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Mirumoto Wasako · **Joined:** Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:56 pm **Posts:** 945

Mirumoto Wasako 和佐子
Clan: Dragon
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Bushi, Sensei Assistant
Height: 5’5"
Build: A bit athletic
Hair: Dark, some signs of premature greying
Eyes: Brown

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Description:

After several years at her sensei's side, Mirumoto Wasako has emerged from the Northern Wall Mountains. She doesn't particularly impress others when it comes to her fashion either favouring functional travelling clothes or rather old-fashioned hanfu, little variety outside of that. While she carries both a katana and wakizashi, it seems she eschews armour even in the field of war. Her dark hair is bound into a braid at her side and there are some prominent grey hairs on the sides of her hair, lacking any dyes to cover the prematurely grey hair. There is a faint mole that remains visible under her right eye.

Despite her minimalistic appearance, there is a slight air of fancifulness in her physical mannerism that is perhaps more akin to kata or dance in motion than just pure whimsy. There is a slight bit of obvious curiosity in her, even as her sensei's aide, she is still a constant student to everything around her. She appears to be approachable and friendly, although tempered with a slightly critical and authoritative front.

Story Hooks:
- Wasako is not a student of Niten.
- She has spent a good amount of time on the Northern Wall Mountains with her uncle. If she knows you, she probably has gotten the chance to know you really well.
- She has never left the Dragon Clan lands, until now. What's an Omomomodasu?

Kanade · **Joined:** Tue Mar 31, 2020 10:32 pm **Posts:** 129

Name: Kanade
Clan: Mantis
Sex: Female
Age: 23
Height: 5’4”
Build: Lithe
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Hazel
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Recently became a Shugenja

As a samurai-ko born into the Yasuki clan, Kanade turned out to be quite the prodigy when it came to making business deals. Her birth clan did catch on to her habits of setting aside a little profit for herself. They chose to send her to nodoka toshi, thinking perhaps the honorable duty of marraige might set her straight.

However, little did they catch on she had fallen for Arashi, Kobune captain of her preferred shipping route. He was also an attendant to the Miami to her gratitude. With considerable effort and luck she managed to place well enough to not only choose her beloved, but to make a few small bargains.

During Kyuden Agasha, a now visibly pregnant Yasuki Kanade appeared at court. She aided in deals publically for the Crab and less noticeably for the Mantis. Despite her divided loyalties she did her best to benefit both. During this time she began to show interest in the kami.

Kyuden Suzume bored the now official Mantis, who had successfully birthed a son prior to attendance. Kyuden Suzume marked the loss of her dear friend, Uzumake. She mourned him silently and dreaded bringing the news home to Arashi. However, before returning home Kanade felt something awaken within her. She had gained the ability to commune with the kami. Upon return to the Mantis isles, she began her training.

Appearance: Kanade has wiry musculature and is far more tanned than she used to be, as though she has been training outdoors. Her hair is often tied back in a simple manner these days.

Jiro- inu is still alive and well! He is a well-trained black Kai-ken. Also Kanade has a new red and black female brindle kai ken.

Story hooks:
- Need a deal made? Kanade is really good at driving a bargain.
- Interested in dogs? Kanade's Jiro has decent lineage and is pretty well trained. She now has a second dog named Hadena following her, as well.
-Walked into an active volcano once, as far as she could go.

Akodo Kinuko · **Joined:** Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:19 pm **Posts:** 52

Akodo Kinuko
Clan: Lion
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Bushi
Height: 5’9"
Build: Lean
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown

Description:

Taciturn in nature, Kinuko affects a seeming more in line with a hermit than a bushi. The demands of courtly duty do draw Kinuko out of her self-isolation. However, the makeup and coiffure she is obliged to take on cannot fully disguise the marks of her profession: skin that has spent more time out of doors than inside and hands roughened by the handling of weapons.

Story Hooks:
- Though of the Lion, Kinuko spent a number of years living among the Scorpion.
- Something of a bibliophile and always on the lookout for new items to add to the reading list.
- Has recently taken an interest in fancy stationary and calligraphy.

Bayushi Norikami · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:22 pm **Posts:** 315

Bayushi Norikami
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Height: 5'9" (175cm)
Weight: 178lbs (80kg)
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Build: Soldier, utilitarian muscle clings to sturdy bone.

What is Known:
Where ever the Scorpion have been at war, there was Norikami. Not that many would know, he had a knack for missing the bloodiest fights, much to his own displeasure. Some called him lucky, saying his particular style of diving head first would have got him killed.

It makes him angry, and honestly displeases his fellows. Not many want to be in a unit with Norikami. He has no issue telling his fellow "Scorpion" their virtuous ways are killing the clan worse than any Crab could have.

Since those days in conflict, he was moved to a different unit and all but disappeared, only for some to say he was seen traveling Scorpion territory in the company of a Yogo Shugenja. What he was doing was anyone's guess, but most assumed they were up to no good.

In the chaos of the past few years, a very small number of folk have claimed to know Norikami's doings, seeing him skulking about the woods and mountains, chasing stranger creatures than he.

Appearance: He's rarely without his pipe, a habit he picked up from his sensei, who he lived with. Norikami has a near-constant scowl that's only rarely replaced by a cocky smirk when he's having fun. He is handsome in the way of Scorpion men, but he's too rough to be a true beauty, but his self confidence helps make up for some of that. He wears pretty standard red and black, his armor and weapons are well taken care of, he hefts a no-dachi when possible, something he picked up more recently.

Hooks:
-Think the Scorpion have become a bunch of sissies?
-Ever fought a gaki, kappa, kidomaru?
-Do you like to party?
-Have a mixed bag of anguish in your background you'd rather not talk about?
-I like swards, and shooting arrows.

Togashi Myo-en · **Joined:** Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:27 am **Posts:** 418

Togashi Myo-en (妙縁)
Age: 23-ish
Gender: Female
Clan: Dragon
Height: 5'5"
Build: Flexible-looking musculature, without much extra padding
Hair: Shaved!
Eyes: Black
Marital Status: Monk, but also it's complicated?
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Description:
The first thing most people notice about the young woman who goes by Myo-en ("wondrous fate") is the tattoos, a twining riot of images from the nape of her neck along the spine to...well,to somewhere below the sash of her loose trousers, and wrapping around the front of her shoulders to run down her arms as well. The tapestry has had a few additions and alterations in recent years, though even old friends might find it hard to spot all the specific changes amidst the complexity unless one has spent a lot of time looking scandalously closely at her skin in the past.

The bare skin itself often gets noticed only as an afterthought; under all that ink the half-nakedness of her smoothly muscled form only partly seems to register. Certainly she doesn't seem self-conscious about it, though even in winter she seldom wears more than a simple singlet or chest wrap above her hakama when indoors. Outside, she might make the slight concession of a loose quilted jacket and scarf--perhaps a straw cloak if it is snowing hard.

Myo-en keeps her head neatly shaved these days (though friends and acquaintances who knew her two years ago would likely remember that back then she used to wear it blunt-cut; at some point she must have switched to this more orthodox style). Keen eyes so dark the pupils are barely distinguishable from the irises watch the world with detached curiosity. Here at the tail end of a northern winter her skin is paler than usual, but still shows traces of last summer's healthy tan where the tattoos stop. Her capable-looking hands are calloused, particularly about the knuckles, in a way that suggests hard martial training at least as much as other labor. She is never without three ancient-looking bronze coins tucked in to a pocket, and takes them out and tosses them over and over, meditatively, in idle moments.

An especially large, glossy, and opinionated black crow accompanies Myo-en almost everywhere. It's, uh, well, it is what it is. The two seem quite friendly with one another.

Stuff you might know:
Myo-en was one of many samurai (yes, even Dragons!) to serve in the War of Broken Fangs against the Naga three years ago. Nothing much was noted about her exploits at the time... until some months later, when the Dragon representatives at the Emperor's Winter Court announced that a certain Togashi had made contact with the long-lost Unicorn Clan through a magic mirror recovered deep in the Shinomen. A brief period of somewhat unsettling notoriety followed--now mostly past, blessedly.

Myo-en was present in Ryoko Owari during the unrest that attended the appointment of the city's new governor two years ago. Troubled by the experience, she faded back into the mountains for some time (though keeping up an occasional correspondence with her friends in other provinces). Since the arrival of the Unicorn Clan last year, she has been slightly more involved in Dragon business again, and there was even a rumor that she might possibly be betrothed to one of the Unicorn daimyos' children? However, most of the Unicorn are now gone again and no marriage seems to have materialized, at least not yet.

Possible hooks:

Myo-en spent the winter in Toshi no Omoidoso
If you've been in Dragon lands in the past couple of years, you are more likely to have met or heard of her
Unicorn might know of her, as the discoverer of part of Shinjo's Mirror
Publicly and enthusiastically interested in omens, portents, and divinations of all sorts
Rumored to understand the Naga language and to have learned some of the snake-people's stories
Mens sana in corpore sano--maybe you, too, enjoy a strenuous unarmed workout?
What's the deal with that bird following her around?

Yasuki Maru · **Joined:** Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:19 pm **Posts:** 15

Name: Yasuki Maru
Gender: Female
Clan: Crab
Marital Status: Married
Age: 21
Height: 5'4"
Build: Lithe
Hair: Black
Eyes: Golden brown

Maru is a little haughty, a little sure of herself - okay, a lot - and knows she's married well, securing herself into a substantial position that is sure to grow in time as her husband Yasuki Jubei grows in station as a clan magistrate.

She is a damned good Scout, a trailblazer and so-called gloryhound who seeks a bit of a name for herself. She studied at the Hiruma Stalker school under a strict sensei and became a steadfast student. She still keeps in correspondence with her sensei.

Maru has a set of ears on her, always listening to the word from samurai's hushed lips, and passing on rumours she hears like a childs' game. She has a twin brother who has stayed close to the family, while she has gone off to be where her husband needs her.

Maru has blessed her husband Jubei with their birth of their first son. With the employment of a wet nurse, not long after his birth she accepted a position at a local college as a teacher's assistant/apprentice, teaching scouting techniques. She still thinks she's the kami's gift to all those who are blessed to know her, and her students are... less than thrilled with their TA.

Hooks:
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Daidoji Tetsuko · **Joined:** Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:41 am **Posts:** 391

Daidoji Tetsuko
Clan: Crane
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Bushi
Clan: Crane
Height: 5’4"
Build: Athletic
Hair: Black, usually tied up out of the way
Eyes: Blue

Description
Hailing from a wealthy family of merchant patrons Tetsuko has the looks of a Doji but the steely resolve of an Iron Crane. Having survived a year in direct service to her daimyo she knows much about discomfort and can take a surprising amount of punishment. Her honour and virtue are unwavering, as is her commitment to bushido and its multitude of contradictions.

Story Hooks
- Why am I here? I was supposed to be attending the Emperor's Winter Court...
- Spent a year travelling as a Magistrate's yojimbo, perhaps we met on the road?
- Likes include honour, art, tea, and martial pursuits. Perhaps we share an interest?

Kakita Rin · **Joined:** Sun Apr 05, 2020 12:58 pm **Posts:** 55

Clan: Crane
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Bushi, Duelist
Height: 5’6"
Build: Athletic
Hair: White
Eyes: Blue

Think of a Kakita Bushi. No, not that one, this one! Yes, picture the white hair, the sense of martial superiority, the ease of dropping into the stance, the perfect manners, the hint of a smirk at watching others try to do what the Crane do, the decadence.

. . .

The what?

Yes the indolent decadence. Oh you weren't expecting that? Neither were Rin's parents but that's what they got along with a top rated duelist and one capable of picking up any performance art he liked, along with any man or woman he found attractive as well. Also he'd believe the sky was green if you told him with a straight enough face.

Hooks

Ladiesssssssss!!!!
Gentlemennnnnnn!!!!
Show me your stance!
Wanna dance?

Togashi Mai · **Joined:** Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:22 am **Posts:** 417

Gender: Female
Clan: Dragon
Marital Status: To her Work
Occupation: Artisan, Tattoo
Age: 22
Height: 5'5"
Build: Lithe
Hair: Chocolate
Eyes: Brighter Brown

Description:

Matured into a bright young woman Togashi Mai walks with a focused mind and spirit. Wearing a cloth piece that is tied in on itself to conceal her chest, for some level of support rather than strictly a mind for decency.

Openly and proudly she wears her tattoo, those with power and those without. On her shoulder is the tattoo of Void, shimmering often as it remains in an active state as is fitting and appropriate. Ocean flows over her back, mixing with some of the more mundane tattoos there and almost seeming an nice vista of a beach-side somewhere. When Ocean becomes active it brings the waves to life, washing against the ever still shore in the surrounding ink.

What is Known: (Heraldry TN: 40)

Togashi Mai was adopted into the Order at a young age, but ultimately made the choice and commitment to join herself. Supplanting some older Togashi who had to wait until they were old enough to travel on their own to be there. Taken in by Togashi Nobuyuki, a strong voice among the Togashi but not so strong that one requires familiarity,

Growing with them, Mai came to find herself fascinated by the heroes of Rokugan and this is well known by the Togashi, and others, that are aware of her. Mai's reverence for the Empire's heroes is nearly as well known as her devotion to the art of the Tattoo. An art she has, in the recent year or so, traveled the Empire in order to find both willing subjects and to witness the breadth of their Empire. So that she might infuse both herself and her art with this understanding of the world around her.

Hooks:

Who are you, Hero?: Mai has a fascination for the stories of the Empire's heroes. If you're considered one she'd love to hear all about the tale that made you a hero!

Get some Ink: Mai is an Artisan and her work with ink is sure to impress. Though she is already quite skilled she yearns for more practice and to find the proper fit for those who would allow her.

Monk Vibes: She's a monk, thinking about life to a fault. Give her a chance to talk your ear off and she just might!

Osamu · **Joined:** Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:53 pm **Posts:** 408

Osamu
Clan: Mantis
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Shugenja/Sailor
Height: 5'10
Build: Well Muscled
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Black

Tall and well muscled Osamu can be a rather imposing f figure even in his priestly robes. While he isn't unattractive his deeply tanned skin is far from what most Rokugani find ideal. Add his sharp eyes and penchant to frowning slightly and it's not unusual for him to be avoided in crowds

The young Mantis's clothes are well made, and costly for the most part. Though he tends to forego layers even in the chill of winter, apparently hardly feeling the touch of the weather. A few pieces of jewelry are evident in his day to day dress, usually necklaces and bracelets of gold, something most find a bit ostentatious.

Hooks:
Are you a sailor? Do you spend time in Mantis lands?

Priests who pray together, stay together?

Maybe a game of go?

Matsu Chinatsu · **Joined:** Wed Apr 08, 2020 3:05 am **Posts:** 131

Matsu Chinatsu

Age: 21
Gender: Female
Weight: 125 lbs
Height: 5' 7"
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Marital Status: Married, technically

Chinatsu is a study in oddities that combine to be in some ways terrifying. There is no doubt that her fiery Matsu blood plays a roll in the woman's life, though it has been tempered and focused by her training among the Omoidasu. Combined with that temperance is the Matsu arrogance and the Omoidasu's nearly perfect memory of historical precedence that proves them right. Chinatsu's first foray into the world was at Nodoka Toshi, where with few other prospects that didn't end with her becoming a Phoenix, she chose to marry a Togashi, who she brought into the clan. Their marriage has been a quiet one, for the most part, and Chinatsu seems to be dutiful, if largely uninterested in her husband. Much of her time since the infamous Miai has been spent attempting to maintain good relations with what clans she can and further Lion prospects from with Lion lands. Years of conflict have payed a tole on the serious Omoidasu, though she still maintains her love of fine clothing and carefully selected friends.

Physically, Chinatsu clearly takes good care of herself, trained not only mentally but physically as well. Her biggest physical flaw is also her most obvious, and any questions as to how such a fine example of Matsu bravery could not have ended up among the Berserkers is settled by her distinct lack of a right arm. It is an issue that Chinatsu does not seem to let hold her back however, though she also seems ambivalent on whatever caused the loss of said arm.

Story Hooks
- Stationed at Toshi no Omoidaso this winter? You've probably had the misfortune of meeting Chinatsu.
- Into fashion? Chinatsu would probably love to talk to you.
- She has a former Togashi for a husband, if you're a Dragon you might be curious of how he is doing, otherwise you might be curious how just such a marriage works out.
- Love stories? Chinatsu has stories to last this entire unfortunate event.

Yasuki Daisuke · **Joined:** Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:34 am **Posts:** 45

Name: Yasuki Daisuke
Age: 18
Height: 5'8
Build: Slender
Gender: Male
Hair: Raven
Eyes: Amber-Hazel
Marital Status: Available

Description:
A young Carp with great promise, he is an effervescent young man who always seems to be gauging the situation as if they were an open air market. Not too tall, not too short, and while handsome, he wasn't going to be known for his looks at all. That Yasuki grin comes easy to him, yet current times leave him in a more somber, contemplative mood.

Background:
One of the most talented Carp to come from the Yasuki Courtier School, the young Daisuke was given tasks more out of his station due to the belief that his sensei, Yasuki Tonbo, believed he showed more potential than any other in his class. Daisuke proved that through his schooling, and earned himself a place with the Crab delegation at the Lion Court this past winter. While not one who brokered deals, he was always on hand for the more stationed members of the delegation, and would give insightful advice when prompted, with a certain perceptive awareness of just how the flow of coin might best benefit the Crab and their ongoing war effort.

He sees the current situation with the arrival of the Steel Chrysanthemum as a market disruption that would certainly put the Crab in a weakened position. A place they cannot afford to be while fighting off the forces of Jigoku. So he is here a staunch Imperialist.

Isawa Inugami · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:31 pm **Posts:** 149

Name: Isawa Inugami
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 120 lb
Hair: Long and Black
Eyes: Brown

Born under a Wolf moon, Isawa Inugami is the eldest son of an Isawa and an Agasha. He has two younger sisters, both with the gift of speaking with the kami. He because of the influence of the moon was not gifted with the ability to speak with the kami. His temper and lack of focus on the courtly affairs thus becoming a bushi.

He is quite apt with animals. He is very attached to dogs and particularly wolves. He would never have one as a pet but respect those who do.

Hooks:
Meditation methods
Animals specially dogs
Walks

Yogo Sukima · **Joined:** Mon Apr 13, 2020 6:18 am **Posts:** 471

Gender: Female
Clan: Scorpion
Occupation: Influential Courtier, Organizer
Marital Status: Married
Age: 21
Height: 5'6"
Build: Slightly Curvy
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Red

To say Sukima's coloring is... exotic is putting it lightly, and it sometimes surprises new people that it is entirely Rokugani and mundane in origin. Most of her family has married the Crane during it's history, leading toward a tendency to have blue or green eyes. Her own direct mother was a Kitsu, granting her their red hair. She otherwise lives up to her Imperial heritage in her looks and manners. Her clothing is fairly elaborate, though the colors are now limited to white in mourning, interrupted only with Yogo and Otomo mons. She moves with poise and confidence and her voice is normally light and musical, though it's lacking inflection of late. While she was once very curvy, the recent tragedies and stress have rendered her somewhat thin.

Her formerly light and unconcerned demeanor has given way to a heavy sadness, though she remains as polite and cordial as possible. Since the events at Shiro no Ukime and Kyuden Agasha, Sukima has become even more active in the courts than before, though her personality and behavior remains hard to predict, leading some to assume her insane or incompetent. The truth is that she tends to watch a situation before making plans, and keeps it quiet once she does settle on a course of action, often leading to her snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Story Hooks:
- Sukima was raised in Otosan Uchi and trained by the Oomo. You might have met her if you spent time around there or have connections with that family.
- She was one of the participants in the events of Shiro no Ukime and Kyuden Agasha. If you were there, she'd love to catch up.
- She enjoys a variety of games. Meeting over Go is a favorite past time.
- The Emperor's recent death affected her more than most.

Mari · **Joined:** Sun Apr 12, 2020 4:43 am **Posts:** 702

Occupation: Ronin Healer
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Eye: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 5'3"
Marital Status: Single

Mari isn't really a very memorable woman. She's average height, brown hair, brown eyed an a touch on the dull side when you look at her. Picking her out of a crowd would be difficult because there's a thousand other samurai and heimin just like her. She smiles occasionally, though not too much. Never a great idea for a ronin to smile too broadly. That just makes people think you're putting on airs, after all. Her voice is pleasant and easy-going when she's not caught up in the formalities of the samurai's life, and she is quick and easy to spin a yarn if the chance affords itself. She does like to tell a few old stories she's picked up on the road, and the young woman has certainly heard quite a few of those.

She has freshly arrived in Nikesake a day or two ahead of the Forces from Toshi Omoidasu, passing through town and looking for work. Wherever there's smoke, there's fire, and wherever there's fire someone's going to need to get patched up. They even pay now and again.

Hooks (Note - Lore: Heraldy TN 60)
- Recently arrived in Nikesake, seeking work.
- Healer. Need patching up?
- Storyteller. Wanna hear her spin a yarn?
- Doesn't like horses. Says they smell.

Asako Ayanojo · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:25 pm **Posts:** 132

Clan: Phoenix
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Shugenja
Height: 5’0"
Build: Waifish
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown

Kyuden Isawa, shortly after the first Black Scroll was opened wrote:

"He really hasn't said a word since that day?"
"Nothing at all to another human, Isawa-sama. His words are only for the kami now."
" . . . well at least he's alive and not bleeding from the eyes. We can only heal those with ailments we can actually heal. Send him off to one of the courts to assist, maybe the Crane will be patient enough to let him write down everything he wants to say."

Kyuden Kakita wrote:

"He seems happy enough now the winds are up."
"Yes, Kakita-sama. Ayanojo-san has been waiting for the weather to break for most of the winter. I'm surprised we've managed to keep him indoors this long. He wrote something about his 'darlings need to soar'."
"I shall have to see if he can match our artisans with these kites of his then. I warn you though, my kinsmen excel at every art, Shiba-san."
"Oh I think you'll find Ayanojo-san quite capable of taking on anyone you can pit against him."

A letter from Asako Nanami wrote:

Otouto, your last letter reached us just before we set off for Ryoko Owari, so excuse me if I'm brief. You will find Nikesake to your liking I think. As long as the Lion haven't changed it too much. Make sure to visit the Twin Shrines often while you are there. We had kin amongst the priests there for generations. The Street of Scrolls will also suit your likings. I do not have time for much more, so mind your manners and we will meet again at the family Shrine in the Spring.

Your dutiful sister, Nanami.

Hooks
Kites, kites and maybe kites?

Doji Monkhbaatar · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2020 9:29 am **Posts:** 231

Shinjo Monkhbaatar

Clan: Unicorn
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Bushi
Height: 5'6"
Build: Lithe
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Dark

Those that met him at the miai likely know he's a friendly and outgoing person. In time since then, however, the Crane have instilled a much more comprehensive understanding of propriety.

But while his etiquette training allow him to fit more appropriately into social situations, he's still quite energetic and fun loving. He also still displays a lucky streak in his endeavors, but it's less obvious with his improved personal skills and capabilities, no longer needing to lean into good fortune as much.

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Kaiu Maiya · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 6:43 am **Posts:** 878

Name: Kaiu Maiya
Clan: Crab
Gender: Female
Age: 18 (born 741)
Height: 5' 8"
Build: A heavy humanoid suit of steel and lacquer armour
Outside the armour: Slim and sonsy
Occupation: Bushi
Marital Status: Unmarried
Eyes: Light brown
Hair: Brunette

Appearance and Personality

In her armour Maiya is very, very clearly a Crab bushi. Sure, she lacks the height and impressive physique of many Crab bushi, but the extremely heavy armour, numerous Kaiu Mon stamped on that armour along with her weapons, as well as the ease she moves while so belaboured is a dead give away. The navy blue, grey and silver colours are also pretty obvious. She wears a daisho at her side and carries a tetsubo on her back alongside her travel pack. Her helmet looks new and especially well cared for, adorned in gold along the stylised crest that just so happens to make her look a little taller.

Underneath the armour is a different story.

Maiya is quite feminine looking, with a shockingly pretty face (especially for a Crab bushi), and notably slim. How she manages to move around in her super heavy armour is a real mystery. However, while she might look the gallant heroine when she takes off her helmet, reality quickly sinks in when she speaks or does anything. Maiya is polite, but straightforward and exceedingly ordinary. She has few talents or interests and even fewer accomplishments to her name. Just how she ended up with such fine armour and weapons is therefore another mystery. Maybe she has a wealthy betrothed she hasn't told anyone about or maybe she got lucky with her inheritance?

One thing for certain is that she isn't afraid of a scrap, with or without her armour. She seems to become especially spry at the talk of a skirmish, sparring or a battle. While onlookers might hope this is only a result of her harsh training, the truth is that she genuinely enjoys fighting. That's probably how she ended up as a berserker. Do not let her size, relatively lacking education and wits, or her chattiness fool you.

Hooks

- Arrived a few months ago in Nikesake to attend her elder sister's wedding to a Lion, alongside her cousin. Have we met? Were you a fellow guest?
- Stood on the Wall, stationed with a Crab Army and wields Kaiu made items. Are you a fellow Crab who might recognise some of that?
- Trained with the Hida. Perhaps we met in the dojo?
- Can do basic armour repairs - need any done?*
- Likes sake and chatting. Buy me a drink and I'll talk your ear off?*
- A gossip who likes to spread rumours. You outran a Unicorn stallion and defeated a Kenshinzen in a duel? Wow. I'll tell everyone! (But I might not believe you)
- *Likes nice things. Please give me money, valuables or shiny things?
- A lot of divine attention that she is completely ignorant of. Are you a Kitsu or a monk who might notice such things and actually know what they mean?

Otomo Ryuji · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:41 am **Posts:** 289

Otomo Ryuji
Imperial
Age: 20
Height: 5'9
Occupation: Courtier
Marital Status: Unwed

Otomo Ryuji is a slender young man with an average build. He is not built like a samurai bushi but very much a courtier type. He likes to keep his appearance neat and proper. He dresses according to his station and status.

Ryuji was born and raised in Otosan Uchi. He is quite an intimidating young man, more than his own father and rivaling that of his mother. He is the eldest born of his family and his a very dutiful man to his work. Ryuji is about order and timeliness. He is extremely punctual and has never missed a session of court. He also tends to be a bit opinionated but choosing his spots very carefully when he asserts his opinion; this helps him in controlling the conversation or interrogation.

Bayushi Chen · **Joined:** Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:22 pm **Posts:** 229

Clan: Scorpion
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: unmarried
Occupation: Bushi
Height: 5’10"
Build: Athletic
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Brown

Chen is a fairly average Bayushi, he doesn't stand out much with brown hair and eyes features that are pleasant but not strikingly beautiful. He is quick with a smile and while a bit quiet Chen is known as a friendly individual. He means well but often makes mistakes and can occasionally fumble things. He is an amazing shot with a bow however, one of his redeeming qualities and perhaps the reason his clumsy nature is tolerated. In his downtime Chen often spends his time playing his Samisen or enjoying a nice bowl of ramen.

Chen has spent most of his time in Scorpion lands but has made occasional forays into the Lion lands he also served in both the War of Crossed Pincers and the many peasant uprisings the Scorpion have been dealing with. He spent some time as a yojimbo but was recently sent to help deal with the situation with the Steel Chrysanthemum.

- recent arrival to Nikesake, perhaps we could explore a new city together
- want to head down to the range and do some shooting? Chen would love to
- Chen loves music and loves talking about t and performing even if he isnt a master yet

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