Kimiko met them at the Temple of Jurojin. She is the last void practitionier assocaited with the school of Isawa (Dave's character gained void magic from the trial of void). She wants help sneaking into the castle to obtain hidden scrolls that can continue void practice.
Ricky fired arrows to take out the patrolmen and lower the drawbridge. James led a riot of pesants and Ronin to draw out most of the Tiger Forces, while Bayushi, Shinobi, Kimiko, and Chikafusa went inside. They got to the library and found it destroyed, all the scrolls gone. A tiger captain met them and announced that this is the end of void magic- all scrolls were destroyed. He commanded some troops to destroy the party. Then Oroko Yoshi, who Bayushi had met before, came in, he said the tiger clan is following a false emperor, and dueled the captain. He won, killed the captain, and took command of the troops, removing the tiger from the city.
Chikafusa channeled James' grandfather, who was also the grandfather of Kimiko, Bayushi and Shinobi, and they summoned all the fallen spirits of the previous Isawa, back to the tribe of Isawa- before the fall of the kami. Together they cast Rise from the Ashes, and the thousands of casters allowed them to rewind time 2 months and recover the lost archives. The spirits adpoted Kimiko as Isawa Kimiko, and leader of the Isawa Family.
The phoenix celebrated the victory, playing the Song of Hope. The shrine of Jurojin opened up its magicite for the PCs renewing a tradition that had lasted thousands of years, honoring longevity.
Dave and Kimiko perforemed a void ritual with the party that shattered all seven magicite, sending the fortunes back up to heaven. The fortunes blessed the party, giving them all the blessings of fortunes advantages.
They met up with Otomo Toju and Hana, who had gained the alliance of the Unicorn and Dragon, and Kimiko brought the Phoenix. They marched on the imperial city, where the imperial families and the Scorpion stood against them with the Tiger.
The tiger daimyo, Oroko Saki, brought forth the false emperor, who commanded the Dragon and Unicorn to stand down. They were about to, but then his vessel was destroyed (presumably the Brass Monkey killed the Emperor's cousin who was the focus for the illusion) and he took his true form as a tiger demon. He went back to the castle and the army charged.
The party went into the castle, guided by Otomo Hana in back ways through the city to avoid fighting. The Sahir who channeled the Raksasha was able to cast spells into orbs that blasted powerful black energy at the party. Meiko jumped in the way of James, and would have died, but Kimiko used the void magic to sustain her.
The Raksasha used negative energy and fear to disable the party, but James could act because of the act of love his sister did by jumping in front of him. He used his flute to play the Song of Hope and counter the negative emotions.
Shinobi snuck around the outside of the room to sneak up behind the Sahir, while Ricky fired down the magic orbs to prevent them from blasting dark magic at the party. The Raksasha continued to inflcit powerful magic, so Kimiko linked Bayushi's mind to it- creating a psychic duel on the Raksasha's home plane, preventing it from interfering with the battle.
They held off the Sahir long enough for Shinobi to backstab it with the brass claw. The raksasha was banished from the Realm of Mortals, and the Sahir destroyed. The Scorpion and Imperials, freed of its control, stopped fighting.
Eventually the Emperor came to reclaim his throne. He made Paul the Brass Champion and put him in charge of the Brass Magistrates. Ricky was an Imperial Bounty Hunter, set to hunt down gaijin magic users in the empire. Jamie as Imperial Spy, set to assassinate dangerous actors outside of Rokugan, and Mark as Imperial Gaijin Diplomat, to journey to foreign lands and keep information tabs on the goings on outside of the Kingdom.
The Destroyers decimated the Crab. With the death of Fu Leng and the Shadowlands allies, they were able to use gaijin powder to blow a hole in the carpenter wall and get into Rokugan. The Golem legion and Seppun Izu's air magic were able to keep the weather cold and beat back the destroyers, but the Crab lands were ransacked. They were beaten back, but the shadowlands was not defeated, and with Kali-Ma inside it still remains a threat.
So ends the Story of the War of the Raksasha. Next campaign will take place with the same characters 25 years later.
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