Isawa's Last Wish

Creation of the Last Wish
In an effort to prove that the difference between humans and kami is a matter of perception, the shugenja named Isawa created an intellegent construct known as Isawa's Last Wish. He intended to give it to his daughter Akiko as a wedding gift. Even after help from the greatest minds of the Pheonix Clan, the Wish would not work properly. It was confused and did not do as it was commanded which was very bad because it was extremely powerful. When Isawa failed to return after the Day of Thunder work on the wish was abandoned.

The Imperial Order
Without a way to destroy it, Hantei Genji ordered that the Wish never be finished and that Isawa's notes be destroyed. Isawa's Last Wish was given to the Shiba family to ensure that no shugenja would ever try to use it again.

Dangerous Failures
Asako Sagoten tried to use it to make Akiko love him again after their marriage was called off. The wish killed Asako and Akiko and destroyed Shiro Shiba. The Shiba recovered the construct and hid it. Over the centuries, the Last Wish grew insane from its isolated existance. Periodically, foolish shugenja would find the Wish and try to use it. None of these attempts went well.

Sagoten's Restitution
During the War of Spirits Asako Sagoten used the Wish to create spirits to guard the Wish from being used improperly. Because his motives were pure, the Wish created the Children of the Last Wish. Asako Sagoten committed seppuku to guard the secret of the Last Wish.

The Return of Shiba's Soul
Shiba Aikune used the Last Wish in 1166 in an effort to retrieve Ofushikai. When he found out that he could not return the blade to Ningen-do, he frees the spirit of Shiba from it and places the Kami in Shiba Mirabu.