“‘The Night Parade of a Hundred Demons’ (Hyakki Yagyou) is a concept out of Japanese folklore, and to my surprise, it’s never been used before in Legend of the Five Rings. (Many of the writers for L5R have been thoroughgoing nerds, so there are a lot of references to real things from Japanese history.) I was dying to write something about it.”
– Track of Words, Interview with Marie Brennan, author of The Night Parade of 100 Demons