Agasha family (Phoenix)
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| Agasha family (Phoenix)
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| Clan: | Phoenix Clan |
| Founded: | Pre-calendar |
| Daimyo: | Agasha Chieh |
| Please note: This article is about Family of the Phoenix Clan. For other uses of the term, please see Agasha family (disambiguation). |
The Agasha family was founded by a shugenja named Agasha. Agasha was actually a follower of Togashi, the founder of the Dragon Clan, not Shiba. 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] 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.[1]
[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 as the Tamori family by Imperial Edict in 1151.[2] 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] 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 the many seeds contained within, each seed representing separate possibilities and a hundred different potentialities.[3]
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 families.[4]
[edit] Vassals of the Agasha
The following are the known vassal families of the Agasha family:
[edit] Agasha Daimyo
The following are the leaders of the Agasha family since their joining of the Phoenix in 1131. Leaders of the Agasha prior to this point are listed with the Tamori family.
| Agasha Hamanari | 1131 - 1165 |
| Agasha Chieh | 1165 - Present |
[edit] References
- ↑ Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Third Edition, page 22
- ↑ The Dark Oracle of Fire, Part II
- ↑ Way of the Dragon, page 30
- ↑ Interview with Rich Wulf
