Reiko marries Hida Tenshu, the result of a small contest organized by Reiko's mother. Kwanchai came in second due mostly to the power of luck rolls. The wedding itself happened immediately after the partiy's training completed.
Ryuken began to try and get a Tatoo (but not join the tatooed orders) so he's trying to suck up to members of the Hitomi family, namely Reju. Thus Ryuken begins his search for some sort of magical hand. Also Ryuken's katana was destroyed versus the training oni and he begins his search for a better sword. Ryuken infiltrates northern Phoenix lands in search of a rare ore that a Tamori sent him after in order to get a new sword. After few strange (and Fortune based) villages are run across Ryuken finds the mine and makes a deal with the Zokujin miners; He'll kill the Big-big-death, a massive orge that has been killing anything entering the lower mines and they'll give him the ore.
After that Naseru, er, Tutori the 3rd gives the party a new mission: A series of violent disturbances have been taking place in between Dragon lands and Unicorn lands, the party had been involved briefly with the tail end of the first such disturbance when they came back from Winter Court, they are sent to investigate. They meet Seiji's kidnapper, Akiu, once again and he informs them that they are in over their heads. After a week or so the party finds a Moto caravan that is harbouring the man who seems to be behind these disturbances, one Doji Yoku. He makes a deal with Seiji and Mahou (well they din't know that was him at the time) and they both recieve some wonderful things (Mahou recieves some powerful spells and Seiji gets his Daisho back). The party leaves Yoku and run into Akiu again en route back to Toshi Ranbo, he informs them that Mahou and Seiji have fallen prey to what happened to all those who started the insurections. He promises to kill them quickly, the party ask if there is another way and after some debate he leads them to his lord who can remove the curse. A bizarre series of trials await them, but in the end they get through it.
The party's second mission from the new emperor is to head to Seiji's family home and host some negotiations between the Crane and Crab Yasuki. The negotiations go badly at first and everyone became terribly afraid of the Yasuki taskmaster (Jinn-Quen told them that he was a violent drunk... this was never proven for sake of fear), however after throwing a big party the Yasuki came to a discission; The Mantis have gained to much promenance as merchants, this is unacceptable! They left recharged and plotting the economic downfall of the Mantis (All caused by my continual curiosity at Daidoji merchants).
Finally mission three from Tutori the third, investigate the small village of Tetsu Mura in Dragonfly lands. Once they arrive they discover that the village has been cut off from the rest of Rokugan by bandits and the niehbouring mining village was destroyed by the bandits. After Seiji got caught by the bandits he discovered that they are after three people from the village, he says he'll get them for the bandits if they let him go. He lucks out.