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And the Winter Court 5 fun begins, I guess.

Okay; nice timeline snippit...

Is there going to be an event, or recruitment for a game/freeform or something?

Where is that coming from ?

One small thing to note concerning an event in the timeline: the Phoenix accused the Moto family to be vulnerable to spiritual corruption, and not the Unicorn Clan. While one would think such accusation is worth investigating (for a great plethora of reasons), and IIRC, initially things progressed to this direction, but Moto Nergui torpedoed the investigation (one wonders why) through Moto Naalesh (you can see a pattern here).

Where is that coming from ?

The group of gamemasters that propose to run Winter Court 5.

Where is that coming from ?

The group of gamemasters that propose to run Winter Court 5.

I've been looking at their site to see if it was officizalized by AEG or FFG, that was the real question.

Where is that coming from ?

The group of gamemasters that propose to run Winter Court 5.

I've been looking at their site to see if it was officizalized by AEG or FFG, that was the real question.

It's just a regular PBP. It has no "official" status, so it requires no more sanction from any body than someone's home game.

That's interesting.

http://www.winter-court.com/wc5/index.php

There are Mantis and Spider Embassies. Will it be only Susumu loyal Spider? And how will the GMs handle the massive Mantis losses?

That's interesting.

http://www.winter-court.com/wc5/index.php

There are Mantis and Spider Embassies. Will it be only Susumu loyal Spider? And how will the GMs handle the massive Mantis losses?

Note: I have no in with the GMs, but...

Only Susumu loyal Spider? I'm sure they'll SAY they are.

Massive Mantis losses? Well, any at this Court will presumably be a higher percentage of the remaining Clan than normal,

Note: I have no in with the GMs, but...

Only Susumu loyal Spider? I'm sure they'll SAY they are.

Massive Mantis losses? Well, any at this Court will presumably be a higher percentage of the remaining Clan than normal,

Gah! I meant to say Susumu Shibatsu. According to this entry in the wiki , there are only 100 left.

And concerning the Mantis, did we ever get clarification of when most of the Yoritomo are wiped out? Was that at the battle of the Second or Third Seal? How many Seals are down when this Winter Court takes place?

Bonus: Fighting sea monsters!

Note: I have no in with the GMs, but...

Only Susumu loyal Spider? I'm sure they'll SAY they are.

Massive Mantis losses? Well, any at this Court will presumably be a higher percentage of the remaining Clan than normal,

Gah! I meant to say Susumu Shibatsu. According to this entry in the wiki , there are only 100 left.

And concerning the Mantis, did we ever get clarification of when most of the Yoritomo are wiped out? Was that at the battle of the Second or Third Seal? How many Seals are down when this Winter Court takes place?

Bonus: Fighting sea monsters!

I imagine all this information will have to be invented, or derived from whatever story notes the old Story Team had.

This is looking more and more enticing!

Where is that coming from ?

The group of gamemasters that propose to run Winter Court 5.

I've been looking at their site to see if it was officizalized by AEG or FFG, that was the real question.

We are an officially UNofficial cadre of Winter Court alumni who are passionate about keeping the tradition of this game alive through the FFG transition.

That's interesting.

http://www.winter-court.com/wc5/index.php

There are Mantis and Spider Embassies. Will it be only Susumu loyal Spider? And how will the GMs handle the massive Mantis losses?

The Susumu family are IN to the capacity that the Spider playbase will allow them... though not without their scars.

As to the Mantis: Total genocide is rather tricky to pull off when you have such diffused and mobile power structure like theirs.

Note: I have no in with the GMs, but...

Only Susumu loyal Spider? I'm sure they'll SAY they are.

Massive Mantis losses? Well, any at this Court will presumably be a higher percentage of the remaining Clan than normal,

Gah! I meant to say Susumu Shibatsu. According to this entry in the wiki , there are only 100 left.

And concerning the Mantis, did we ever get clarification of when most of the Yoritomo are wiped out? Was that at the battle of the Second or Third Seal? How many Seals are down when this Winter Court takes place?

Bonus: Fighting sea monsters!

You did not receive clarification and we do have plans on how that will take place. The number of seals left is in our team's hands.

This looks very interesting. So, when is it supposed to start? And what is the application process?

For now, we are shoot for December to January to begin. The application process is still forthcoming and with many other pieces of news.

Initial post updated.

Initial post updated.

The write up for the Battle of the First Seal seems to have skipped the Mantis that were there along with Yoritomo Harumi.

I like the Scorpion part. Makes me wonder which factions will show up for Court.

The write up for the Battle of the First Seal seems to have skipped the Mantis that were there along with Yoritomo Harumi.

Probably doesn't help that the card flavor text barely mentioned them.

And Norimichi's dead, as opposed to maimed.

It's all good, the canon divergence has to grow anyhow once you reach the extreme frontier of what material we DID have.

Your update has arrived and is waiting at the top of the posting.

Oh hai, Samurai! Looks like it's another update at the top.. And what do we have here? A fiction? From a Sean Fisk?

Fascinating.

It's nice to see more fiction being posted.

Shinjo Min-hee remains a completely unlikable character. It looks like the WC5 GMs didn't take kindly to the planned offing of Moto Naleesh.

The second part makes me think someone has been binge watching Game of Thrones. I don't recall, but has Kanpeki's daughter been named yet?

Oh, Min-Hee... Shame Shono died, he might have raised you better...

Reading through the timeline its really nice to see some of the ideas that percolated during WC4 being used. I smiled when I read the line about use of the Blood of the Preserver to restore Otosan Uchi.

That's interesting.

http://www.winter-court.com/wc5/index.php

If you look around at the names of the sections, it seems that Winter Court 5 will be hosted at Shiro Mirumoto.