The Luo Family of Huacheng

In the sixteenth year of the Republic, the flames of the Northern Expedition swept across the south, while the commercial port city of Huacheng floated in the cracks of a chaotic age. Sails filled the river docks for miles. Foreign merchants carved up the city, gangs ruled the streets, and corruption churned beneath the surface. Half the city gleamed with prosperity; the other half glittered with blades.

The Luo family was Huacheng's century-old top-tier star among great clans. It controlled the Luotong docks, which reached across thousands of miles; the Sheng'an international trading house; the Xingye intelligence network in the pleasure quarters; and the Ningxiang brocade and silk trading company. Through Luojiang Hall, it also held sway over half the city's underworld. The five Luo siblings stood together and each had their own role: Luo Xuan'an directed the commercial world and took charge of the big picture; Luo Xuping guarded the docks and ruled the hall with an iron fist; Luo Xukang operated in the pleasure quarters, controlling covert intelligence; Luo Xujian moved through the streets, keeping a keen ear to the ground; and Luo Xuning, gentle but sharp, maintained the family's ties.

But fame bred envy, and powerful enemies circled. The Song family's Aoki Gang watched like a tiger ready to pounce. Rivals schemed against them, intercepting trade and seizing docks, while colluding with corrupt police to gnaw away at the Luo family's lifeline, step by step. With no easy way out, the Song family spent a fortune to bring two elite assassin groups into the conflict, the Dragons, Tigers, and Phoenixes and the Black and White Impermanence. They laid a secret trap, seeking to wipe out the entire Luo family.

The wind rose over Huacheng, and hidden blades waited in the shadows. There would be no betrayal between blood relatives and no division within the family. United as one, the Luo family used commerce as its game board, loyalty as its backbone, and martial strength as its shield. Amid the turmoil of the age, they stood firm against wolves from every direction, defending the Luo family's domain and protecting the everyday lives of the people in their city.