Battle of Stolen Graves
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
| Battle of Stolen Graves |
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| Location: Otosan Uchi |
| Date: 510 |
| Major Forces: Rokugan, Bloodspeakers |
| Generals: Unknown, Iuchiban |
| Battles of Rokugan |
The Battle of Stolen Graves was the first rise of the Bloodspeaker Iuchiban. Iuchiban's shireikan Asahina Yajinden had gifted four bloodswords to the four of the Clan Champions of Rokugan. After the deaths of the Lion Clan Champion and Crab Clan Champion in 509 and the Crane Clan Champion in 510 the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Rikoji dispatched the Magistrate Soshi Takasho to investigate Yajinden. With the aid of the legionnaire Akodo Minobe, Takasho discovered the Bloodspeaker cult and its leader Iuchiban planning to reanimate the bodies in the imperial crypts to overthrow the Emperor to place Iuchiban on the throne.
[edit] The Defeat of Iuchiban
With a common enemy the Clans united against the cult and crushed them. To prevent Iuchiban from becoming a threat again the Kaiu constructed the Tomb of Iuchiban to hold his spirit. All of Iuchiban's inner circle were destroyed, save for his apprentice Yajinden. Yajinden was held at Shinden Asahina for twenty one days while the Asahina cast an elaborate ritual erasing his memory, and he was put to work as a gardener in the Emperor's gardens.
[edit] Imperial Edict
The Emperor issued an Imperial edict stating that all bodies from then on would be cremated rather than buried, preventing the use of the bodies of honored ancestors as vessels of evil magic.
[edit] Major Referances
- Legend of the Five Rings: Third Edition Page 13.
- Way of the Crane Page 45.
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