Anahi

**Anahi** is a Nagah.

## Biography

All that you known is war. One short year after you were born, both your mother and father gave their lives defending your courts caern. You remember only that your mother helped free you from your shell and your father shaded you from the sun with his hood as he held you on the bank of the river that he most loved and played you beautiful music on a wooden flute. Every other memory you have of your youth is one of desperation, bloody battle or fleeting moments of rest. Your court was built around a river caern high in the mountains, and it was second in power only to the Cherry Phoenix Court. Bakemono and Akuma and villainous Kumo lusted after this power, and every hand that would hold a sword in the caern's defense could do your home a valuable service.

The caern general adopted you and trained you in the varied forms of war after your parents' deaths. He reminded you constantly that you had no home but this court. He made sure that you knew you had no family but the warriors who would stand beside you and defend it. He warned you that you would have no vengeance if you did not inscribe every lesson he taught you in the stone of your heart.

But as you grew and learned and became able to stand in your caern's defense with the other warriors at your general's command, you realized that you did not thirst for vengeance. You parents were shadows and pleasant dreams to you. The general is your real family. You remember his lessons as you remember his name, and you have taken it upon yourself to pass those lessons on to the new generation of warriors in your court.

Where the general organizes the forces that support and protect your courts caern, it is your responsibility to train his eager young warriors in the art of war.

Your general expects his warriors to act without fail or hesitation when he gives orders, and he expects you to make them able to do so. You instruct the would-be defenders of your court's caern in swordplay, unarmed combat, controlling and focusing their Rage and squad tactics. On the rare occasion in which you form part of a sentai,you assume the Pillar auspice.

When you train warriors, do not fill their heads with koans and esoteric shadow lessons. Do not assign them mundane tasks that will aid them only if they discover how to apply those tasks to the field of battle. Tell them what they need to learn, demonstrate it perfectly, and have them repeat it. If they fail to perform their lessons to your standards, demonstrate again and have them repeat again. Never shame them or make yourself their enemy, lest they waste their energy trying to defend you. Remind them always that their general demands perfect, instant performance from each of them. Remind them always that their enemies will seize upon any weakness in their technique to destroy them.

If your general should choose you to form part of a sentail, do so without hesitation. Refrain from taking the lead, even if the other members of your war party are all former students. Support them, guide them, and teach them, but do not force them to become dependent upon you. Be confident that your tutelage has forged your students into capable warriors and leader in their own right.

## Stats

**Breed:** Ahi

**Auspice:** Kartikeya

**Kin Species:** Cobra

**Physical:** Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4

**Social:** Charisma 3, Manipulation 1, Appearance 2

**Mental:** Perception 3, Intelligence 2, Wits 3

**Talents:** Alertness 1, Athletics 1,  Brawl 3, Empathy 1, Expression 1, Intimidation 1, Primal Urge 1

**Skills:** Etiquette 2, Leadership 3, Melee 3, Performance 2, Stealth 1, Survival 2

**Knowledges:** Enigmas 1, Law 2, Linguistics 1, Occult 2, Politics 1, Rituals 1

**Gifts:** Slayer's Eye, Wyrm Sense, Eyes of the War God

**Backgrounds:** Ananta 2, Ancestors 2, Pure Breed 2, Rites 2

**Rage:** 4

**Gnosis:** 3

**Willpower:** 4