Physical Description
Bayushi Akemi could convince a man to think dishonorable things. She is sleek and slim, petite without showing a sign of weakness. The wicked smile on her lips, the dangerous gleam in her eyes, all of it shows that she is thrilling, a creature very different from the austere, delicate flowers that litter the courts of Rokugan.

That is not to say that Akemi would be out of place at a court. She keeps her hair dyed, though not quite as white as the Crane might. Her lips carefully painted, her kimonos always at the height of style. Akemi is an enviable match, if only one could tie her down. But the blaze of trouble around her, the venom in her tongue, Akemi moves like she'll always be out of grasp.

History
Akemi grew up far from the Imperial Courts, in the Emerald Champion controlled Ryoko Owari. The troublesome, vicious den of thieves and ronin. The Bayushi family has ruled there for centuries, even while the Scorpion were in power. The city has taken on their nature, and Akemi took on it. Her father was a district governor, a man of small importance. Just enough of a match to secure himself a Doji wife and of some beauty and wit.

Governor Bayushi bore only one child, but was lucky enough in that. She bloomed into a woman of beauty and wit to surpass her mother. And she was a natural with a blade unlike many in the Empire. After a few weeks with a bokken in her hand, she beat her instructors soundly. The governor's daughter, Akemi, was invited to study at the prestigious Dojo of Lies; the only remaining Bayushi dojo still in the family's hands. Without a doubt the masters of the old Scorpion's potent arts.