School: Isawa Elementalist (Rank 5)
Rings:
- Air: 4
- Earth: 3
- Fire: 2
- Water: 3
- Void: 5
Skills:
- Theology: 5
- Meditation: 4
- Sentiment: 3
- Courtesy: 3
- Invocation (Air): 5
- Invocation (Void): 4
Techniques:
- Invocation:
- Call Upon the Wind’s Favor (grants speed and subtlety)
- Binding the Shadow (banishes spiritual corruption)
- Sense Void (detects hidden spiritual energies)
- Cleansing Rite: Purges spiritual impurities and taints.
- Winds of Clarity (Kata): Enhances mental acuity by focusing on Air.
Advantages:
- Insightful and Empathic: Detects emotions and intentions with ease.
- Unyielding Will: Difficult to sway from her goals.
Disadvantages:
- Burden of Leadership: Constantly balancing her duties as both a spiritual leader and political figure.
- Attachment to Legacy: Hesitant to embrace innovation, focusing instead on preserving the shrine’s ancient ways.
Equipment:
- Prayer Beads of the Four Winds
- Talisman of Purity (a relic that empowers her invocations)
- Elegant but Practical Kimono
Personality and Role:
Isawa Akiko is a graceful, composed leader, deeply in tune with the shrine's spirits and elemental energies. She holds great respect for tradition, ensuring the shrine maintains its ancient rituals and ceremonies. However, her rigid adherence to tradition sometimes creates friction with younger shugenja or those advocating for change. While serene on the surface, she bears the weight of many decisions, knowing that each choice could ripple through the Phoenix Clan’s delicate spiritual network. Her wisdom and power are matched only by her sense of duty.
Motivation:
Masaru wants to preserve the traditions and honor of the Phoenix Clan through careful guidance and balance.