Steel Throne

The Steel Throne is the current Imperial Throne, and the third one to bear the title. It was created at the end of the War of Spirits. The Throne incorporates pieces of the previous two thrones, the Emerald Throne and the Jade Throne, into the armrests.

In 1158, during the Winter Court attended by the Four Winds in Kyuden Miya, an Oni no Pekkle was uncovered and destroyed. The cloud of Taint that accompanied the creature's death Tainted the Steel Throne. A short time after the Winter Court, the Throne disappeared into the Shadowlands, where it was kept by Daigotsu until his invasion of Otosan Uchi in 1159. There, Daigotsu used the Steel Throne in the ritual to free Fu Leng. When Toturi Tsudao forced Daigotsu's retreat, she gave the Throne to Bayushi Tai, who promised her he had a way to purify it.

Tai took the Throne back to the secret Shadowed Tower organization, where it was purified by their shugenja. The Tower then placed powerful scrying enchantments that allowed them to spy on the Throne (and therefore, the Emperor) from afar. The Tower's scrying enchantments stayed on the Throne until Isawa Sezaru destroyed the existing enchantments upon it and used his own magic to place powerful wards upon the Throne after the Rain of Blood.

The purified Throne serves the same function that both it and its predecessors have served for over a thousand years: as the centerpiece and hub of the Imperial Court and the Empire.