Mara

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Mara is one of the few Naga who knew her parentage. Where most Naga would not know anything, she remembered the day of the first breath and the defiantly proud echo in Dashmar’s eyes when she crawled from the shards of shell. The fact that Dashmar is her father is known to her but a guarded secret. She learned the skills of the warrior from the Asp but keeps her dedication to her Greensnake lineage.

She has learned the way of the diplomat and served as the emissary and advisor to Shahadet the Vedic of Iyotisha and the Ashlim. She was in Vyakarana when the Great Sleep was cast and which is why she did not die with the rest of her young clutch of Ashamana due to the incursions of humans and other foul creatures.

She does not believe in the way Naga females act is in the best interests of their future. She believes the future of Naga woman are like that of the samurai-ko of the Unicorn Clan. Dashmar’s biggest mistake was to assign her to be the Naga in charge of the ambassador Daini. This was meant to keep her busy but instead gave her the means to her goal. She taught Daini the ways of the Naga while he showed her Rokugan and its customs. He even showed her how to ride a horse. (Though she learned on a pony) As their working relationship grew she noticed the he was falling in love with her. But she could never love a human. Her people would not allow it. But her memories of Daini are hers to keep even after she joins the Akashic pool. Her memories would serve the Naga youth of the future but Daini would always her hers. (Way of the Naga p89-90)

Together with Daini she had a son, Mirumoto Mareshi.

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