Orca Clan

The Orca clan was formed in Kozakura by a group of outsiders from Waterdeep in Faerun. After exploring Kozakura as cultural envoys for a few months and ingratiating themselves with various noteworthy individuals in Kozakura (and being named as Emerald Magistrates, empowered to judge cases and enforce law in the land), Emperor Hantei Aizen granted the status of a minor clan to these previous gaijin shortly after taking power.

## Membership

The Orca clan currently consists of the following player-characters as its leadership:

* Mike: A Changeling Monk who seeks to find his own meaning of life and enjoy it to its fullest. A linguist.
* Aayadin: A male Centaur Bard who believes in preserving life and the story it tells. A historiographer.
* Quick Jump (Wolf): A male Shifter Rogue who shifts personalities as well as appearances. An etymologist.
* Bastion: A Warforged Artificer who does not eat. He seeks the mystery of his own soul. An artisan.
* Milosh: An old male Human Wizard who sees into the minds and hearts of others. An astrologist.
* Hiwany (Winky): A young female Gnome Ranger who loves mother earth and all who inhabit it. A friend.

The Orca clan has also accepted oaths of fealty from a group of 20 ashigaru who had previously been bound to Bos Yagaro before Orca decided to bring justice to Bos Yagaro by seppuku. The leader of the ashigaru, Yaru the Spear, personally pledged his group in service to the Orca. Yaru's son, Ash, shows significant potential as a future leader, seeming to think about the larger picture and being alert to the world around him. The Orca leadership have invited Ash to accompany them as they travel Kozakura in hopes of continuing Ash's education, that he may one day soon be ready to undertake a significant leadership role in Kozakura.

## Safe House

Emperor Hantai Aizen granted Orca ownership of a former drug and smuggling den in Otosan Uchi that the Orca had cleared of criminals several weeks prior. The Orca currently have most of their ashigaru housed in that den, where the ashigaru have been upgrading it into a cared-for home that stands out in the neighborhood as being noticeably nicer than its surroundings. At last report, the ashigaru were serving Otosan Uchi as firefighters, slowly accumulating funds so that they might one day be an asset to the clan.

## Alrich

After meeting with representatives from Faerun, the Orca were also granted the services of a skilled Waterdhavian smith, Alrich. Alrich is currently living in the former drug den in Otosan Uchi, where he is providing expertise on improvements and serving as a moral compass to the ashigaru there.

During their time in Kozakura, the Orca have developed amiable relationships with a number of notable persons. With some of those persons, the Orca have had such an impact that the Orca have been offered explicit favors. Those favors are listed here:

* Kitsuki Itsuma, head of the Kitsuki family, offered Orca a favor in gratitude for finding the Sacred Library and delivering a text from that library to the Kitsuki
* Kasuga Mikoto, the tortoise magistrate at Slow Tide Harbor, offered Orca a favor in gratitude for bringing justice to Bos Yagaro in Slow Tide Harbor
* Ono Jiro (formerly Kitsuki Jiro), a 94-year-old samurai-turned-sushi-chef in Heibeisu, offered Orca his services in preparing a Hero's Feast in gratitude for releasing his father Kitsuki Yoshitsune's spirit from the mountain the spirit was haunting.
* Shiba Kuneka, head of Shiba family, offers to provide and ship sufficient wood to build a castle for Orca in gratitude for clearing Morikage Toshi.