Kakita Akada

Kakita Akada was a Iaijutsu Master of the Crane Clan.

Death
Akada, a member of a cadet branch of the Kakita, desired the hand of a woman. Months of negotiations between the two families suddenly broken down, after another suitor gave a gift to the woman in question, a gift which Akada declared unfit for such a bride. Both pretenders engaged in a duel to death, where the spell Essence of Fire had been used to keep the duel fair, which ended seconds later in a kharmic strike - both combatants striking each other down simultaneously. Akada's family claimed that the other contender cheated somehow, demanding the nemuranai of the other suitor as evidence to support their claim, and state their intention to destroy the artifact which brought about so much dishonor. A group of samurai, friends of Akada's opponent, got the sword to its rightful heir.