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The Treacherous Pass (Y) was located in the Mountains of Regret, The State of the Empire 9 The State of the Empire, Conclusion, by Shawn Carman within the Omoidasu province. The Atlas of Rokugan, p. 130 It was the only way to enter into the Valley of the Centipede. Way of the Minor Clans, p. 74
== Legend ==
It was a very dangerous route to travel, but it was also the shortest way to the lands of the Emerald Champion from those of the Phoenix Clan. A local legend said that a merchant once lost his life in the pass and his ghost still haunted the mountainside. Roleplaying in the Emerald Empire, p. 238 Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 33
== History ==
=== Defense of the Pass ===
The Phoenix Clan, who historically guarded the pass with a garrison of mixed troops, bushi and shugenja, had had to defend it from invasion perviously. The last known attempt was in 408, when the pass was held through the bravery of the troops stationed there and the unorthodox tactics of their commander, Shiba Kaigen. Kaigen and his men managed to hold the pass against an army of invading Lion Clan troops, though it was at the cost of their own lives. Way of the Phoenix, p. 82 Imperial Histories, p. 50
=== Bloodspeaker Sect ===
In 1111 a bloodspeaker sect, the Cult of the Blood-Red Moon, set up camp in Treacherous Pass following their kidnapping of the Empress Hantei Hochiahime and the imperial heir Hantei Sotorii. The heir was rescued by the ronin Yotsu, but the pregnant Empress could not be saved. Guardians, by Shawn Carman
=== Battle of Treacherous Pass ===
In 1200 the Battle of Treacherous Pass between the Unicorn and the Phoenix marked the cease of hostilities between both clans, and the beginning of the Unicorn Civil War. Odd Fortunes: The Battle of Treacherous Pass, by Robert Denton III
== External Links ==
* Treacherous Pass (Dark Journey Home)
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