Crab Clan (TCG)

The Crab Clan was one of the seven Great Clans, serving as the Defenders of Rokugan. They spent their lives upon the Kaiu Wall, standing vigilant along the southern border of Rokugan to defend against the next attack from the Shadowlands. The Great Clans
== Crab Clan ==
=== Families of the Crab Clan ===
Founded by the Kami Hida, the Crab consisted of five families, the Kuni, the Kaiu, the Hiruma, the Yasuki, and the Hida family, which was the ruling family. The Yasuki family had joined the Crab after they broke its ties with the Crane Clan. The Great Clans (Learn to Play Rulebook)
=== Duty ===
The Crab Clan has the duty of guarding the Emerald Empire against the horrors of the Shadowlands, with an impressive strength and honorable determination. Other saw the Crab as impolite brutes, too pigheaded to comprehend the intricacies of court decorum. Grim, pragmatic, lacking in social graces, and often violent, the Crab were often looked down upon as uncultured brutes. Trail of Shadows, by D.G. Laderoute The Crab had one of the largest standing military force in Rokugan. Shadowlands: The Essential Guide to the Dominion of Fu Leng, p. 70 Crab military units were small, tightly knit, and paranoid, molding their weapons and tactics to fight an inhuman enemy. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 57
=== Military ===
Crab armies were composed primarily of armored infantry and archers, and their medics were among the finest in Rokugan. They mastered an incredible defense, had excellent tacticians, and a highly skilled battlefield support, but they were more slow to muster, and more reactive
than offensive. Their siganture warrior was the Hida Defender. Fields of Victory, p. 14
== History ==
=== The Yasuki Joins the Crab ===
The Yasuki family, chafing under the demands of the haughty Crane Clan, broke its ties with the Crane and offered fealty to the Crab, who eagerly accepted. The Great Clans (Learn to Play Rulebook) The Yasuki War in the late fourth century Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 55-56 was one of the first interclan wars in the Emerald Empire, and it led the Emperor to forbid direct warfare between the Great Clans. A Difference of Lanterns, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda
== Notable Holdings ==
* Black Crane Estates
* Carpenter Castle
* Castle of the Forgotten
* Earthquake Fish Bay
* Friendly Traveler Village
* Hiruma Castle
* Kuni Castle
* Kuni Wastelands
* Kyūden Hida
* Kyūden Moshibaru
* Lone Candle Keep
* Maemikake
* Razor of the Dawn Castle
* Shiro Nishiyama and its village Nishiyama Mura
* Yasuki Yashiki
== Schools ==
The following were the schools within the Crab Clan: 
* Hida Battle Leader (Bushi, Courtier)
* Hida Defender (Bushi)
* Hiruma Scout (Bushi, Shinobi)
* Kaiu Architect (Artisan, Courtier)
* Kaiu Engineer (Artisan, Bushi)
* Kuni Purifier (Shugenja, Bushi)
* Kuni Warden (Monk)
* Yasuki Merchant (Courtier)
* Yasuki Yōjimbō (Bushi)
== Crab Clan Champion ==
The Crab Clan Champion was the leader of the Crab Clan. The following are the known Champions of the Crab Clan:
Hida 	5 Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 10 - ?
Osano-wo 	? - ?
Hida Kenzan 	? - ?
Hida Tsuneko	c. 662
Hida Banuken	c. 716
Hida Kisada 	? - Present
== See also ==
* Crab Clan/Meta
* Crab Clan Samurai/Meta
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Champion Crab