The War of Dark Fire is over, and the Empire has yet to count its full cost. In the north, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Unicorn lands lie shattered, ancestral homes in ruins, libraries and stables destroyed, centuries of culture and husbandry undone. At the heart of the Empire, while many still rejoice, troubling news begins to circulate, of villages found empty and lifeless, their crops untended, rotted livestock dotting dead fields. And in the south, on the Great Wall that protects the Empire from the ravages of the Shadowlands, all is quiet, as it has been for over a year now.

Celestial Edition is the new base set for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game. L5R is the world's premier interactive, story-based CCG, and Celestial Edition continues and improves upon L5R's tradition of excellence as it approaches its 15th Anniversary.