Usagi Michio



Usagi Michio is a yoriki of the Emerald Magistrates, serving alongside Kitsuki Shiro and Bayushi Akina to dismantle the Kolat Conspiracy.

Early Life
Born into the Phoenix Clan as Isawa Michio in 1180, Michio is the son of Isawa Mai, a prominent courtier in the Phoenix lands, and an unknown father. The scandal surrounding the nature of his parentage led to unsavory rumors, including suggestion that his father was a peasant. Isawa Mai was unwilling to surround herself with such rumors, and once Michio showed signs of being able to speak and listen to the kami, she arranged to have Michio be sent away to the Isles of Spice and Silk to train with the shugenja of the Bat Clan. "Out of sight, out of mind" was the mantra for Michio's upbringing.

On the island of the Bat Clan, Michio's life improved somewhat. He was surrounded by peers who were uninterested in his heritage, and he soon grew to feel comfortable among the samurai of minor clans. Nevertheless, he mostly kept to himself, making few friends during his time on the Isles. As he found himself distancing his ideologies from that of the Great Clans and their associated baggage, Michio also found that his view of the code of Bushido had taken a more cynical tone, and he found himself willing to reject a few of the traditions and beliefs that the mainland samurai determined to be "proper".