For all its centuries of existence and grand civilization, the empire still holds shadows where beings elusive, perverse, and deadly make their lairs and prey upon the unwary. The cruel beings known as oni are not the only things to lurk and plot in the dark places of Minkai. So the agents of the Five Storms continue to scour Minkai, watchful for any sign of those who might claim the imperial throne and threaten their harsh rule. Yet oni dominance is not absolute, a fact the leaders of this fiendish conspiracy know all too well. Today, most of the empire’s people still have no idea that these subtle shapeshifters walk among them, monsters whose plots have wrested the nation away from its divinely mandated rulers and into their cruel claws. Nearly 50 years ago, the nation of Minkai fell under the influence of fiends, the nefarious oni known as the Five Storms. Even now, in the baths, tea shops, geisha houses, markets, and homes of the Minkaians, word spreads of dark days and rising unease-winds of discontent that may hint at a coming season of revolution.

As the people feel the shadowy but ever-tightening grip of the oni invaders, it is in these ancient ways that their discontent first takes shape. In Minkai, reverence and respect know no boundaries, not even the barriers of race or death.ĭespite the hidden hand of the oni of the Five Storms reaching across Minkai, the people have not lost their sense of pride or tradition, and the ancient ways of the empire persevere in artistry, craftsmanship, business, courtesy, and innumerable other forms. Across the land, villagers and nobles alike bow their heads in reverence to the mysterious kami who make their homes among even the smallest natural features, while the spirits of wise scholars and honored ancestors are remembered in monuments and shrines alike.

Yet the veneration of Minkai’s people is not restricted to gods and goddesses. Throughout Minkai stand shrines to Kofusachi, the Laughing God Shizuru, Empress of Heaven Tsukiyo, Prince of the Moon and the numerous other deities of Tian Xia. Five new monsters by Tito Leati, Sean K Reynolds, and Mike Welham.Revelations and severed limbs in the Pathfinder’s Journal, by Dave Gross.Revelations on the ways of Irori, god of history, knowledge, and selfperfection, by Sean K Reynolds.An overview of the mysterious nation of Minkai, a mystical jewel of the Dragon Empires, by Tito Leati.“Tide of Honor,” a Pathfinder RPG adventure for 12th-level characters, by Tito Leati.This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path includes: Defeating bandits who ride forth from a hidden fortress, rescuing a famous geisha from a deadly island prison, and standing tall before a corrupt daimyo’s army of samurai are all in a day’s work for the hopeful liberators of the empire. Before the PCs can attempt to stand against the tyrant and liberate Minkai, they must first earn the trust of its people and recruit aid from across the beleaguered empire-all the while dodging murderous oni and deadly ninjas controlled by the Five Storms. The Jade Regent has twisted the ruling government to cater to his despotic whims, and throughout the realm the people suffer. The heroes arrive in Minkai only to discover an empire on its knees. The Seeds of Rebellion JADE REGENT: Tide of Honor

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