Dojo of the Closed Eye

The Dojo of the Closed Eye is the main dojo of the Soshi family.

History
The past of the Soshi school is shrouded in darkness. The original Soshi was a walking deception (it is said that he was nothing more than an alias Shosuro adopted after faking her own death). Thought the Scorpion are not highly religious, the Soshi are an exception to the rule. As the greatest of all the Soshi family temples, Shiro no Soshi, the Dojo of the Closed Eye was well hidden within the spine of the mountain range. During the two exiles the Scorpion suffered, Shiro no Soshi was spared the wrath of the Imperial Legions, but the Dojo of the Closed Eyes was found and destroyed.

Today, the school have been rebuilt larger than before, standing as a silent testament to the Scorpion's ability to thrive through adversity. The dojo stands in the sadow of Shiro no Soshi wich serves to protect it from the Empire, and also to protect the Empire from the school.

Tradition
The Soshi familyis hesitant to admit those from outside their family. Other Scorpion occasionally gain admittance into the Dojo of the Closed Eye, but are never truly accepted as one of the family. Students of this dojo honor their school by removing the eyes from the Soshi mon.

Training
Soshi sensei are notoriously cruel and intolerant taskmasters who see it as their duty to weed out the weak. Shugenja are organized into classes,amoung which the sensei encourage fierce competition. Those who maintain a respectful deference to their superiors and yet manage to excel beyond their their classmates are carefully noted.

During their training, the Soshi shugenja learn the arts of poison and subterfuge along with the more traditional, refined arts of the shugenja. Like any Scorpion, the Soshi are expected to be able to hold their own in the courts of the Empire, and be fully prepared to participate in the endless Scrpion intrigues. This is another reason the Soshi encourage competition amoung their students.

Sensei
The masters of the Dojo of the Closed Eye are expected to impart two lessons to their students: how to use their abilities for the clan, and the price of failure. More than any other schools, Soshi students tend to mix their respect for their masters with a generous amount of fear. This is a list of the most known sensei of the dojo


 * Soshi Yukimi

Major References
Way of the Shugenja, p.64)