the Moon in the Water
<Dragon Night>
(a picture would be awesome, but we forgot the camera)

Summary

This one was a lot of fun.  Unfortunately we were all prepared for some one-on-one action and ended up playing a multiplayer mass combat game.  Someone always gets picked on in these and it was Stu's turn again.  Plus he had 4 tempting dragons.

Stu's played an unaligned group of 4 dragons and Toku with peasants.  Unfortunately the general was almost too much of a punny boy and was taken advantage of.  Also Stu was the center of attention.  Hey, he had 4 freaking Dragons!  Stu sent two (Water and Fire) toward Aaron and two (Void and Earth) toward David.  His planned dual with the Void Dragon almost worked, but unfortunately the Akuma was stacked to dual also backed with a Water Dragon casting Path to Inner Peace.  Loses Void to Akuma, loses Water to Aaron's Fire and archers, loses Earth in flanked dual, loses Fire in flanked attack.  But the last Fire removed an Air Dragon before returning to it's own spirit form.  Stu was finished early, since he was picked on.  the battle continued without his forces for 2 rounds.

Aaron brought the big Crab master again.  He's tough, but I think Aaron is looking to make more use of him in future battles.  His archers chewed everyone.  First Stu's Dragons and at the end made a huge impact on Akuma's final dual.  the Earth vs. David's Earth Dragon was an exciting battle.  Both took the other out in turn turns of close combat, but it was still a fun battle.  Maybe his final moment of glory was the Hida Kisada dual vs. Oni no Akuma, which was won hands down in one strike.  In the end took out Akuma, an David's Earth and Stu's Water Dragon.

David (me) - Dragon Count - Stu's Void (dual), Earth (dual and flanked), and Fire (flanked), Aaron's Earth swap.  Stu and I had the same plan, dual.  But my army was more committed to just that and his was more rounded.  My Air Dragon flew over the battle field straight for Toku and his peasants.  Stu retreated to his Daimyo with a Fire Dragon, but it was just too late.  the entire battle was glorious until the end.  Left with a healing Water Dragon,  Oni no Akuma and a Mist of Illusion unit, I turned to charge Hida Kisada to dual to the death.  It may have worked if the archers didn't poke Akuma with Reactionary fire  for 4 wounds.  Akuma struck for total of 8 wounds and Hida with 5 wounds, but 5 was enough to finish the wounded Oni.

Victory Points
David 20 (4 Earth, 4 Void, 4 Fire, 4 Earth, 1 unit, 3 Daimyo)
Aaron 13 (4 Earth, 4 Water, 5 Akuma)
Stu 4 (4 Air)

Campaign Moves:
David 7 (3 for most VPs and 4 for Dragons)
Aaron 4 (2 for second and 2 for Dragons)
Stu 2 (1 for third and 1 for the Dragon)

9 turns and about 3 hours. 

Aaron
2050 Pt. Crab Clan Army
Dragon Fight Roster
Hida Kisada General
the Damned 18
Hiruma Archers 10
Dragon of Earth 
  Essence of Earth 
  Fan of Command
  Fires of Purity 
Dragon of Fire
  Essence of Earth
  Fires of Purity
Total Army Cost: 2048
Total Honor: 6

3 Resist Magic
3 Turtle Shell
3 Strength of Purity
3 Disrupted Elements
3 Evil Portents
2 Stike at the Tail
2 Coordinated Fire
2 Charge
2 Grim Determination
2 Know the Terrain
2 Focus
2 All or Nothing
1 Frenzy

Stu
Unnamed  -  2050 Pt. Unaligned

1 Dragon of Earth @ 475 pts
     Counterspell [15]

1 Dragon of Fire @ 545 pts
     Fury of Osano-Wo [10]
     Fury of Osano-Wo [10]
     the Fires That Cleanse [35]

1 Dragon of Void @ 455 pts
     Counterspell [15]

1 Dragon of Water @ 465 pts
     Counterspell [15]

7 Peasant Levies @ 110 pts
     Yari; Pers: Unaligned

     1 Toku @ [89] pts
          Yari; Light Armor
          Fan of Command [25]
          Mempo of the Void [40]

Total Honor: 2

Total Army Cost: 2050

Focus x3
Beyond your Mastery x3
Superior Tactics x3
Know the Terrain x3
Test of Might x3
Iaijutso Duel x3
Resist Magic x3
the Face of Fear x3
Bad Kharma x3
A Master of Tactics x3

Dragon Fest  -  2050 Pt. Shadowlands
 Forces Army

1 Dragon of Water @ 517 pts
     Counterspell [15]
     the Path to Inner Peace [12]
     Mists of Illusion [40]

1 Dragon of Air @ 488 pts
     Abomination [20]
     Essence of Earth [18]
     Stagnant Air [20]

1 Dragon of Earth @ 538 pts
     Essence of Earth [18]
     Fury of the Earth [20]
     Mists of Illusion [40]

1 Oni no Akuma (Exper) @ 505 pts
     Army General; Over: Warlord

Total Honor: -4

Total Army Cost: 2048

Tactical Cards:
1 Doom of the Dark Lord
2 the Oni's Fury
3 Resist Magic
3 Test of Might
3 Defensive Position
3 Amaterasu Smiles
3 Turtle Shells
3 Strength of Purity
3 Iaijutsu Duel
3 Focus
3 One-Strike Duel