Courts of the Crane Clan

The in story reason for the Dragon comment was the Crane dinner choice.

Beautifully crafted siege canons and Exploding Kakita Blades.

"One strike is all we'll need."

Kaori is one of the reasons I became so enamored with the Crane.

She has my eternal love and affection.

Because punching a hole through a chest is cooler.

The Loss of a Loved One is a powerful trope. If you feel it is overused realize that L5R is a setting based on tightly held emotions and violent death. Certain tropes are going to exist. The way they get used and the details of the story and character development dictate their worth. Makoto's loss h...

Characters, male and female, show up only to due quite often. I get your point but don't agree in this case. The death of his wife and sister are supposed to push Makoto's story not their own. For my own writing, I'll let it soak for itself as far as developing female characters go. Just not with th...

Damn shame.

I'm very excited!

A thing to consider is the size constraint on the Letters and the nature of L5R writing in general. I can't put all the detail I would like in a thing that needs to be 500 words or less. And L5R is a continuing story that allows itself to be told in pieces. Don't get me wrong, I would have preferred...

Yeah.

Editing appears not to be our strong suit, no matter how many times and how many people go over it.

We just need more anal-retentive people