Agasha family (Dragon)
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| Agasha family (Dragon)
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| Clan: | Dragon Clan |
| Founded: | Pre-calendar |
| Daimyo: | None |
| Please note: This article is about the Family once part of the Dragon Clan. For other uses of the term, please see Agasha family (disambiguation). |
The Agasha family was founded by a shugenja named Agasha, a follower of Togashi, the founder of the Dragon Clan. A great number of Agasha left the Dragon when the maddened Hitomi was corrupting the clan and were taken in as a new family by the Phoenix Clan.
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[edit] Relations with the Other Families
[edit] The Mirumoto
After the Day of Thunder in 42, Togashi and his followers moved back up into the mountains and withdrew themselves almost completely from the affairs of the Empire. It was during this time that the Mirumoto family forged a strong bond with the Agasha family. The son of Mirumoto, Mirumoto Yojiro and the founder of the Agasha, Agasha worked closely together maintaining the clan's interests, and learned much from eachother in the process. Over the years the Mirumoto students would be encouraged to watch the Agasha and learn from them, and the Agasha students would do the same with the Mirumoto. This practice continued even after the deaths of the two school founders.[1]
[edit] The Kitsuki
Following the creation of the Kitsuki family there was a number of the Agasha who followed Agasha Kitsuki. While the Agasha kept their focus on their studies of the bubun, those with more interests in the practical applications of Agasha's works joined the Kitsuki. Over the years, a friendly rivalry arose between the two families, and the Agasha would often look upon the Kitsuki as their "little brothers and sisters". It would sometimes even occur that Agasha would refer to a Kitsuki when meeting them as oto-oto (little brother) or imo-oto (little sister).[2]
[edit] The Agasha Defection
After Togashi died fighting Fu Leng in the Second Day of Thunder, Mirumoto Hitomi took the leadership of the clan. Hitomi was being driven mad by the influence of Onnotangu and began killing all of the followers of Togashi who refused to take her name instead. The great majority of the Agasha family saw her madness and refused to take part in her destruction of her own clan. They left the traitorous Hitomi, and the Phoenix, who lost a great number of their own shugenja during the Clan Wars, were more than happy to take them in. Within a week less than 10 Agasha stood with the Dragon. [3]
[edit] The Two Agasha
Not all of the Agasha left the Dragon, however. For almost twenty years, each clan had a family named Agasha. That changed at the end of the War of Spirits when Emperor Toturi I renamed the Dragon Agasha the Tamori family by Imperial Edict in 1151.[4] This was a concession into which the Emperor was forced as a part of his truce with Hantei XVI. The largely-defeated Hantei took great joy in having the Dragon rename one of their families after a man they considered to be a traitor. [citation needed]
[edit] 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 the many seeds contained within, each seed representing separate possibilities and a hundred different potentialities.[5]
[edit] See Also
[edit] Agasha Daimyo
The following are the known daimyo of the historic Agasha family until their defection to the Phoenix and the founding of the Tamori family:
[edit] Agasha Daimyo
| Agasha | Pre-calendar - ? |
| Agasha Nakune | ? - ? |
| Agasha Tamori | ? - (c. 1132) |
| Agasha Shaitung | (c. 1132) - 1151 |
[edit] References
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 15
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 34
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition p. 22
- ↑ The Dark Oracle of Fire, Part II
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 30
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