Winter's Embrace
- Winter’s Embrace p. 2
- Adventure Background p. 2
- Adventure Overview p. 2
- Changing the Year of the Adventure p. 2
- Romance and Players p. 3
- The Adventure Structure p. 3
- Emerald Invitations p. 3
- Character Goals p. 3
- The Delegations tothe Winter Court p. 3
- Interparty Allegiances p. 3
- Accommodations at the Winter Court p. 4
- Adorning Guesthouses p. 4
- The Crab Clan Delegation p. 4
- The Crane Clan Hosts p. 4
- The Dragon Clan Delegation p. 5
- The Imperial Families p. 5
- A Quick Guide to the Main Actors p. 5
- Bonds in Winter’s Embrace p. 5
- The Lion Clan Delegation p. 6
- The Mantis Clan Delegation p. 6
- The Phoenix Clan Delegation p. 6
- The Scorpion Clan Delegation p. 7
- The Darkest Timeline p. 7
- The Unicorn Clan Delegation p. 7
- Informal Delegations p. 7
- Favors from Kakita Ryoku p. 7
- Act I: Storms Roll Ashore p. 8
- Day to Day p. 8
- Day 1: A Tea Ceremony Fit for an Empress p. 8
- Day 1: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 8
- Teahouse Decor p. 8
- More Than a Simple Bowl of Tea p. 8
- Kakita Ryoku’s Letter p. 8
- Arriving at the Floating Teahouse p. 8
- Running the Tea Ceremony p. 9
- Be a Model Guest p. 9
- What Is Achieved by Completing It? p. 9
- What Does It Take to Complete? p. 9
- The Effects of the Formal Tea Ceremony p. 9
- Consider the Inner Self p. 10
- Follow Proper Protocol p. 10
- Some Matter Concerning Tea p. 10
- Why have you gathered us here? p. 10
- Where do you suggest we begin looking? p. 11
- What do you know about the others in attendance? p. 11
- Day 2: The Game of Letters p. 11
- Day 2: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 10
- Optional Rule: Letters and Techniques p. 11
- A Political Game p. 12
- The Cliffside Archery Demonstration p. 12
- The First Letter: Cliffside Warning p. 12
- The Snow Lantern Celebration p. 13
- The Second Letter: A Sudden Squall p. 12
- What Susano-o no Izen Knows p. 13
- What Otomo Koryusai Knows p. 13
- What Doji Hatsuhina Knows p. 14
- What Ikoma Rumiko Knows p. 14
- Days 3–4: Poetry Cramming p. 14
- Day 3-4: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 12
- Day 5: Sake and Verse in Snowfall p. 14
- Day 5: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 17
- Preparations and Performances p. 15
- The Contest p. 15
- Best Dressed p. 15
- Running the Competition p. 15
- Original Compositions p. 16
- About Competitors p. 16
- Win the Poetry Competition p. 16
- What Does It Take to Complete? p. 16
- What Is Achieved by Completing It? p. 16
- Compose a Poem p. 16
- Scoring the Contest p. 16
- Competitors' Scores p. 16
- The After Party p. 17
- What the Imperial Herald Knows p. 17
- Darkest Timeline p. 17
- The True Allegiances of Miya Satoshi p. 17
- Day 6: Downtime p. 17
- Day 6: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 18
- Day 7: A Not-so-Subtle Warning p. 18
- Day 7: Happenings in Court and Rumors p. 19
- Sneaking Their Way to the Invitation p. 18
- Talking Their Way to the Invitation p. 19
- Getting Caught p. 19
- So It Is Writ p. 19
- Midnight Rendezvous p. 19
- Act II: The Tale of the Fisherman’s Daughter p. 20
- Day 8: Impressing the Imperials p. 20
- Day 9: Leading Roles and Pleading Souls p. 20
- A Note about Doji Shigeru p. 20
- Days 10–11: Downtime Activities p. 21
- Day 10: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 20
- Day 11: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 21
- Day 12: The Tale of the Fisherman’s Daughter p. 21
- Day 12: Happenings at Court and Rumors p. 22
- The First Empress p. 22
- Day 13: A Question of Honor p. 22
- Day 14: Their Day in Court p. 23
- Player Rewards p. 23
- Day 14: Rumors p. 23
- Appendix A: Non-Player Characters p. 24
- Doji Hatsuhina p. 24
- Hatsuhina’s Letters p. 24
- Romancing Hatsuhina p. 24
- Kakita Ryoku p. 25
- Ryoku’s Letters p. 25
- Romancing Ryoku p. 25
- A Question of Lineage p. 25
- Ikoma Rumiko p. 26
- Rumiko’s Letters p. 26
- Romancing Rumiko p. 26
- Miya Satoshi p. 27
- Satoshi’s Letters p. 27
- The Kolat Conspiracy p. 27
- Otomo Koryusai p. 28
- Koryusai’s Letters p. 28
- Romancing Koryusai p. 28
- Susano-o no Izen p. 29
- Izen’s Letters p. 29
- Romancing Izen p. 29
- Secondary Characters p. 30
- Asahina Takako p. 30
- Romancing Takako p. 30
- Doji Chiyoe p. 30
- Romancing Chiyoe p. 30
- Lady Magami p. 30
- Romancing Magami p. 30
- Doji Shigeru/Lady Shike p. 30
- Yoritomo, Lord of the Mantis Clan p. 31
- Romancing Yoritomo p. 31
- Credits p. 31
- Doji Hatsuhina p. 24
- Kakita Ryoku p. 25
- Ikoma Rumiko p. 26
- Miya Satoshi p. 27
- Otomo Koryusai p. 28
- Susano-o no Izen p. 29