For once, the Deathwatch are called upon not for war, but for peace. Lord Inquisitor Thaddeus Hakk has managed to arrange an end to hostilities with the Tau, allowing the Imperium to focus it’s armies on the ever growing Waagh of Warboss Zrikgutta which has already consumed a handful of important planets and is poised to destroy even more, including the critical fortress world of Spite.

Unfortunately, it appears that the peace has opposition on both sides of the conflict, meaning that the Deathwatch will likely have it’s fair share of conflict before the peace is brokered.

In Rokugan honor is stronger than steel, and every choice bears with it inescapable consequences.
Nowhere has this been truer than at Kyotei Castle, a stronghold in the Golden Valley at the junction of Lion, Crane, and Phoenix lands. While the Lion and Crane clans have been clashing at nearby Toshi Ranbo, echoes of the same struggle have reverberated through Kyotei Castle. Now, a wedding meant to shore up the Crane Clan’s claim on the castle might be the very thing to unravel it.

Four riders that come in the night. Sharpen spurs and horses driven as if by the black devil himself. Big irons on their belt and coldness in their eyes yet invisible they arrive

Ljeto, 1979.

Suradnik Legije u Istanbulu slučajno je presreo šifriranu poruku preko kratkovalnog prijemnika i prepoznao kodno ime agenta Legije, no nije uspio dešifrirati samu poruku. Proslijeđuje ju u dvorac, gdje obavještajci otkrivaju da poruka koristi šifre iz Drugog svjetskog rata i da se taj agent preko 30 godina smatrao nestalim.