Kyuden Hida

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Kyuden Hida is located atop a high stone escarpment, and the castle’s masonry blends seamlessly with the rugged landscape, with walls hewn from pure granite reaching into the living rock of the land beneath. There is nothing subtle about Kyuden Hida, no gardens surrounded the walls, no paintings adorned its state rooms. It is the mightiest fortress in Rokugan, made seemingly of the mountains themselves. In nearly a thousand years, no Rokugani has ever dared to assault its walls.
The Crab Clan Castle is, next to the Kaiu Wall, possibly the most heavily fortified location in the Empire. It was built by Osano-Wo from the stone of a single mountain, carving it with thunder alone, and is situated within the Kyoukan province atop the cliffs overlooking Earthquake Fish Bay.
It is the seat and capital of the Daimyo of the Crab Clan and a full military installation capable of enduring the most gruelling of sieges. 
Its gates. The gates are constructed of thick steel, requir­ing ten soldiers to open. Above the gate is an enormous and monstrous reptile-like skull, the size of a large mans torso.inscribed with jade and paper seals of purification.(This is the head of the legendary Oni Lord know only as the Maw)
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