Empire of the Emerald Stars

The Empire of the Emerald Stars is an alternate Legend of the Five Rings timeline that describes an Empire founded in the Clans thousands of years in the future.  It was first described in the Fourth Edition Role Playing Game book Imperial Histories II.   Since then, a number of Game Masters have made variations of the universe for their own Rokugan Science Fiction Style games.

There are many variations on timelines and worlds, but these documents describe one possible timeline that works for these stories. These were created by Vincent Arnel:

History of the Empire: 1173 - 2600
Recent History of the Empire
State of the Clans

4th Edition Emerald Stars Ship Rules
Ship Rules
Full Emerald Stars RPG Manual

4th Edition Emerald Stars Schools

Mirumoto Gunslinger School
The Dove Clan
The Shimazu Family of the Spider
The Khoshuud Family of the Unicorn
Kakita Monks

 

Stories  of a Story Ending:
Some of these stories are centered on the character of Shinwa, a somewhat delusional ronin originally from the Crane Clan who flies around the galaxy with his companion Nezumi, M'thack-ir.

Benjiro's End
The Field of Dreams
Catching Dragonflies
The Lantern Arc

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Stories  of the Ongoing Voyages:

These other stories are about other characters in a similar universe unrelated to Shinwa's stories.
Called Away  - A story about Asahina Osamu, a teacher in the Empire of the Emerald Stars
Hope is a Butterfly - Another story about Asahina Osamu's childhood.

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