Sparrow Clan (TCG)

The Sparrow Clan was one of the Minor Clans of Rokugan. The Suzume Hills, home to the Sparrow
Clan and the Suzume family, were dry, unproductive, and devoid of any great resources. This made the Sparrow lifestyle of honorable poverty extremely easy to achieve; the clan itself was one of the poorest in Rokugan. An offshoot of the Crane Clan from the fifth
century, the Sparrow were noted storytellers, Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 18 and their slingers were renowned. The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow: Chapter Two, by Robert Denton III The Castle of the Sparrow was their ancestral seat of power. 
== Details ==
=== Samurai === 
Most Sparrow Clan villages were farming villages where samurai lived and worked alongside the peasants. Path of Waves, p. 122 Their warrior-poets were renowned among the Clans. Fields of Victory, p. 57
=== Ancestral Sword ===
The Sparrow Clan had an ancestral blade which had saved its wielder from numerous near-death experiences. Celestial Realms, p. 105
== Goshi ==
It was not uncommon for Sparrow samurai to tie up their kimono sleeves and work alongside the peasants they oversaw, so all samurai of this Minor Clan effectively were goshi, countryside samurai. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 101
 
Champion Sparrow
Category:Sparrow Clan Families (TCG)