Phoenix Clan Cast Shiba Itsuyo

ADVERSARY | CONFLICT RANK: 4 4

Shiba Itsuyo (SHEE-bah ee-TSOO-yoh) is the bride-tobe and daughter of the lord of Nikesake, a nearby Phoenix Clan village that was once threatened by Takashi’s father. She is trepidatiously entering into this marriage in order to make her family happy and do her duty to the Phoneix Clan, but the sight of Takashi swooning over Maeda at the party causes her to have second thoughts—will she have to put up with a consort in the castle so soon? Nevertheless, she is a soldier at heart, and she sees this marriage as her current battlefield and will fight her battles with honor. After the marriage, she fully intends to assume all the duties of the castle lord in everything but name, having heard that her future husband was more interested in the privileges of power than its responsibilities. This way, the future security of the Phoenix Clan will be truly assured.

Shiba Itsuyo is a trained bushi and carries herself as one, although she looks more like a courtier at first glance. While in Kyotei Castle, she wears her long blackbrown hair loose, with a golden-feather hair ornament above her left ear. Her robes are richly embroidered and look crisp and new, having been an early wedding present from the daimyō of Anshin Province. During the wedding itself, and on her way to the shrine, she wears the customary white of the bride with an elaborate headpiece reminiscent of a phoenix in flight.

55 | 12 50 | 9 39 | 5

+2, –2

DEMEANOR - ASSERTIVE

3

HONOR | ENDURANCE

GLORY | COMPOSURE

STATUS | FOCUS

VIGILANCE

SOCIETAL | PERSONAL

3 2 4 | 3 2

ARTISAN 1 MARTIAL 3 SCHOLAR 2 SOCIAL 3 | TRADE 2

ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES

Tested in War: Martial; Mental, Physica

Sworn to Bushidō: Social; Mental

Ebisu’s Curse: Social; Physical, Spiritual

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Katana: Range 1, Damage 4, Deadliness 5/7, Ceremonial, Razor-Edged

Yumi (Bow): Range 2–5, Damage 5, Deadliness 3

Gear (equipped): Lacquered armor (Physical 4, Ceremonial, Cumbersome, Wargear), wakizashi, quiver, knife

Gear (other): Plain robes (Physical 1, Mundane), a handful of koku and bu

ABILITIES

CRESCENT MOON STYLE

When performing a Guard action, Itsuyo may spend in the following way:

: After another character performs an Attack action targeting Itsuyo or another character she is guarding, Itsuyo may perform a Strike action targeting them. This effect persists until the start of Itsuyo’s next turn or until Itsuyo performs a Strike action.

SWORN PROTECTOR

Once per scene, when an Attack action check targeting another character at range 0–1 succeeds, Itsuyo may intervene, becoming the target of the action instead.