Izaku family

A relative young family, the Izaku were formed in the aftermath of the Clan War. During that Epic conflict, the evil shugenja Yogo Junzo destroyed many of the learning centers of the Phoenix while seeking the black scrolls, and destroyed the temples of Shinsei. After the war, the forces of the Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan scholars held hand in hand to recover as much knowledge as possible. A small library under construction in Heibeisu, at the center of Dragon and Phoenix lands was chosen to house this knowledge. This location is intended as an archive for texts on farming, the humble Izaku library suddenly became the greatest repository of magical knowledge in the Empire and the home of one of the vassal families of the Agasha.

The Phoenix and the Dragon
Asako Miruko and Agasha Tsuru, two relatively low-ranking samurai, did most of the work accumulating scrolls for the library. The two have roamed the Empire in search for lost knowledge. When their task have reached its fruition, their lords offered them, seperately, a single favor. The Phoenix Daimyo offered Miruko to marry anyone she would like to marry, releasing her of the traditional matchmaking, and in light of this, she have chosen Tsuru. The Dragon Lord offered the same favor, but Tsuru wished for Miruko to marry a lord. Tsuru have come to love the Phoenix woman so much, he wants her to experience a secured and luxurious life. Both clans agreed. The Dragon Daimyo gave Tsuru an estate and named him the first Izaku, making him a lord and the first daimyo of the Izaku family. Afterwards, he offered Miruko to be his wife and she agreed. As their love had allowed the mystic knowledge of the Empire to be reborn, their children would protect that knowledge forever. The Agasha (who are not yet Phoenix) and Asako agreed to share the resources of the library so that both the Dragon and Phoenix might benefit.

Currently, the Izaku are sworn vassals of both the Agasha and the Tamori families. Some find this very strange, but both clans value the Izaku too highly to abandon them, for to let go of the Izaku means only one thing: conceding defeat and accepting the one who keeps the Izaku the victor.