Doji Shizue (TCG)

Doji Shizue was a storyteller of the Crane Clan and an ikebana artisan. Her Father's Daughter, by D. G. Laderoute
== Family ==
Shizue was the adoptive daughter to Doji Teinko, and Doji Satsume, the Crane Clan Champion, a gruff and a distant father. Several in the Doji family had whispered disapprovingly of her twisted leg, but Satsume had only mentioned it once to her. “Your lameness will make people underestimate you. Make sure they are wrong.” The Stories We Tell, by Nancy M. Sauer Her sister was Doji Hotaru, who succeeded her father as Crane Champion, and her brother was Doji Kuwanan. Her mother had thrown herself on the Sea of the Sun Goddess from the cliffs near Kyuden Doji. Her uncle was Kakita Yoshi, the Imperial Chancellor and Kakita Daimyō. Wind Through Falling Leaves, by Lisa Farrell
== Imperial Court ==
=== Storyteller ===
Shizue was appointed as storyteller to the Imperial Court, and she owned an apartment in the Imperial Palace at Otosan Uchi, where Shizue lived with her cat, Fumio. She used tells to teach children, such the story of Doji Yasurugi and his tengu sensei. Imperial Gifts, by Robert Denton III
=== Satsume's Death ===
The Scorpion Clan's grip on the Imperial Court grew even tighter after Satsume passed away. Her sister Hotaru moved to Otosan Uchi to learn what she could about her father's death. The Imperial Advisor Bayushi Kachiko met both sisters, paying her respects to the Crane Champion Hotaru. Some guessed the involvement of the Scorpion Clan on the death of the Emerald Champion. 
=== Relationships at Court ===
Shizue presented to Hantei Daisetsu, the Imperial prince, a tale about Kakita's courtship of Lady Doji. She also tried to befriend Iuchi Shahai, the daughter of the Iuchi Daimyō, who had been secluded in the Imperial City by the Emperor's will. 
=== Shoju's Regency ===
A series of uneasing events happened in a short period of time. The Emperor Hantei the Thirty-Eighth had died, and an Imperial Edict proclaimed the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Shoju as the Imperial Regent until Daisetsu came to age. The late Emperor had chosen his younger son over Hantei Sotorii, who would retire to a monastery. And Iuchi Shahai was guilty of striking Prince Sotorii, a crime punished with death. She had escaped from the Imperial Palace, while Daisetsu had vanished as well. 
=== Unicorn Alliance ===
Her uncle Yoshi visited Shizue and informed her that the Lion had stormed Kyūden Kakita. Yoshi sent Shizue to Unicorn lands, to arrange a military alliance with the Unicorn Clan Champion Shinjo Altansarnai. Her diplomatic caravan was attacked by Lion forces, which were defeated by the timely arrival of Unicorn forces led by Utaku Kamoko, who sent Shizue to Far Traveler Castle accompanied by Utaku Ichika as escort. Shizue would arrange a marriage to Shinjo Haruko, Altansarnai's daughter, and in turn, the Unicorn Champion would lead the Blue Horde into battle against the Lion coming to the aid of the Crane. The Art of Matchmaking, by Nancy M. Sauer
=== Fighting the Usurpers ===
Shizue was present when the self-proclaimed Lion Champion Matsu Tsuko brokered a cease fire with the Unicorn. Altansarnai ordered to join the Lion in their attack against the usurpers Ikoma Ujiaki and Bayushi Shoju, who had seized control of the Forbidden City, and to support the Lion assault upon the capital Otosan Uchi. Heroes of Legend: Chapter Three, by Tyler Parrott
=== Aftermath ===
Once the Scorpion Coup was defeated and Shoju killed, many changed happened in Rokugan. This year, in the Month of Ryoshun, Shizue wrote a long letter addressed to Kakita Asami, telling the news. The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow: Epilogue, by Robert Denton III and Marie Brennan with Katrina Ostrander
== External Links ==
* Doji Shizue (The Chrysanthemum Throne)
Category:Crane Clan Members (TCG)