Chaos Reigns, Part II:
Previews Week, Day 1

Hello, all, and welcome to the first day of Previews Week for Chaos Reigns, Part II.

This day's focus will be on Events and Holdings. Let's kick things off with our set's Events, both of which portend troubling storyline developments in the Empire,
as Akodo Kano's allies attempt to seek out both new alliances and new conflicts of their own.

Following the events of GenCon last year and building off the fiction 'Foundations', Yoritomo Minoko seeks out the Firefly as the
first potential Minor Clan to build a new coalition. However, word of this reaches her rival, Gusai Ichido, with tragic results.

Meanwhile, conflict over the Hantei Emperor's decree regarding land rights sparks tension and mistrust between the Crab,
close allies of Akodo Kano, and the Crane, who are officially aligning themselves with Kanpeki.

Speaking of Kano's Alliance, they have established their own 'capital', just as the Hantei have reclaimed the ancient city of Otosan Uchi. This once relatively minor
village and keep, near the Shinomen Forest on the banks of Cherry Blossom Snow Lake, has quickly become a focal point for a 'Rokugan in Rebellion'.

Predictably, merchants and farmers have swarmed to this place in droves, seeking shelter, opportunity, and escape from the devastation of the ongoing war.
Maemikake Shiro is quickly developing into a city to rival many of the Empire's other great centers of civilization, though its rural heart remains intact.

Likewise, other areas in the so called 'Southern Empire' are slowly beginning to rebuild as well.

The situation with the Firefly Clan causes other Minor Clans of Rokugan to begin to consider whether or not they must remain
on the sidelines for their own safety and security, or throw their lot in with one side or another in the hopes to avoid the same fate.

Meanwhile the odious Cult of Fu Leng continues to permeate the revived Snake Clan, as their insane members conduct more and more unnatural rituals in their misguided attempts to gain the attention and favor of a being that long ago abandoned them. Their actions not only fuel the actions of the partisans known as the 'Tanuki Clan', but also threaten the Hantei's aims to present himself as a man apart from the corruption that gained him his throne.

We hope you've enjoyed this first day of Chaos Reigns, Part II Previews, and hope to see you back tomorrow for our first block of Personalities:
Akasha, Crab, Crane, Dragon, and Lion. Thanks for all your support!