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 Kitsune Kumahime on Fri May 12, 2017 10:31 pm

I think imperial bodyguard would totes be grounds for a non-Lion deathseeker.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Isawa Nonin on Fri May 12, 2017 11:43 pm

The Emperor was a good guy but awfully wishy-washy. Here he is actually doing something decisive and it costs him his life. Still, he dies a hero in my book.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Akodo Runno on Fri May 12, 2017 11:53 pm

It was the most pragmatic of the options if you are a Lion, but ICly few Lions would choose the option.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsune Takeo on Sat May 13, 2017 12:24 am

Did Jirei get appointed to the body guard? If so it seems weird he'd have been at KS?
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Otaku Imane on Sat May 13, 2017 8:03 am

Kitsune Takeo wrote:Did Jirei get appointed to the body guard? If so it seems weird he'd have been at KS?


Funnily enough he's on his one year sabbatical, which is what Isawa Kenshiro set up to keep the Shiba from getting too cosy in their new role. That's why he was at KS, he'd just started his year off.

He'd also just bought off his Dark Fate...

Shiba Jirei's cast profile at Kyuden Suzume wrote:A boy called Yoshi won the Topaz Championship in 754, but it was the man called Jirei who brought the Phoenix back from the brink of extinction. Ending the War of Burned Wings might have been enough excitement for one lifetime, but his adventures did not end there. As the personal yojimbo of Isawa Arya, the Master of Fire, Jirei saw many things best left unspoken. He has come to blows with the Master of Water, Isawa Daiko, and survived. His sword is a sacred blade from the halls of Gisei Toshi. Together with the Master of Air, Isawa Kenshin, he was part of the Phoenix delegation that repaired the Clan's relations with the Lion, and along with Asako Fujiko convinced the Emerald Champion Suzume Wara that the Emperor would be best served with a squad of Shiba as his personal bodyguard.

Early in 756 Jirei married Otomo Kichiko, with whom he has lived happily in Otosan Uchi for the past year and a half. Thanks to Isawa Kenshin he was honoured with a place in the Emperor's personal guard, and has served there with distinction. This year (757) marks the time for his first one year rotation, and so Jirei finds himself headed to Sparrow lands as an official Phoenix representative to mark the occasion of Suzume Chou's wedding. Given his good relations with the Minor Clans it is also expected that he will report back on the progress of their supposed alliance.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Matsu Nintoku on Sat May 13, 2017 8:34 am

Really didn't like that the last two votes were at the 11th hour and that they've only shown through this voting...
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Moto Butaj on Sat May 13, 2017 8:44 am

Polls will be polls.

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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsune Kumahime on Sat May 13, 2017 9:28 am

Matsu Nintoku wrote:Really didn't like that the last two votes were at the 11th hour and that they've only shown through this voting...

I've been here all game.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Matsu Nintoku on Sat May 13, 2017 9:58 am

Kitsune Kumahime wrote:
Matsu Nintoku wrote:Really didn't like that the last two votes were at the 11th hour and that they've only shown through this voting...

I've been here all game.


Oh you were the last vote? Sorry! I thought you were of the other 48 votes
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Otomo Tenzo on Sat May 13, 2017 10:12 am

Goodbye Emperor. Whether highly Imperial or lowly Tortoise, things will most certainly be interesting in the Capital going forward... :|
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Shinjo Hanashi on Sat May 13, 2017 10:37 am

So Hanashi joins just in time for a fresh wave of Seppun seppuku.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Otomo Tenzo on Sat May 13, 2017 10:45 am

Yeah, I guess the "welcome to the family" party is going to be a little on the smaller side in the House of Seppun... :(
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Kitsune Kumahime on Sat May 13, 2017 12:18 pm

Matsu Nintoku wrote:
Kitsune Kumahime wrote:
Matsu Nintoku wrote:Really didn't like that the last two votes were at the 11th hour and that they've only shown through this voting...

I've been here all game.


Oh you were the last vote? Sorry! I thought you were of the other 48 votes

Yep. Broke the tie, then two hours later, MS declared the result.
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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Otaku Kitakuhime on Sat May 13, 2017 6:15 pm

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Re: Lion Poll: The Iron Chrysanthemum

Postby Matsu Yurio on Sat May 13, 2017 6:54 pm

That'll be Kitteh after he's learnt to ride.
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