Phoenix Clan Letter - #14
Once, we stood on the battlements of Otosan Uchi and watched the Empire fall. Once, long ago, we bowed our knee to one another, swearing fealty and not brotherhood. That time is no more.
Those who claim that I have severed the table of our ancestors, think on this: without brotherhood, could we have risen again from the flames of the past? Unless we stand side by side beneath the Celestial Heavens, the Empire will fall and we will die once more. We are doomed to repeat failures that we do not understand.
Can we find enlightenment without balance? The Elemental Masters are one with me in this matter. We hold out our hand to you, no longer as servant and master, but as samurai.
The Phoenix will not fall again. This I promised you a year ago. I swear by it still. We will rise, our power shall grow, and we will defend the Empire that gave us birth.
Shugenja, ready your spells for battle. Bushi, draw your parents' blades.
The Phoenix have been reborn.
Shiba Tsukune