of Fu Leng, leading to his defeat.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward a thousand plus years. The Empire decends into an unprecedented period of chaos and warfare called the Clan Wars. Shadowland armies spread the plague and death, clan fights clan, everything goes to hell as Fu Leng possesses Hantei the 39th. Then Fu Leng is defeated on the second Day of Thunder by souls of the original Thunders, reborn. With the death of the last of the Hantei the dynasty that had ruled the empire for over a thousand years comes to an end and a new one starts with Toturi the 1st, the former Akodo who led the war to defeat Fu Leng.</p><p></p><p>Not that things are peaceful after that. The war against the Lying Darkness that sought to destroy the past and sink all Rokugan into nothingness was fought and won, the Lying Darkness utterly destroyed. But not before a number of spirits were freed from the realms of the afterlife and returned to the Empire. Among them the savage Hantei the 16th, the infamous Steel Crysanthemum. His schemes led to the Spirit Wars as he tried to return the throne to a Hantei. His defeat left the empire at relative peace, until the present day.</p><p></p><p>The rest depends on where Tokiwong plans to start to game at. With the book, or with current storyline. Hope this helps a little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Black Omega, post: 188929, member: 79"] Hmm..can try a fast and dirty overview. There is a ton of depth that will get left out, however. The Emerald Empire, also called the Empire of Rokugan, is the campaign setting. Geographicaly it's not unlike China, mostly land based with a great wall to the south protecting from the Shadowlands. It's large enough geography varies quite a bit., freezing in the north to warm and temperate to the south. The society is uniformly lawful and orderly and strongly based on Japanese culture. Samurai rule the Empire, following the dictates of Bushido. It should be noted Samurai is a character class but it is also the noble social class. Courtiers, shugenja and Samurai all belong to it. Historically, the Empire was formed after the Kami fell from Heaven, the result of a mythic level struggle between them and their father, Lord Moon. Celestrial beings born of the Sun and Moon, they quickly set up an empire and it's clans. And soon enough found themselves in a war against their evil brother, Fu Leng. His fall had opened a pit into Hell that was corrupting the land and everyone in the area. He was defeated when Shinsei (the Rokugani Buddha) selected a hero from each of the seven great clans. Called the Thunders, they and Shinsei found a way to mostly seal away the power of Fu Leng, leading to his defeat. Fast forward a thousand plus years. The Empire decends into an unprecedented period of chaos and warfare called the Clan Wars. Shadowland armies spread the plague and death, clan fights clan, everything goes to hell as Fu Leng possesses Hantei the 39th. Then Fu Leng is defeated on the second Day of Thunder by souls of the original Thunders, reborn. With the death of the last of the Hantei the dynasty that had ruled the empire for over a thousand years comes to an end and a new one starts with Toturi the 1st, the former Akodo who led the war to defeat Fu Leng. Not that things are peaceful after that. The war against the Lying Darkness that sought to destroy the past and sink all Rokugan into nothingness was fought and won, the Lying Darkness utterly destroyed. But not before a number of spirits were freed from the realms of the afterlife and returned to the Empire. Among them the savage Hantei the 16th, the infamous Steel Crysanthemum. His schemes led to the Spirit Wars as he tried to return the throne to a Hantei. His defeat left the empire at relative peace, until the present day. The rest depends on where Tokiwong plans to start to game at. With the book, or with current storyline. Hope this helps a little. [/QUOTE]
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