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| Agasha family (Phoenix)
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|---|---|
| Clan: | Phoenix Clan |
| Founded: | 1131 |
| Daimyo: | Agasha Kurou |
The original Agasha family was founded by a shugenja named Agasha, who was a follower of Togashi, the founder of the Dragon Clan, not Shiba. A great number of Agasha left the Dragon in 1131, when the maddened Hitomi was corrupting the clan, and were taken in as a new family by the Phoenix Clan.
The Agasha Defection[]
The Agasha Join the Phoenix
After Togashi died fighting Fu Leng in the Second Day of Thunder, Mirumoto Hitomi took over leadership of the Dragon clan. Hitomi was being driven mad by the influence of Onnotangu and began killing all of the followers of Togashi who refused to renounce their family name of Togashi and take her name. The great majority of the Agasha family saw her madness and refused to take part in Hitomi's destruction of her own clan. They left in the month of the Goat of 1131, and the Phoenix, who lost a great number of their own shugenja during the Clan Wars, were more than happy to take them in. [1] In Gisei Toshi, the City of Sacrifice, the Agasha knelt before Shiba Tsukune and pledged their allegiance to the Phoenix. [2] Within a week less than 10 Agasha remained with the Dragon. [3] [4] The Agasha who had defected to the Phoenix were given what were essentially the least productive and desirable of the Shiba provinces as their family holdings. [5]
The Two Agasha[]
Not all of the Agasha left the Dragon, however. For almost twenty years, both the Dragon and Phoenix clans had a family named Agasha. That changed at the end of the War of Spirits when Emperor Toturi I renamed the remaining Dragon Agasha as the Tamori family by Imperial Edict in 1151. [1] This was a concession into which the Emperor was forced as a part of his truce with Hantei XVI. The largely-defeated Hantei XVI took great joy in having the Dragon rename one of their families after a man they considered a traitor. [6]
Within the Family[]
The Agasha Mon[]
The mon of the Agasha family is that of a dragon encircling a pomegranate. On the outside the pomegranate appears to be an ordinary fruit, much like an apple or a pear. When opened, however, the pomegranate reveals many seeds contained within, each seed representing separate possibilities and a hundred different potentialities. [7]
Despite the obvious references to the Dragon Clan, the Agasha have not changed their mon since joining the Phoenix. This has done little to endear them to the other Phoenix families. [8]
Tattoos[]
The average Agasha retained much of the family's old Dragon mindset and traditions. During their gempukku young Agasha acquired their first non- magical tattoo. They proudly exposed their tattooed skin, which sometimes was judged scandalous by the rest of Rokugan. [9]
Politics[]
Vassals of the Agasha[]
The following are the known vassal families of the Agasha family:
Agasha Daimyo[]
The following were the leaders of the Agasha family since their joining of the Phoenix in 1131. Leaders of the Agasha subsequent to this point are listed under the Tamori family name.
| Agasha Gennai | 1131 - 1157 |
| Agasha Hamanari | 1157 - 1165 |
| Agasha Chieh | 1165 - ? |
| Agasha Kurou | ? - Present |
Lands[]
The lands the Agasha held were a generous gift from the Isawa, bestowed after their exodus from the Dragon Clan, and had originally belonged to the Shiba. Experienced Isawa functionaries oversaw the minor day-to-day concerns of governing provinces so the Agasha could be free to continue their research unfettered. [10] The four Agasha provinces had limited farmlands, coastlines blocked by reefs and cliffs, and were closed off to the south by the Mountains of Regret. [11]
Provinces[]
Agasha provinces
- Anshin province (Ag1)
- Haimaato province (Ag4)
- Mihari province (Ag2)
- Omoidasu province (Ag3)
Major Agasha Holdings[]
Minor Agasha Holdings[]
See also[]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Dark Oracle of Fire, Part II, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The Agasha Join the Phoenix (Dark Journey Home flavor)
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Third Edition, p. 22
- ↑ Hidden Emperor, p. 14
- ↑ The Burden of Power (The Race for the Throne Book), by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Fire and Air, by Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman
- ↑ Way of the Dragon, p. 30
- ↑ Interview with Rich Wulf
- ↑ Great Clans, p. 185
- ↑ Secrets of the Phoenix, p. 16
- ↑ The Atlas of Rokugan, p. 129