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Isawa Izumi [Shugenja 6; Isawa Tensai (Fire) 2]
Duty at the northern watchtower can be a very lonely duty indeed. There
have been those in the past who have been unable to deal with the isolation
and separation from the civilized world, so to speak. The young shugenja Isawa
Izumi has been stationed at the watchtower for six months, and the strain is
beginning to show. The half-dozen Shiba who serve alongside her are beginning
to notice very strange behavior on her part, most notably a tendency to play
with fire kami for hours on end, whispering and laughing the whole time.
Izumi is indeed a bit unbalanced, but it has little to do with her
station at the Kitamihari Watchtower. She is a savant with a natural,
unmatched gift for the kami. To her eyes, they are always swimming about
around her, every bit as present and real as the Shiba she sees everyday,
and considerably friendlier.
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