Shiba Katsuda (I) TCG

Shiba Katsuda was the Lord of Nikesake.
== Family ==
Katsuda was married with Shiba Chisei, and the couple bore a daughter, Shiba Itsuyo. Wedding at Kyotei Castle, p. 10
== Wedding at Kyotei Castle ==
In 1123 Itsuyo moved to Kyotei Castle to wed Doji Takashi, the Tsume Daimyō, as part of a political arrangement with the Crane Clan, Love and Death (FFG Web) devised by Nasu Shizuma, Takashi's chief advisor. Nikesake was once threatened by Takashi’s father, and with their daughter's hand, they would do more for the peace of Golden Valley than they had been able to accomplish in decades. Wedding at Kyotei Castle, pp. 5, 10
== Itsuyo becomes the Tsume Daimyō ==
Before the wedding a plot framed by Akodo Maeda was exposed by a group of samurai, and the Damasu Daimyō was slain in the process. Maeda had been the last member of the defunct Damasu family, former owners of the Kyotei Castle. Raised as a geisha, Maeda was lover to Takashi, and eventually she killed his father Doji Retsu as a revenge of her family's demise. Heartbroken at being united with his former lover only to lose her again, Takashi resigned his position and committed seppuku after fulfilling his last duty as lord in marrying Itsuyo. Doji Kuzunobu, husband to the Crane Clan Champion Doji Hotaru and one of the wedding's guests, accepted her oaths of fealty to the Doji family and recognized her as the new lord. 
=== Rift with the Lion ===
After the loss of Kyūden Kakita Hotaru decided to secure the northern flank and find a refuge for the northern armies. She moved to Kyotei Castle, got the support of Katsuda, and moved north, surrounding Toshi Ranbo with the Daidoji from the south and southwest, the Tsume from the east, and the Shiba from the north, led by Katsuda himself. Hotaru wished to reassert her Clan's claim over Toshi Ranbo, but first, she would attempt diplomacy with the Imperial governor of the city, Bayushi Yojiro. Violence Behind Courtliness, by Katrina Ostrander Truth and Lies, by Katrina Ostrander
== Dire Omens ==
Shiba Katsuda's shugenja, as well as those tending the memorial shrines in Toshi Ranbo, claimed to have experienced especially dark and unsettling dreams, all seemingly at the same time. Heroes of Legend – Chapter One, by D.G. Laderoute The Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Shoju violently seized control of the Forbidden City with an army of Imperial Legionnaires led by Ambassador Ikoma Ujiaki and loyal Scorpions. He sat upon the Emerald Throne, having murdered the Emperor and declared himself in league with the Shadowlands. Katsuda was part of an assembled army of Crane, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, Dragon, and Unicorn samurai who began the assault of Otosan Uchi. They received word from the Crab that Hida Kisada had fallen, and Akuma no Oni's horde marched across their provinces with the discipline of a well-trained Shadowlands army. Heroes of Legend: Chapter Four, by Josiah “Duke” Harrist
== See also ==
* Shiba Katsuda/Meta
Category:Phoenix Clan Members (TCG)