Order of the Eighteen Stars

The Order of the Eighteen Stars was a sect of the Brotherhood of Shinsei. They had run afoul of the Crane Clan Champion and a group of disgruntled sohei infiltrated Nikesake and took it by stealth. The city was surrounded by Phoenix and Crane forces, but bloodshed was avoid throught the intervention of the Master of Void Isawa Eisai. He walked into the city and the next morning Eisai led the disarmed sohei out of the city, restoring it to Phoenix rule.