Legend of the Five Rings - The Great Clans

Unicorn Heritage Tables

TABLE 8.0: UNICORN HERITAGE

D10 ROLL RESULT
1-2 Shameful Past: Roll on Table 8.1
3-6 Illustrious Past: Roll on Table 8.2
7-0 Mixed Blessings: Roll on Table 8.3

TABLE 8.1: SHAMEFUL UNICORN PAST

HERITAGE TABLES D10 ROLL RESULT
1
Your ancestor was a Moto who fell to the Shadowlands, and he would very much like you to join him. You gain the
2-3 Disadvantage Cursed by Jigoku.

4-5 As part of an investigation, your ancestor uncovered a dirty secret about another family… and spread the news widely. You
gain the Rumormonger Disadvantage.
6-7
8-9 Your ancestor ran from his duties to the Unicorn and became a ronin. Although your family has survived, the shame still
stains your reputation. You lose 0.5 Glory and 0.5 Status.
0
Your ancestor was on the losing side during one of the famous battles of her day. You lose 1.0 Glory.

Your ancestor was a Battle Maiden who betrayed her oath of chastity. Her passionate nature has passed down to you. You
gain the Lechery Disadvantage.

Your ancestors were cursed by a gaijin wizard. Your family has been unable to lift the curse despite generations of effort.
You gain the Weakness Disadvantage in a Trait chosen by the GM.

TABLE 8.2: ILLUSTRIOUS UNICORN PAST

Appendix Three D10 ROLL RESULT
300 1 You can trace your lineage back to the founding Kami, Lady Shinjo. You may take a Unicorn Ancestor for 2 less Experience

Points.

2-3 Your ancestor was an Ujik-hai who joined the clan via a blood oath. You may take the Gaijin Gear Advantage for 2 less
Experience Points.

4-5 Your ancestor fought bravely in a famous battle of his day, and you strive to live up to his glorious example. You gain 0.5
Glory and 1 free Rank in the Battle Skill.

6-7 Your ancestor died while protecting a commander in the army of an allied clan. They have not forgotten his sacrifice. You
may take a free 3-point Ally from that clan.

8-9 Your ancestor died in a successful fighting retreat, saving her comrades. Her skills are reborn in you. You may take the
Tactician Advantage for 1 less point.

0 Your ancestor was a loyal samurai rewarded by his lord for years of dutiful service. His legacy has passed to you. You may
purchase the Unicorn Sacred Weapon Advantage for 2 less Experience Points.

TABLE 8.3: UNICORN MIXED BLESSINGS

D10 ROLL RESULT
1
2-3 Your ancestor fell to the Lying Darkness, and your family has fought against it ever since. You gain the Shadow as a Sworn
4-5 Enemy, but you have a small crystal item (a pendant, earring, or necklace).
6-7
8-9 Your ancestor was originally from another clan, but joined the Unicorn through a politically arranged marriage. You may
call in a favor from that clan, but once you do you will become Obligated to them.
0
Your ancestor joined the Kolat, and your bloodline has served the conspiracy ever since. You gain the Advantage Forbidden
Knowledge: Kolat but also gain the Disadvantage Dark Secret: Kolat.

Your ancestor was a highly successful merchant in foreign lands. You inherited a strange artifact from him, but no one has
any idea what it does.

Your family has struggled financially, and you have been forced to study the ways of coin and craft in order to
compensate. You start with 4 less koku in your Outfit, but you gain 1 free Rank in Commerce and 1 free Rank in a Craft
Skill of your choice.

Your ancestor met a jinn while wandering the Burning Sands. They had a long and fruitful affair. You occasionally have
strange urges and odd dreams…

Spider Heritage Tables

TABLE 9.0: SPIDER HERITAGE

D10 ROLL RESULT
1-3 Born of Darkness: Roll on Table 9.1
4-8 Fallen from Grace: Roll on Table 9.2
9-0 Omens and Portents: Roll on Table 9.3

TABLE 9.1: BORN OF DARKNESS

D10 ROLL RESULT
1-3
Your father was a minor functionary in the entourage of an Imperial Herald. When your lord was killed by bandits, he
4-6 survived, and the Lost accepted him into their ranks. He meant only to survive, but their acceptance gave him the first true
7-9 sense of belonging he had ever known. You gain the Perceived Honor Advantage.
0
Your parents were among those who first flocked to Daigotsu’s banner, and you were among the first born in the City of
the Lost. You the Fame Advantage and 1 free Rank in a Weapon Skill of your choice.

Your mother was consumed by the Lying Darkness, yet somehow managed to give birth to you without passing on her
affliction. Or did she? You gain the Crafty Advantage.

Your parents were members of the Unbroken, a group of Tainted ronin who sought to purge their corruption by killing
others that possessed it. You, however, embraced your strength and cast aside their weakness. You gain the Strength of the
Earth Advantage.

TABLE 9.2: FALLEN FROM GRACE Appendix Three

D10 ROLL RESULT 301
1-2
3-4 Your family once served the Crab, but an ancestor was corrupted in the line of duty and rather than be consigned to death, HERITAGE TABLES
5-6 he embraced his fate. You gain the Large Advantage and 1 free rank in the Heavy Weapons Skill, but also gain a Sworn
7-8 Enemy among the Crab.
9-0
Your family was once part of the Mantis, but a voyage through the Sea of Shadow led to corruption and madness. You
gain one rank of the Luck Advantage and 1free Rank in the Skills of Chain Weapons and Sailing, but gain a Sworn Enemy
among the Mantis.

Your family once claimed membership among the Phoenix, but your ancestor’s love of secrets and lust for knowledge
overwhelmed him, leading him to corruption. You gain the Forbidden Knowledge Advantage and 1 free Rank in a Lore Skill
of your choice, but gain a Sworn Enemy among the Phoenix.

The Scorpion once considered your family loyal vassals, but study of dark secrets led to your ancestor’s corruption and
he was sanctioned by the clan. You gain the Dangerous Beauty Advantage and 1 free Rank in the Stealth Skill, but gain a
Sworn Enemy among the Scorpion.

Your ancestor was once a Unicorn, but the call of the fallen Moto was unusually strong within his soul and he willingly
rode to the Shadowlands. You gain the Gaijin Gear Advantage and 1 free Rank in the Horsemanship Skill, but gain a Sworn
Enemy among the Unicorn.

TABLE 9.3: OMENS & PORTENTS

D10 ROLL RESULT
1-3
You were taken from your family as an infant—stolen by the Bloodspeaker Cult, who felt you were a child of prophecy. You
4-6 never embraced their ways, however, and eagerly betrayed them to the Lost at the first opportunity. You gain the Touch of
the Spirit Realm Advantage.
7-9
You were abandoned at a monastery as a child, an unwelcome burden on your parents. Your years in the monastery were
0 unpleasant and punishing, but the doctrine of strength and power in the Order of the Spider appealed to you, and you
were among Roshungi’s first adherents. You gain the Dark Paragon Advantage.

As a child you suffered from visions. Others thought you were possessed by demons and eventually you were abandoned
by your family. The Lost never questioned your value, however, and let you earn your place among them. You gain the
Ishiken-do Advantage.

The other Lost found you as a child, surviving alone in the Shadowlands. No one understands how this was possible and
you have no memory of those years. Sometimes, however, you have half-remembered dreams that give you glimpses of
what happened… or what will happen. You gain the Inner Gift Advantage.

Chuda Ruri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 G
Chukan Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Index City of Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Gaijin Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Constructed Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Game Mechanics . . . . . . 101–104, 199–202
Conviction of Purity (technique) . . . . . 201
Crab Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–42

Courtly Romance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68–70 Crane Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70–74

Crane Civil War. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Lion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136–140

Crimson Dawn, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Mantis Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165–170

A Cunning of Daidoji (technique) . . . . . . . 70 Scorpion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227–230

Spider Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282–283

DAgasha (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Unicorn Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257–260

Agasha Daikoju. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Garden Under Shadow City. . . . . . . . . . 63

Agasha Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 184–185 Daidoji Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52–53 Giji Seido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Agasha Gennai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190–191 Daidoji Harriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Goju Asagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Agasha Kitsuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Daidoji Masashigi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56–57 Goju “Family” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

A Gift Beyond Price (technique) . . . . . . 72 Daidoji Scout School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Goju Ninja School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

A Hunter’s Sense (technique) . . . . . . . 168 Daidoji Takihiro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Gozoku Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Akodo Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113–114 Daidoji Training Grounds . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Great Falls Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Akodo Ginawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123–124 Daigotsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268–269 Grinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Akodo Kensai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Daigotsu Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Gusai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154–155

Akodo Tactical Master . . . . . . . . . 138–139 Daikoku’s Golden Wind . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Gusai Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Akomachi (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Damned Berserkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37–38

HAkuma no Oni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Dance of the Winds (kata) . . . . . . . . . . 202
All as One (technique). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Dark Wave, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Ancestral Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134–135 Day of Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Hayai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Aotora Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Deathseeker Tradition . . . . . . . . . . 132–133 Heartless (advantage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Art of Ninjutsu (kata) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Defended as the Sun (technique) . . . . . 170 Heart of the Beast (technique) . . . . . . . 137

Art, War of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66–68 Doji Barahime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57–58 Heritage Tables

Asahina (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Doji Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53–54 Crab..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Asahina Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51–52 Doji Hayaku (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Crane ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

INDEX Asahina Sekawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62–63 Doji Hoturi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59–60 Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Asako . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185–186 Doji Raigu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Lion..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Asako Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181–182 Dragon’s Flame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Mantis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

302 Asako Henshin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199–200 Drunk Loses His Sandal (technique) . 166 Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Asako Inquisitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200–201 Drunk Never Falls (technique) . . . . . . 166 Scorpion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Ashidaka Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 285 Drunk Pounds a Door (technique) . . . . 167 Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

The Great Clans Atsumaru Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 287 E Unicorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Avenging Our Own (technique). . . . . . 259 Using 292
Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152–159, 185–193

B East Mountain Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Crab Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–28

Egami Mura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Crane Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–63

Ballista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Elemental Legions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Dragon Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86–94
Battle-Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Endo Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Lion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118–126
Battle of the Broken Daisho . . . . . . . . . 178 Enlightened Madness . . . . . . . . . . . . 96–98 Scorpion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214–220
Battle of the Great Climb. . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Enlightened Madness (disadvantage). 101 Spider Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268–272
Battle of the Tidal Landbridge . . . . . . . . 11 Eternal Unrest (maho spell) . . . . . . . . . 282 Hiasobi Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Battle of White Stag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Exorcism Wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Hida Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–14
Battles of Humility’s Lesson . . . . . . . . 112 Eye of the Inquisitor (technique) . . . . . 200 Hida Kisada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–25
Battue Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Eyes of the Wasp (technique) . . . . . . . . 168 Hida Osano-Wo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21
Bayushi Baku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219–220 Hida Yakamo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27
Bayushi Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 F Hidden Moon Dojo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Bayushi Kachiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218–219 Hiramichi Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . 285
Bayushi Nissho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214–215 Facing the Dark Within (technique) . . 259 Hiramori Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 285
Bayushi Ogoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181–185 Hiruma (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Beastmaster’s Claws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Hiruma Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Black Silk Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Crab Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–20 Hiruma Mai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21–22
Bloodied but Unbowed (technique). . . . 259 Crane Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51–55 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233–237
Bon Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Dragon Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82–86 Crab Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–13
Brisk Economy (technique) . . . . . . . . . 259 Lion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113–118 Crane Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45–49
Byako Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Mantis Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147–152 Dragon Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77–81
Scorpion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211–214 Lion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107–113
Spider Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265–268

C Unicorn Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238–243 Mantis Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143–147
Fanged Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Phoenix Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173–180

Catapult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 First Yasuki War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Scorpion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205–210
Chikara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Five Nights of Shame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Spider Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262–265
Child of the Sea (technique) . . . . . . . . . 169 Fortress of Blackened Sight . . . . . . . . . 221 Hogosha Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Chiyu Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Free the Spirit (technique) . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Horiuchi Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chuda Bikimi (ancestor). . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Fundai Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Horiuchi Shugenja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chuda Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265–266 Fundai Mura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Horiuchi Wakiza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Chuda Necromancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Hoshi Trading House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Hosokawa Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . 286 Kitsuki Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Moshi Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148–149 The Great Clasn
Hyuga Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Kitsuki’s Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98–99 Moshi Guardian of the Sun . . . . . 169–170
Kitsu Motso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122–123 Moshi (Isawa) Azami . . . . . . . . . 153–154 303
I Kitsune Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147–148 Moto Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239–240
Kitsune Ranger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Moto Fanatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 INDEX
Ide Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Kitsune Ryosei. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155–156 Moto Gaheris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249–250
Ide Tadaji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245–246 Kochako Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Moto Vindicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Ide Trader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Kokujin “Family” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Mountain Summit Temple . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Ikeda Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Kolat Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Murame Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Ikoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118–119 Koritome Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . 286 Mysteries of Meishodo (technique) . . . 258
Ikoma Arimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Kotagama Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 285
Ikoma Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115–116 Kouken Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 N
Ikoma Otemi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124–125 Kuni Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17–18
Ikoma Plains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Kuni Osaku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23–24 Naga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Inner Fortitude (technique). . . . . . . . . . 102 Kuni Witch-Hunter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40–41 Naganori Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 290
Inro Tattoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Kuroiban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Naka Kaeteru (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Insanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Nanbu Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Integration of the Gods (technique) . . . 102 L Nani Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Iron Turtle Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Naoko Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Isawa (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Lady Agasha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86–87 Nasu Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Isawa Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182–183 Lake Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Necessary Villainy . . . . . . . . . . . . 222–225
Isawa Hochiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191–192 Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127–128, 193–194 Nihai Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Isawa Ochiai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192–193 Ninja Myth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225–227
Isawa’s Last Wish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Crab Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29 Ninjutsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Isawa Tadaka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188–189 Crane Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–65 Ninube Shugenja School. . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Isawa Ujina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187–188 Dragon Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95–96 Niwa Shita no Kage Toshi . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ise Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Mantis Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 None Must Fall (technique) . . . . . . . . . 202
Itsuwari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Scorpion Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221–222 No Prey Escapes (technique) . . . . . . . . 168
Iuchi (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Spider Clan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272–273 Noroko Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Iuchi Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242–243 Unicorn Clan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251–252 Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278–281
Iuchi Karasu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246–247 Lies and Little Truths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Nothing Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Iwasaki Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Lion Beastmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135–136
Iweko (Akodo) Setai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Lion Paragon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 O
Izaku Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Lion Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Lords of Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Obsidian Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
J Ofushikai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
M One with the Pride (technique). . . . . . . 137
Jade Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 One with the Wild (technique) . . . . . . . 170
Junshin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Maigosera Seido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Onshigawa Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . 289
Jurojin Seido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 193–194 Maisuna Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Oracles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Justice of Our Ancestors (technique) . . 259 Malleable as the Sea (technique) . . . . . 139 Orange Flame Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Justice of the Wasp (technique) . . . . . . . 168 Mantis Brawler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165–167 Order of Chikai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Mantis Compassion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Order of the Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
K Marta Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Order of Venom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Martazera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Osusuki (ancestor). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Kagehisa Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . 290 Mask of the Nothing (technique) . . . . . 281 Otaku (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Kaimetsu-Uo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152–153 Master of the Open Plains (technique) 260 Otaku Kamoko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247–248
Kaimetsu-Uo Seido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Mastery Unbounded (technique) . . . . . . 74 Otori’s Shame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Kaiu (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Matamori no Tokoro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Kaiu Armor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Matsu Beastmasters . . . . . . . . . . . 136–138 P
Kaiu Engineer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39–40 Matsu Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117–118
Kaiu Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Matsu Hitomi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121–122 Painted Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Kaiu Gineza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Matsu Hitomi (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Pendulum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Kaiu Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33–36 Matsu Itagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120–121 Piracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163–164
Kakeguchi Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . 284 Matsu Kenji. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Pirate Gangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Kakita Artisans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71–72 Maw, the. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pitfall (trap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Kakita Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54–55 Meishodo Shugenja/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Pongi Stick (trap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Kakita Jesters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Meishozo Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 284 Power in Need (technique) . . . . . . . . . . 103
Kakita Master Artisans . . . . . . . . . . 73–74 Melting Into Shadow (technique) . . . . 281 Power Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65–66
Kakita Rensei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Michio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269–270 Power Within and Without (technique) 104
Kakita Ryoku. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58–59 Mirumoto Ancestral Daisho. . . . . . . . . . 93 Privateers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163–164
Kakita Wayozu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55–56 Mirumoto Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Prophecies of Uikku. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Kano Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Mirumoto Hitomi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91–92 Prosperous Plains City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Katai Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Mirumoto Hojatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87–88 Pure and Dedicated (technique) . . . . . . 140
Kenshin Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Mirumoto Master Sensei . . . . . . . 101–102 Purge the Darkness (technique) . . . . . . . 42
Kenson Gakka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Mirumoto Rosanjin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Purity of the Breath (technique). . . . . . 258
Kitsu (ancestors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Mizu Mura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Kitsu Chiyoko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Monastic Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100–101
Kitsu Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116–117 Morning Frost Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Kitsuki Debater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Moshi Azami (ancestor). . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Moshibaru Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . 285

Q Strength of the Crane (kata) . . . . . . . . . . 74 Toritaka Exorcist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41–42
Strength of the Dragon (kata) . . . . . . . 104 Toritaka Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–19

Quiet Stream Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Strength of the Five (technique) . . . . . . 201 Toritaka Genzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Strength of the Lion (kata) . . . . . . . . . . 140 To See the Darkness (technique). . . . . . . 40

R Strength of the Mantis (kata). . . . . . . . 170 To Shatter the Darkness (technique) . . . 41
Strength of the Phoenix (kata). . . . . . . 202 Toshi Aitate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Raikuto Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Strength of the Scorpion (kata) . . . . . . 230 Toshi no Meiyo Gisei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rain of Death (technique). . . . . . . . . . . 103 Strength of the Spider (kata) . . . . . . . . 283 To Strike the Darkness (technique) . . . . 40
Reckless Abandon (technique) . . . . . . . 260 Strength of the Unicorn (kata) . . . . . . . 260 Transmute Spell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reincarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198–199 Strike and Move (technique) . . . . . . . . . 70 Trap Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ritual of Forgetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Suguru Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Tsume Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Rokugo Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Suio Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Tsuruchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156–157
Ronin Brawlers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Suitengu’s Children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Tsuruchi Bounty Hunter . . . . . . . 167–168
Rope Catch (trap). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Surveying the Land (technique). . . . . . . 70 Tsuruchi Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149–150
Rugashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Suzume Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270–271 Twenty Goblin Winter. . . . . . . . . . . . 36–37
Ruins of Otosan Uchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Sword of the Sensei (technique). . . . . . 102 Twin Sting Strike (technique) . . . . . . . 168
Rural Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Two Drunks Dance (technique) . . . . . . 167
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Tamori Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Sakura Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Tamori Master of the Mountain. . . . . . 102 Ugawari Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Samurai Pacifism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196–198 Tamori Shaitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93–94 Ujik-Hai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Scorpion Clan Coup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Tani Hitokage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Undying Name (technique) . . . . . . . . . . 72

Scorpion Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Tansaku Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Unicorn Magistrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Scouring the Shadows (technique) . . . . 70 Tattooed Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85–86 Unmei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Seikitsu Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Temple of the Forsaken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Utaku Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Seizuka Family (vassal). . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Ten Orders, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Utaku Horse Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Serpents of Sanada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 The Art of Mockery (technique). . . . . . . 73
VShadow Dragon, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 The Black Watch (technique). . . . . . . . . 230
Shadow Mystic (creature) . . . . . . . . . . 279 The Body is Illusion (technique) . . . . . 102
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Shadow Unseen (technique) . . . . . . . . . 140 The Cloak of Night (technique) . . . . . . 280 Village of the Grand Song. . . . . . . . . . . 161

Shadow Upon the Moon (technique) . . 281 The Dead Do Not Rest (technique) . . . 282 Void Versatility (advantage) . . . . . . . . . 199

Shiba Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183–184 The Ebb and Flow

of Deception (technique) . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Eyes of the General (technique) . . 139
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Shiba Gaijushiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186–187
Shiba Toriiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186–187

The Great Clans Shiba Tsukune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189–190 The Ferocity Within (technique) . . . . . . 137 War of the Spirits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Shimizu Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 286 The First Face (technique) . . . . . . . . . . 229 Watanabe Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . 291

Shingon Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 291 The Four Mysteries (technique) . . . . . . 199 Watchtower of the East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Shinjo Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238–239 The Heart of the Sword (technique) . . 139 Water Music Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Shinjo Kemuri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243–250 The Kaiu Method (technique). . . . . . . . . 39 Way of Drunken Fists (technique) . . . . 166

Shinjo Kochamon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244–245 the Kolat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Way of the Wardmaster (technique) . . . 229

Shinjo Tashima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248–249 The Master’s Touch (technique) . . . . . . . 74 Weaken the Resistance (technique) . . . . . 70

Shinobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 The Path of Steel (technique) . . . . . . . . . 40 With the Soul of a Lion (technique) . . . 138

Shinsei’s Last Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The Path of Stone (technique). . . . . . . . . 39

Shori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 The Path of the Shell (technique) . . . . . . 39 Y
Shosuro Actors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227–229 The Path of War (technique) . . . . . . . . . . 40

Shosuro Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212–213 The Perfect Art (technique). . . . . . . . . . . 74 Yasuki Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Shosuro Higatsuku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 The Riddle of Air (technique) . . . . . . . 199 Yasuki Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19–20

Shosuro Nodage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215–216 The Riddle of Earth (technique) . . . . . 199 Yasuki Hachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Shosuro Personas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 The Riddle of Fire (technique) . . . . . . . 200 Yasuki Taka. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27–28

Shourido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 The Riddle of Water (technique). . . . . . 200 Yogo (ancestor). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Shrine of Champions. . . . . . . . . . . 193–194 The Second Face (technique) . . . . . . . . 229 Yogo Curse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Shrine of Uikku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 The Shadowed Blade (technique). . . . . 281 Yogo Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Shudo Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 The Soul of the Army (technique) . . . . 139 Yogo Itoju . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216–217

Shukujo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Soul’s Dream (technique) . . . . . . . . 72 Yogo Junzo (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Siege Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31–32 The Subtle Sting (technique) . . . . . . . . 229 Yogo Wardmasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229–230

Siege Ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Sword and the Soul (technique) . . 102 Yogo Ward Spells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Siege Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Third Face (technique). . . . . . . . . . 229 Yojimbo Tradition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195–196

Siege Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–32 The Trials of Jade (technique) . . . . . . . 201 Yoritomo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Slang, Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The Viper’s Kiss (technique) . . . . . . . . 229 Yoritomo Aramasu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sodona Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Thousand Years of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Yoritomo Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150–152

Son of Storms (kata). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Thousand Years of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Yoritomo Kumiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158–159

Soshi Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213–214 Tiger Trap (trap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Yoritomo Shugenja . . . . . . . . . . . . 168–169

Soshi Saibankan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Time of Shame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Yoshitsune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Soshi Saibankan (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . 230 Togashi Defender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103–104 Yufuku na Heigen Toshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Soshi Takasho. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Togashi Mitsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90–91

Soul of the Artisan (technique) . . . . . . . 72 Togashi Okkio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Z
Step Within Shadow (technique) . . . . . 281 Togashi Yamatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88–90

Storm Legion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Togashi Yamatsu (ancestor) . . . . . . . . . 104 Zurui Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Strength of the Crab (kata) . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tokagure Family (vassal) . . . . . . . . . . . 288

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