THE SCORPION CLAN COUP
Year 36 of Hantei 38th, summer:
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Tsuyite marries Ijamiko.
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Matsu Haramono becomes Daimyo.
Year 36 of Hantei 38th, autumn: An Oni and an army of undead attack
Ryoko Owari during the bon festival. Kakita Pukabishi arrives. Daidoji
Omatao falls ill.
Year 37 of Hantei 38th, spring
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Daidoji Henshu holds a tournament for the roniin. The tournament
is interrupted by the attacks of several oni. Investigations reveal that
the oni have been summoned to distract the attention of the Crane from
their northern border.
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An assassin wounds Omatao. The daimyo slays the assassin, but later
succumbs to his wounds.
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The armies of Yogo Mekumu attack the Crane, besieging the fort of
Daidoji Okaido.
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The Crane clash with Mekumus armies. The Scorpion unleash a horde
of undead and oni to slow the Crane advance.
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Yogo junzo leads an army against his kin.
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Daidoji Uji leads ten thousand Crane north to aid Omatao.
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By command of Matsu Haramoro, the Lion attack Bayushi Suko, seizing
two forts and pushing the Scorpion back to the gates of Shiro No Suko.
Shinjo Yoshioko circles Ryoko Owari and strikes at the Scorpion from the
south.
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Magistrate Mirumoto Fai Suk vanishes from Ryoko Owari.
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The siege of the northern Crane fort is lifted. The Sparrow family
of Suzume Idatego reveal themselves to be Scorpions.
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Junzos army besieges Shiro No Mekumu.
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The Lion army besieges Shiro No Suko.
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Assassins kill Matsu Haramono, Shinjo Yoshioko, and their generals.
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An arrow slays Bayushi Suko. His son, Sugai, becomes daimyo of the house.
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Shiro no Mekumu is destroyed.
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A small Crane army locates and attacks the Temple of Blood, the final stronghold
of the Bloodspeaker cult. The temple is destroyed.
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The Vision of the Final Emperor is seen.
Year 38 of Hantei 38th, Summer: The Lion depart the Lands
of Ryoko Owari. They abandon their fortress, and burn and salt the farmlands.
39 of the Lion swear revenge on all Scorpions.
Year 39 of Hantei 38th, Summer
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Kakita Pukabishi calls a meeting of the nobles of the city to discuss
the Opium trade.
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A horde of ratlings pass through the lands. They infest the small
section of fertile land once held by the Lion, now ruled by Ide Kanjin.
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The Crab break their isolation, and send a delegation to the meeting.
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Assassins disrupt the meeting, killing Pukabishi and wounding Ide
Kanjin.
Year 39 of Hantei 38th, Autumn
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As summer drags on, a Witch Hunter arrives in the city.
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Mysterious Kenku cultists begin to destroy the Opium industry.
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A celebration in Lady Hyobus house goes awry when an errant firework
burns down a wing of the Magistrates Mansion.
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Daidoji Henshu is awarded the title King of Generosity. A jealous
Oni tries to disrupt the ceremony, but it is slain by Kuni Abashita.
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The Kenku cultists burn the opium fields, and destroy the opium seeds.
The industry is ruined. The leader of the Kenku cult is slain by Shosuro
Jocho.
Year 40 of Hantei 38th, Spring
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At the Emperors birthday celebrations, Gaijin invited by the Crane
and Mantis attack the Imperial Commander, Seppun Ishikawa. The Lion are
greatly angered by this.
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Bayushi Tsuyite is stripped of his title by Bayushi Shoju.
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A Lion army musters at Humility's Lesson Castle.
Year 40 of Hantei 38th, Summer
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Lion and Crane armies clash. The Crane are pushed back, but manage to withdraw
in an orderly fashion.
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Investigations discover tainted Opium seeds, which are destroyed by Kuni
Abashita.
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Tsuyite becomes Chancellor of the house of Sugai.
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Bayushi Kenro dies in a fire.
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Thousands of ratlings move north, out of the shadowlands. Most are slain.
Year 40 of Hantei 39th, Autumn
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The Scorpion Clan launch a Coup, through the hidden pass they call the
Chrysantheumum Road..
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Hantei the 38th is slain.
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Bayushi Sugai is slain.
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Emishiko becomes the Oracle of Water, and saves the Imperial Heir.
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The Coup is foiled. The Scorpion and their Crab allies are driven back
to the southlands.
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The Kuni Witch Hunters are almost wiped out by an Oni.
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Kuni Yori is assassinated by Kuni Abashita.
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The Phoenix Watchtower is destroyed.
Shinzui steals a Black Scroll from Yogo Junzo and flees.