Post by Rakugo on Feb 10, 2018 22:54:47 GMT
Once known as the Ki-Rin Clan, the Unicorn Clan departed Rokugan shortly after the first Day of Thunder. The Kami Shinjo, founder of the clan, hoped to avert other threats to Rokugan by discovering them first. They roamed the world for eight centuries before returning to Rokugan.
The Unicorn are the finest cavalry in all of Rokugan. The Unicorn were considered barbarians by most of the other Rokugani clans. They spent eight hundred years outside the Empire, exploring the Burning Sands and other lands, and Rokugan's cultured society believed that in spite of the two centuries since their return they still have not relearned the civilized ways of their motherland. The clans could not be more wrong. The Unicorn know the ways of their cousins, but chose to follow their own path, influenced by their contact with gaijin cultures. Because of this, they were held in low regard by many, but nonetheless were feared for their military might. Their battlecry was "We are the people of the Wind".
The Unicorn have different customs than the other rokugani clans as a result of the time they passed outside the bounds of the Empire. They use gaijin weapons like scimitars, wear fur clothes, have mobile tents called yurts, and even shake hands as a greeting instead of the traditional Rokugani bowing salute.
The landscape of the Unicorn lands consist of vast expanses of rolling plains, grasslands and low hills, located between a trio of great lakes: in the North lies the Dragon Lake, in the South the Chrysanthemum Petal Lake, and the White Shore Lake at the eastern edge. The plains were cut off from the rest of the Empire by a pair of swift rivers, the Firefly River on the Eastern edge, and the River of the Lost Valley in the Northern edge. Before the return of the Ki-Rin, many of the official maps of the Empire used Lion place names for geographical features and villages. This changed in the 10th century, when a concerted effort by the Miya brought the Unicorn names in the Imperial maps for things within their land. The family that ruled the Unicorn Clan also ruled the so-called “clan heartland” – the provinces of Ikoku, Kawabe, and Zenzan, some of the most fertile and productive lands the Unicorn controled.
The Unicorn was mostly identified with purple, white, and gold colors.
The Unicorn are the finest cavalry in all of Rokugan. The Unicorn were considered barbarians by most of the other Rokugani clans. They spent eight hundred years outside the Empire, exploring the Burning Sands and other lands, and Rokugan's cultured society believed that in spite of the two centuries since their return they still have not relearned the civilized ways of their motherland. The clans could not be more wrong. The Unicorn know the ways of their cousins, but chose to follow their own path, influenced by their contact with gaijin cultures. Because of this, they were held in low regard by many, but nonetheless were feared for their military might. Their battlecry was "We are the people of the Wind".
The Unicorn have different customs than the other rokugani clans as a result of the time they passed outside the bounds of the Empire. They use gaijin weapons like scimitars, wear fur clothes, have mobile tents called yurts, and even shake hands as a greeting instead of the traditional Rokugani bowing salute.
The landscape of the Unicorn lands consist of vast expanses of rolling plains, grasslands and low hills, located between a trio of great lakes: in the North lies the Dragon Lake, in the South the Chrysanthemum Petal Lake, and the White Shore Lake at the eastern edge. The plains were cut off from the rest of the Empire by a pair of swift rivers, the Firefly River on the Eastern edge, and the River of the Lost Valley in the Northern edge. Before the return of the Ki-Rin, many of the official maps of the Empire used Lion place names for geographical features and villages. This changed in the 10th century, when a concerted effort by the Miya brought the Unicorn names in the Imperial maps for things within their land. The family that ruled the Unicorn Clan also ruled the so-called “clan heartland” – the provinces of Ikoku, Kawabe, and Zenzan, some of the most fertile and productive lands the Unicorn controled.
The Unicorn was mostly identified with purple, white, and gold colors.