Families

Kozakura Important Families:

Ruling Clan (Hantei):


 * Hantei: Crysanthemum; Emperor
 * Seppun: Subfamily under Hantei; emperor personal guard; maintain imperial histories; serve imperial bureaucracy as clerks and agents

Crab Clan:


 * Hida: Crab clan ruling family
 * Kuni: emblem is crossed crab claws
 * Kaiu: emblem is crab intermixed with brick wall:  located at Shiro Kaiu:  engineering experts
 * Yasuki: emblem is golden carp with flower blue

Crane Clan:


 * Doji: Crane clan ruling family
 * Kakita: emblem of crane nestling sword; Crane's military masters
 * Daidoji: emblem is crane holding spear with snake:  are footsoldiers for crane
 * Asahina: emblem is crane's head holding peach blossom; based at Temple of Morning Sun

Dragon Clan:


 * Mirumoto: Dragon clan ruling family
 * Togashi: Emblem is Dragon encircling plum blossom: dragon: god of wisdom; monks of High House of Light
 * Tamori: dragon: was Agasha before defection from dragon-emblem is dragon coiled above Wrath of Kame Mountain
 * Kitsuki: emblem is dragon encircling/clinging to lightning bolt (swirling maze):  external face of Dragon

Lion Clan:


 * Akoda: Lion clan ruling family
 * Kitsu: emblem is lion with flaming mane
 * Matsu: emblem is lion paw grasping Wakizashi haft

Mantis Clan:


 * Gotei: Mantis clan ruling family

Phoenix Clan:


 * Isawa: Phoenix clan ruling family
 * Agasha: Phoenix: many defected from Dragon 350 years ago; emblem is dragon encircling pomegranate. Used to live in Shiro Tamori in dragon lands.
 * Shiba: emblem is two crossed flaming katanas like wings:  martial arm of Phoenix. Phoenix champions are Shiba.
 * Asako: shieldbearers for mages in Phoenix

Scorpion Clan:


 * Bayushi: Scorpion clan ruling family
 * Shosuro: emblem is web respresenting eternal maze; scorpion
 * Rokugo: minor family; "caretakers" of shrine to Wisdom, Fukurokujin Seido, in Dragon; also somewhere else

Unicorn Clan:


 * Moto: Unicorn clan ruling family
 * Shinjo: Unicorn family known for breeding horses
 * Takashi: Unicorn family that fishes in White Shore Lake

Minor Clans:


 * Kasuga: tortoise ruling family