Editing The Isles of Silk and Spice

==The Prologue: The Death of the Hare Clan==

===Hare Clan===

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===

Bayushi Tomaru, General

Soshi Izuraki (f) Scorpion Clan Magistrate

===Crane Clan===

Ashidaka Naritoki of the Kakita, Chief Magistrate of Ryoko Owari

===Imperial Families===

Miya O-toyo, Imperial Herald

==Islands of Life and Death==

===Imperials===

Miya Hiroshi

===Unaligned===

Akishige, leader of the North Shore gamblers.

Hideo, a Ronin with friends.

Hiro, a Gambler.

Zoto, leader of the South Shore gamblers.

===The Brotherhood===

Abbot Suru, Master of the Water Temple, a watery architectural marvel.

===The Crab===

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===

Togashi Hinawa, known as Mirumoto Hinawa, a very young and devout Dragon Yoriki.

===The Scorpion Clan===

Bayushi Katsamune, a silver-tongued Bayushi Courtier, Chief Magistrate of the Islands.

===The Mantis===

Yoritomo, current warlord of the Mantis.

Yabu, a Mantis Shomyo (lesser lord).

Yaburo, his son.

Yūkue (F), a young Mantis Storm Rider.

Nobuo, Mantis Shugenja and Hatamoto to Yoritomo
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