Time of the void

Character update to 4th edition

Here come the time to adapt to the 4th edition rules one of my favourite rpg book ever : Time of
the Void. I'll only post the character sheet. You'll have to check the book for the background. I
can't give page references for I have this book only in french.

Akodo Godaigo

School / rank : Akodo bushi 5 / deathseeker (as rank 5)

Fire : 4
Air : 3
Water : 5
Earth : 5
Void : 0

Infamy : 8,0 Status : - 5,2 Honneur : 6,2

Shadowland taint : 4,0
Shadowlands powers and mutations : mind of darkness, albinism, thy master's will, jigoku's
blood, undead strength, evade the unworthy.

Advantages / disadvantages : clear thinker, higher purpose (atone for his sins), quick healer, bad
fortune (curse), cursed by the realm : Yomi, lost love, sworn enemy (nemesis : Kitsu Uragiri).

Skills : battle (mass combat) 10, defense 8, kenjutsu (katana) 8, kyujutsu 1, lore : history 6,
sincerity 3, etiquette 3, investigation (notice) 5, lore : Shadowlands 3, medicine 3, athletics 3,
horsemanship 3, hunting (tracking) 3, iaijutsu (focus, assessment) 7, jiujutsu 4, war fan 5.

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as water, strike as earth, strike as void, disappearing
world style, strength of purity style.

Special : undead.
Matsu Gohei, the butcher

Here is it's clan war miniature game bio :

Matsu Gohei has risen from obscurity to fame through the ranks of the bold Matsu. Once a
simple country warrior, a minor bushi in service to a local daimyo, Gohei's courage and skill have
earned him a reputation as one of the finest samourai of the age. Gohei's bold manner and
blustering behavior are justified, for he has defeated hundreds of samourai in battles and duels.
When the whisper of his name became commonplace in the Matsu courts, and his victories were
too many to be ignored, the Matsu daimyo commanded that Gohei come and serve in her
personal legions, hoping that the added dangers would silence the bragging young samourai's
boisterous ego.
The position instead just served to increase the brashness of his behavior. In her service, Gohei
again proved his worth and his skills brought honor and fame to the Matsu house. Now, Gohei
serves as the right hand of the daimyo, giving his advice to the Lion Champion and proving his
loyalty to the Lion clan. He is often sent on advance missions, leading troops into unknown
situations and launching the first assault against the enemy. His troops respect him as they do no
other man, and his name is chanted before battle by thousands of screaming throats.

School / rank : Matsu berserker 5 / Sons of the pride 1

Fire : 4 (agility 5)
Air : 3
Water : 5 (strength 6)
Earth : 4
Void : 3

Infamy : 4,0 Status : 5,5 Honneur : 5,5

Advantages / disadvantages : leadership, quick, bishamon's blessing, social position (Taisa),

tactician, brash, failure of bushido : courtesy, jealousy (Matsu Tsuko), overconfident, obtuse.

Skills : battle (mass combat) 7, jiujutsu 5, kenjutsu (katana) 10, kyujutsu 3, lore : history 3, spears
(yari) 10, defense 5, etiquette 3, investigation (notice) 3, athletics (running) 5, horsemanship 5,
hunting (tracking) 3, war fan 6.

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as water, strike as earth, strike as void, reckless abandon
style.
Alhundro Cornejo

School / rank : scholar (LBS ronin technique) / Yoritomo courtier 1 / Moonless riders 1

Fire : 3 (intelligence 5)
Air : 3
Water : 3 (perception 4)
Earth : 3
Void : 2

Infamy : 5,0 Status : - 10,0 Honneur : 1,5 Integrity : 1,5

Advantages / disadvantages : crafty, large, great potential (craft : explosives), bad fortune
(recurring nightmares), dark fate, social disadvantage (Gaijin), Gaijin name, way of the land
(Mantis Islands), disturbing countenance, forbidden knowledge (Gaijin pepper).

Skills : calligraphy 1, etiquette 3, storytelling 1, lore : Thrane 3, lore : Merenae 3, lore : history 3,
lore : Rokugan 3, commerce (appraisal, mathematics) 6, courtier 1, defense 7, intimidation
(control) 1, sincerity 1, horsemanship 3, investigation (search) 6, knives (tanto) 7, craft :
explosives 10, stealth (sneaking) 7.

Katas : none
Heichi Chokei

School / rank : self-taught shugenja (affinity : earth, deficiency : air and fire) 3 / monk of the
Shinmaki order 1 (actually he isn't a member of this order, but the peculiar attitude he had in life
and his relationship to the Shakoki Dogu made me choose this one).

Fire : 3 (intelligence 4)
Air : 2 (reflexes 3)
Water : 3
Earth : 4
Void : 3

Glory : 0,5 Status : 2,0 Honneur : 4,5

Advantages / disadvantages : allies (Hida Kisada 4/1), friend of the Brotherhood, great destiny
(rebuilt the Boar clan, in which he failed BTW), inner gift (lesser prophecy), social position
(advisor to Hida Kisada), touch of the spirit realms (Yume-do), ascetic, driven (rebuilt the Boar
clan), small.

Skills : athletics 1, hunting (survival) 3, meditation (void recovery) 6, spellcraft (spell research) 5,
calligraphy 1, divination (astrology) 7, etiquette 3, investigation 3, lore: Boar clan 8, lore : spirit
realms 5, medicine 5, defense 6, jiujutsu 4, lore : theology (Diamond sutra) 5

Spells : armor of earth, courage of the seven thunders, elemental ward, jade strike, juorjin's balm,
be the mountain, embrace of kenro-ji-jin, grasp of earth, earth kami's blessing, earth's protection,
armor of the emperor, extinguish, fury of Osano-wo, never alone, the raging forge, bo of water,
clarity of purpose, path to inner peace, speed of the waterfall, cloak of the Miya, Inari's blessing,
reflective pool, rejuvenating vapors, wisdow and clarity.

Kihos : earth needs no eyes, song of the world, to the last breath, cleansing spirit, embrace the
stone, graps the earth dragon.
Ashinagabachi Ichiro
Future Tsuruchi Ichiro, daimyo of the Tsuruchi. The Tsuruchi family took the Ashinagabachi
name for a short time after Tsuruchi's death and before being fully merged into the Mantis.

School / rank : Tsuruchi archer 3

Fire : 3
Air : 3 (reflexes 4)
Water : 2 (perception 3)
Earth : 2
Void : 3

Glory : 3,0 Status : 6,0 Honneur : 6,5

Advantages / disadvantages : clear thinker, social position (hatamoto), great potential (kyujutsu),
irreproachable, rumormonger, idealistic.

Skills : athletics 3, defense 7, hunting (tracking) 6, investigation (notice, search) 6, kyujutsu

(yumi) 7, etiquette 3, lore : underworld 5, lore : heraldry 3, craft : bowyer 5, stealth (shadowing,
ambush) 7

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as void.

Kitsu Uragiri

School / rank : Kitsu shugenja 3

Fire : 5
Air : 3
Water : 4 (strength 7)
Earth : 5
Void : 0

Infamy : 8,0 Status : - 8,2 Honneur : 0,0

Shadowland taint : 7,0
Shadowlands powers and mutations : demonic eyes, extra limb (fonctionning), jigoku's blood,
blessing of the dark one, blood knows blood, blood domination, fleeding on flesh, thy master's
will, undead strength, unearthly regeneration.
(NB : his powers on blood works only on his Uragirimono).

Advantages / disadvantages : forbidden knowledge (maho), touch of the spirit realms (Jigoku),
consumed (control), jealousy (Akodo Godaigo), sworn enemy /nemesis (Akodo Godaigo).

Skills : battle , calligraphy (cipher), etiquette 3, lore : history, lore : theology, spellcraft 5,
kenjutsu, acting (Lion clan) 5, investigation 3, lore : maho 6, lore : shadowlands 6, sincerity
(deceit) 7, defense 7, horsemanship 3, knives (aiguichi) 3, stealth (spell casting) 5.

Spells : by the light of the moon, cloak of night, way of deception, hidden visage, the Kami's
whisper, mists of illusion, elemental ward, jurojin's balm, minor binding, soul of stone, be the
mountain, earth become sky, force of will, wholeness of the world, bonds of ningen-do, earth
kami's blessing, extinguish, clarity of purpose, ebbing strength, path to inner peace, the rushing
wave, spirit of the water, cloak of the miya, stand against the waves, regrow the wound, strike of
the tsunami, ebb and flow of battle, nearly any maho spells he want.

Special abilities : undead, invulnerability (fire bypass this invulnerability), release tentacle (up to
10 times per day, can release 1 of his vein-like tentacles from its body as a simple action. These
immediatly become uragirimono under its control), reduction 6.

Uragirimono

School / rank : none

Fire : 2
Air : 2
Water : 2
Earth : 2
Void : 0

Shadowland taint : 5,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : demonic eyes, jigoku's blood, blessing of the dark one,
fleeding on flesh, thy master's will, undead strength.

Advantages / disadvantages : quick (when not in a body), small (when not in a body)

Skills : acting (Lion clan) 5, etiquette 1, sincerity (deceit) 5, kenjutsu 3, jiujutsu 3, stealth
(ambush) 3.

Special : reduction 4, possess corpse (can burrow into a corpse as a complex action, animating it
as a zombie as long as it inhabits the corpse. 5 uragirimono are required for a body the size of an
ogre. As long as he is in a body, Uragirimono has a reduction of 8. If the body is destroyed,
Uragirimono must spent a simple action to exit the body), undead.
The False Hoturi

School / rank : Kakita bushi 5 / maho-bunjin 2

Fire : 4 (agility 6)
Air : 5 (reflexes 6)
Water : 6
Earth : 4
Void : 0

Glory : 6,0 Status : 7,0 Honneur : 0,3 (4,3)

Shadowland taint : 7,0
Shadowlands powers and mutations : blessing of the dark one, child of darkness, mind of
darkness, chosen of Fu-leng, father of lies, unholy beauty.

Advantages / disadvantages : allies (Bayushi Kachiko 4/2), clear thinker, crafty, dangerous
beauty, dark paragon (perfection), great potential (iaijutsu), quick, perceived honor (8 points),
strength of the earth, dark secret (egg of Pan'ku), failure of bushido (honor), insensitive, lechery,
overconfident, sworn enemy /nemesis (Doji Hoturi).

Skills : etiquette 7, iaijutsu (focus, assessment) 10, kenjutsu (katana) 7, kyujutsu 3, sincerity
(deceit) 7, tea ceremony 1, jiujutsu 3, acting (Crane clan) 5, courtier (manipulation) 7,
investigation (notice) 5, lore : Shadowlands 3, battle (mass combat) 7, defense 7, horsemanship 3,
war fan 3, intimidation (bullying) 5, temptation (seduction) 5

Katas : any katas he meets the requirements for.

Akiyoshi

School / rank : disciples of Sun Tao 1 / eyes of Nanashi 1

Fire : 2 (intelligence 3)
Air : 4
Water : 2 (perception 3)
Earth : 2 (willpower 4)
Void : 3

Glory : 0,5 Status : 0,0 Honneur : 6,5

Advantages / disadvantages : bland, hero of the people, higher purpose (help others), soul of
artistry (artisan), dark secret (see her background), idealistic, obligation (Bayushi Kachiko, 3
points), social disadvantage (ronin).

Skills : athletics 1, defense 5, hunting (survival) 5, iaijusu 5, kenjutsu 5, lore : law 3, acting
(male) 7, courtier (gossip) 3, etiquette (conversation) 3, perform : dance 5, investigation 3, tea
ceremony 3, horsemanship 3, temptation (seduction) 5.

Katas : strike as air, strike as void.

Bayushi Goshiu

School / rank : Bayushi courtier 5/ Scorpion instigator 2

Fire : 3 (intelligence 5)
Air : 5 (awareness 6)
Water : 3 (perception 5)
Earth : 3 (willpower 4)
Void : 4

Infamy : 3,0 Status : 0,0 Honneur : 3,5

Advantages / disadvantages : blackmail (numerous), clear thinker, read lips, disturbing

countenance, social disadvantage (ronin), shadowed heart, spy network, precise memory, dark
secret (unknown, but likely something he took care of after joining the instigator school), failure
of bushido (compassion).

Skills : calligraphy (cypher) 5, courtier (gossip, manipulation) 10, etiquette 7, investigation

(notice) 5, sincerity (deceit) 7, temptation 10, games : letter 3, games : sadane 6, defense 3,
horsemanship 3, knives 5, forgery (documents) 7, intimidation (control) 7, sleight of hand 5,
stealth 4, lore : heraldry 5
Akeru no oni

Fire : 3
Air : 3
Water : 3
Earth : 3
Void : 7

Initiative : 5k3
Damage : 7k3
Reduction : 17 (8 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : claws 8k3 (simple)
Armor TN : 15
Wounds : 32/ +5; 64/ +10, 96/+15; 124/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 6,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : investigation (notice) 5, intimidation (bullying) 7, temptation (bribery) 5

Special : fear 4, huge, invisible (can use the effect of the air mastery level 4 spell Gift of wind at
will), invulnerability, void sap (each time a void point is spent within 100' of an Akeru no oni,
roll a contested void roll between the user and the oni. If the oni wons, the point is spent but has
no effect. Works also on Akasha points, but not on Name points. This ability can also be used
when making a successfull attack : winning the roll means a void point is drained from the
target), void strike (may spend 10 void points to make a ranged attack with a DR equal to the oni
void ring. Any target killed by this effect has his body and soul disintegrated).
Jimen no oni

Fire : 3
Air : 2
Water : 4 (strength 7)
Earth : 7
Void : 0

Initiative : 2k2
Damage : 7k4
Reduction : 40 (20 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : fists 5k3 (complex)
Armor TN : 10
Wounds : 64/ +5; 96/ +10, 124/+15; 204/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 6,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : intimidation (bullying) 10, battle 3

Special : fear 4, huge, invulnerability, quake (as long as Jimen isn't totally immobilized, all skills
rolls made within 100' suffer a -1k0 penalty, or if withing 10' a 2k0 penalty), stone brotherhood
(can move through solid stone or metal at normal speed), vulnerability (good quality metal
double damage against jimen no oni).
Kaze no oni

Fire : 4
Air : 7
Water : 3
Earth : 2
Void : 0

Initiative : 10k7
Damage : 5k2
Reduction : 17 (8 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : claws 6k4 (complex)
Armor TN : 45
Wounds : 32/ +5; 64/ +10, 96/+15; 124/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 6,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : investigation (interrogation) 3, lore : maho 8, lore : shugenja 6, spellcraft 8, stealth (spell
casting) 5, temptation (bribery) 5

Special : fear 4, huge, invulnerability, anti-magic aura (all spell cast within 100' of Kaze no oni
suffers a + 15 TN penalty), spell absorption (if a spell fails because of the TN penalty of the aura,
it is added to the spelllist of Kaze no oni), shugenja (may cast spells as a rank 5 shugenja with no
affinity and a deficiency in earth. All spells he cast are considered maho), vulnerability (magical
attacks double damage against Kaze no oni), flight, swift 3 (when flying).

Spells : 10 spells at least he can cast from the elemental spells list or maho list.
Mizu no oni

Fire : 2
Air : 4
Water : 7
Earth : 2
Void : 0

Initiative : 4k4
Damage : 6k3
Reduction : 17 (8 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : crushing tentacles 5k4 (simple)
Armor TN : 20
Wounds : 32/ +5; 64/ +10, 96/+15; 124/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 6,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : acting (male, female) 10, investigation (notice) 5, defense 7, hunting (tracking) 3,
intimidation (torture) 5, stealth (ambush) 5.

Special : fear 4, huge, invulnerability, aquatic, swift 2 (underwater), shapeshift (can automatically
assume the appearance of the last victim he engulfed and digested. It's a complex action. Assume
physical appearance, speech, non-magical equipment and memories, but no skills, spells, or
techniques), teleport (as a complex action, can collapse upon itself and instantly reform anywhere
withing 500', as long as he wasn't shapeshifted), vulnerability (fire-based attack double damage).
Taki-bi no oni

Fire : 7
Air : 3
Water : 2
Earth : 4
Void : 0

Initiative : 5k3
Damage : 7k3
Reduction : 17 (8 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : claws 8k3 (simple)
Armor TN : 15
Wounds : 32/ +5; 64/ +10, 96/+15; 124/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 6,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : intimidation (torture, bullying) 5

Special : fear 4, huge, invulnerability, flaming body (is always considered to be under the effect
of the fire kiho the body is an anvil and the fire mastery 4 spell defense of the firestorm with no
TN bonus), flight, fireball (can throw fireballs as a ranged attack with a range of 100'. Each ball
inflicts 5k4 fire damage on every creature within 10' of the point of impact), vulnerability to
water (water or ice based damage are doubled).
Mirumoto Taki.

The background I'll post is the one he has in Clan War. HIs background in Time of the Void
describe him before the War, and his story is told in Secrets of the Shadowlands for what
happened after Oblivion Gate. First stats are during the Clan War, second after Oblivion Gate.

As the initial conflicts rose to battles, and battles rose to war, Taki led units of Dragon troops into
the fray in service of his leaders. As a master of the Mirumoto bushi art of Niten, the Way of Two
Swords, great things were excepted of Taki. Though he lacked combat experience and self-
confidence when first sent to battle, his easy style of leadership and natural instinct on the
battlefield earned him a reputation with the troops of his clan.
In addition, the experience of battle opened his eyes to many of the details presented by his early
sensei as to the nature of war. In a recent discussion with a former sensei, he was overhead to say
"The only way for the seeds of certain truths to grow is to bathe them in blood." As a former
instructor, there have been numerous times that Taki has faced former students in battle. Though
dark thoughts disturb his dreams, and the shadows of regret haunt his eyes, he does his duty and
looks forward to a day when peace allows him to return to the dojo, where he can instruct his
students rather than kill them.

School / rank : Mirumoto bushi 4 [Daigotsu bushi 4]

Fire : 3 [5]
Air : 4
Water : 3
Earth : 3 [4]
Void : 4 [0]

Glory : 3,4 [infamy 5,8] Status : 5,0 [-10,0] Honneur : 5,3 [1,5]
Shadowland taint : 0,0 [6,9]
Shadowlands mutations and powers : [demonic eyes, discolored skin, jigoku's blood, monstrous
strength, uncanny speed, chosen of Fu Leng, strength of madness, undead strength]

Advantages / disadvantages : absolute direction, Allies (Takuan 1/2), [dark paragon : will], great
potential (kenjutsu), leadership, [sacred weapon : black steel blade X 2], social position (Dragon
clan magistrate, chui), way of the land (Dragon provinces), cursed by the realm : Jigoku, dark
fate (to become Daigotsu Taki, sensei of the Lost), obtuse.

Skills : defense 5 [10], iaijutsu (assessment, focus) 7 [10], kenjutsu (katana) 7 [10], lore :
shugenja 1, meditation 1, theology 1, etiquette 3, athletics 3 [7], horsemanship 3, investigation 5,
lore : law 3, athletics (climbing) 1, jiujutsu 1 [7], hunting 1 [5], kyujutsu 1 [3], [lore :
shadowlands 7, intimidation (bullying) 10]

Katas : strike as fire, strike as air, strike as earth, strike as void, balance the elements style,
spinning blades style, [indomitable warrior style, reckless abandon style].
Elemental vortex

Fire : 1 (intelligence 2)
Air : 1 (awareness 3)
Water : 1
Earth : 4
Void : 0

Initiative : 3k1
Damage : -
Reduction : 10 (5 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : -
Armor TN : 5
Wounds : 12/ +5; 24/ +10, 36/+15; 60/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 3,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : none.

Skills : none.

Special : huge, invulnerability, spirit, anti-magic aura (all spells cast within 250' feet of an
elemental vortex have a + 15 TN to their casting roll), immunities (immunity to disease and
poison), invisible (can only be seen by shugenja or characters with a void ring of 5 without
magical aid), relocate (once per hour, may relocate eithe rof their two portals to any point
between 100-250 miles of its previous location, and no less than 100 miles from another
elemental vortex), summon (once per hour can cast the spell summon oni with automatic success.
The vortex cannot control any oni, he just summons them), teleport (as a complex action, can
immediatly transport a single creature within 10' of one its portal to within 10' of the other portal.
Teleported creatures with a shadowland taint rank of 0 must make a willpower TN 15 roll or
suffer 1k1 of damage), warp flesh (as a complex, can lash out a tendril of pure energy. It is
considered a magical attack, with an attack roll of 3k3 that deals 3k3 damage).

New maho spell

Summon elemental vortex
Ring / mastery : water 5 [travel]
Range : 20'
Area of effect : one elemental vortex.
Duration : instantaneous.
Raises : none.
Effect : create an elemental vortex with one portal being created within a place in the
Shadowlands well-known to the caster and the second one within the range of this spell. This
spell has a casting time of one hour. Notice that the spell doesn't give any control over the vortex,
but usually they tend to obey their summoners as long as they can watch peoples suffers from the
creatures they teleport.
Yakamo no oni

Fire : 4
Air : 2 (reflexes 4)
Water : 3 (strength 5)
Earth : 7
Void : 0

Initiative : 10k5
Damage : 6k4 (obsidian testubo, ignore 3 points of reduction, + 2 more points from heavy
weapons mastery)
Reduction : 17 (8 against jade, crystal and obsidian)
Attack : testubo 10k4 (simple)
Armor TN : 30 (include heavy armor)
Wounds : 64/ +5; 128/ +10, 196/+15; 244/ dead.

Shadowland taint : 10,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : demonic eyes, above the elements, jade sense, strength of
madness, armor of death.

Skills : investigation (notice) 3, lore : shadowlands 5, lore : Crab clan 5, athletics (running) 7,
battle (mass combat) 5, defense 5, hunting (tracking) 3, jiujutsu 3, heavy weapons (obsidian
testubo) 7, intimidation (bullying) 5.

Special : fear 4, huge, invulnerability

Takuan

School / rank : Daidoji bushi 1 / Eyes of Nanashi / hidden sword / Tawagoto's army / wolf legion

Fire : 3
Air : 3
Water : 3 (perception 4)
Earth : 4
Void : 3

Glory : 1,0 Status : 0,3 Honneur : 6,5

Advantages / disadvantages : Ally (Mirumoto Taki, 2/2), inheritance (Sun Tao's armor), ally
(Eyes of Nanashi Mura, 2/1), social disadvantage (ronin), idealistic, brash, obligation (6 points,
Nanashi Mura), hero of the people, irreproachable, leadership

Skills : battle 3, defense 7, etiquette 3, investigation (search) 5, kenjutsu (katana) 4, spears 1,

lore : law 6, iaijutsu (assessment) 5, kyujutsu 3, games : fortune and winds 2, horsemanship 3,
hunting (survival) 5, jiujutsu (improvised weapons) 3, knives (jitte) 3, commerce (appraisal) 5

Kata : strike as fire, strike as air, strike as earth, strike as void, irons in the mountains style.
Shinjo Goshi

Of his generation, Goshi is the most widely traveled young Unicorn within the clan. He's spent a
year training with the Crab, another with the Crane, a year with the Dragon, and finally a year
with the Lion clan. Some of the clans accepted his presence with ease, even seeing to enjoy his
company, while others (particularly the Lion) seemed suspicious or even hostile.
While serving with each clan, he trained with whatever mounted forces were available and,
without exception, earned the respect of the cavalry troops. Even most of the leaders appreciated
his ability, if not his family and clan.
Though he has permanently returned to his clan after his many years away, he maintains many
friendship within the mounted troops of other clans. Given the right circumnstances, he wouldn't
hesitate to aid them in their duty, or to to ask them to aid him in his. (This is his Clan war
background. What happens after that can be found in Time of the Void).

As a rank 1 character, he has been built as a player character

School / rank : Shinjo bushi 1 [3]

Fire : 3
Air : 3 [4]
Water : 2
Earth : 2
Void : 2 [3]

Glory : 2,0 [3,0] Status : 1,0 [3,0] Honneur : 4,5

Advantages / disadvantages : ally (Hida Tsuru 2/1), ally (Mirumoto Sukune 4/1), ally (Matsu
Mori 1/1), ally (Doji Rimaki 1/1), fame, obligation (Tsuru's cavalry 3 points), obligation
(Dragon's flames 3 points), Obligation (Wardens 3 points), obligation (Doji's fan 3 points).

Skills : athletics 1, defense 3, horsemanship 3 [Gaijin riding horse, 7], kenjutsu 1, kyujutsu 3
[yumi, 7], battle 1, etiquette 2, investigation 1, lore : Lion clan 1 [Wardens, 3], lore : Crane clan 1
[Doji's fan, 3], lore : Crab clan 1 [Tsuru's cavalry, 3], lore : Dragon clan 1 [Dragon's flames, 3].

Katas : none. [strike as fire, strike as air, strike as void]

Togashi Miyoki :

School / rank : Mirumoto bushi 3 / Tattoed monk 2

Fire : 4
Air : 3 (reflexes 5)
Water : 4
Earth : 3
Void : 5

Infamy : 2,0 Status : 1,0 Honneur : 6,3

Advantages / disadvantages : ally (Togashi Jodome, 2/2) inheritance (courage), black sheep,
balance, prodigy, multiple schools (Tattooed monk), heart of vengeance (Scorpion), dark secret
(Bayushi courtier's murder).

Skills : defense 5, iaijutsu (assessment, focus) 5, kenjutsu (katana) 5, lore : shugenja 1, meditation
3, lore : theology 3, etiquette 3, athletics 3, horsemanship 3, craft : tattooing 1, jiujutsu (atemi) 5,
kyujutsu 5.

Katas : strike as fire, strike as air, strike as earth, strike as void, strike as water, balance the
elements style.
Tattoos : hawk, wind.
Kihos : to the last breath, silent solace.

Special bonus : Togashi Nyoko's 5 legendary swords of the Dragon clan.

Any advantages or kata given by the swords stack with the advantage or kata of the same name.

Courage : this 4k3 katana grants the effect of the Mantis tattoo. (Courage was never described,
just listed as one Nyoko's sword when Miyoki recovered it, as per Time of the Void).

Bitter : this katana has a VD of 5k5, but the number of rolled dice is reduced by half the
opponent's honor rank (rounded down) and the number of kept dice is reduced by half the
opponent's honor rank (rounded up). As such, against an opponent with an honor rank of 10, the
katana deals 0k0 damage (it inflicts 1 wound, that all), against an opponent with an honor rank of
0 it deals 5k5 damage. Against an opponent with an honor rank of 5, it deals 3k2. It ignores
bearer's honor rank points of reduction. It also give the bearer the compulsion disadvantage (4
points, challenge to a duel or attack anyone he meets with an honor rank of 0. The perceived
honor advantage protects against this effect as long as the bearer doesn't know the true nature of
his opponent). If the bearer's honor rank drop to 0, he gain the compulsion disadvantage (4
points, kill himself with Bitter within 3 days, must be rolled after every time he sleeps) until his
honor rank rise to 1+. Bitter can be found in the 1st edition corebook.

Honorable : this wakizashi as a VD of half the bearer's honor rank (rounded down) rolled dice
and half the bearer's honor rank (rounded up) kept dice. If the bearer has an honor rank of 10, this
wakizashi is 5k5, if he has an honor rank of 0 its 0k0 (it deals one wound). With an honor rank of
5, it deals 3k2. The higher the honor rank of the bearer, the shiner the sword is. Honorable can be
found in the 1st edition corebook.

Hunger : this shiny no-daichi seems to be dripping blood. This cursed sword has a VD of 4k4,
and grants the cursed by the realm : Toshigoku (instead of attacking the wounded party, the
bearer rush into the middle of the battle) and overconfident disadvantages. It ignores 5 points of
reduction. Hunger can be found in Way of the Dragon

The ancestral Mirumoto wakizashi : this wakizashi has a vd of 2k2, and grant a reduction rank
equal to the rank in a Mirumoto bushi school of the bearer. The ancestral wakizashi is described
in way of the dragon and was revealed as the 5th sword on his card in pearl edition
Bayushi Nanako

School / rank : Shosuro Infiltrator 3

Fire : 4
Air : 3
Water : 2 (perception 3)
Earth : 2 (willpower 3)
Void : 3

Infamy : 8,0 (glory 0,0 as a monk) Status : - 10,0 (1,0 as a monk) Honneur : 1,5

Advantages / disadvantages : social disadvantage (ronin), bland, crafty, silent, unlucky (3 points).

Skills : acting (nun of Shinsei) 7, athletics (climbing) 3, ninjutsu 4, sincerity (deceit) 5, stealth
(sneaking) 4, lore : theology (Shintao) 5, etiquette (conversation) 3, investigation (search) 5,
defense 3, knives 4, staves 3, sleight of hand (conceal) 5
Kôrogi

School / rank : four temples 2

Fire : 2 (intelligence 3)
Air : 4
Water : 2
Earth : 2 (stamina 3)
Void : 4

Glory 0,0 Status : 1,0 Honneur : 6,5

Advantages / disadvantages : blessing of the seven fortunes (Benten), enlightenened, ascetic, soft-
hearted, failure of bushido (courage)

Skills : courtier 1, etiquette (conversation) 3, jiujutsu (atemi) 3, lore : theology (Shintao) 3, lore :
history 1, meditation 2, artisan : gardening 1, calligraphy (high rokuganni) 2, medicine 3

Kihos : the great silence, harmony of the mind, riding the clouds, air fist, soul of the four winds.
Doji Chomei

Here is his Clan War miniature game bio :

Prior to the Clan War, Chomei spent a great deal of time in the holdings of the Mantis. He trained
in their dojos, learned from their sensei, and found wisdow in their philosophies. He was
accepted among them as a student, friend, and eventually, a military leader. He served with many
Mantis units during routine drills and those troops who served him were impressed with his
judgement and quick reasoning.
When the war started, he was recalld to Crane lands to aid in their defense. Due to his close ties
to the Mantis, the Crane asked him to negotiate aid for the clan. While the Mantis were ready to
respond to the Crane offers of friendship, and especially the offers of wealth, the Mantis troops
were even more willing to serve under the banner of Chomei.

School / rank : Daidoji Iron warrior 3/ Yoritomo bushi 1

Fire : 3
Air : 2 (reflexes 4)
Water : 4
Earth : 3
Void : 3

Glory : 3,0 Status : 2,0 Honneur : 5,5

Advantages / disadvantages : multiples schools, ally (Yoritomo family 4/2), social position
(ambassador), brash

Skills : battle 5, defense 5, iaijutsu 3, kenjutsu (katana) 5, kyujutsu 3, commerce 3, jiujutsu

(improvised weapons) 1, knives (kama) 1, sailing 1, lore : Mantis clan 3, courtier (gossip) 3,
etiquette 3, investigation 3, horsemanship 3, lore : bushido 3

Katas : strike as fire, strike as water, strike as earth, strike as void, iron in the moutains style.
Bayushi Tasu

School / rank : Bayushi 1 / Shosuro Infiltrator 3

Fire : 3
Air : 3
Water : 3
Earth : 3
Void : 3

Infamy : 8,0 (glory 5,0 as a samourai) Status : - 10,0 (5,0 as a samourai) Honneur : 3,5

Advantages / disadvantages : social disadvantage (ronin), balance, crafty, multiple schools

(Shosuro infiltrator), silent, obligation (Soshi Bantaro, 3 points), sworn enemy (Soshi Bantaro),
driven (to prove his loyalty), gentry (30 points : province).

Skills : courtier (manipulation) 3, defense 5, etiquette 3, iaijutsu 5, kenjutsu 5, sincerity (deceit) 5,

craft : poison 5, acting 5, athletics (climbing) 3, ninjutsu 5, stealth (sneaking) 5, lore :
Shadowlands 1, investigation (search) 3, jiujutsu (grapple) 3, sleight of hand (conceal) 5.

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as earth, strike as void, breath of the wind style.
Isawa Norikazu

School / rank : Isawa shugenja (fire) 5 (insight rank 7)

Fire : 5
Air : 4 (awareness 5)
Water : 3
Earth : 4 (willpower 6)
Void : 6

Glory : 0,5 Status : 1,0 Honneur : 5,5

Advantages / disadvantages : chosen by the oracles (fire), inner gift (lesser prophecy), great
destiny (oracle of fire), enlightened madness (6 points : fire), small, bad fortune (void induced
visions of past, present and future), antisocial (4 points), elemental blessing (fire), cursed by the
realm (Yomi), disturbing countenance, black sheep.

Skills : calligraphy (cipher) 3, lore : theology (shintao) 7, lore : prophecies of Uikku 7, medecine
3, meditation (void recovery) 5, spellcraft 5, lore : oracles 7, divination (void induced visions) 10,
etiquette 3, lore : omens 5, horsemanship 3

Spells : as the student of the Oracle of Fire, he has access to nearly every spell. He has mostly
divination and protection spells.

Kihos : channel the fire dragon, destiny's strike, eight direction awareness.
Asahina Tomo

School / rank : Asahina shugenja 5 / Asahina fetichist (insight rank 6)

Fire : 4 (intelligence 5)
Air : 6 (awareness 7)
Water : 3 (perception 4)
Earth : 3 (willpower 6)
Void : 4

Glory : 3,0 Status : 6,0 Honneur : 6,5

Advantages / disadvantages : blessing of the Seven fortunes (Benten), sage, soft-hearted, balance,
ascetic, social position (hatamoto), allies (Asahina Tamako 4/1), bad eyesight, bad health.

Skills : lore : Crane clan 3, lore : Otosan Uchi 3, lore : history (Crane clan, Hantei line) 5, lore :
omens 5, artisan : origami 3, divination (astrology) 7, calligraphy( cipher, high rokuganni) 3,
lore : theology (Shintao) 5, meditation 5, spellcraft 3, etiquette 3

Spells : as the hatamoto and brother to the Asahina daimyo, he has access to nearly any spells
known to the Asahina family, but mostly defensive and social spells, with a few anti-
shadowlands spells.

Kihos : flee the darkness, harmony of the wind, soulf of the 4 winds.
Seppun Ogami

School / rank : Seppun Guardsman 5 / Imperial legionnaire

Fire : 5
Air : 4
Water : 3 (perception 6)
Earth : 3
Void : 3

Glroy : 3,0 Status : 3,5 Honneur : 7,5

Advantages / disadvantages : way of the land (Imperial provinces), social position (defender of
Kyuden Seppun), obligation (6 points, defend Kyuden Seppun), balance, irreproachable, paragon
(duty).

Skills : battle 3, defense 7, etiquette 5, iaijutsu (assessment, focus) 5, kenjutsu (katana) 5,

kyujutsu 1, lore : heraldry 3, lore : history 3, lore : theology (shintao) 5, courtier 3, investigation
(notice) 4, horsemanship 3

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as earth, strike as void.

Kuni Wazinu

School / rank : Kuni shugenja 4 / oni slayer

Fire : 3
Air : 3
Water : 4 (strength 5)
Earth : 5
Void : 2

Infamy : 2,0 Status : - 5,0 Honneur : 0,5

Shadowland taint : 3,8 (and growing)
Shadowlands powers and mutations : discolored skin, fear, wings.

Advantages / disadvantages : chosen by the oracles (dark oracle of earth), ally (Kuni Yori 4/1),
forbidden knowledge (maho), strength of the earth, antisocial (4 points), consumed
(determination).

Skills : calligraphy (cipher) 4, defense 5, lore : shadowlands 6, lore : theology 1, spellcraft 5,

heavy weapons 3, investigation (interrogation) 4, medicine (wound treatment) 4, horsemanship 3,
hunting (survival) 3, knives 4, lore : maho 5.

Spells : armor of earth, courage of the seven thunders, earth's stagnation, earth's touch, elemental
ward, jade strike, jurojin's balm, minor binding, testubo of earth, earth becomes sky, force of will,
graps of the earth, bonds of ningen-do, earth kami's blessing, earth's protection, purge the taint,
strength of the crow, armor of the emperor, tomb of jade, biting steel, extinguish, fires of purity
the fires from within, hurried steps, path to inner peace, inari's blessing, bleeding, blood rite,
summon undead champion, disrupt the limb, caress of Fu-leng, heart of the damned, drain the
soul, pain, purge the weak, armor of obsidian, essence of undeath, chains of jigoku, Doom of Fu-
leng (I purposely didn't give stats for the 11th black scroll)

Kihos : cleansing spirit, earth needs no eyes.

Kagemusha / Shadow samourai
Is featured here a random low rank shadow samourai with average skills and traits.

School / rank : any bushi school 2

Fire : 2 (agility 4)
Air : 2 (reflexes 3)
Water : 3
Earth : 3
Void : 3

Initiative : 5k3 + school modifiers

Damage : katana / 6k2 + 4 + school modifiers
Reduction : 5 + school modifiers
Attack : 7k4 + school modifiers
Armor TN : 25 + school modifiers
Wounds : 97 / dead + school modifiers

Honor : 1,5

Shadowland taint : 4,0

Shadowlands powers and mutations : undead visage, demonic eyes, master of shadows,
monstrous strength (included in profile), unearthly regeneration, strength of the Dark one
(included in profile)

Advantages / disadvantages : crab hands, dark paragon (strength), touch of the spirit realms
(Toshigoku), wary, compulsion (4 points, do honorables acts, see below), consumed (strength),
cursed by the realm (toshigoku) and can’t lie. Since Shadow samourai aren't players’ characters,
they can have advantages and disadvantages from the same set.

Skills : per school, but usually etiquette 3, investigation 3, athletics 3, battle 3, defense 5,
horsemanship 3, hunting 3, iaijutsu 3, jiujutsu 3, kenjutsu 3, stealth 3.

Katas : depends on school, but usually strike as earth and strike as void.

Special : fear 3, undead, spirit, equipment (the shadow samourai carry all the equipment they
carried at the time of their death. If this equipment is separated from him, it vanish and is
returned to the samourai as a free action on his turn. The equipment vanish at the shadow
samourai's death), incorporeal (can cast on himself at will and with auto success the air mastery 3
spell essence of air, corebook page 169), honor (shadow samourai have vestigial sense of honor,
that compulse him to never fight an unharmed opponent, to answer truthfully any questions asked
by someone who knows his real name, to never lie, to enter and pray in any shrines he sees... On
the other side, their honor is corrupted by Jigoku and Toshigoku, and as such he will thrown a
wodden sword to his opponent so he is armed; he will kill someone after answering his question
or he may get angry that protection spells kept him out of a shrine).
Pure Shadow samourai

Sometimes, a shadow samourai can pass through Jigoku and Toshigoku without being tainted or
cursed. Shadow samourai are rare, and Pure Shadow samourai are 1% of those. A pure shadow
samourai have ring of 4 at least, all skills at 5 at least, no shadowland taint, no shadowland
powers, an honor rank of 6,5+, usually a school rank of 4, trade the following advantages and
disadvantages : dark paragon (strength), touched by the realm (Toshigoku), consumed (strength),
compulsion (honor), cursed by the realm (Toshigoku) for the following advantages /
disadvantages : clear thinker, paragon (compassion), prodigy, touch of the spirit realms (yomi),
compulsion (pray in every shrine, 4 points), idealistic.
Al-rashid

School / rank : soldier of the city guard 5

Fire : 4 (agility 5)
Air : 3 (reflexes 5)
Water : 4
Earth : 3 (willpower 5)
Void : 3

Infamy : 6,0 Status : NA Honneur : 0,0 Integrity : 7,5

Advantages / disadvantages : balance, shadowed heart, forbidden knowledge : Kolat, languages

(Senpet, Rokuganni), precise memory, quick, quick healer, dark secret (Kolat agent, against his
will), fascination (rokugan), idealistic, obligation (6 points, Kolat), social disadvantage (gaijin).

Skills : athletics 3, defense 7, horsemanship 3, investigation 3, spears 1, swordmanship 6, lore :

law 2, etiquette 1, lore : Mekhet 3, lore : Senpet 2, lore : history of the Burning Sands 3, lore :
kolat (Qolat) 2, lore : underworld 2, medicine 4, sincerity 2, battle (Burning sands warfare) 7,
hunting (survival) 5, tahadi (assessment, focus) 7, knives (aiguchi) 7, stealth (shadowing) 4
Isawa Osugi

(She was the kolat selected to record the New Tao and that was revealed by the Shadow-
possessed Toturi in front of the Imperial court. Following is her clan war character bio). The
second child of a lesser Isawa family, Osugi excepted to become a scribe or attend the Isawa
Library. While still a child, she spent a few years in service to a scribe, catalopging spells and
arcane materials for the Elemental Council. One day, while bringing scrolls to Isawa Kaede, she
dropped a scroll and it unrolled. She stopped to pick it up and Kaede bowed to help. She heard
Osugi whispering portions of the scroll's magical spell and inquired if she were training to be a
shugenja. Osugi told Kaede she had never had training ... her recital of the spell just "seemed
right".
Kaede immediatly entered Osugi into the Isawa school, but Osugi had a strange quirk - she could
learn almost any spell instantly, but had a difficult time keeping one spell in her mind when
learning another. Still, with experience may come greater capacity, and great things are excepted
of this young girl. (Her history after she started training as an Ishiken is described in Time of the
Void. At the time she reached rank 4 she became an aid for Shiba Tsukune and an invaluable
asset to the Kolat).

School / rank : Isawa shugenja 3 / Isawa Tensai (earth) [Isawa shugenja 4]

Fire : 3
Air : 3 [4]
Water : 2 [3]
Earth : 4
Void : 3 [5]

Glory : 1,4 Status : 2,2 Honneur : 2,2 (5,2)

Advantages / disadvantages : allies (Kolat 4/4), ishiken-do, magic resistance (6 points), forbidden
knowledge (Kolat), great potential (calligraphy), perceived honor (3 ranks), precise memory,
prodigy, bad fortune (Osugi choose one spell each morning, she is considered to have the doubt
disadvantage for all her other spells, this disadvantage was cancelled when she reached rank 4),
obligation (Kolat), dark secret (Kolat), small, soft-hearted.

Skills : calligraphy (cipher, High rokuganni) 7, lore : theology (Tao) 5, lore : history 3, medicine
1, meditation 3, spellcraft 1, courtier 3, etiquette 3, investigation 1, lore : Kolat 3, sincerity
(deceit) 5, forgery (documents) 5

Spells : many earth and air spells, a few void spells, wide choice as she is a prodigy and have the
Kolat ressources.
The Hooded ronin

School / rank : four temples 5/ order of heroes 2 (insight rank 10)

Fire : 5 (intelligence 7)
Air : 5 (awareness 6)
Water : 5 (perception 6)
Earth : 5 (willpower 6)
Void : 6

Glory 0,5 Status : 1,5 (9,9 if recognized) Honneur : 8,5

Advantages / disadvantages : lucky (9 points), great destiny (day of thunder), sworn enemy (all
the forces of Jigoku), social disadvantage (heimin), ally (Brotherhood of Shinsei 4/4), balance,
bland, clear thinker, enlightened, hero of the people, ascetic, idealistic, obligation (6 points,
Rokugan), ally (Shinsei's crow, 1/4), inheritance (Shinsei's robes, Shinsei's fan).

Skills : courtier 3, etiquette (conversation) 3, jiujutsu (atemi, tasaii-do, Tenshido, Sebun-do) 7,

lore : theology (Shintao) 10, lore : history 3, meditation (void recovery, fasting) 10, artisan :
gardening 2, calligraphy (high rokuganni) 3, medicine (antidotes, herbalism, wound-treatment) 7,
divination (kawaru) 5, investigation (notice) 3, lore : 7 thunders 5, lore : elements 3, tea
ceremony 3, athletics 1, battle 3, defense 7, horsemanship 3, knives 4, animal handling (ox) 2,
stealth (shadowing) 4

Kihos : air fist, flee the darkness, the great silence, harmony of the mind, steal the air dragon,
cleansing spirit, earth fist, rest my brother, embrace the stone, breaking blow, dance of the
flames, flame fist, falling star strike, as the breakers, buoyed by the kami, chi protection, freezing
the lifeblood, banish all shadows, eight directions awareness, silcen solace, song of the world.

Shinsei's robes : this non-descript classical monk robes count as an ashigaru armor thanks to the
spirit of those who carried it.

Shinsei's fan : this normal, peasant-made fan allows his user, if he is a monk, to use the following
katas : balance the elements style, indomitable warrior style, iron in the moutains style.
Miya Satoshi

School / rank : Miya Herald 1 / Matsu berserker 3

Fire : 4
Air : 3
Water : 5
Earth : 3
Void : 3

Glory : 4,0 Status : 9,3 Honneur : 3,5

Advantages / disadvantages : brash, insensitive, overconfident, dark fate (use Kenshin's helm),
quick, multiple schools, darling of the court.

Skills : courtier (rhetoric) 3, defense 5, etiquette (courtesy) 3, horsemanship 3, lore : heraldry 3,

sincerity 3, kenjutsu (katana) 3, battle 3, jiujutsu 1, kyujutsu 1, lore : history 3, investigation 1,
intimidation (bullying) 5

Katas : strike as air, strike as fire, strike as water, strike as earth, strike as void, reckless abandon
style.

Kenshin's helm

The cursed helm of Miya Kenshin provides different effects depending of the era :

- original curse : the bearer gain the disadvantages consumed (control) and Lord Moon's
curse (3 points), with time the curse increase and the points value of Lord Moon's curse
increase to 5 and then 7. The disadvantage Lord Moon's curse work differently : every half
day with the helm close to them, the bearer must make a roll (and gain the additionnal void
point) or starts to actually fail his rolls regarding his most important mission : for example
a diplomat sent to find a peacefull solution will fail all his attempts to make peace.

- after being corrupted by the Black Scroll : in addition to the original curse, the bearer
now gain the disadvantage cursed by the realm (Jigoku) and rolls for taint everyday against
a TN 15 or gain one shadowland point. The bearer can now use the Daigotsu bushi rank 1
technique (and maybe later additionnal ranks). If somewhere where maho is strong, the
curse is passed down to the bearer's followers (as long as they remain close) who start
rolling for taint like the bearer, gain the effect of the original curse with compulsion (obey
the bearer's orders, 4 points) instead of consumed (control).

- after Fu-leng's defeat : same as before but now the bearer gain 3 shadowland points per
failed taint roll and gain twice the normal number of shadowland powers per taint rank.

Destroying the helm requires some powerful magic, like a Black scroll. All the taint the
helm gave and the curse are removed. Killing the bearer free his followers of the curse, but
do not remove the taint.
At the time of the scenario, Satoshi have a taint rank of 3,5 and the shadowlands powers flight of
darkness and above the elements.