Battle of the Humble Turtle

The Battle of the Humble Turtle was devised by Bayushi Sozui, a Scorpion infiltrator, to retake Kenson Gakka. Legacy of the Forge, p. 7
== Preambles ==
Six centuries ago Kenson Gakka was seized by the Lion Clan. Since that time the Scorpion have devised a plan to retake the castle on the day the Lion celebrate the castles original capture, the Festival of the Humble Turtle. Silence Within Sounds, p. 36
== Infiltration ==
Even before the castle was taken, the Scorpion had already placed operatives to be used at the proper time. Hidden tunnels were dug beneath the castle, leading to the monastery of Yaruki Jukko. Shosuro Actors were infiltrated regularly among the monks. Silence Within Sounds, p. 17
=== Framing the Lion ===
In 1120 the commanding officer Akodo Ikare was replaced by an actor, and his infant son abducted. Silence Within Sounds, p. 33 The actor marshalled his forces to seek the boy, which eventually was found and returned by a group of samurai. The actor marched to the temple and accused the monks, who were then slaughtered in front of witnesses, in the hopes to exploit the affair to recapture the city from the Lion. Silence Within Sounds, pp. 36-37
== Battle ==
Shortly after the bloodshed, the Scorpion forces, led by Bayushi Kaseru, arrived at Kenson Gakka, presented the events at the temple, and laying claim to the castle. Silence Within Sounds, p. 20 The castle's lord, Matsu Kioma, refused, and the fight began. Silence Within Sounds, p. 40 The Scorpion siege was a failure, the castle remaining in Lion's hands. Imperial Histories, p. 129
== Mastermind ==
The plan was devised by Bayushi Sozui, who was a brilliant assassin of the Scorpion, Silence Within Sounds, p. 44 and secretly a servant of the Lying Darkness, who had consumed her before the plan was made. Otosan Uchi Box set: Book 2, p. 71
== Aftermath ==
Kenson Gakka remained a Lion strognhold, but the slaughtering of the monks by a corrupt Lion general tarnished the clan's honor and raised the tensions with the Crane. Silence Within Sounds, p. 41 It would lead in open war years later, the Lion-Crane War.
== Known Deaths ==
* Akodo Ikare
Kenson Gakka