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KYUDEN MANTIS We are the Mantis Clan, now and forever. |
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Kyuden Mantis 2.0 soon!!!!!
Kyuden Mantis is a fan site about the Mantis Clan, one of the eight great clans of Rokugan and one of the nine factions of L5R - the fantasy world of Legend of The Five Rings.
The Mantis Clan
The Seafarers
The Mantis Clan are unique among the Great Clans of Rokugan, for they were not in existence at the founding of the Empire. In fact, the Mantis are still newly a Great Clan, and their position has not entirely been accepted by the others of the Empire, though few would say so openly.
The Mantis were once a minor clan, one of many that serve as vassals to the Great Clans. However, a daimyo of the Mantis known as Yoritomo had larger dreams. The Mantis have the largest fleet of kobune in the Empire, as they live and operate from a chain of islands off the eastern coast of the Empire. Their considerable trading power has garnered them vast stores of koku, which they used to bulk up their armies with ronin. Yoritomo forged allliances with the Wasp and the Centipede, two other minor clans, and fought in the great war against Fu Leng. For his determination, Emperor Toturi I awarded the Mantis the title of Great Clan.
