Victory with No Strike

The Victory With No Strike was a battle in which Asahina was defeated by a samurai maiden who eventually became his wife. Tempests and Tides, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda
== Preamble ==
The Lion promptly invaded the Valley of the Two Generals, and marched upon the Phoenix lands, beginning the Lion-Phoenix War, and easily reached Shiro Shiba. The war ended when the Crane Clan intervened and eventually forced the Lion to call a truce, and peace was restored. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, pp. 55-56
== Battle ==
Soon thereafter, a Phoenix shugenja, Isawa Tomokazu, sought vengeance against the Lion for their aggression. The Crane Champion, Doji Ritsuko, rode to stop him, but she refused to duel. She endured his elemental assault, yet refused to fall, and after days of her passive resistance, the kami refused Tomokazu's requests to smite her. With this, the Phoenix forces lost the will to fight and surrendered, in the battle known as the Victory with No Strike, achieving one's goals on the battlefield by breaking the enemy's will. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56
== Aftermath ==
The Phoenix shugneja married the Crane maiden, and he eventually founded the Asahina family. 
Category:Battles (TCG)