Asako Nakiro

Asako Nakiro is an Inquisitor of the Phoenix Clan who was attacked in his youth by the Shimushigaki and almost killed. Instead the Shimushigaki left a piece of itself in the centre of his soul which allowed it to control Nakiro to some degree. Nakiro once tried to fight this control, but his willpower to fight such a spirit was destroyed long ago.

In 1102, Nakiro met a man called Daidoji Dajan and together, in 1107, they formed a splinter sect of the Kolat referred to as Dajan's Kolat.

Nakiro is believed to have died along with Dajan during an attempt to summon the Shimushigaki in 1125. (BoD pp. 8, 39)