<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/XZDINBZ.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_u">Name:</span></strong>Yasuki Kiyoko (Yoko) 安生 清子<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Clan:</span></strong>Crab<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">School:</span></strong>Yasuki Merchant<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Rings:</span></strong>Air 3, Earth 3, Fire 1, Water 2, Void 1<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Skills:</span></strong>Commerce 2, Courtesy 1, Culture 1, Design 2, Fitness 1, Martial Arts [Ranged] 1, Sincerity 1, Skulduggery 2<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Techniques:</span></strong>Artisan's Appraisal [Air], Well of Desire [Water]<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Status:</span></strong>30<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Glory:</span></strong>44<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Honor:</span></strong>40<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Endurance:</span></strong>8<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Composure:</span></strong>10<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Focus:</span></strong>4<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Vigilance:</span></strong>3<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Void Points:</span></strong>1/1<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Ninjo:</span></strong>Acquire lands/holdings of her own, like a 'real' samurai. While her ancestor's trickery may have earned Kiyoko's family their nobility, managing lands of their own has always been denied them. Kiyoko is deeply convinced this will make her family's claim more legitimate.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Giri:</span></strong>Keep the trade lanes that supply the Kaiu wall open, by any means necessary.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Advantages:</span></strong>Daikoku's Blessing [Water], Ebisu's Blessing [Earth]<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Disadvantages:</span></strong>Blackmailed By... [Air]<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Passion:</span></strong>Generosity [Water]<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Anxiety:</span></strong>Fear of Failure [Water]<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Starting Outfit:</span></strong><br/>- Traveling clothes, Ceremonial clothes, Concealed armor<br/>- Wakizashi (Ceremonial, Razor-Edged), Knife (Concealable, Mundane, Razor-Edged), Yumi & quiver of arrows<br/>- Calligraphy set, Traveling pack<br/>- 10 koku (7 koku, 12 bu, 30 zeni)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">20 Questions</div><div class="spoiler_body">1. What Clan does your character belong to?<br/><br/>Crab<br/>+1 Earth<br/>+1 Fitness<br/>Status 30<br/><br/>2. What Family does your character belong to?<br/><br/>Yasuki<br/>+1 Water<br/>+1 Commerce, +1 Design<br/>Glory 39<br/>10 koku (7 koku, 10 bu, 50 zeni)<br/><br/>3. What is your character's School?<br/><br/>Yasuki Merchant<br/>+1 Air, +1 Earth<br/>+1 Commerce, +1 Courtesy, +1 Culture, +1 Design, +1 Martial Arts [Ranged]<br/>Artisan's Appraisal, Well of Desire<br/>Honor 40<br/><br/>4. How does your character stand out within their School?<br/><br/>Attention to Detail/Empathy<br/>+1 Air<br/><br/>5. Who is your lord and what is your character's duty to them?<br/><br/>See Giri<br/><br/>6. What does your character long for, and how might this impede their duty?<br/><br/>See Ninjo<br/><br/>7. What is your character's relationship with their clan?<br/><br/>Kiyoko deeply respects the Crab clan's great sacrifice in protecting the rest of Rokugan, though she occasionally resents her position within the clan. People only really notice if she does her job <em>incorrectly</em>. (+5 Glory)<br/><br/>8. What does your character think of bushido?<br/><br/>"Fighting the creatures we do, it is easy to view Bushido as restrictive. Hampering. Shackles to be cast off. But when you see the taint of the shadowlands... you realize it's not. It's armor. But no one can wear armor all the time." (+1 Skulduggery)<br/><br/>Kiyoko thinks Bushido is a great ideal to strive for, but is somewhat disillusioned with it. It can lead to needless sacrifice; making the honorable choice, rather than the practical one.<br/><br/>9. What is your character's greatest accomplishment so far?<br/><br/>Ended a local trade dispute by showing up with several dozen cases of fine sake - just as the stock had run dry. The trade lane just barely reopened in time to get supplies to a starved-out part of the Kaiu wall. (Daikoku's Blessing)<br/><br/>10. What holds your character back the most in life?<br/><br/><em>Blackmailed By...</em> Someone who shouldn't know Kiyoko's family history has uncovered the story of Kio the Merchant, and is threatening to reveal everything.<br/><br/>11. What activity most makes your character feel at peace?<br/><br/>Generosity. Kiyoko has a rather strange relationship with money; she's used to handling it, and used to negotiating and making business deals. She views it only as a convenient medium to get the things she really wants. Investing in someone else's happiness is certainly a viable strategy - particularly if she needs the person's cooperation anyway.<br/><br/>12. What concern, fear, or foible troubles your character the most?<br/><br/>Imposter syndrome. Kiyoko has never truly 'felt like' a samurai. Her duty to the Crab clan is an important enough job to at least earn the respect of her Clanmates, but the Crab are a rough bunch. She can't help but feel like she doesn't belong amongst the nobility.<br/><br/>13. Who has your character learned the most from during their life?<br/><br/>Brewmaster Jin - a commoner in service at the castle where Kiyoko grew up. He was responsible for coordinating with local farmers and members of the Yasuki, turning rice and grains that would otherwise go to waste into sake and beer. With both her parents constantly busy, they were glad to have someone who seemed willing to watch her, which resulted in Kiyoko getting far more exposure to commoners than considered appropriate. Her speech patterns - and overall lack of disdain - have a way of putting commonfolk at ease. (Ebisu's Blessing)<br/><br/>14. What do people notice first upon encountering your character?<br/><br/>There's <em>just something</em> about Kiyoko's looks that don't say 'Yasuki' - or any Crab family, for that matter. Though it's now several generations removed, her common blood makes her look ever so slightly out of place to those paying close attention.<br/><br/>Kiyoko wears a string of beads (sometimes around her neck, sometimes around her wrist) made of unpolished blue jasper. (https://img5.cobeads.com/photos/9/8/9818611c-a23b-4863-9514-50c2e73dedc4.JPG) She has a habit of touching them or clacking them together when she's getting impatient, but she's realized this and occasionally does it out of nowhere to throw people off. Particularly during negotiations.<br/><br/>She carries an unusually large amount of bu and zeni, rather than koku. A single, carefully invested zeni is still far more valuable than a bag full of unused koku.<br/><br/>15. How does your character react to stressful situations?<br/><br/>Mild annoyances result in a slightly raised voice; Kiyoko isn't even consciously aware she's doing it. Shh isn't much for angry outbursts, though, and is far more likely to be frustrated to tears, or push a pessimistic mood onto everyone around her.<br/><br/>16. What are your character's preexisting relationships with other clans, families, organizations, and traditions?<br/><br/>Crane: As a member of the Yasuki, Kiyoko is <em>technically</em> barred from Crane lands. She's traveled through them in disguise before, either disguised as a laborer, or a member of another Crab family. She tries to give individual members a chance, but their reputation for haughtiness feels well-earned.<br/><br/>Dragon: Being from the opposite sides of the realm, Kiyoko has had little interaction with members of the Dragon clan, other than a few pleasantries with the Kitsuki while at court, and with travelling Togashi while on the road. They've all been different enough that Kiyoko doesn't have a good read on the Dragon clan overall.<br/><br/>Scorpion: Kiyoko feels an odd kinship with this clan; Kami Hida and Bayushi having both taken on undesirable, thankless jobs within Rokugani society. There are Scorpion samurai far more honorable than any Crane, and Crane samurai far more devious than any Scorpion. Crab lands and those of the Scorpion share a fairly large border, so Kiyoko has grown quite accustomed to dealing with them (particularly since routes through the Southern Crane Lands require her to lie or disguise herself), and is personally familiar with several jizamurai from the area. (+Concealed Armor)<br/><br/>Unicorn: Kiyoko maintains several amicable relationships with members if the Ide family. They're some of the best people to know if you're looking for exotic goods that can't easily be acquired in Rokugan. As a general rule, Kiyoko likes Unicorn bushi more than their Lion counterparts, but she resents that her own clan's military prowess seems to be often overlooked.<br/><br/>17. How would your character's parents describe them?<br/><br/>"Simultaneously friendly and aloof. She has a way of reading people even she doesn't understand." (+1 Sincerity)<br/><br/>Kiyoko doesn't have much of a relationship with her mother, a member of the Kuni. Her mother's studies left her emotionally unavailable; they talk occasionally, but have never been close.<br/><br/>Her father manages the acquisition and transportation of building materials (primarily wood and stone) in the north-western-most corner of the Crab lands.<br/><br/>18. Who was your character named to honor?<br/><br/>Kio the Merchant. Kiyoko's (great? great-great?) grandfather was a less-than-scrupulous merchant who effectively bought his own nobility. He made a generous donation of rice and building materials to the Crab clan, just when they needed it most. The Yasuki Daimyo elevated Kio to a samurai <br/><br/>Elevated for Service (+1 Skulduggery)<br/><br/>19. What is your character's personal name?<br/><br/>Yoko - she's ashamed to admit it, but it's because she's embarrassed by her ancestry, and it removes the part of her name that sounds like 'Kio'.<br/><br/>20. How should your character die?<br/><br/>With no more tricks, friends, or favors to fall back on, Kiyoko trades the one thing she has left in service of the Crab. Hopefully she gets a good deal for it.<br/></div></div>