Asako Yasu

Asako Yasu was a shugenja and interrogator of the Phoenix Clan.
== Questioner ==
After spending many years with the Asako Henshin Yasu questioned the possibility that the Asako had acquired knowledge beyond their capacity to understand. He left the school to take the opportunity to ponder his thoughts, and after 50 years he had not yet reached a conclusion, so Yasu did not rejoin the Henshin. Clan War: Phoenix Army Expansion, p. 44
== Friend of the Masters ==
Once a friend of the Nameless One, formerly Isawa Ujina, Yasu was also close to his old friend's children, the Elemental Masters Isawa Kaede, Isawa Tadaka, and Isawa Tomo. 
== Clan War ==
During the Clan War Yasu feared the corruption of the Elemental Masters, and prayed that the Phoenix could rise from the ashes. Clan Letter to the Phoenix #4 (Imperial Herald v1 #4) Yasu and the Master of Earth Isawa Tadaka left for the Ruins of Yanubei, an early stronghold of the Isawa, destroyed by Shadowlands creatures in the War Against Fu Leng. Necessary Evil, by Ken Carpenter
=== Tadaka no Oni ===
After their return Yasu and Tadaka began a maho ritual to summon an Oni. Yasu was nearly exhausted, in a brisk to be overwhelmed by the demon's will, when his student Isawa Kaede joined them, breaking the oni's resistance. Tadaka bargained with the demon and gave him his name, creating Tadaka no Oni in the Month of the Boar of 1127. Time of the Void, p. 51
=== The Prophecies of Asako Yurito ===
Tadaka no Oni revelaed the location of the Anvil of Despair, and a band of Inquisitors was immediately dispatched to take custody of the anvil. They never returned. Time of the Void, pp. 53, 74 The Council approached the Asako and asked that the Asako use their special talents to determine the fate of the anvil and those who accompanied it. Yasu reported that the fate of the Anvil was beyond their reach, and that the Inquisitors' leader, Asako Yurito had died. Before Yurito died, he underwent a transformation. His mind drew withdrew secrets from a shadowed place and write down those secrets in the form of prophecy before he died. The prophecies laid with his body, near Amaterasu's Furnace. A spy passed this information on to others, who wished to catch the dangerous information within the Prophecies of Yurito. The Prophecies of Asako Yurito, by Ken Carpenter (Imperial Herald #15)
== See also ==
* Asako Yasu/CW Meta
== External Links ==
* Asako Yasu (Imperial)
* Yasu no Shiryo (Winds of Change)
Category:Phoenix Clan Members