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Victory with No Strike
Location:
Crane lands
Date: Unknown
Major Forces:
Phoenix Clan
Crane Clan
Generals:
Isawa Tomokazu
Doji Ritsuko
Battles of Rokugan (TCG)


The Victory With No Strike was a battle in which Asahina was defeated by a samurai maiden who eventually became his wife. [1]

Preamble[]

The Lion promptly invaded the Valley of the Two Generals, and marched upon the Phoenix lands, beginning the Lion-Phoenix War, and easily reached Shiro Shiba. The war ended when the Crane Clan intervened and eventually forced the Lion to call a truce, and peace was restored. [2]

Battle[]

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. [3]

Aftermath[]

The Phoenix shugneja married the Crane maiden, and he eventually founded the Asahina family. [3]

References

  1. Tempests and Tides, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda
  2. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 55-56
  3. 3.0 3.1 Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56


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