The Thousand was an Otokodate formed during the First Yasuki War by the ronin Tamedaore. It was a ronin band far larger, better supplied, and better organized than had been previously seen in Rokugan. The Thousand earned a strong repute during the war, fighting alongside the Crane Clan. Its numbers gradually diminished over the centuries that followed, and their last remnants were wiped out by the returning Unicorn Clan in the year 816.