Until recently the Spider have been fairly official and if not above board, then at least not exactly scheming against the empire as a whole.
Their tainted samurai were restricted to the outskirts of the Second City, leaving few other than the Susumu within Rokugan itself. The Chuda defected to serve the Oni Lords after the clan was granted legitimate status within Rokugan, and (very recently) the Shadow Dragon has been imprisoned and cut off from its' Goju and Ninube followers - most of whom are somewhat loyal to the Spider.
I talk about it in past tense, because with the upcoming ascension of Iweko II, I've heard that's all going to change.
The chance to take place in a group of somewhat honourable & untainted Susumu, Daigotsu, Goju, and Order of the Spider monks within the Empire would be pretty cool - probably more so if the school selection was opened up somewhat. (hopefully incentivised with a free Obligation disadvantage and clan betrothed, rather than the Different Schools advantage)
*Also, this was released yesterday, and I'd buy a copy for the chapter on Shourido if someone was willing to run a game where it was relevant.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/pr...gs-Imperial-Archives
http://alderac.com/forum/viewt...p?f=294&t=113251
This message was last edited by the user at 05:19, Fri 03 Apr 2015.