Asako Tsuruko

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Asako Tsuruko was a shugenja bloodspeaker of the Phoenix Clan.
== Bloodspeaker ==
Since her youth, Tsuruko had been associated with a group of like-minded individuals who shared her unique philosophies, seeking to restore that which had long been lost. She realized too late that her order was a cell of the Bloodspeakers. Fury, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
== Infiltrating the Dragon ==
When the Dragon-Phoenix War came to an end, she was ordered to infiltrate in the difficult Dragon Clan. Tsuruko did so, fitting well with the Dragon. They appointed a yojimbo, Mirumoto Kazunori to her. She left behind her beloved Isawa Toshiji, a judge of the Phoenix. Old Rivalries, Part II, by Shawn Carman
== Shamesword ==
Tsuruko one morning found a sword among her possession. It was the shamesword Fury. She could sense that there was something unique about it, and Tsuruko sought a way to understand its power, unleashing its power, and it consumed her. 
=== Assassinating Uso ===
Tsuruko infiltrated Shiro Mirumoto in 1161 and driven by Fury's murderous influence assassinated the Mirumoto Daimyo Mirumoto Uso, saying the blade was forged by a madman using the soul of a disgraced Dragon samurai. 
=== Spying the Dragon ===
Tsuruko resisted the urge for further violence several years, while giving the Bloodspeakers information on the Dragon Clan. In 1166 she was overwhelmed again by the sword, and killed a Mirumoto Magistrate. Tsuruko regreted what she was and wrote down a letter to her yojimbo Kazunori, explaining her dark activities, expecting he could kill her before more deads were requested by the blade. 
== Death ==
Fury went to a shrine, Seiden Sanzo, to pray, and Kazunori followed her. The blade recognized a better host and seized the warrior, who was unable to resist it. He killed Tsuruko and a monk who was there. Four Winds, p. 142
== External Links ==
* Asako Tsuruko (Wrath of the Emperor)
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Category:Bloodspeakers