The Isles of Silk and Spice
The Prologue: The Death of the Hare Clan[edit]
Hare Clan[edit]
Usagi Oda, Daimyo (presumed deceased)
Usagi Tomoe, Daimyo's daughter (presumed deceased)
Usagi Ayano, Daimyo's grand-daughter (infant)
Usagi Takeshi, one-armed bushi. Oda's karo and general. Now Brother Toda
Scorpion Clan[edit]
Bayushi Tomaru, General
Soshi Izuraki (f) Scorpion Clan Magistrate
Crane Clan[edit]
Ashidaka Naritoki of the Kakita, Chief Magistrate of Ryoko Owari
Imperial Families[edit]
Miya O-toyo, Imperial Herald
Islands of Life and Death[edit]
Imperials[edit]
Miya Hiroshi
Seppun Masae (f), a castaway Guardsman.
Unaligned[edit]
Akishige, leader of the North Shore gamblers.
Hideo, a Ronin with friends.
Hiro, a Gambler.
Iso, a sailor and quartermaster for the Magistrate
Zoto, leader of the South Shore gamblers.
The Brotherhood[edit]
Abbot Suru, Master of the Water Temple, a watery architectural marvel.
The Crab[edit]
Yasuki Fujiko, of the Laughing Carp.
Yasuki Iwako, a young Yasuki.
Yasuki Tashiro, known as Tojiro, a Crab disguising himself as a commoner.
Yasuki Tomeko, known as the Geisha Chizo.
The Dragon Clan[edit]
Togashi Hinawa, known as Mirumoto Hinawa, a very young and devout Dragon Yoriki.
The Scorpion Clan[edit]
Bayushi Katsamune, a silver-tongued Bayushi Courtier, Chief Magistrate of the Islands.
The Mantis[edit]
Yoritomo, current warlord of the Mantis.
Yabu, a Mantis Shomyo (lesser lord).
Yaburo, his son (disinherited)
Yakumo, his other son (disinherited)
Yūkue (F), a young Mantis Storm Rider.
Nobuo, Mantis Shugenja and Hatamoto to Yoritomo