I loved the stories but a few things caught my eye:
> Lo Pin Po, who said, "...It is better for him to sin
>against God than for you.... "
I wouldn't have made Lo Pin Po say 'God' here. IMO a Kralori would have been more likely to have said 'Heaven' or after the New Dragons Ring 'Aether' as a result of God Learner influences. I realise I can be shown the Yellow Card for attempting to make Kralorela more like China but this is the first time I've heard of God in a Kralori Context.
> [1] the Far North province referred to here is not the
>Kingdom of Ignorance, but just south of that.
Is this the same as the province of Shiyang or had the provinces been reformed since then?
>Then he [General Joon] stationed his Mantis archers on a nearby rise...
I take it the Crossbow has not been invented yet?
>He stationed his Mantis horsemen behind...
This is the one that perturbs me. According to the Kralorela Writeup in G:CotHW, 'Cavalry is rare because the Kralori do not know the secret of raising great warhorses'. How do you reconcile?
> When Keng Shing came to the tree, peeled and white, he
>could not read the message, for it was night. He commanded light to
>be made. When he could see, he read, "KENG SHING DIES UNDER THIS
>TREE" The archers loosed, and Keng Shing heard hundreds of green
>arrows rushing through the air. Then he died.
Been watching Kurosawa's 'Kagemusha' (Shadow Warrior) again? I know it's not the _same_ trick but the resemblence is there...
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