Empress' Seal

The Empress' Seal was used by the Empress to issue any decrees necessary when the Emperor was indisposed or if she had need to conduct personal business.

Appearance
It was a small object of gold and green, slightly chipped on one side. A kami dwelled within it sings.

History
The seal had been lost in 1111 since the death of Hantei XXXVIII's wife, the Empress Hantei Hochiahime, when she was kidanapped by the Cult of the Blood-Red Moon. Hochiahime threw the seal to the bottom of the Treacherous Pass before her death. In 1155 it was found in the river which flowed in the pass by the yobanjin Mountain Wind Tribe. In 1165 the seal was given to the Crane Clan for his assistance against the bloodspeaker who infested the yobanjin area after the Rain of Blood. It was purified in an Asahina temple and presented as a gift to the new Emperor's bride, Akodo Kurako.


 * Guardians, by Shawn Carman