Rokugo

Rokugo was the head of a ronin bandit group that took possession of some Scorpion Clan holdings during their exile, and founded the Rokugo family, vassals of the Bayushi when the Scorpion returned from the Burning Sands.

In 1123, after the exile of the Scorpion Clan, a group of bandits, led by Rokugo, took possession of most of the ancient Scorpion geisha houses, sake parlors and other enterprises very necessary to take a big quantity of information, which were located in the outlying villages of the Bayushi provinces. They found them good resources and, under the direction of Rokugo, they maintained and developped such enterprises much like the Scorpion before them. Imperial Magistrates didn't care a lot about this region, so Rokugo and his men could build a big undergound organization to produce great richnesses.

When the Scorpion Clan was reinstated after the Second Day of Thunder, they found Rokugo's men. Rokugo was a clever man, and he didn't want to leave to the Scorpion what he and his men had gained with efforts. Knowing he didn't could face the Scorpion, he made them an offer: he would keep everything he and his fellows had earned during the Scorpion's exile. He would turn over to the Scorpion all financial records and information that the holding had accumulated in their absence. In return, he expected fealty and the right to continue runing the establishments they had taken over. (SoScorpion, p. 22-23)

The Bayushi were impressed by Rokugos's boldness. Many of their samurai had died in the Clan War, and Rokugo's band was an organized group of clever, resoureful ronin. They would also regain their holdings without bloodshed. The offer was so interesting that the Bayushi could not refused. Thus the Rokugo family was born.

Rokugo had conforted the Bayushi and won, becoming more powerful joining the Scorpion Clan. He built a small castle in the highlands near Kyuden Bayushi, which gives him relatively easy access to all of Scorpion territory. This castle, now as Shiro Kuraishi, doesn't appear on any map. (SoScorpion, p.23)

Rokugo, now and old man, continues ruling his family and making the "unofficial" busnesses of the Bayushi family. He only deals with his Bayushi lords, and have become a rich and powerful man.