Isawa Kaiyoko (TCG)

Isawa Kaiyoko was a shugenja of the Phoenix Clan and the Master of Water.
== Battle of Fate Gorge ==
In the year 1100, a bitter dispute flared in the Imperial Winter Court between a high-ranking Lion Clan general who also served in the Imperial Legions, Matsu Uniri, and Isawa Kaiyoko, regarding the use of shugenja in the Imperial Legions. Kaiyoko had forbidden those shugenja from calling upon the kami for any violent purpose. Uniri saw this as a violation of the chain of command. Kaiyoko warned that the spiritual repercussions of using shugenja on the battlefield outweighed Uniri's wishes. The dispute boiled over when a Shiba commander in the Imperial Legions joined Uniri's argument. Emerald Champion Doji Satsume, commanded that those legions remained neutral in the dispute. Uniri decided to march with his own Lion Clan forces into Phoenix lands to forcibly requisition the shugenja he believed the Imperial Legions were owed. Isawa Kaiyoko summoned the Tsunami Legion, but the Lion pressed until they imperiled the lives of the very students Kaiyoko was teaching at the Elemental Academies. Under the cover of torrential rain, Kaiyoko dispatched assassins who killed Uniri. His wife, Yunaki, and his ten years old daughter, who would grow to become Matsu Tsuko, were in the same war tent and put up a fight of their own, dispatching several of the attackers. The next day, Matsu Yunaki assumed command and attacked the Phoenix in the Battle of Fate Gorge. It was Tsuko who proved the true rallying point for the Lion, when she cried for vengeance for her father. By the end of the day, the Phoenix had been driven from the field with heavy losses, and the Lion were victorious. Kaiyoko surrendered many shugenja from her Tsunami Legion to Yunaki, and the conflict ended. Fields of Victory, pp. 42-43
== Celestial Imbalance ==
Signs of elemental imbalance grew worse, and the Masters studied the matter. Isawa Kaiyoko, the strongest of the Masters, attempted to correct the balance by herself, but soundly failed and the Crane lands were weathered by a tsunami. She eventually retired and Asako Azunami succeeded her. The Sword and the Spirits, by Robert Denton III
Category:Phoenix Clan Leaders (TCG)