Nazo Mori

Nazo Mori was an oval forest which was not noticed in any of the maps of the Imperial Cartographers.

Origins
In the Dawn of the Empire something darkened the sky and then fell into the depths of the forest without damaging to the trees of the forest. Some Rokugani such as Otomo Tametsu believed that a race was destroyed when the corpse of the Kami Ryoshun fell upon them, but the pre-human settlement remained perfectly preserved.

Lost Village
Lost Village was one of the four settlements located near Nazo Mori, such as Sacred Forest, Iron Heart, and Laughing Plains. During one of the many festivals the villagers carried their celebration into the forest itself, lighting a bonfire and dancing and singing there. Only one villager did not dare to call the forest's wrath. He returned two days later, and the complete village was empty, with no trace of the two hundred souls who lived there. The people of the other settlements burned the entire village to the ground, and the area was avoided by everyone in the region.

The Great Beast
The Great Beast was a legendary creature that supposedly was seen during the 9th century in the first day of summer. Its appearance was indescribable, utterly inhuman and demonic, something that broke the mind of more than one person who witnessed it, before the monster returned to the forest.

Blessing of the First Month
For unknown reasons children of the region who were born on the first day of each month displayed strongly the characteristics associated with the Great Clan whose name the month bore, but also the disadvantages associated with each clan as well.