The Cards Tell the Tale (II): The Training Grounds, by Ben Peck

The original TRAINING GROUNDS set was released along the Diamond Edition base set, and was the LTP product for the Reign of Blood era, and depicted a battle between the Lion Clan and the Shadowlands forces. The  product packaging (a sturdy two row box designed to hold around 800 cards) had a wraparound battle scene which was also used to illustrate several cards in the set.

Sadly it seems the full widescreen picture is nowhere to be found, except for the featured central part, with the two enemy leaders facing off, so well need to use our imagination to picture the full scene, as depicted below these lines. The title of the piece seems to be Battle in the Ruined City.

Ben Peck was by then a veteran and frequent L5R contributor, dating back from the Clan War era and also no stranger to extended art used in more than one card. http://flyingmonkeyart.wixsite.com/ben-peck