Imperial Explorers

The Imperial Explorers was a military unit created during the Age of Conquest.

Creation
The Empress Iweko I created the Imperial Explorers as a new branch within the Imperial Bureaucracy. They had the task of exploring and marking the resources of the Colonies, mapping of the former Ivory Kingdoms, and the identification of resources to be harvested for Rokugani use. Only Spider and Mantis samurai were initially allowed to join the explorers.

Dojo
The main Imperial Explorer dojo was built in the capital of the Colonies, the Second City. The dojo remained but the Imperial Governor of the Colonies Ikoma Katsuru suggested its sensei, Bayushi Shibata, to move the dojo outside the city, to prevent that the Imperial Explorers became a pawn in some manipulative game played by the courtiers there, so a new dojo was built, becoming the new main dojo located at Kalen's Sacrifice.

Expanded Charter
In 1198 the Ivory Champion Shinjo Tselu and the new Governor Otomo Suikihime ordered that the Imperial Explorer dojo would now accept applicants from all the Clans in the name of productivity.

Known Members

 * Bayushi Shibata - First sensei
 * Daigotsu Bofana
 * Doji Kazuo
 * Mirumoto Kojinrue
 * Yoritomo Naoto