Clear Water Village (TCG)

Clear Water Village was originally a small coastal community which grew tremendously in the 10th and 11th centuries. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 19-20 The last navigable stretch of the River of Gold ended at Clear Water Village. The village was the Crab Clan's best trading port, it was heavily fortified, with conventional walls surrounding it on land and the immense Kaiu Wave Wall securing the harbor against attacks from the sea. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 128
== Shrine of the Willow-Healing Kami ==
Clear Water Village was once a tiny speck, a minor fishing settlement at the mouth of the River of Gold, overlooking Earthquake Fish Bay. During the second century, Ekibyōgami, the Fortune of Pestilence, made its displeasure with the village known. A terrible plague swept through the settlement, causing fever, scaly fluid-filled bumps across the skin, muscle pains, weakness, and eventually death. Even the the fish seemed affected by the disease. A lone kodama, the spirit of a humble willow tree, approached the Fortune and bargained for the people's lives. When the disease miraculously vanished, the willow's once-strong boughs sagged, the bark became grey and soft, and its lush green left turned pale white. The locals venerated the Willow-Healing Kami since then. A blessed kobune ship, decorated with paper streamers and a torii arch, was maintained to reach the tiny island and considered by many to be a part of the Shrine of the Willow-Healing Kami. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 160
== Notable Locations ==
* Sunda Mizu Dōjō
Category:Sunda Mizu Province