Asahina Hiyako

Asahina Hiyako was a shugenja of the Crane Clan who married Asahina Maryoku, a man extremely talented with Kagaku, who sought enlightenment standing in the hottest part of the flames. In one of these fugue states, the flames went out of control and set the house ablaze. Hiyako died, and her son Asahina Hiya was scarred. Maryoku was driven mad by the realization of what he had done.