Lion-Phoenix War (TCG)

In the Lion-Phoenix War the Lion attacked the lands of the Phoenix Clan.

Background
The Lion had exhausted their own food resources, so they decided to expand in the Phoenix and Crane lands. For months, the Crane maneuvered in the Imperial Court, until they had the upper hand, forcing the Lion to sign a non-aggression treaty. The Lion promptly invaded the Valley of the Two Generals, and marched upon the Phoenix lands.

Invasion of the Phoenix lands
The Crane were trapped by their own treaty, which forbade to send support to their Phoenix allies. The Lion easily reached Shiro Shiba. The Lion slaughtered much of the tiny remnant of the Ki-Rin Clan, who had stayed behind while the rest of their clan traveled, eventually settling near Shiro Shiba under Phoenix protection.

Truce
The war ended when the Crane Clan intervened cutting the Lion supply lines and proclaiming a trade embargo against Lion forces. Cutting off Lion supply lines in other lands, the Crane forced the Lion to attempt to cross their lands. The Crane promptly cited a violation of their agreement and threatened full war. Faced with a two-fronted assault, the Lion called a truce, and peace was restored.

Aftermath
The Lion were granted the Ki-Rin lands, and the remnant Ki-Rin samurai became the Fox Clan and were given independent status and new lands in another part of the Empire.

The Mad Shugenja
Soon thereafter, a Phoenix shugenja, Isawa Tomokazu, sought vengeance against the Lion for their aggression. The |Crane Champion, Doji Ritsuko, rode to stop him, but she refused to duel. She endured his elemental assault, yet refused to fall, and after days of her passive resistance, the kami refused Tomokazu's requests to smite her. With this, the Phoenix forces lost the will to fight and surrendered, in the battle known as the Victory with No Strike, achieving one's goals on the battlefield by breaking the enemy's will.