Character Creation

Matsu Reiko cuts a small but forbidding figure. Her slight frame and small stature are in sharp contrast to her hard stare and the perpetual frown that is the first thing anyone notices about her. She might have been beautiful without that frown contorting the delicate features framed by her long black hair usually gathered up in a queue by a golden ribbon.
She was born in Kenson Gakka 27 years ago, and was ever an unsmiling child, but excelled in whatever she undertook. However her mother, who was a minor sister of Matsu Mayumi, the Daimyo of Kenson Gakka, was never satisfied and pushed her to be ever better. Thanks to, or because of that, her teachers soon singled her out and determined that she would be a better match for the Akodo school than the Matsu school. There she soon excelled in the martial arts necessary to the Bushi, but was most attracted by the strategic aspects of war, analysing the enemy dispositions and tactics to divine his intentions, even extrapolating details from the reports of the officers present at the battle. Akodo Katsuyori, the Strategy teacher soon took her under his wing, sensing great potential, and worked closely with her to develop that potential.
Reiko's true destiny was to be determined by Katsuyori Sensei, by talking about his protégée at a formal dinner organized in honor of a prominent Dragon Courtier who was stopping by on his way to Kyuden Bayushi. Ikoma Chieko, a Lion Clan roving Magistrate was invited to that dinner and immediately recognized Reiko's talents as perfectly suited for a Magistrate. She talked with Akodo Katsuyori about his charge at length, and long into the night. Soon afterwards, Reiko was presented with the opportunity to be apprenticed to Chieko after her gempukku, and accepted it after a week's consideration.
The following years were spent on the road, roving Lion lands and doling out Justice and Punishments. Reiko was soon named Lion clan Magistrate in her own right, and continued her mission without Ikoma Chieko, who she now held in high esteem. Her superiors kept an interested eye on her career, and some good arrests and comprehensive investigations facilitated her rise through the ranks.
One year ago, while on a visit to her hometown, Reiko noticed a number of samurai and courtiers acting strange at a feast. She spied on a whispered conversation by lip-reading from the other side of the hall and uncovered a plot to overthrow her aunt. She acted decisively, pulling on every thread, interrogating every suspect, collected every scrap of evidence and, after a month's investigation, finally identified the mastermind behind the plot. She then proceeded to arrest her own mother, presided to her trial, and carried out her execution herself.
Such an event got her noticed by the imperial authorities, and she was appointed as an emerald magistrate soon thereafter.
She is now a hero of her clan thanks to her loyalty, dedication and sense of justice, but also an outsider as an emerald magistrate.
She starts this new career with her secretary Kawanabi Hidekatsu, new robes of offices, and a determination to root out evildoers wherever they may be.

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