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Events

 * Asahina Juneko discovers the Anvil of Despair in the Twilight Mountains. She brings it back to Asahina Sekawa, who gives it to Asahina Keitaro for safekeeping.
 * Daigotsu learns that Katsu has been helping Tainted samurai seeking redemption escape to a compound in Crane lands.

Month of the Hare

 * The armies of the Shogun arrive at Toshi Ranbo wo Shien Shite Reigisaho to protect the Emperor from the Bloodspeakers.
 * Isawa Sezaru and Iuchi Katamari defeat Jama Suru and Mohai, then leave Rokugan to seek insight into Iuchiban's power.

Month of the Dragon

 * Agasha Hamanari awakens, but is executed on false charges of Bloodspeaker sympathies.
 * Iuchiban erects the Iron Citadel in the ruins of Otosan Uchi.
 * The Gozoku reveal themselves to Toturi III as the source of his waning political influence.

Month of the Serpent

 * The Legion of the Dead battles the Legion of Blood in the Realm of Thwarted Destiny.
 * Hida Kisada returns through Oblivion's Gate.
 * The False Hoturi recovers Daigotsu's soul from Meido, fully restoring his power.

Month of the Horse

 * The War of the Rich Frog ends.
 * Ikoma Otemi becomes Lion Clan Champion.
 * Matsu Kenji becomes Matsu family daimyo after the retirement of Matsu Ketsui.
 * Ryoko Owari returned to Scorpion control.

Month of the Goat

 * Bayushi Sunetra disappears, leaving Bayushi Paneki as the new Scorpion Clan Champion.
 * Emperor Toturi III marries Akodo Kurako in a secret ceremony.
 * Toku is named Fortune of Virtue by Toturi III.

Month of the Monkey

 * Kaiu Sugimoto is named Keeper of Earth.

Month of the Rooster

 * Yoritomo Sen is ambushed by three Phoenix ships while searching for Yoritomo Kitao's Dark Wave Fleet.
 * The War of Fire and Thunder erupts following accusations that the Mantis used a Black Scroll to attack a Phoenix village.

Month of the Dog

 * Iuchiban is slain by Isawa Sezaru.
 * The Blood Hunt begins as Iuchiban's remaining followers are hunted down across the Empire.
 * The Ninth Imperial Legion led by Yoritomo Egumi fights bloodpeakers at the Temple of Osano-Wo
 * The Ninth Legion travels to Kudo and fight bloodspeakers with the assistance of the Grasping Paw Tribe led by Chi'kel

Month of the Boar

 * Kakita Tsuken is named Keeper of Fire.
 * Doji Jun'ai is named Keeper of Water.
 * A man claiming to be Daidoji Uji enters Rokugan via a spirit passage claiming to come from a nightmarish place where Fu Leng was never defeated.
 * Shiba Aikune returns the Soul of Shiba from the Celestial Heavens.
 * Rosoku murdered by a suicide attack by the Bloodspeaker Shukumei inside the Imperial Palace.
 * The Gozoku is overthrown by the Shogun. Many members of the conspiracy given leniency if they ally themselves with Kaneka.

Deaths

 * Agasha Hamanari in the Month of the Dragon
 * Akodo Fumio
 * Asahina Nahomi
 * Agasha Oshu in the Month of the Boar
 * Bayushi Atsuki in the Month of the Boar
 * Bayushi Kamnan in the Month of the Goat
 * Doji Jurian in the Month of the Boar
 * Hiruma Nataka
 * Ikoma Hasaku in the Month of the Horse
 * Iuchiban in the Month of the Dog
 * Jama Suru in the Month of the Hare
 * Kaiu Kazu
 * Kakita Akija
 * Kitsu Juri in the Month of the Horse
 * Magobei
 * Mohai in the Month of the Hare
 * Moto Sanpao
 * Moto Taidjut
 * Rosoku in the Month of the Boar
 * Shiba Yobei
 * Shoan
 * Shukumei in the Month of the Boar
 * Tamago in the Month of the Horse
 * Tamori Miraken
 * Tokken
 * Tsukihime
 * Yasuki Namika
 * Yoritomo Sen in the Month of the Rooster
 * Yoritomo Yorikane in the Month of the Boar