Editing Dragon Clan (section)

===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.