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Legends

Credits

For 7 th Circle (French Credits)

Original idea and system design by Florrent and Neko

Line Developer: Neko

Written by Romain d’Huissier, Jérôme Larré, Kristoff,

Neko and Florrent

Proofreading by Romain d’Huissier and Neko

Screen Art by Marc Simonetti

Cover Design by Aleksi Briclot and Florrent

Interior Illustrations by Anne Rouvin, Marc Simonetti

and Christian Naits

Graphics by Aleksi Briclot

Layout by Florrent

With special thanks to: Jean-Marc “Heiji” Cedarry

For Cubicle 7

Translation by Roger Ayling

Additional Writing by Angus Abranson, Sandrine

Thirache

Edited by Andrew Peregrine

Layout by Dominic McDowall-Thomas

Proofreading by Angus Abranson, Nimrod Jones, Steve

Mortimore, Ben Redmond and Gareth-Michael Skarka

Qin is published by le 7ème Cercle™ SARL

Le 7ème Cercle - 60 rue du Hâ, 33000 Bordeaux

http://www.7èmecercle.com

http://www.nekocorp.fr

This English edition is published by Cubicle 7

Entertainment Ltd.

Find out more about Qin and our other games at

www.cubicle7.co.uk

Printed in the USA.

Qin Legends

Introduction

Welcome back to the world of Qin, the time for heroes is

past; now the time of legends is upon you.

Contents

There are a few things we noticed on translating the new

material that we thought might be worth noting here.

They are not errata or mistakes, simply helpful references

to the main book and other considerations that will help

make the most of this supplement.

The Power of the Taos

The High Levels of the Martial Arts

The Magic of the Gods

• Many of the times are listed as being in ‘small hours’

or ‘double hours’. This refers to the Chinese way of

counting the hours in the day. Each ‘small hour’ is equal

to one hour, and a ‘double hour’ is the same as two hours.

Further detail can be found in the Core Rulebook on page

184.

25 Treasure of Men, Gifts of the Gods

32 The Treacherous Prince

• The original measurements are listed in metric scale

and translated into Imperial. So meters became yards

and kilos became pounds. We have continued this for

the sake of consistency, but those familiar with metric

measurements might like to convert back again.

Heart of Jade was gazing at the small necklace and its

remarkable stone when she heard Xian’s chocking cry.

Followed by Three Truths, she ran towards the back of

the cave to ind the young wu xia stretched out on the

ground, holding his chest and trying to recover his breath.

His fallen torch casting lickering shadows as it rolled

across the loor, threatening to go out completely and

plunge the cave into complete darkness. Still gasping for

breath, Xian raised himself on his elbows and pointed to a

heavy crimson curtain against one of the stone walls.

While the fangshi helped the young man to stand,

Heart of Jade carefully moved to the heavy curtains and

parted them with the end of her dagger. A large iron ball

shot out from the gap as she, intuitively, stepped back

out of its path. Grabbing hold of the curtain she pulled it

hard, forcing it away from its support, revealing a wide

entrance to a second cave. Two enormous silhouettes

could be seen, dimly lit by a brazier, holding heavy

chains weighted by iron balls. With animal grunts the two

naked giants moved forward into the main cavern, just as

Xian’s torch inally gave it’s inal licker of light and died.

Darkness took over the room, the only light now

remaining was the dying embers in the stone urns. The

three companions drew back defensively ready to ward

any ensuing attack. Their adversaries advanced slowly,

whirling their terrible weapons over their heads, now they

had more space to handle them. The sinister whistling of

the iron balls reverberating under the stone vault.

A weak gleam of light warned Xian in time as he

sprang to one side, avoiding the giant’s death blow,

allowing him to keep out of his opponent’s reach.

Heart of Jade took the opportunity to close with

Xian’s assailant, but the second warrior brought down his

weapon towards her. She tried to dodge out of its path,

narrowly avoiding the blow as the weighty ball crashed

into the ground, shattering the black lagstone beneath.

“They’re quicker than they look in spite of their size!”

Xian said.

“And the darkness doesn’t seem to be bothering them,”

added Three Truths.

Heart of Jade remained quiet, alert to the slightest

change in the rhythm of the monotonous music of her

enemies’ weapons.

The fangshi moved quietly to a stone urn and looked

into the leather pouch at his side, drawing out a sealed

bamboo tube just as Xian avoided another powerful

attack. Breaking off the wax stopper, Three Truths

quickly threw the ine white powder it contained onto

the dying embers. Suddenly the ire rekindled, throwing

light against the roof of the cave and allowing the three

companions to see their adversaries more clearly.

In front of them stood two identical, naked, giants.

Their heavily muscled bodies home of many scars –

many old, but several seemingly very new. Xian’s face

expressed his disgust as he saw that the eyelids of the

twin giants had been sown up, condemning them to

everlasting darkness, yellow discharge still leaking from

the crude stitches. But the strangest thing was the total

lack of expression on either of their faces, as if their spirit

was not present in this time and place.

“Now we’re on equal terms,” said Three Truths, as he

added a little more powder to the embers.

Guided by the sound of his voice, the two giants

launched their attack on where they thought he was. The

exorcist could only meet the irst ball with his wooden

sword, which shattered and lew into pieces with the

force of the impact. Xian’s quick action saved his life

as the wu xia delected the lethal path of the second ball

with the point of his sword. With jerking movements

their opponents were recovering their weapons. Acting

instinctively, Heart of Jade and Xian took this brief

respite and launched their own offensive.

With the greatest of ease, Xian threw himself over the

giant he was facing, executing a dangerous, yet perfect,

leap – no doubt practiced many times in training. Landing

noiselessly behind the colossus he raised his sword in

a metallic arc which cut into the exposed lesh. Only

rewarded with a weak grunt the giant turned to retaliate.

Heart of Jade seemed to glide, rather than run, towards

her opponent. In a lash she was next to him, raking

his powerful body with her two daggers. Once again,

the expected reaction did not come and, in spite of the

lowing blood, the giant did not even stagger.

“These monsters don’t feel pain,” shouted Three

Truths. “Strike quick and true to cut them down.”

Then, the divine and deadly dance began. With the

giant’s long weapons useless in hand-to-hand combat, the

twins tried to entangle their adversaries in the links of the

chains, brandishing them as much in defence as in attack.

Heart of Jade and Xian whirled around them, parrying

and riposting, all the while looking for openings to strike

a vital part. Then, the fangshi felt the energy of the Tao

low towards the two ighters. He saw his companions

suddenly quicken the rhythm of their movements. Xian’s

sword was weaving complex patterns, tracing lines of ire

around him as he warded off each attach and forced his

opponent to draw back with the force of his blows.

With his feet irmly planted on the ground, the wu xia

at last struck a violent blow, breaking the chain with the

noise of thunder. His reddening blade biting deeply into

the skull of the giant who, at once, stopped moving and

collapsed like a tree struck by lightning.

Heart of Jade was performing her own elegant and

deadly dance around her adversary. The giant’s parries

becoming less and less effective. For a moment, Three

Truths thought he glimpsed a cloud of metal butterlies

luttering in the middle of the combat and the young

woman merging with an image of a dragon. The blades

of her daggers scored bloody furrows across her enemies

body. Then, as suddenly as she had started, Heart of Jade

froze. With blood pouring from multiple wounds, the

colossus, after a moment of stillness, collapsed.

The two warriors looked at each other in satisfaction.

“Two interesting styles. I think that neither of you have

yet told us about your abilities or origins,” Three Truths

observed, dryly.

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