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Please note: This article is about the shugenja who lost the battle known as Victory With No Strike. For other uses of the term, please see Tomokazu (disambiguation).
Asahina (TCG) 
Born: Unknown 
Died: Unknown 
Spouse: Doji Ritsuko 
Titles: Master of Air
Asahina family founder
People

Isawa Tomokazu was the Master of Air of the Phoenix Clan in the 4th century [1] who eventually founded the Asahina family of the Crane Clan as Asahina. [2]

Lion-Phoenix War[]

During the Lion-Phoenix War the city of Shiro Shiba had been besieged by the Lion Clan. Eventually the intervention of the Crane Clan forced the Lion to call a truce. [3]

Victory with No Strike[]

Soon thereafter, Isawa Tomokazu sought vengeance against the Lion for their aggression. The Crane Champion, Doji Ritsuko, rode to stop him, but she refused to duel. She endured his elemental assault, yet refused to fall, and after days of her passive resistance, the kami refused Tomokazu's requests to smite her. With this, the Phoenix forces lost the will to fight and surrendered, in the battle known as the Victory with No Strike, achieving one's goals on the battlefield by breaking the enemy's will. [4]

Wife[]

The Phoenix shugenja married the samurai maiden who beat him in the battle, taking the name Asahina. [5]


Preceded by:
Unknown
Master of Air
4th century
Succeeded by:
Unknown
Preceded by:
None
Asahina Daimyō
4th century
Succeeded by:
Unknown


Sources Conflict
The sources relating to this article are in conflict with each other.
The Elemental Master is named Isawa Asahina in Courts of Stone page 65, mimicking the name given in AEG canon.

References

  1. Winter's Embrace, p. 6
  2. Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 62
  3. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 55
  4. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56
  5. Tempests and Tides, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda


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