Loosely based on a classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Nai'an, Suikoden V centers around the political struggles of the Queendom of Falena, and takes place 6 in-universe years before the events of the first Suikoden.
Shi'a | Qin Shi Huang | B'nai B'rith | Shi'ite | Shi'a Islam | Yau Nai-Hoi | Shi Zhecun | Shi Le | Đồng Nai Province | Shi Nai'an | Imamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine) | Xi Shi | Twelver Shi'ah Islam | Shi Yunsheng | Shi Ren | Shi'ism | Shi'i Muslim | Shi'i | Nai-Chang Yeh | Chen Shi | Chae Shi-ra | B'nai B'rith Girls | The Children of Huang Shi | Tân Phú District, Đồng Nai | Sima Shi | Shi Xiu | Shi Wen-long | Shi Wancheng | Shi Qing | Shi Qian |
While most attribute the novel to Shi Nai'an, there were some who believe that the novel, or portions of it, was written by others, such as Luo Guanzhong (the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms), Shi Hui (施惠) and Guo Xun (郭勛).
Each card of myriads or tens (of myriads) was illustrated with one of the 108 most famous bandits of the Chinese novel the Water Margin attributed to Shi Nai'an.