The Delegations

[Akodo Kenji]

Description
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown with green flecks
Height: 5’8”
Build: Slim
Profession: Imperial Scribe
Marital Status: Available

Akodo Kenji is a pleasant young man with moderately good looks, long dark hair, and the slightly overly pale skin that suggests too much time spent indoors. Indeed it is rare to catch him without a stack of scrolls or papers, and all too often there is a stray spot of ink or paint gracing a finger or silken hem. Known to his family as “The Young Scholar” Kenji fills that role rather well having been sent to train with the Imperial Calligraphers after his gempukku. He can hold a conversation on most subjects without embarrassing himself, and has the sort of manners that suggest more time spent in the Capital around courtiers than on a battlefield.

Hooks

• "That which has interest is interesting." - Kenji knows a lot about many esoteric subjects and is always keen to learn more.
• "A game of Go, anyone?" - The Empire's premier strategy game is always a good way to pass the time.
• "The way of the brush and blade." - From one thing, know a thousand things. The Kami gave Kenji a gift, he writes well. Really well.
• "House full of heroes." - The Kusama are an Old house with a storied history. Perhaps you have heard of them? Perhaps you have a score to settle?

House
Kusama of the Akodo
Bishamon's Chosen
Guardians of the Western Plains
"The space between grasses."
Location: 041.028 and 042.029

Subordinates: House Harada (040.029)

[Shosuro Reiko]

Description
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5’2”
Build: Athletic
Profession: Actress
Marital Status: Available

Shosuro Reiko, of House Kishida, is something of a newcomer to this league of courtly goings-on. An actress by training, she has performed at a number of lesser Winter Courts with a particular focus in her repertoire on the works of Crane playwrights. She maintains clippings of particularly favored reviews of her performances, a few of which are reproduced below:

On a one-woman theatrical production:

Shosuro Reiko's production of Doji Risae's Plum Blossoms Upon Golden Sun Bay was enthralling and well-acted, though the young Reiko should do more to stand out from the rest of the cast if she hopes to lead in the future.

On her versatility:

Absolutely one of the best at roles like 'serving girl' or kuroko - wait, is that even a role? By the kami, a play about stagehands. How wonderfully subversive!

Notable Roles:
Scared Villager - Kakita Tomoyuki's Five Winters of Longing
Woman in Background - Kakita Sakura's In the Court of the Crimson Sun
Uncredited Walk-on Cameo - Doji Tomomi's Experimental Untitled Production #4


Hook

- Theatre! Share with Reiko your love of plays of all sorts. Come, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of daimyo.

- The nightlife! Reiko is no stranger to afterparties and late evenings. Pass the sake and speak of anything to give reason for another bottle. Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?

- Marriage and the future! To be a wife? Or not to be...? Not even really a question, for Reiko's time cometh soon. A good candidate, perhaps, for as she claims she is as constant as the northern star.

[Shiba Ryushi]

Description
Age: 20
Sex: Male
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 5’6”
Build: Athletic
Profession: Military Advisor
Marital Status: Available

Not much is known about this Shiba publicly.