Kiku Matsuri - Smokeless Fire

By sndwurks, in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game

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Fiction is up here:

https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/d3/7f/d37fc731-2248-4703-a941-6526682451d0/kiku-matsuri_prelude.pdf

My thoughts:
* Hooray, Isawa Kaede and Ujina! And Ninube! NINUBE! Ahem, I'll be over here...
* Excuse me, but it says the Emperor's... children? As in, more than simply Sotorii, the Crown Prince? Very interesting.
* So, the Iuchi have bound jinn from the Burning Sands in some of their magic? And someone might break open their talisman and have it cause trouble? Interesting. Innnnteresting.
* Once again, Katrina Ostrander demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of L5R Lore that shows this story is in the best hands.
* So... Fu Leng or the Lying Darkness? Or is the release of Fu Leng simply the opening the Lying Darkness will exploit? Will we see a Lying Darkness manifested as the Shadow Dragon without the whole "Sacrifice of the Air Dragon" part? I wonder...

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And to think, some said our clan would be immaterial to the initial storyline...

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Goju Kumoru
Too late.

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1 minute ago, Ide Yoshiya said:

And to think, some said our clan would be immaterial to the initial storyline...

So now it's 'give up your secrets...or else'. Welcome to center stage!!??

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11 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

Goju Kumoru
Too late.

You know I could recommend a good orthodontist for that.??

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I legit hope I run into Katrina at GenCon to tell her how happy I am with the direction she's taking the story. This was well written and banished any doubt I had about where we were headed.

Also yay Phoenix and Unicorn conflict that isn't basically racist!

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Just now, SHARKOSAURUS said:

I legit hope I run into Katrina at GenCon to tell her how happy I am with the direction she's taking the story. This was well written and banished any doubt I had about where we were headed.

Also yay Phoenix and Unicorn conflict that isn't basically racist!

I really hope she's there, I've always been big on lore for games, so if there's anyone I'd want to have sign my game swag, it would probably be her.

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1 minute ago, Zesu Shadaban said:

I really hope she's there, I've always been big on lore for games, so if there's anyone I'd want to have sign my game swag, it would probably be her.

Definitely! I remember Fred Wan and other members of the AEG team being some of the best people to talk to about the game, too.

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For those wishing to meet Katrina Ostrander? Buy tickets to the L5R Seminar on Friday! She has said she will be there!

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4 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

For those wishing to meet Katrina Ostrander? Buy tickets to the L5R Seminar on Friday! She has said she will be there!

Say no more! Let me just see if there's any tickets left and my schedule can accommodate...

EDIT: Yeah, it's sold out. :(

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4 minutes ago, sndwurks said:

For those wishing to meet Katrina Ostrander? Buy tickets to the L5R Seminar on Friday! She has said she will be there!

I was in the story seminar that got cancelled. I didn't know about the new panel they were doing until it was already sold out too. :(

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5 hours ago, SHARKOSAURUS said:

I was in the story seminar that got cancelled. I didn't know about the new panel they were doing until it was already sold out too. :(

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7 hours ago, sndwurks said:

Excuse me, but it says the Emperor's... children? As in, more than simply Sotorii, the Crown Prince? Very interesting.

historically, Hantei XXXVIII had two kids, but the younger never made it to being a prince. he got... diverted.... INTO JIGOKU.....

so either we just saw (obliquely) a Hantei Daigotsu (or whatever) or theres a new Hantei. Or something. EITHER WAY VERY INTERESTING