Battle of Drowned Merchant River (TCG)

The Battle of Drowned Merchant River in the year 662 was the final battle during the Dragon-Lion War, a conflict provoked by the Great Famine. Fields of Victory, p. 35
== Preambles ==
During the Great Famine the already-poor Dragon Clan had asked for a lien on their yearly taxes to stave off starvation. In response, the Emerald Champion levied further fines upon them, and refugees streamed from the Dragon lands into those of the Lion in search of food. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56 In the year 662 a Lion Clan delegation crossed the Drowned Merchant River to confront the Dragon Clan because it had done little to stem the flood of starving refugees driven southward into Lion lands. The Dragon Clan Champion, who was in meditative seclusion, refused to meet with the Lion commander, General Akodo Masaumi. Enraged, Masaumi marshaled an army and made to march into the Dragon lands, to confront the Dragon over their failure to act. The incensed Dragon Champion, Togashi Toshimasa, led an attack into Lion territory, seizing great amounts of food, the beginning of the Dragon-Lion War. 
== Battle ==
The ensuing Battle of Drowned Merchant River raged on for several days. The arrival of a Phoenix Clan force finally convinced Masaumi to parley with his opponents, leading to a truce. The Lion withdrew and provided some assistance to the famine-ravaged Dragon; the Dragon, in turn, agreed to curtail the movement of refugees into Lion lands. Fields of Victory, p. 36 The Dragon refugees were allowed into the lands of Shiba and Isawa's clan. 
Drowned Merchant River