Kyūden Togashi

Kyūden Togashi, also known as the High House of Light, was the seat of power of the Dragon Clan. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 33
== Appearance ==
Kyūden Togash was little more than a vast complex of religious shrines, temples,
and monastic chambers Half-fortress, half-monastery. The High House of Light clinging to the bare stone of its peak. The only approach was via a narrow set of stairs, more than a thousand steps high. At the base, a cluster of buildings waited to receive visitors, providing shelter to those who would not enter the High House itself. The road that lead to the castle was made along narrow ledges, up steep slopes, and over passes usually choked with snow and ice. Those who sought it without invitation could find themselves lost in the mountains. The mountains were the first line of defense, and the strange forces that hid the road were the second. The Rising Wave, by Marie Brennan Its had meditation halls of vast expanses of polished wood floor, gardens of raked gravel, and walls of unscalable smoothness. The Eternal Knot, by Marie Brennan The Shrine to Lord Togashi was an empty room within the palace. Celestial Realms, p. 35
=== Dragon Seat of Power ===
The Dragon Clan Champion lived at the High House of Light, in a remote set of chambers connected to the rest of the monastery by only a single gate. The Eternal Knot, by Marie Brennan
== Ise Zumi ==
The monks in the High House of Light pursued Enlightenment through contemplation, meditation, and study of the Tao. They trained with their minds and bodies, and mastery of both was required to become an ise zumi. Inside the monastery was a maze of seemingly empty rooms, cold and bare, in which visitors might get lost, only the monks could navigate the interior. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 191 In the ortheastern corner of the complex the monk walked a series of three gates, symbolically stripping themselves of desire, fear, and regret, the Three Sins. 
== History ==
=== Foundation ===
After the fall of the Kami, Togashi-no-Kami was joined by many followers. Three of them dedicated themselves entirely to learning from the Kami. One day, they pledged vows of eternal loyalty, and Togashi marked them with his mystical tattoos. In a distant mountain peak, in a place decided by the Kami, the three men labored an entire year to build the High House of Light, the seat of power of the Dragon Clan and their ruling family, the Togashi. 
== Notable Locations ==
* Garden of the Elements
* Library of Echoes
* Plum Blossom Hall
== External Links ==
* High House of Light (Seekers of Wisdom)
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