Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

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What will the Lion do about the Hantei and the returned spirits?

Poll ended at Fri May 12, 2017 9:18 pm

The spirits are unnatural and should be returned to Toshigoku! With the assistance of the Kitsu, the Lion put the spirit armies to the sword. The act of cutting down their ancestors takes a terrible psychological toll upon the Lion, however, and when they turn to the Kitsu daimyo for guidance, she fails them and claims that the Lion Clan is doomed. Seppuku and depression ripple outwards through the Clan to devastating effect.
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The Lion allow the spirits of their ancestors to move freely among the Clan, that they might speak with their ancestors. Even those spirits who are not Lion are allowed to return to their homelands with travel papers issued by the Lion. Unbeknownst to the Lion, however, this is all part of the Steel Chrysanthemum's plan, and the returned spirits begin to agitate their descendants into increased tensions with the throne. The Clans begin to separate into "traditionalist" and "modernist" factions as the debate grows in the courts, dividing the Empire in half just when it needs to be strongest.
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The Lion Champion personally meets with Hantei XVI to discuss the issue of the spirits. The strength and surety of the Hantei catch the young Lion Champion off guard, however, and it casts the weakness of the current Emperor into stark contrast. When the Hantei promises the lands of the Crane to the Lion Champion for her support, she bends her knee and pledges fealty to the former Hantei.
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The Lion delay their decision until the Emperor can arrive to speak with his ancestor. When he does, however, the Steel Chrysanthemum takes his descendant hostage and threatens to murder the Emperor unless he abdicates his throne. The Emperor refuses and is killed as the spirits rampage through Morikage Toshi, throwing the Lion Clan into chaos and leaving the Empress, Hantei Tokiyo, in control of Rokugan.
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The Kitsu daimyo visits the spirit camp to atone for the sin of opening the Toshigoku portal that dragged the spirits back into Ningen-do. While in the camp, she is attacked by the spirits, who brutalize and murder her before seizing control of the Mirror of Sorrow. The spirits present the mirror to Hantei XVI, giving him access to the whole of Toshigoku. The mirror shatters as he uses it to open a colossal tear in dimensions, giving him an army of slaughter spirits bolstered by the ancient Kitsu... who have been warped and twisted into the fearsome Tsuno. The armies of the Iron Chrysanthemum then march on the throne, plunging the Empire into war.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Akodo Runno on Thu May 11, 2017 8:45 pm

Mr. Amos Burton best sums up my feelings on all this.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Ichiro Daisuke on Fri May 12, 2017 6:04 am

Unless there is a mysterious 50th voter the lion clan are now the bad guys...

>.>

Time to prepare for slaughter.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Fairuz Kaiya on Fri May 12, 2017 6:06 am

Kaiho's reaction to an insane general was to marry her. He can't also marry an insane spirit emperor, but I think this comes close enough.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Ichiro Daisuke on Fri May 12, 2017 6:10 am

It's not going to be a good year to be crane, or the Emperor.

I think we are all going to need to buy boots from the Unicorn.

Also wonder what the scorpion response to lion insanity will be.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Moto Butaj on Fri May 12, 2017 6:23 am

Scorpion are Lion allies right now, right? Maybe time to end that and start ScorPony? Miai marriages go that direction...
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Matsu Nintoku on Fri May 12, 2017 6:25 am

Nintoku is going ronin and going to start harrying the Lion. He will never serve a man like Hantei XVI.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Ichiro Daisuke on Fri May 12, 2017 6:28 am

Most of the Unicorn married into the Scorpion were married out because they weren't proper Unicorn, so it might be a bit of a stretch. Anything is possible though. One wonders how much help the Unicorn would be though. A large part of their forces are going to rescue Shinjo. Their dead are going to the shadow lands, and they still have to actually build a home. They seem pretty stretched thin.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Shimizu Ryori on Fri May 12, 2017 7:47 am

So in a tie the Emperor dies, Akodo join the Spirits, the Shimizu get nearly destroyed for refusing to bow and the other families are in dissaray while the empress rallies people in the capital?
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsune Takeo on Fri May 12, 2017 9:33 am

Matsu Nintoku wrote:Nintoku is going ronin and going to start harrying the Lion. He will never serve a man like Hantei XVI.


*scrunched forehead *

I can't decide if that makes you a good Lion or a bad Lion....
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Shinjo Akil on Fri May 12, 2017 10:06 am

Matsu Nintoku wrote:Nintoku is going ronin and going to start harrying the Lion. He will never serve a man like Hantei XVI.


Maybe with luck we can get the Matsu to jointly give Misaki the finger xD
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Akodo Runno on Fri May 12, 2017 11:04 am

So it goes. :lol:
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsu Takashi on Fri May 12, 2017 11:20 am

Matsu Nintoku wrote:Nintoku is going ronin and going to start harrying the Lion. He will never serve a man like Hantei XVI.


I hope the tie gets broken and there's no Lion kneeling. Because Takashi might be with you on this. His version of Kitsu theology (YMMV) doesn't really align with serving an evil spirit...
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Akodo Runno on Fri May 12, 2017 11:44 am

Hmm looks like the numbers of Lion PCs is about to drop.

On the upside you can always look forward to a Lion redemption story one hopes.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsu Takashi on Fri May 12, 2017 12:03 pm

Guess I can have Takashi lay low while playing some other character, hoping to bring him back in the future work a good story of secret resistance work.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Matsu Nintoku on Fri May 12, 2017 1:04 pm

My character will be a Lion to the end but he is not about to stand idly as his Clan is doomed in the hands of a spirit from Toshigoku
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