Saibankan

Soshi Saibankan was the judge who, alongside the Emerald Champion Doji Hatsuo, founded the Emerald Magistrates and the Imperial Legions in 153. He was elevated to the Fortune of Justice.
== Birth ==
Saibankan was born in 130. Way of the Scorpion, p. 62
== Judge ==
During the second Century the Emperor came to dislike the arbitrariness of the judge system. He heard about the reputation of Soshi Saibankan who presided over Taiyo One Toshi for the last ten years. He was famous for being fair and the wisest judge in the land. The Emperor attended secretly one of Soshi Saibankan judgments and was impressed, even if this judge used unorthodox methods like fables. He then invited him to the Imperial City and asked him to refine the legal system Emerald Empire: The Legend of Five Rings Companion, p. 152 in the year 152, alongside the Crane Clan Champion and Emerald Champion Doji Hatsuo. Imperial Histories 2, p. 35 It was famous his stories about his "wise old Uncle Sochoku," parables of wisdom which he used to explain his rather unorthodox judgements. 
=== Imperial Legions ===
In the year 163 officially reformed the Imperial Law and the system of “judges” was replaced by a network of magistrates. Hatsuo, the military officer, laid out the framework for the Imperial Legions while Saibankan, the judge, organized the Emerald Magistrates under the command of the Emerald Champion. To this date, there has been no radical change in the system originally laid out by Hatsuo and Saibankan. Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game: Third Edition, pp. 10-11
=== Nanbu Family ===
While traveling through Otosan Uchi at night on official business, Saibankan was ambushed by a group of armed thugs and his yojimbo was slain. A band of peasants led by Nanbu, a simple budoka, saved his life. Saibankan rewarded Nanbu and his fellows by granting them positions in his personal guard. They later worked for Saibankan's daughter Soshi Sayoko. Secrets of the Scorpion, pp. 58-59
== Sensei ==
After years of service to the Emerald Magistrates, Saibankan returned to his clan and spent the last decade of his life teaching his kinsmen the law and how it could be circumvented. Secrets of the Scorpion, p. 8
== Fortune ==
Saibankan was elevated to the Fortune of Magistrates and Judges. Saibankan's Justice (Before the Dawn Boxtext) after he died in 175. All judges in Rokugan were called "saibankans", Way of the Scorpion, pp. 62-63 and the shadowed network of contacts the Emerald Magistrates began to build was named Saibankan's Net in his honor. Worthy, by Robert Denton
== See also ==
* Soshi Saibankan/Meta
== External Links ==
* Saibankan's Justice (Before the Dawn)
Category:Fortunes
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