Mantis-Crane War in the Colonies

The Mantis-Crane War in the Colonies was begun to confirm which clan had the commercial supremacy on the Colonies.

Preambles
In 1198 the tension raised over merchant interests in the Colonies. The Daidoji accused a Mantis kobune of widespread corruption and forgery of documents by Daidoji. A duel to death was called and Yoritomo Tsang fell under the blade of Kakita Sasa. The Mantis engaged in retaliation over this slight of honor.

The Emerald Champion Upholds the War
Incursions on Crane holdings along the rivers between the coast and the Second City began. The majority of the Mantis' seaborne forces began to mass on the southern coast of the Colonies, and began a movement inland up both rivers, towards Twin Forks City. The Crane were requested to surrender their ports or see them destroyed for their insult. The Emerald Champion Utaku Ji-Yun upholded the complaint of the Mantis and granted permission for war between these clans so long as the Mantis made no aggression towards the Crane in the proper Empire.