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== Events ==
* Hantei XII proclaims the merged Crane/Scorpion “Clan of Air” will be known as the Hawk Clan.
* Order of the Five Rings monks openly attack opposing samurai and monks.
* Scorpion, Crane and Phoenix Clan undertake a major covert campaign to push back against the moevement Five Rings, Five Clans.
* Dragon peacekeeepers actively opposed the Five Rings monks.
* A drought afflicts the northern Empire.
* The waves of oni attacking Crab lands taper off.
* Several Scorpion and Crane samurai commit kanshi in protest of the expected destruction of both clans.
* The Brotherhood of Shinsei hold a Great Convocation to discuss the ongoing problems created by both the Order of the Five Rings and Gorinno's teachings.
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