Kiken na Roka Toshi

The Treacherous Pass City (A4) was named for the narrow pass throught the mountains, sitting in a valley on the seashore surrounded by the high mountains. Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Third Edition, p. 300
== Ryu Bannin Toshi ==
The city was also known as Dragon's Guard City, named for the tale once told by a famous storyteller about a small girl who gave a dragon a rice ball, and the dragon promised in return that her family and all her descendants would know peace for a thousand years. The girls descendants had since then been numbered among the most prominent fishermen in Rokugan. Roleplaying in the Emerald Empire, p. 238 The city rosed to become a very successful Seppun controlled fishing port, with enough docks to moor a small fleet. Intervention, by Shawn Carman A nearby town called Kiken na Roka Toshi, located at the southern entrance to the Treacherous Pass, was eventually absorbed into Ryu Bannin Toshi as a single urban center. The Atlas of Rokugan, pp. 240-241
== Mantis Ambitions ==
Dragon's Guard City was an extremely profitable holding that existed outside the spheres of the Great Clans. The leaders of the city, through the assistance of their allies in the Tortoise Clan, solicited the protection of the Mantis in exchange for a mutually beneficial arrangement of trade and defense. Legend of the Five Rings; Fourth Edition, pp. 346-347 The city was invaded by Mantis forces during the time of the Race for the Throne. They seized a secondary port south of Kyuden Kumiko but north of the Hub Villages. Intervention, by Shawn Carman By the end of the 12th century the direct Mantis influence in Dragon's Guard City waned. The Atlas of Rokugan, p. 241
== Port of Call to the Colonies ==
Dragon's Guard City had grown considerably in the years since the Colonies were first established, as one of the few ports-of-call for Colony-bound shipping. Second City - The Campaign, p. 26
== Notable Buildings ==
* House of the Smiling Carp - Sake house
== External Links ==
* Dragon's Guard City (Celestial)
Category:Imperial Holdings
Category:Mantis Clan Holdings