Shiba Shonagon

Shiba Shonagon was a Phoenix maiden, the writer of the famous book, and reviled, Memoirs of an Opium Eater.

Ryoko Owari
Shonagon lived at Ryoko Owari Toshi, and experienced too much there. She drank copiously and partook often in the opium.

Lover
Shosuro Jocho, son of the city governor Shosuro Hyobu, seduced her. Jocho was a cynical manipulator and a starry-eyed romantic.

Love
Shonagon eventually fell in love to Iuchi Michisuna, but the Unicorn musician, but he did not felt the same way.

Death
In 1122 Shonagon suicided of opium overdose. She could not overcome Michisuna rejection. After her dead was published the 'Memoirs of an Opium Eater'.