Utaku Xieng-Chi

Utaku Xieng-Chi is a Unicorn Clan samurai and Battle Maiden. She is the current Utaku family daimyo.

Youth
Xieng-Chi is a gifted warrior, but during her youth she was constantly overlooked in favor of her cousin, Otaku Kamoko. Xieng-Chi spent her youth silently resenting her cousin and striving to prove herself to her family.

Kamoko left the Unicorn for a time to pursue vengeance against Matsu Agetoki, and Xieng-Chi seized the opportunity to take control of her family. Shinjo Yokatsu, the Unicorn Clan Champion, appointed her the family daimyo. Xieng-Chi came to realize that gaining her position because her cousin was no longer fit for it was a hollow prize, and she felt bitter about it.

Adulthood
After the Battle of Oblivion's Gate Otaku Shiko, legendary daughter of Otaku and former leader of her family, returned to Rokugan. While she did not assume the title of daimyo, which Moto Gaheris reappointed to Xieng-Chi upon his ascension, Shiko did usurp some of Xieng-Chi's authority. It was Shiko who boldly renamed the Otaku the Utaku without even consulting Xieng-Chi.

For over thirty years this struggle for authority has quietly undermined Xieng-Chi's power. Xieng-Chi is an old woman now and fears that this may end her career under a legend's shadow, just as she began it.