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Events

 * Kaiu Onizuka wins the Topaz Championship.
 * The Mara wakes from a decades long slumber, and is plagued by her dreams. She writes letters, suggesting Naga artifacts be recovered from Naga temples.
 * Shinjo Itao and Shinjo Kinto search Naga temples for certain items, using the ronin Chuo and his nephew Karui.
 * The Balash stirs in his sleep, waking to find his blade missing.
 * Miya Shoin, Miya Daimyo and Imperial Herald, retires from all his posts.
 * Shinjo Min-Hee challenges and kills the Lion Clan Champion Akodo Shinjiro in revenge for her father's death at hands of Shinjiro's father.
 * Akodo Kano skips his heritage as Lion Clan Champion's heir, passing the mantle to her sister Akodo Dairuko.
 * The Scorpion Wall is breached by Ki no Oni.
 * Ikoma Satoru becomes the Turquoise Champion.
 * Hida Haruto becomes the Kakeguchi Daimyo.
 * Shinjo Scouts returned to the Oasis of Spirits in the place suggested by Moto Naleesh.
 * Shinjo Tselu is apointed as the first Ivory Champion.
 * The Imperial Governor of the Colonies Otomo Suikihime issues the Edict of Exploration.
 * The lands the Spider claim now will be for the Spider alone. They begin the construction of the Steel Soul Dojo.
 * Yodotai forces ambush Unicorn caravans in the Ki-Rin's Path.
 * A Ruhmalist temple is found by the Spider Clan. The Blood of the Preserver is seized there.
 * Tension increases between the Crane and Mantis Clans regarding commerce interests in the Colonies.
 * The Emerald Champion Utaku Ji-Yun sanctions the Mantis-Crane War in the Colonies.
 * The Ninth Imperial Legion is sent to the Colonies.
 * The Crab Clan begin to attack the Spider Clan in the Colonies.
 * The Lion begin to attack the Spider Clan in the Colonies.
 * The Mantis get their fleet past of Twin Forks City, breaking the Crane blockade.
 * The left wing of Kyuden Kankei is burned to the ground.

Month of the Dragon

 * Togashi Maro, formerly known as Mirumoto Mareshi, disappears.
 * The Naga Embassy is destroyed by an explosion.
 * The Shinomen Forest is attacked and the Shinomen Tower is burned to the ground.

Month of the Serpent

 * Dark Naga infiltrates the Second City killing the Imperial Governor of the Colonies Ikoma Katsuru.
 * Akasha disappears.

Month of the Horse

 * Doji Hakuseki is appointed to investigate the incidents related to the Naga race.
 * Hida Fubatsu disappears and all his students are found dead.

Month of the Goat

 * Otomo Suikihime becomes the Imperial Governor of the Colonies.

Month of the Monkey

 * The temple of the Dark Naga is found by Iweko's Conquerors.
 * A Scorpion patrol is attacked by Naga in a temple in the Shinomen Mori while seeking information about the vanished.

Month of the Rooster

 * Mirumoto Shikei learns the location of the Dark Naga's lair in the Shinomen Mori.
 * An Imperial Legion under the command of Akodo Kano and Tamori Yayu is sent to the Shinomen to find the Dark Naga.

Month of the Dog

 * The Phoenix deploy a fleet to find a Black Pearl in the sea.
 * Mirumoto Shikei breaks an arm of Shinjo Min-Hee in a kenjutsu practice during the Festival of the Hundred Hands.

Month of the Tiger

 * The Spider Clan host Imperial winter court at Shiro Ide.

Battles

 * Mantis-Crane War in the Colonies
 * War of Serpents

Deaths

 * Akita
 * Akodo Shinjiro
 * Bayushi Himaru
 * Bayushi Ryoku
 * Daigotsu Hotako
 * Daigotsu Nizaru
 * Drunken Tiger
 * Hida Akano
 * Horiuchi Nobane
 * Ide Shimoro
 * Ikoma Katsuru
 * Isawa Sakonoko
 * Kakita Hiro
 * Karui
 * Mara
 * Moshi Hiroko
 * Moto Jun-Ni
 * Moto Ogama
 * Otomo Teruken
 * Seppun Tomko
 * Shiba Fukada
 * Shinjo Etsuma
 * Tsuruchi Etsui
 * Yoritomo Sakuma
 * Yoritomo Tsang
 * Yoritomo Zinan