1005:| SUGITA | | | | | +-------+-------------+ | +-----+------+------+ | | | | | | | | Shigemori = Masako Shoichi Masahiro Eijiro = Eriko Sachie Haruki Hikaru : | | : | | : | | : | | : +--+--------------+ Yoshitomi Ryoma +------+----+ | : | | | | | | Isamu Shigeru = YANAGI Takeshi Lord = Cousin to Danjo (2s+) (3d) Hiroshi | : Moe SHIRAKAWA | Lady MARUYAMA | : | | : +------------+------------------+ | : | | | Takeo = Kaede Ai = SONODA Hana = ARAI Zenko | | Mitsuru | +------+-----+-----+ | +--------+------+ | | | | | | | | Shigeko Maya Miki (s) (2d+) Sunaomi Chikara Hiromasa
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ensuring the prophecy of his death is fulfilled. Shigeko enters into a treaty with Saga, whose army defeats Arai Zenko, and she will marry him as part of the bargain to ensure peace. They will be co-rulers in the Three
Countries. In remorse, Kaede considers taking her own life, but at the last moment decides to live on for the sake of her daughter Miki.
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680:: one of the twins, Shigeko's younger sister. She has inherited, just like her twin sister, Miki, her father's supernatural powers. The spirit of a cat lives inside her since she killed the cat's body by using her powers, and now she can transform into a cat whenever she wants to. She is killed while trying to prevent Akio from killing Takeo.
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and the ability to put someone in a deep sleep merely by staring at them (the 'Kikuta sleep'). It was said that many of the Kikuta gifts were dying out, which was why the Tribe desired Takeo's talents so much. Minor skills, possess by the weaker Kikuta, include agility and the ability to perceive invisibility and the second self.
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frequently employed as spies and assassins by various institutions within the Three
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Mino is destroyed by the warriors of Iida Sadamu, Lord of the Tohan Clan. Takeo is rescued by Otori
Shigeru, a young Lord of the Otori Clan which has a long-standing rivalry with the Tohan, and led back to the Otori stronghold of Hagi. There, Shigeru adopts Takeo and begins to instruct him in the ways of a warrior.
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The Tribe are a secret organisation that nurture the powers that the world used to have. The Tribe consists of five families that existed before the lords and the clans, a time when magic was common. Since that time the Tribe have retained these abilities through dedication and training. They are
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674:: first daughter of Takeo and Kaede, heir of both Maruyama and the Three Lands. Appears at the Harsh Cry Of The Heron. She falls in love with her teacher, Sugita Hiroshi, but, in the end, she marries Lord Saga to save her land.
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760:: secret lover of Otori Shigeru and head of the western domain of Maruyama, which is traditionally inherited by females. She has a daughter, Mariko, and is accompanied by her maid and retainer, Sugita Sachie.
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