Legend of Five Zahagan

A tempestuous blast from the east,
Has bowed the forest of nations,
Dashed blighted boughs aground,
Scattered every hoofed and winged beast.

Brothers and sisters don White Turbans.
You would have said, "Were every lily,
To ever grow be arrayed together in ranks,
Still it would not match this ivory host!"

Where are the neglected people of talent?
Just as the nocked arrow must take flight,
They must pick up the pen and grasp the sword,
On the field of merit the khwarrah will alight.

A game of high operatic political drama and sick swordfights using the Legend of Five Rings 5E ruleset.

Setting

The Yuhwans

On bleeding feet the Yuhwa Matreiya fled over the Heavenly Mountain's treacherous passes to the land of the Simurgh.

The White Turbans

Calling themselves the Celestial Sejm, masses of common folk and disenchanted literati swear to uphold the Yuhwa, humble the princes, and expel the Lie. Inspired by Pugilist emigrees fleeing the violence of Vasparakan, the widely literate

System and Character Development

General notes

The game will be using L5R 5E, with some minor houserules to reflect different narrative priorities from L5R's replication of Shakespearean Tragedy.