Jester (TCG)

Jesters were a very unusual type of Rokugani artisan, whose art is essentially a performance conducted in court. The concept of the jester was pioneered by the Crane, probably in the second or third century. They studied and mastered a wide range of artistic forms, including poetry, dance, song, and Kabuki acting. They also studied politics and human nature, for their role in the courts was to puncture the pretensions and expose the hypocrisies that surrounded them. They were a socially licensed exception to the Rokugani principles of ignoring spectacles and "killing with silence": they called out the things that others must endure without comment. Their function was to express the human feelings that others were not socially permitted to reveal. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 25
== Behavior ==
Rokugani jesters were sardonic, often sour, their humor biting and harsh. They spoke in double meanings, puns, and riddles, drawing attention to others' dishonorable behavior and satirizing the polite conventions of the courtly world. As long as they relied on such mockery, they were permitted to call out others' bad behavior without risk of a duel. 
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