| Battle of Stolen Graves (TCG) |
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| Location: Kyūden Ikoma |
| Date: 510 |
| Major Forces: Bloodspeakers Imperial Legions |
| Generals: Iuchiban Unknown |
| Battles of Rokugan (TCG) |
The Battle of Stolen Graves was the defeat of the first rise of Iuchiban, an evil sorcerer who rose to power wielding potent, dangerous, and illicit magics. [1]
Preambles[]
In the year 510, the Lion, Crane, and Crab Clan Champions all perished under mysterious circumstances. [2] A disguised Iuchiban taught Bloodspeaker rites to Asahina Yajinden, and the Crane artisan unknowingly used these foul rites to forge the infamous Bloodswords, [3] who had presented to the champions of the Crab, Crane, Lion, and Scorpion Clans. Soon after all three had taken their lives with these blades. Only the Scorpion Clan Champion escaped such a fate, soon revealing the smith's corruption, and the presence of the Bloodspeaker Cult. [4]
Battle[]
A Scorpion Clan magistrate, Soshi Takasho, undertook an investigation that eventually led him to the Imperial Capital. There, accompanied by Imperial Guard Akodo Minobe, he uncovered Iuchiban's plot, a foul ritual to animate the dead who had been laid to rest in the city's tombs and catacombs, but they were discovered by the Bloodspeakers. While Minobe fought a desperate rearguard action against the undead monstrosities pursuing them, Takasho was able to raise the alarm. [2] Iuchiban raised an army of the undead to march on Otosan Uchi, using the corpses of buried Rokugani. Thanks to the warning provided by the Scorpion Clan Champion, the Imperial Legions and the armies of the clans defeated the undead forces. [4] It was Akodo Minobe who eventually realized that decapitation and total bodily destruction were the two most effective means of neutralizing the undead, which was instrumental in the Rokugani victory. The Imperial forces went on the offensive, fighting street by street and building to building until they had destroyed all the undead horrors. [5]
Aftermath[]
After the battle, the Emperor declared that from then on, all bodies must be cremated rather than buried or entombed. This would prevent them from ever being subjected to animation by foul sorceries. Virtually all references to the battle, Iuchiban, and the Bloodspeakers were omitted from the Imperial histories; the whole incident was described only as a “brief period of unrest in Otosan Uchi, which was quickly resolved.” Legend had it that Iuchiban's body was sealed in a warded tomb, its location unknown even to its architects. [5]
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