The Kagami Chronicles
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Born an Asahina Crane and trained as a Phoenix shugenja from a young age as a result of her rare gift of Void, Kagami’s place in Rokugani society is challenging to define. She is a potential asset to both her family and her school - but one that comes with the significant flaw of split loyalties.
Kagami is well aware of her problematic status. Not quite Crane, not quite Phoenix, she doesn’t fit anywhere. Add in the damage done to her by her exposure to the Void as a child, and - with one or two exceptions - she is more comfortable spending her time with the kami than with samurai from either clan.
Then she is summoned to Chisana Basho Shu, a formerly Phoenix province with an uncertain future, as the Great Clans of Rokugan manoeuvre for position to see who can gain the Emperor’s favour and be granted control of the province. The seemingly peaceful land holds many secrets, and Kagami, with her cousin Jiromasu at her side, has been sent into the middle of it all. Tasked with supporting her Clan’s presence in the region, Kagami must navigate the dangerous waters of Rokugani politics, Shadowlands threats, and the tensions created by competing matters of honour and obligation.
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- Part 1 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Honour and Obligation: The Gathering Storm by Stress_Kitten
Fandoms: Legend of the Five Rings
10 Nov 2022
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Kagami and her cousin Jiromasu, along with their companions, have been made yoriki and are operating with the authority of Chisana Basho’s magistrate behind them. Now required to balance her obligations to clan, to school, and to the stability of the province, Kagami finds herself relying more and more on her cousin’s political acumen. It is a season of change and growth for the shugenja as she navigates her developing friendship with her companions, her increasing mastery and control of the Void, and her exposure to events and situations she has never even imagined.
The five friends are sent throughout the province, seeking to bring order to an increasingly volatile situation as they contend with missing children, ancient artefacts, political intrigue, and the growing threat of war. With so much in the balance, they find themselves moving from crisis to crisis as the many secrets of Chisana Basho begin to reveal themselves and they start to detect links between these events, becoming aware of a vast conspiracy at play. It will take hard work, loyalty, and courage for the five of them to help Chisana Basho face the winds of change and the power of the gathering storm.
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- Part 2 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Kagami has come a long way since leaving her father’s estate with Jiromasu at her side. With more confidence in herself, more control over her magics and more understanding of how life operates outside the sheltered confines of an Isawa library, she feels comfortable in her own skin for the first time since being trapped in the Void as a child. Even the growing realization that she will likely soon have no choice but to take her skills onto the battlefield against the forces of the Lion cannot shake that internal quietude.
As the storm clouds of war darken the horizon, the connections between the many strange events they have encountered become ever clearer as Kagami, Jiromasu, and their friends travel the province, supporting Doji Uki as she works to solidify her hold on the volatile political situation and retain control of Chisana Basho. The various threats to the province continue to gather strength as the five yoriki race to find the answers they need. As the full scope of the true danger facing them becomes apparent, they must convince the various factions in the province to lay aside their many differences, because what is needed to save them all is the resurrection and the expansion of an ancient alliance.
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- Part 3 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Honour and Obligation: Blood and Nightmares by Stress_Kitten
Fandoms: Legend of the Five Rings
02 Feb 2023
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The echoes of the One-Day War are dying away and Chisana Basho Shu is beginning to settle into a new normal. The Yoriki Five have been traveling the northern province and getting a sense of the people and lands that are now their responsibility. When Goro comes across some disquieting rumours, he asks Kagami to look into the history of Chisana Basho in order to assess the dangers the whispered rumours pose to the land.
While Kagami is researching the founding of the province in the Phoenix libraries, her cousin learns of a crisis in his family. Leaving Kagami in the care of a fellow Kakita, he heads immediately for home. Concerned and unsettled, Kagami finds herself in the position of having to adjust to a new yojimbo while chasing down a threat to the stability of the north.
Nami is a skilled bushi who has grown to love her adopted province. An excellent swordswoman, she enjoys her sparring sessions with her old school-fellow, and when Jiromasu comes to her to ask a favour, she immediately accepts. In the new peace over the province, how hard could safe-guarding his cousin be? That thought is quickly revisited as traveling with the little shugenja proves to be a descent into blood and nightmares.
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- Part 4 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Doji Uki's Winter Court is fast approaching and Kagami and her friends are expected to return to Kiri no Machi to participate in the festivities and the politics. Kagami is almost looking forward to it, as this will be the first time she has attended a Winter Court with friends and allies other than Jiromasu at hand. But when Doji Uki summons her cousin back to the capital a few weeks early, Kagami is not quite ready to go. Something in the Testament of Shinobu is causing her concern and Kagami remains behind in Hashi no Mura, once more in Nami's care, to wait for Goro's return in order to determine the severity of the problem.
The ancient concerns of the Testament are not the only dangers Kagami and her friends will have to face, however. Between the bright social dangers at the center of the court, bandits on the road, and the ever-present threat of Shadowlands creatures around the province's edges, the five samurai find themselves relying heavily on each other to navigate multiple instances of darkness and obsession.
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- Part 5 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Honour and Obligation: Interlude by Stress_Kitten
Fandoms: Legend of the Five Rings, L5R
24 Aug 2023
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Nami and Botan have had a very pleasant day. They are ending it with extremely enjoyable sex.
Of course, they need to be quiet. Paper walls make discretion a little harder than it might otherwise be.
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- Part 6 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Winter Court is over and the snows are melting around Chisana Basho. Doji Uki is planning her trip to the temples around Jiin no Mizume, but during the preparation to leave, a report comes to the capital about a group of armed men massing to the north of the lake. Not wanting to have Doji Uki's pilgrimage interrupted, Shiba Isiri sends Kagami and her friends north to discover these warriors' purpose.
The pursuit of these unknown men begins to unravel a vast spider-web of plots and schemes as Jiromasu and Kagami finally find some answers regarding the shadowy figure who has been pursuing Kagami these past few months. There are many deadly dangers to be faced as they finally make progress on tracking down the elusive Masaji and begin to unravel the mystery of the Lady's Tears.
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- Part 7 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Kagami is a valuable and useful prize to those with more avarice or ambition than honour, and when she once more finds herself the target of those with an agenda that conflicts with her daily duties and roles, she finds herself in the most challenging situation possible. At a decided disadvantage and cut off from any aid, she cannot rely on any of her innate advantages. With Nami badly injured and only her wits to support her, she is grimly determined not to bring dishonour to herself or her clan and to survive for long enough for aid to find her.
Jiromasu, Goro, and Tetsunotaka are faced with Kagami and Nami having disappeared without a trace and what clues they can find seem to contradict each other. With both friendship and honour bound up in keeping her safe, the three of them have to find her and then contend with the consequences of what finding her brings to light. In the still delicate balance of power found in Chisana Basho, it is those repercussions that could have the most disastrous results.
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- Part 8 of The Kagami Chronicles
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As Kagami and her Kakita yojimbo head back to Kiri no Machi and Doji Uki's Winter Court, Goro and Tetsunotaka continue to hunt down the men who had successfully managed to abduct her.
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- Part 9 of The Kagami Chronicles
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Jiromasu joins his mentor Kakita Saito in a visit to the Kakita school where Jiromasu was trained. While there, he is introduced to Akodo Chomei, a Crane foster child - a hostage - who has been sent to the Kakita school for martial training. An urgent request from his family leads to Jiromasu vounteering to escort the boy to his family in the Lion province above Chisana Basho. It is a fraught trip through not-quite-enemy territory and Jiromasu finds himself glorying in the challenge.
Chomei has been a not-quite-willing participant in his father's ransom, an "honoured guest" to ensure a peace-bond is adhered to. When a remarkably sympathetic Kakita offers to take him home to visit his family, he isn't sure how to react. When he gets home, he realizes that while life with the Crane has been a challenge, the situation at home is equally as unsettled and it is something of a shock to find out that one of his staunchest allies when faced with this uncertainty turns out to be a Crane.
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- Part 10 of The Kagami Chronicles
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As the long, hot summer comes to a close, Kuni Goro is enjoying a peaceful few weeks between their return from the summer patrols and the inspections required by the harvest. Then a heimin arrives at the doors to Yoriki House bearing a letter and a burden that helps turn his world on its head and Goro is abruptly reminded that sometimes actions have unexpected consequences.
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- Part 11 of The Kagami Chronicles
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When his mentor's letter arrived, Chomei had not expected it to contain the information that he and his friend Suzume Ariko would be heading north to visit Jiromasu-sama at Yoriki House during Summer's Rest. That was, however, what the letter had told him. Thrilled and excited, the two young samurai headed north with the Kakita escort Chomei's foster-family had sent.
Things are exciting in the north as well, as visitors flood to Hashi no Mura for the peace talks between Kiri no Machi and their northern neighbour. Doji Uki is determined to extend the treaties between the two provinces, but with the long history of animosity between the Crane and the Lion, it might prove more than even her diplomatic mastery could facilitate. With Jiromasu and the rest of his friends helping to keep things running smoothly, however, surely there will not be any difficulties in navigating either the tournament or the peace treaty.
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- Part 12 of The Kagami Chronicles