Isawa Manami, Destined Shugenja

ADVERSARY | CONFLICT RANK: 4 7

Isawa Manami’s teachers are not surprised that she has become a supremely accomplished practitioner of shugendō. During her gempuku, when she spent a requisite night in the mysterious gloom of the Isawa Mori, she disappeared. Her mentor and family feared that she was dead or, worse, had been taken off to some other realm by hostile spirits. But after three days, she was found sleeping in the same clearing where she had been left. She remembered little, but thereafter, her ability to commune with the elemental spirits burgeoned dramatically. Where other young shugenja had to work hard at memorizing the correct words, gestures, and other aspects of performing elemental invocations, Manami seemed to know them by instinct alone, and some Isawa wondered if she had been taught by the kami themselves. She even improvised on established practices, refining and improving them in ways that worked well for her, but that even much more senior shugenja simply didn’t understand. It is widely believed that Manami will someday become an Elemental Master—although those missing three days, and what happened to her during them, remains an issue that causes even the Masters to frown.

70 | 14 65 | 12 39 | 7

+2, –2

DEMEANOR - RESERVED

3

HONOR | ENDURANCE

GLORY | COMPOSURE

STATUS | FOCUS

VIGILANCE

SOCIETAL | PERSONAL

3 3 3 | 4 3

ARTISAN 1 MARTIAL 1 SCHOLAR 4 SOCIAL 3 | TRADE 1

ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES

Mystical Insight: Scholar; Mental

Lack of Physical Training: Martial; Physical

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Wakizashi: Range 0–1, Damage 3, Deadliness 5/7, Ceremonial, Razor-Edged

Gear (equipped): Sanctified robes (Physical 1, Supernatural 3, Ceremonial), calligraphy set, scroll satchel

ABILITIES

ADEPT OF THE ELEMENTS At the start of each game session, choose 0–2 invocations for each element (Air, Fire, Water, and Earth). Manami can perform those invocations this game session.