Flintlock weapons

Flintlock weapons were gaijin firearms, devices which used gunpowder to launch a metal projectile at high speed.

Merenae and Thrane
The Merenae and Thrane Kingdoms had the technology to produce firearms. Rokugan first saw the handguns during the Battle of White Stag when a gaijin fleet led by Garen Hawthorne used them against the Emerald Empire forces. Since then, the use of guns and cannons had been strictly forbidden in Rokugan.

Types

 * Muskets: Though not as swift or accurate as a bow, muskets were extraordinarily powerful and rendered any armor they encountered essentially useless. The Merenae Espada Cornejo was his inventor. They need the two arms to be fired.
 * Pistols: They were handguns, one arm alone could wield it.