The Way of the Shadowlands

The Way of the Shadowlands is the third source book of the Shadowlands in the Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game.

Credits

 * Written by: Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman
 * Game System by: David Williams and John Wick
 * Layout by: Brendon Goodyear and Steve Hough
 * Editing by: D.J. Trindle
 * Cover Artwork by: Carl Frank
 * Interior Artwork by: Cris Dornaus, Mark Evans, Carl Frank, Garry McKee, and Dan Moenster
 * Art Directions by: jim pinto

Introduction (page 6)

 * "Coming Home" Fiction with Ichiro Koturi, Ichiro Hideo, Hideo no Oni, and Agasha Momuko.

Dire Warnings

 * Final letter of Agasha Yasuo
 * Address given by Kuni Utagu
 * Letters from Suzume Seiko, Sparrow Clan Storyteller
 * From the hand of Moto Kichisaburo, Nikutai of the White Guard
 * From the traveling scrolls of Miya Yumi, former herald to Otosan Uchi
 * Report given by Yoshi, Tortoise Clan sailor
 * Writings of Bunzo, Brother of the Shinmaki Sect

A Thousand Years of Peace (page 19)

 * Cold War

The Shadowlands Beyond the Wall (page 20)
Clan opinions on the Taint
 * The Crab Clan
 * The Crane Clan
 * The Dragon Clan
 * The Lion Clan
 * The Phoenix Clan
 * The Scorpion Clan
 * The Unicorn Clan
 * The Imperial Families
 * The Minor Clans
 * The Brotherhood of Shinsei
 * Ronin

The Lost (page 23)

 * Marked for Corruption, those the Taint seeks
 * The Young
 * The Curious
 * The Powerful
 * The Downtrodden
 * The Bold
 * The Ambitious
 * Shugenja
 * Marked for Death, those the Taint destroys
 * The Foolish
 * The Beautiful
 * The Pure
 * The Well-Informed
 * The Moto Black Guard
 * The Shadowlands throughout History
 * Akodo Godaigo
 * Kuni Nakanu
 * Dreams and Follies
 * Kyoso no Oni
 * The Maw
 * Hida Isoshi
 * Battle of White Stag

The War Againist Fu Leng (page 29)

 * The Five Nights of Shame
 * The Anvil of Despair
 * The Battles of Iuchiban
 * The Battle of the Cresting Wave
 * The Battle of Twilight's Honor
 * The Badge of the Kuni Witch Hunters
 * Dragon Heart Plain
 * Takaai Grove
 * The Darkfever
 * Organization of the Shadowlands Horde
 * The Dark Oracles
 * Oni Lords
 * Creatures of the Shadowlands
 * Fu Leng's name

Jigoku and Non-Humans (page 33)

 * Chikushudo
 * Gaki-do
 * Meido
 * Sakkaku
 * Tengoku
 * Toshigoku
 * Yomi
 * Yume-do

Other Corruption in the Mortal Realm (page 34)

 * Wildlife
 * The Naga
 * Nezumi
 * The Five Races

Against the Darkness (page 36)

 * Phoenix Inquisitors and Witch Hunters
 * Emerald Magistrates
 * The Damned
 * Phantom Hunters
 * Nameless Ones
 * The Unbroken
 * White Guard

Ogres (page 41)

 * The Tale of the Bright Star
 * Muhomono

False Paths (page 43)

 * The Anshin sect
 * Bunrakuken
 * Cult of Onnotangu

Shades of Evil (page 45)

 * Bog Hags
 * Dark Moto
 * Goblins
 * Lesser Oni
 * Maho-tsukai
 * Pennaggolan
 * Shuten Doji

New Schools

 * The Damned Berserker school
 * The Nameless Ones
 * The Temple of Onnotangu
 * The Moto Black Guard
 * The Unbroken

A Touch of Darkness

 * Shadowlands Powers
 * Minor
 * Major
 * Greater
 * The Shadowlands School

Other Uses for the Taint

 * Taint Symptoms
 * Minor
 * Major
 * Elemental

Falling Down

 * Heitage Tables

Who's Who (page 77)

 * Kuni Utagu
 * Ichiro Hideo
 * Ichiro Koturi
 * Agasha Momuko
 * Togashi Kokujin
 * Tsukuro
 * Muhomono
 * Chuda Tenkazu
 * Dark Daughter of Fu Leng
 * Kyojin
 * Moto Sada
 * Shikageko
 * Yogo Junzo
 * Hida Amoro

Yokai

 * Chuda Bikomi
 * Gubukaru
 * Kotego
 * Kitsu Ujiyasu
 * Moto Yoshisuke

Sample Characters (page 97)

 * Student of Darkness
 * Damned Crane
 * Moto Black Guard
 * Unbroken Wanderer
 * Nameless One
 * Mad Kuni Witch Hunter

Dealing With Corruption

 * Tainted Psychology
 * The Mind of Corruption
 * Curing the Taint
 * Tea of Purification
 * Enlightenment
 * Nemuranai
 * Naga
 * Nezumi
 * maho
 * Shadow
 * Kami

Surviving the Shadowlands

 * Letter to Doji Motoshi from Hiruma Nunori
 * Jade
 * hearthstone

Oni and the Dark Oracles

 * Summoning Oni
 * Names
 * Growth
 * Host
 * Oni Lords
 * Elemental Terrors
 * Akeru no Oni - void
 * Jimen no Oni - earth
 * Kaze no Oni - air
 * Mizu no Oni - water
 * Taki-bi no Oni - fire
 * Other Oni
 * Pekkle no Oni
 * Hideo no Oni
 * Ogon no Oni
 * The Dark Oracles
 * Free Ogres
 * Oge Bushi School

The Shadowlands Across Rokugan

 * The Ruined Keep of Fu Leng
 * Forest of the Dreamers
 * Shiyokai
 * Kyuden Bayushi and Traitor's Grove
 * Seas of Shadow
 * Skull Tide Gaki
 * The Shadowlands Marshes of Shinomen
 * Nukarumi
 * Lost Temple of Onnotangu
 * Monks of Onnotangu
 * Servents of Darkness
 * Mishinako

New Magic

 * Dark Nemuranai
 * Dark Oracle's Covenant
 * Anvil of Despair
 * Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng
 * Deafening War Drums of Fu Leng
 * New Spell
 * New Maho Spells
 * Dark Kiho