Hantei Fujiwa (TCG)

Hantei Fujiwa was the Emperor of Rokugan in the late 4th century.
== Gozoku ==
During the late fourth century three samurai, the champions of Crane, Phoenix, and Scorpion Clans, conspired against the Emperor. Calling themselves the Gozoku, they banded together and kidnapped the Emperor's heir, forcing the Emperor to grant them certain political concessions. After the Emperor's death, the Gozoku prepared to install that heir on the Throne as their puppet emperor. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 14
=== Yasuki War ===
The Emperor Hantei Fujiwa sought to check the power of the Gozoku, which had usurped his own authority. He decided to do so by breaking the internal unity of one of the chief Gozoku backers, the Crane Clan, driving a wedge between the courtly Doji family and the mercantile Yasuki family. Under Fujiwa's bidding, the loyal Crab Clan expanded its borders, and open warfare erupted when the Crab seized the Yasuki lands, claiming the Crane had no need for them. Swearing service to the Crab, the Yasuki family defected. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56
== Figurehead ==
Following the conflict of the Yasuki War between the Crane and the Crab rent the Empire and caused lasting damage, Hantei Fujiwa declared that the Great Clans could not loose their full might upon one another. The Gozoku had not been checked, and they grew in power until they eventually rendered Fujiwa a figurehead. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 55-56 
 
Category:Imperial Leaders (TCG)