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Kitsu Takeko

Lion

What is known

S8The Lion daimyō at the Castle of the Swift Sword. She gave Setsuna a short correct tea and then acted on what she heard: forces on the roads, four mon-less samurai to be taken alive, Akodo Atsushi in command. She refused to let Setsuna ride along. She asked after Setsuna's family, took the answer kindly, and promised to make enquiries about Shinjo Harunobu. She is, so far, the most useful person in the Empire to Setsuna, and she is Lion.
S9Gave Setsuna the case, the envoys' names, unconditional access to the archives, and the party's swords back polished. Red-haired, and a shugenja — Midori sees fire spirits moving around her. She has now given Setsuna cavalry, archives and a promise about her husband, and asked for nothing back yet.
S19Agreed to move Shinjo Harunobu's custody out of Okoto Sakuon's command, on the strength of Akihito's service. She has now given Setsuna cavalry, an archive, a promise, and a prisoner transfer.
S26Performed the void rite herself to compel the ancestors to attend, with Midori supporting.
S27Received a letter containing a hasty sketch of the mahōtsukai the party has encountered before. Approved Ayoko's appointment. Holds a letter Monban has now asked her to return.
S48Made a heartfelt plea to Akodo Toturi on behalf of a worried wife, and it is the reason Setsuna's husband is free.

Each line is what she took from the session it cites, and nothing else. The Archivist's own account of this person is not reproduced here — it blends what she saw with what she did not.

Not known

Nothing lies behind these. They mark what the record does not hold, so that a guess is never mistaken for a fact.

Motive
Allegiance
Capability
Standing with Setsuna