Expansion: HE4

Type: STRONGHOLD

The Otaku Palaces (UR,F)
5PS 5GP 5SH
Magistrates will join you for 1 less gold.  Reaction: Once per turn,
immediately after another player has declared an attack on you,
straighten all cards in one of your Cavalry units.  You may perform
this action even if this stronghold is bowed.

Type: PERSONALITIES

Asako Hosigeru (C)
2F 2C 0H 3G 1PH
Phoenix Clan Novice of Water.  Shugenja.  Battle: Bow and destroy
Hosigeru to produce Ranged 1 Attacks targeting every opposing
Personality and Follower in this battle, including Personalities with
attached Followers.  The strength of these Ranged Attacks cannot be
increased.

Doji Shizue (U/R)
0F 3C 0H 4G 2PH
Crane Clan storyteller.  Experienced.  Unique.  Open: Bow Shizue to
bow a ninja.  Reaction: Bow Shizue immediately when one of your
personalities wins a duel to give that personality a permanent +1
bonus to that personality's chi or force.

Hida Yasamura (U/R)
4F 3C 2H 9G 2PH
Crab clan Samurai.  Experienced Shinja Yasamura.  Cavalry.  Tactician.
Will join Unicorn for two less gold.  May no assign or move into a
battle against Unicorn or Crab defender.  Battle: all personalities
and followers in infantry units in yasamura's army gain a +1 force.
This is considered yasamura's use of tactician for this battle.

Kitsuki Kaagi (U/R)
1F 4C 0H 7G 2PH
Dragon Clan Magistrate.  Toturi's Army.  Tactician.  Reaction: bow
immediately after a personality refuses a duel to have Kaagi issue an
unrefusable challenge to that personality
Flavor: "Ten years he has been gone, and yet his face shows not a single mark of
it.  It is as if nothing happened at all..."-Kitsuki Yasu

Ide Ashijun (C)
1F 2C 2H 5G 2PH
Unicorn Clan Magistrate.  Cavalry.  Battle: Bow Ashijun and your
stronghold to target an opposing Personality.  That Personality's
controller must either send it home, or the Personalitiy's Force is
reduced to zero.
Flavor: "I bear a warning to all who oppose the will of the Unicorn: Bow down,
or be trod into dust."

Itako (U/R)
2F 4C 5H 7G 3PH
Unaligned blind prophetess.  Shugenja.  Unique.  Reaction:Immediately
after Itako performs a kiho, place it face down under her instead of
in your discard pile.  During a future discard phase instead of
drawing a card from your deck, you may take the kiho from under itako
and place it in your hand.  You may only do this once per kiho card.

Malekish (C)
0F 3C 0H 3G 1PH
Naga Astrologer.  Limited: Bow Malekish to look at the top cards of
your Fate or Dynasty deck.  You may look at a number of cards up to
Malekish's Chi.  Rearrange the cards in any order you wish and return
them to the top of your deck.

Matsu Ketsui (U/R)
4F 3C 5H 9G 3PH
Lion Clan Samurai.  Matsu Family Daimyo.  Double Chi.  Unique.
Flavor: "In my sword, the wind./In my heart, courage./In my eyes, death./I am
Matsu" -from Kakita Morushijin's play, No Man's Bride.


Oni no Gekido (U/R)
3F 3C -H 6G 0PH
Unaligned.  Nonhuman.  Shadowlands.  May not attach items or
followers.  Open.  Gekido gains a +2F/+3C until the end of this phase.
At the end of this phase the bonus is lost and Gekido loses -2/-2
until the end of your next turn.  Gekido can do this once per turn.
Flavor: "Stupidity in the Shadowlands is rewarded with two things: pain and
death."-Hida O-Ushi

Otaku Kamoko (F)
5F 5C 7H 13G 4PH
Unicorn Clan Samurai.  Double Chi.  Cavalry.  Experienced 3.  Will
only attach Cavalry Followers.  Limited: Bow to challenge a Kolat to a
duel that cannot be refused.  Reaction: Bow to destroy a Personality
with a lower Chi that wsa just assigned or moved into a battle at
which Kamoko is present.

Otaku Xieng Chi (U/R)
1F 3C 3H 6G 3PH
Unicorn Clan Gunso.  Battle Maiden.  Samurai.  Cavalry.  When Xieng
Chi is the target of a charge, she gains and additional 1F.
Flavor: "She's too young to be so eager for blood. You might think she was a
Lion in disguise!" -Otaku Tetsuko

Ryosei (U/R)
2F 3C -H 5G 2PH
Fox Clan Daimyo.  Shugenja.  Experienced.  Unique.  Yoritomo's
Alliance.  Reaction: Immediately after Ryosei performs a kiho, discard
a random card from your hand to return the kiho to your hand.  Ryosei
may perform this action while bowed.
Flavor: "Don't believe the Phoenix. Hate makes you strong."

Shinjo Tsuburo (U/R)
3F 3C 4H 7G 2PH
Unicorn Clan Samurai.  Cavalry.  Experienced.  Unique.  Reaction:
Cancel a Ranged Attack that is targeting Tsuburo.  Tsuburo may perform
this action while bowed.
Flavor: "The Emperor is dead.  Let us at least save the Empire."

Type: EVENTS

A Dark Foretelling (U/R)
Inspect the top card of any deck.  You may return the card to the top
or the bottom of the deck.  You may either discard this event normally
or reshuffle it into your dynasty deck.  Do not shuffle the inspected
card.  This event resolves every time it appears.

Doom of the Brotherhood (U/R)
Each player selects one elemental ring controlled by the player to his
right.  All selected elemental rings are discarded from play.
Flavor: "The monks of Shinsei seek a new prophet, a new path. They will be
fooled by their own pride, and in the end, they will forsake the Tao
itself." - Isawa Norikazu

Festival of the River of Stars (U/R)
Choose a word with four or more letters in it, until the end of the
game any card with the word in its title has its gold cost increased
by two and all your personalities gold costs are increased by one.
Flavor: "They were lovers, parted by betrayal. But once a year, they are allowed
to cross the River of Stars." -Doji Shizue

The Great Feast (U/R)
Until your events phase two turns after this one, all players must
lobby twice successfully to get the imperial favor, and are allowed a
second lobbying attempt during their turn. The first successful
lobbying attempt during a turn is cancelled without effect.

Type: REGIONS

The Iuchi Plains (C)
All infantry Personalities and Followers have their Force reduced by
one during a battle at this Province.
Flavor: "From this moment forward, the city of Ryoko Owari will answer to my
commands, and its walls shall be manned by Otaku troops.  So do the
Unicorn keep Toturi's law..." -Otaku Patasha

Plains of Foul Tears (C)
Follower cards (but not tokens) that are destoryed during a battle at
this Province are returned to their owner's hand instead of going to
the discard pile.  During a battle at this Province, all players may
perform the action: Battle: Bow one or more Followers in a unit to
destory one opposing Follower (or Personality without attached
Followers) with an equal or lesser Force.

Refuge of the Three Sisters (U/R)
Only one Refuge of the Three Sisters may be in play at any time.
Limited: Target one of your Personalities in play.  That Personality
is discarded from play.  You may look through your fate deck and take
any one fate card with a focus value lower than your Personality's Chi
and place it in your hand.  Reshuffle your deck.  Destroy the Refuge
of the Three Sisters.

Type: HOLDINGS

Akodo Hall of Ancestors (U/R)
1G
Reaction: Bow to cancel any effect that is about to dishonor or give
the Shadowlands trait to one of your personalities.
Flavor: "The Ancestors whisper as the wind passes through the Hall, each one
telling a tale of honor or glory.  Only one is silent..."

Funeral Pyre (C)
1G
Reaction: Bow immediately after one of your Personalities is
destroyed.  Target one of your unbowed Personalities, who receives a
+1F/+1C bonus until the end of your turn.
Flavor: "Tsukune-sama, we have both seen cousins die, brothers sacrificed and
blood spilled in the name of knowledge.  Are we, then, so different?"
-Agasha Tamori

Goldsmith (C)
4G
Bow to produce 2 gold, plus one gold for each Gold Mine in play. Corrupt
Gold mines reduce the production of this holding by one gold instead of
raising it.
Flavor: "A ring of gold, and a cuff of iron. What's the difference?" -Tsuruchi

Philosopher (C)
0G
Retainer.  Open: This action does not produce any effects, but does
count as performing an action.  You may take this action once per
action phase or segment.
Flavor: "Where is the new Uikku?  Without his prophecies, we are blind to the
future..." -Yodin

Ronin Dojo (C)
4G
Open: Bow to give a clan affiliation to one of your Personalities
until the end of the turn.
Flavor: "You want the secret of the Hida frenzy?  I will teach it to you, my
friend."

Shinjo Groomsman (U/R)
1G
Retainer.  While the Groomsman is in play and unbowed, all Cavalry
cards you are putting into play have their gold cost reduced by one,
to a minimum of one.

Type: FOLLOWERS

Kolat Geisha (C)
0F +1C 0H 3G -PH 1Fo
This follower may be attached to any player's Personality.  Any honor
gain that this Follower's Personality is involved in is redirected to
the player that brought this card into play.
Flavor: "A harmless diversion, my Lord.  The great Toshimoko once graced our
simple tea-house, and we will serve you with the same courtesy we once
showed the Emerald Champion..."

Ninja Saboteur (U/R)
1F 0C 0H 2G -PH 1Fo
Ninja.  Will only attach to a Ninja Personality.  Battle: Bow the
Saboteur to reduce this Province's Strength to its printed Province
Strength.

War Dogs (U/R)
1F 0C 1H 3G -PH 2Fo
Battle: Bow and destroy the war dogs to destroy one opposing follower.
Flavor: "The terrible steeds of the Unicorn thundered over the plains, and the
baying of their fanged beasts shook my heart to the core...." -Unknown
Spearman

Shiryo no Moto (U/R)
+1F 0C 1H 0G -PH 3Fo
Unicorn clan ancestor.  This personality cannot be destroyed during
the resolution phase of a battle unless the opposing army has more
than twice as much force as his army.  Otherwise, this personality
goes home bowed, with all items attached, at the end of the resolution
phase.

Type: SPELLS

The Kami Watch Over Me (?)
5G 3Fo
Ritual Limited: Bow this shugenja and any number of other shugenja you
control such that their combined chi is greater than 10.  All cards
from your dynasty deck that have been discarded are shuffled back into
the deck. Cards that have entered play or resolved are not shuffled
back into the deck.

Type: ITEMS

Die Tsuchi (C)
+3F *C 6G 1Fo
Weapon.  The Die Tsuchi may only be attached to a Personality with a
3F or greater.  May be attached to a Crab Personality for 2 less gold.
Die Tsuchi has a +3C while this Personality is facing one or more
Ogres or Oni in a battle or duel.

Goblin War Truck (U/R)
0F 0C 2G 2Fo
Shadowlands.  Open: bow any goblin personality or follower you control
to give the war truck a +1 force until the end of the turn.  if the
War truck is destroyed this turn, the goblin is also destroyed.
Flavor: "Ropputu, father of the Biteeye clan, claimed it was his greatest
invention. The Crab would agree."

Kitsuki Kaagi's Journal (U/R)
-F -C 6G 2Fo
Unique.  Cards in this unit may not be targeted with actions.  Actions
which target ninja can target cards in this unit, however, even if the
target card is not a ninja.  This personality may not produce honor
gains in any fashion.  Reaction: Bow the journal to cancel any ninja
or kolat action that is not targeting this unit.

Lessons from Kuro (U/R)
4G 3Fo
Limited: Bow this personality to draw a fate card if the personality's
chi is greater than 3.  You may not perform this action more than once
per turn.
Flavor: "Poor Hosigeru. For days he watched me prepare the spell, and when it
was done , he swore he was ready to conquer its power. It was too
soon, too much, and he was too young..." - Naka Kuro

Type: KIHOS

The Boundless Depths of Water (U/R)
0G 1Fo
Kiho Elemental Open: Bow a Shugenja or Monk you control.  At the end
of the current player's end phase, you may draw a number of cards up
to the number of kihos you successfully cast this turn.
Flavor: "Once a year, when the spring rains come, the Umi Amaterasu rages and the
villages on the coast are destroyed by the ocean's wrath."

The Power of Incompleteness (C)
0G 4Fo
Kiho Open: Bow a shugenja or monk you control.  Target a personality
who has their lower trait of Chi or Force raised to be equal to the
higher trait until the end of the turn.
Flavor: "I am the new Uikku, and my words are from the heavens themselves.
Listen to me, children of Rokugan, for I will reveal what is unknown,
and find what has been lost..." -Itako

Walk Through the Mountains (C)
0G 2Fo
Kiho Reaction: Bow a shugenja or monk you control when one of your
Personalities is being sent home from a battle with a card action to
cancel the action causing your Personality to be sent home.
Flavor: "Through Beiden Pass, to the lands of the Crab. Nothing can stop
us -the Fortunes are on our side!" - Matsu Seijuro

Type: ACTIONS

Arrows from the Ranks (C)
0G 1Fo
Reaction: Play when one of your Personalities has been challenged to a
duel.  You may immediately produce one Ranged Attack by one of your
cards in play, targeting the challenging Personality, even if he has
attached Followers.  Lose 5 honor, and your challenged Personality is
dishonored.  Your Ranged Attack must be from a card in this battle if
the challenge was issued during a battle.

Bayushi Technique (U/R)
1G 3Fo
Battle: Dishonor one of your Personalities in this battle and target
an opposing Personality to give your Personality a force bonus equal
to the personal honor of the target.  If you are a Scorpion player,
this technique's cost is reduced to zero.
Flavor: "Be loyal to the shadows, and they will protect you.  Betray them, and more
than your soul will die..."

Desperate Wager (U/R)
7G 1Fo
Reaction: Play immediately before your dynasty phase.  All of your
personalities are straightened and you begin an additional attack
phase.  When you declare your attack, all of the defenders
personalities and followees are straightened (even those that normally
could not straighten).  You lose the game at the end of your turn.
You may not play more than one Desperate Wager per turn.

Flattery (C)
0G 3Fo
Battle: If you discard cards from your hand with combined focus values
greater than the total Force of the opposing army, then this battle ends
without resolution. All units return home without bowing. You may
perform this action in a battle in which you have no units.
Flavor: "And if Toturi is dead, who is to say there should not be a House
of Takuan?... My lord?..."

Hitomi Technique (U/R)
1G 3Fo
Battle: Bow one of your Samurai to destroy an opposing Shugenja.  If
you are a Dragon player, your Samurai gains a +1c permanently.
Flavor: "Down from the mountains they come, screaming for blood and vengeance
on those who dared to trespass on Dragon lands.

Kitsuki Evidence (C)
0G 4Fo
Reaction: Play immediately after an honor loss has been redirected.
You may redirect the honor loss again, after which it may no longer be
redirected or adjusted by any means.

Lay of the Land (U/R)
0G 4Fo
Reaction: Play immediately before the defender's first action in the
battle action phase of a battle in which you have a scout.  No other
player may play a terrain during this battle.  Any player may, as a
battle action, negate the effects of this action by bowing a scout or
discarding a terrain from their hand.

Mujina Tricks (C)
0G 1Fo
Reaction: Bow one of your Mujina to cancel and negate the effects of
any one action card being performed by another player, during a battle
the Mujina is in.  You and th eother player each lose 1 honor.
Flavor: "What's this?...What's this?...What's that?  Can we eat it?...What's
this?"

Noble Sacrifice (U/R)
0G 2Fo
Battle: Destroy one of your samurai in this battle.  You may target
and send home a number of opposing units equal to the difference
between your samurai's Personal Honor and the highest Personal Honor
among opposing Personalities.  If your samurai's Personal Honor is
lower, this action has no effect.

The Price of Failure (C)
0G 2Fo
Reaction: Play when an attacking unit is returning from a battle at
the end of the battle resolution in which it did not destroy a
defending army or Province.  That Personality's controller must draw
and discard the top card from his Fate Deck.  If the Focus Value of
the discarded card is less than his Personal Honor, he commit's
seppuku and is destroyed.  This card has no effect is the target's
controller has no Fate deck left.

Shinjo Technique (U/R)
3G 3Fo
Reaction: Play when another player targets one of your personalities
with an action card.  Redirect the action to one of that player's
Personalities, if a legal target is available.  If you are a unicorn
player, the gold cost of this action is reduced to zero.

Takuan Technique (U/R)
1G 3Fo
Battle: Give +3f to an unaligned samurai.  This may not target a
samurai whose force is greater than two unless you are a Toturi's Army
player.
Flavor: "When an ordinary man gains knowledge he is a sage.  When a sage gains
knowledge, he is an ordinary man."  -The New Tao

The Naga Akasha (U/R)
1G 3Fo
Battle: Destroy one of your personalities in this battle to destroy an
opposing Shadowlands card.  If you are a naga player, you may place
your personality on top of your dynasty deck instead of in your discard
pile.
Flavor: "Each soul within the Akasha is my own, and I have been each voice."
-Ashamana