Editing Dragon Clan (section)

==Families==
Due to their isolation and introspection, Dragons are highly individualistic and highly unorthodox. Their family organization is no different; their founding family is more of a spiritual leader than a political one (as well as being more of a monastic order than a continuous bloodline), and their military and spiritual families do a fair bit of cross-training to produce philosophical bushi and tactical shugenja. However, while they may appear disparate and more focused on their respective interests, the Dragon Clan families remain united in their shared allegiance and common duty, allowing each family to do what they do best while coming together when needed.

===Togashi Family===
Less a family and more a monastic order, the ''ise zumi'' (tattooed monks) follow Togashi. Not a descendant, not a follower, the actual Kami himself under a public alias, whose blood forms the basis of their mystical tattoos. They don't produce dynastic lines, and instead recruit new monks from worthy seekers who brave the mountains deep in the heart of Dragon lands to seek out their fortress-like monasteries that seem to change appearance and location with each account. Only those truly prepared to cast off their old selves and humbly begin anew succeed, whether through mystical shenanigans or the watchful intervention of the monks.

From there, the aspirants shed their old names and begin a new life within the Togashi Order. They are taught the ways of spiritual contemplation and being cryptic as all hell while wielding martial arts (particularly ''Kaze-Do'', the main unarmed style in Rokugan originally meant to help peasants defend themselves from tyrannical samurai) and tattoos which give you supernatural powers. These powers can be subtle (like resistance to weather or needing less sleep), flashy (like fire-breathing and flight), or even downright magical (by tampering with fundamental forces like probability, Honor, or life and death). The Big D Togashi himself is technically the ultimate authority in the Clan, but is more or less focused on matters of capital-E Enlightenment and the Empire's future, rarely directly involving himself in mortal affairs unless absolutely necessary.

===Mirumoto Family===
While Togashi is the Clan leader in theory, it's the Mirumoto who are the effective heads of the Dragon Clan, representing and leading them in their rare dealings with Rokugan beyond their mountains. They are also the Clan's security, organizing all of their defences so that they can conduct their studies and contemplations in peace. Their founder, Mirumoto, was a brilliant swordsman and blunt bully who pretty much talked shit to anyone who dared question his 'dishonorable' style, and he passed on his teachings to his adopted son, Mirumoto Hojatsu. While Mirumoto would give his life as the Dragon Thunder, it was Hojatsu who properly codified their dual-wielding technique into their own martial treatise: ''Niten''.

Mirumoto are most famous for their ''niten'' style, widely regarded as second only to Kakita's ''iaijutsu''. But unlike most of Rokugan's highly formalized fighting techniques, ''niten'' is no-nonsense and practical, focusing on the most efficient ways to exploit two weapons for constant offence or impenetrable defence. It's got actual ''kenjutsu'' applications if a fight goes beyond 1v1 or the first blow, but its pragmatic use of two blades is viewed with disdain as a 'coward's technique' by ''iaijutsu'' purists who insist a single sword and strike are all you truly need. Their biggest rivals are the Kakita, but this relationship ranges from thinly-veiled contempt to sincere respect from samurai to samurai.

Besides their notoriety as duelists, the Mirumoto are also responsible for the security of the Dragon Clan's holdings. As such, their duties and culture make them more worldly and organized, as well as among the best practitioners of guerrilla warfare in the Empire. Of course, the Mirumoto are 'worldly' in the same way the Kitsuki are 'worldly': They regularly deal with the world in areas and terms other Clans can somewhat understand, but they still bring an utterly unorthodox set of skills and attitudes to the mix. But at least with the Mirumoto, the duty of being the Clan's face and speakers means they have to at least maintain some relatability to their cousins in order to continue protecting Dragon interests, so they spend less time on contemplating philosophy and more time on applying it.

===Agasha Family===
The shugenja family of the Dragon Clan are descendants of Agasha, Togashi's other disciple, and one of the first shugenja to intuit that there was a connection between Shinsei's teachings and the worship of the Seven Fortunes, grasping the interconnectedness of existence (such as the Five Elements being separate but united) which is a common path to Enlightenment. Following in her footsteps, these mystics are dedicated historians, scholars, and alchemists, and they have a love of learning that views the natural world as a puzzle by Lord Moon and Lady Sun to be solved. Metaplot changes would lead them to join the Phoenix in protest of the Dragon leader Mirumoto Hitomi sticking some Lying Darkness on her hand and growing even more unstable, so the "alchemical shugenja" family is sometimes known as the Tamori (those who stayed in the Dragon Clan) depending on the edition even though it's one of the iconic techniques of the Dragons.

From Agasha's teachings and riddles, the Agasha would develop their connection to the elements and kami through alchemy. While they can cast like other shugenja in the Empire with scrolls and prayers, their unique trick is essentially crafting easy-to-handle potions and manipulating matter using their connection to magic. It's not just "clap your hands and believe it happens", though; contrary to their trademark mysticism (though the Dragons would say because of it), the Agasha have impressive stores of scientific knowledge. By knowing the properties of the ingredients of their potions or the materials they handle (with an almost mad scientist-like curiosity of "What would happen if I touched/sniffed/licked it and then burned/mixed/diluted it?"), they can achieve such effects like magical smoke, burning liquid, or making hardened steel as soft as fabric with a touch. Incidentally, they were the first to perfect the art of working steel thanks to this knowledge and kept it a tightly guarded secret until the info was leaked.

===Kitsuki Family===
The youngest family of the Dragon Clan, these courtiers originated from the Agasha. Their founder, Agasha Kitsuki, was gifted at studying details but not metaphysics and the supernatural. Ostracized by the truly mysterious bunch for not being mysterious enough due to his focus on the mundane physical world, he honed his powers of observation and mental recall for not just physical details but psychological tics in people and proved its worth. First by solving the murder of his sensei which he was framed for as a student, then by preventing the assassination of the Mirumoto daimyo in his career as a ''karo'' (advisor to the daimyo). That was the achievement which led to the founding of the Kitsuki family, and they generally maintain a friendly material-versus-mystical rivalry with the Agasha, each treating the other like a sibling.

Like the Mirumoto, the Kitsuki serve as the Dragon's public face, and their studies of law make them well-suited to presenting the esoteric philosophies of their Clan in a coherent policy. While trained in politics and manners as courtiers, Kitsuki truly shine as magistrates. The Kitsuki method, as mentioned, basically trains each student to be Samurai Sherlock Holmes, which is a more accurate description than one would think: in addition to their amazing powers of deduction and analysis, Kitsuki possess an impressive breadth of knowledge in things that might be involved in investigations such as poisons, weapons, and even physiology through autopsy. Many are also trained in <s>bartitsu</s>''iaijutsu'' to defend themselves at court or, more likely, enact justice on the guilty directly.

This worldliness often makes the Kitsuki the least cryptic and most approachable of the Dragons...though even then, they are still regarded as oddballs at court by most of the other Clans. Kitsuki tend to only put in the bare minimum of effort to fit in, and hardly practice the feints and favors exchanged by other courtiers to build alliances and foil enemies. Instead, they prefer to [[/tg/ gets shit done|get shit done]], using their powers of observation to pierce through the veils of deception, uncovering a wealth of information to either leverage at the perfect moment or conduct their dealings safely. They may not always be able to outright call out a deception or bring evidence into a case...but they CAN let the perp ''think'' they've got them fooled, or follow the evidence to someone who ''can'' be persuaded to give testimony about the truth.