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The iron dragon, it seemed, had withdrawn from the cause of Yamada and espoused that of the house of Temmu. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 57, Sentence #42)

These reports, certainly at first, given the confusion at the front, the haste with which they were drafted, and the limitations on content imposed by the nature of the small, swift carriers, as well as the contradictory nature of some of these accounts, seemed to have created little more than alarm and perplexity in the south. Despite Lord Yamada's announcements of a great victory in the north, it soon became clear that his armies had been thrown into disarray. This was less because of any damage, however severe, wrought by the dragon, than the fact that the attack had taken place. The iron dragon, it seemed, had withdrawn from the cause of Yamada and espoused that of the house of Temmu. This matter, of course, went far beyond the physical details of a brief military engagement. It was as though there had been a cosmic shift in allegiances, as though the world itself had turned its back on Lord Yamada. The dice of the future had rolled awry; the very cards of destiny had proved unpropitious. - (Rebels of Gor)