The specter of the Yodotai had long hung over the future of Rokugan. With the insatiable Yodotai urge for conquest, it was inevitable that these two great powers would eventually meet – and clash. When they did come into contact during the 13th century in the reign of the second Radiant Empress, the ensuing conflict shook the very pillars of the world. The Yodotai War was the single most destructive conflict Rokugan had ever experienced – worse by far than the Clan War, the War of the Broken Sun, or the First Rise of Iuchiban. Though it was hard-won, the Rokugani – aided in large part by the ancestral Yodotai fear of crossing water – eventually prevailed. Yodotai do not surrender, and they fought to the last; by the end of the conflict, they were utterly wiped out. The various nations they had conquered (notably the Senpet) were let loose from their yoke, and today, all that remains of the Yodotai Empire are entries in dusty historical tomes…as far as anyone knows, anyway.