Blood of the Lioness

Description

Once you’ve familiarised yourself with Rokugan’s traditions of warfare with Fields of Victory, you and your group can tackle the Blood of the Lioness adventure. This exciting tale takes you from the iconic Akodo War College to a heated battlefield on Snow Plain; the actions of your party could help protect the peace in Rokugan—or plunge it into the chaos of war.

Your challenge is to resolve a dispute between the Scorpion and Unicorn Clans over ownership of a diamond mine. You and your companions have traveled to the Akodo War College at the Castle of the Swift Sword. Here, within the Lion Clan’s famed military library, you hope to discover the truth of what took place at the great Battle of Snow Plain in the year 820. Your investigation must be swift but thorough; the information you gather could quell the tensions between two Great Clans—or start a war.

An investigation in the Akodo War College

In Blood of the Lioness, you and your fellow samurai have been tasked with mediating a conflict between the Scorpion and Unicorn Clans. A diamond mine rests within Unicorn territory. However, the Scorpion Clan claims that the rights to the mine were promised to them after aiding the Unicorn in the historic Battle of Snow Plain. If the truth exists anywhere, it exists at the Akodo War College. There, commanders-in-training study military tactics and history alongside rank-and-file soldiers and the mysterious Kitsu shugenja. However, what begins as a simple search through the library soon turns on its head; the truth that you are searching for ends up being far, far more complicated than you imagined.

Just as with previous Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying adventures, Blood of the Lioness is a full 32-page booklet. It comes with a double-sided map and a wide array of punchboard tokens. These will help convey the twists and turns of your adventures and battles in Rokugan.