The Phoenix Clan

The mysteries of the universe are the domain of the Phoenix. Long ago, before the sage Shinsei arrived in Rokugan, people worshipped the Seven Fortunes, fickle gods who were as easily pleased as angered. The secret rites to communicate with them were kept by an order of holy men called shugenja. When Shinsei brought his philosophy to the Empire, it spawned new mysteries for the shugenja to contemplate. No one ponders the nature of reality quite like the Phoenix. Moreover, no one can utilize its arcane powers as fully as Phoenix shugenja. The shugenja’s curiosity may prove to be its downfall.

When the Kami first roamed the land looking for men who would follow them, one of them ventured far to the west to a people that hated the children of Sun and Moon. His name was Shiba, and he was known among his brothers and sisters as a pacifist and a thinker. He believed in the power of the word over the sword. It was this philosophy that allowed him to win over the humans who had rejected the Children of the Heavens.

Shiba came to a city that had chosen to defy him, and he spoke to its leader, a shugenja called Isawa. Shiba told Isawa of the encroaching threat of the Shadowlands. He told him at Fu Leng would seek to dominate them all, therefore it would be wise for all to stand together against the Dark Lord. But Isawa was stubborn, and it was only when Shiba bowed before this mere mortal and pledged to protect his people that Isawa agreed to become one of the Seven Thunders.

Since that time the Shiba family, thought descended from a Kami, has always been subservient to the Isawa. In fact, the Phoenix do not even have a daimyo in the tradition of the Empire, but are ruled by a council of five shugenja, the Elemental Masters.

Colors: Red, orange, and yellow
Champion: Shiba Ujimitsu
Masters: Isawa Tsuke (Master of Fire), Isawa Tomo (Master of Water), Isawa Uona (Mistress of Air), Isawa Tadaka (Master of Earth) and Isawa Kaede (Mistress of the Void)
Personalities: The Nameless One (formerly Isawa Ujina, Master of the Void, father of Tsuke, Tadaka, and Kaede), Shiba Tsukune (Phoenix General and sister to Ujimitsu)

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