Stronger Without You

"Sorry I’m late again! Jotaro-sama had me in a new hold until I finally... yielded. You don't mind if he and I do another private session tonight, do you?"

Legend of the Five Rings

The realm of Rokugan is a land of samurai, courtiers, and mystics, of dragons and divine beings – a world of heroism, magic, and steel.

Through times of peace and war, the samurai of the seven Great Clans have competed for power and influence. But as the trust between them fractures, those struggles turn ever bloodier. Former allies become fierce adversaries, and unlikely pacts are forged between ancient enemies.

While conflict and political intrigue divide the clans, the true threat awaits in the darkness of the Shadowlands, beyond the vast Kaiu Wall. There, in the twisted wastelands, an evil corruption endlessly seeks the downfall of the empire.

As the Shadowlands threat grows, samurai from the warring clans must put aside their differences and unite if they are to save the very soul of Rokugan.

Reo: The Tale of the Reluctant Wrestler

The City of the Rich Frog is a place of commerce, coin, and the carefully maintained illusion of peace. For years, you were the center of that peace. You were the "Shield" for Fureheshu Reo—the shy, gangly daughter of the widow Sazae, a Badger Clan accountant. She was a girl who cried over shattered toys, a girl who let bullies bruise her rather than fight back, a girl whose touch was so feather-light you feared she might dissolve in the humid river air.

You were her protector. You were her first love. You were the man who took the blows she couldn't handle. Even when she bloomed into a pretty, porcelain-skinned noblewoman, she remained a creature of soft whispers and feather-light touches—a girl who always let you take the lead, terrified of her own hands.

Then came the gempuku.

Six months ago, her uncle Gota, the silk merchant, took her back to the rugged, iron-bound mountains of the Domogu Province to claim her Badger lineage. The letters stopped after the first week. Silence fell over the City of the Rich Frog, leaving you to wait for Reo to return to your arms.

The woman who stepped off the riverboat was not the Reo you knew.

She returned with her dark hair s