Of all the families in Rokugan the Kaiu are the best engineers/defenders. One suspects a lot of clubs, hammers and tetsubos along with various siege engine designs. The Carpenter Castle is the home of he Kaiu family and contains a famous armoury or items and weapons used by the Crab heroes in the past. Of special note is the huge skull of the Maw (an enormous Oni) which is fixed above the entrance gate. The primary Crab Bushi school is based here and graduates have to enter the Shadowlands to kill a tainted creature to complete their schooling which must count as one of the most severe Gempukus out there. Which is on top of an escarpment and apparently was carved out of a mountain/single huge rock. The largest and perhaps strongest is Kyuden Hida. Large ones include Hida Castle, Carpenter Castle and the Castle of the Forgotten. The Lion and the Crab joined together to hold them off (believing them to be a barbarian invasion) yet the cavalry clan entered the Shadowlands and managed to punch through the enormous defences and the two (at that point) most military orientated clans in Rokugan!Ĭastles - The Crab control several key castles (or fortresses) really all spread in support of the Kaiu wall. One of the most famous being when the Unicorn clan returned to Rokugan in 815. It is also wide enough for siege engines to operate on top and for units of Samurai to pass one another easily.Īs with most walls the occasions when it has failed are often more known than its steady successes. The Crab use it less as a defence but as something that can slow attackers enough that heavy reserves can be rushed up to stop strong attacks. Apparently one hundred feet tall! It has twelve great watchtowers along its length that are the entrance/exits through the wall and the primary defensive structures. Since then an actual wall was built which has been improved and replaced ever since.
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This was less an actual wall then a series of fortified outposts and that held for centuries until the Maw attacked. The first wall on site was built in the reign of the first Emperor. This wall though matches more the layman's perspective and the more fantasy based alternates as the Crab usually do stop enormous attacks. They were both better at controlling access by small groups. The historical Great Wall was a bit like the the Roman Hadrian's Wall in that the assumed function (keeping out hordes of enemies) was something it generally failed at mainly because the old military adage of 'defend everything and you defend nothing' and opponents could overwhelm local forces and get past. For those who can handle Matt Damon being heroic and utterly out of place this film actually gives some good fight scenes at a similar location (with Crane's helping out. Except instead of Mongol bandits it is holding off enormous monsters. The wall is a huge edifice that when originally written was intended (perhaps) to be analogous to the Great Wall of China.