Steel Magistrate

Steel Magistrates were a group of magistrates created in 596 at the behest of Hantei XVI, the Steel Chrysanthemum, whose job would be to root out treason among the samurai of the Empire.

Fighting the Scorpion
The group were put under the command of one of the closest advisors of the Emperor, Shosuro Tsia. Using her knowledge of the Scorpion information network they began a secret war against Scorpion agents.

Patroling the Empire
In 597 Steel Magistrates discovered groups who were devising how to work against the Emperor, especially in Crane and Phoenix lands. They were executed for treason. In 609 a Phoenix group found in the province of Chokai was tortured, revealing the Phoenix were part of a larger effort to send relief all over the Empire. Hantei XVI ordered to punis Nikesake and the Dragon province.

Destruction
This year the Steel Chrysanthemum orders Shosuro Tsia arrested and tortured. She was hunged along with the entirety of the Steel Magistrates, after she confessed they were plotting against the Throne.