L5R Official Fiction: The Shadow's Embrace, Part 2

[Hida Togeriso]

Greetings!!!

The Crane in the Colonies? Messing with the Mantis?

View here, discuss here.

I just want to know what kind of conditioner they are using so that their hair does not go frizzy.

[Rixy]

I forsee a lot of Dragon/Crane hostility in the future if their hand in manipulating Naleesh and Shikei is seen.

I approve...let the two canonically best dueling styles meet and the best one win

[barswanian]

The best dueling style win?

Well, Okay, but I don't know if the Empire is ready for Kaiu Catapult dueling.

[Hida Izanagi]

According to the art of Siege Volley, the Phoenix have already lost to it.

This Mantis/Crane war will be fun to watch as we zoom by in bulldozers and elephants.

[Yasuki Kanosei]

Crane have a lot of political clout, but not a huge amount I'd imagine in the Colonies. The Mantis by contrast, are one of the Big Players there, as they were there first and control what I'd imagine to be the majority of the shipping to and from the Colonies.

Not sure how well the Crane would do buddying up to the Unicorn. Having one of the Masters of War as an ally is handy, but it'd probably strain their alliance with the Lion even further than it already has.

[Hida Yokuni]

Shouldn't it be the Scorpion clan that are the ones to be this devious?

[Yasuki Binbo]

Oh the cranes are politically devious its just that they spent a thousand years putting pr towards how they are the nice guys whereas the scorpion tell people not to trust them and the get mad when they don't. Wait if the crane take out the mantis and we take out the spider does that mean only the original 7 clans will matter agian? I could get behind that.

[Iagosan]

I’ve been out of the loop for a while and am still several weeks of stories behind to the present, but I can say I’ve enjoyed this one more than most other Crane fictions. “Hey lets piss off some Mantis! OK, lets politic some Ponies as well!”

I like how the Crane are directing their political machine with dueling; it’s something I haven’t seen recently. And while doing it the Cranes might be loosening the soil for a nice big hole if their machinations don’t work out. Maybe some Yasuki can get them a nice shiny shovel! Regardless I think this is going to end in a civil war between the Unicorn because Min-Hee’s going to snap unless her champion quickly puts her in her place. [edit: I scanned through Consequences and saw how the wedding will work out, but without finishing the read still think the Champion and Kahn situation will come to a head.]

And who woulda thunk it? A cold, blunt Doji! She uses her fashion as a nuance, but is about as direct as a Hid…Yoritomo. *cough*