Editing /tg/ Custom L5R Minor Clans (section)

==Customs==
The Shrike are a clan of contemplative samurai who devote their time to serving as yojimbo for those who uphold the law, and to refining the practice of acupuncture, the better to preserve the lives of their charges.

Shrike revere Duty and Compassion above the other tenets of Bushido, and when not serving as yojimbo-for-hire for-- mostly for magistrates or Phoenix samruai, though occasionally for the odd Crane or Dragon-- they spend a great deal of time watching over their peasants, who are few in number. Though the risk is sometimes high, the Shrike make it a point to offer aid to any nearby village that suffers an outbreak of disease, and in times of plague, they work tirelessly alongside the monks of the Brotherhood of Shinsei to do whatever can be done, guarding and transporting medical supplies and even working directly with the sick to alleviate what suffering they can. Though the shugenja gift is rare in the small clan, those who have it almost always study with the Agasha of the Shrike's parent clan, and these samurai are typically at the forefront of such endeavors, doing with their alchemy what cannot be done with mundane medicine.

Shrike abhor the use of poison beyond even the normal distaste of any honest samurai, and almost universally have a deep well of anger for poisoners, and as a result they tend to be extremely antipathetic towards Scorpions. The second Mozu Daimyo, Mozu Gozoken, was famous for having turned down a highly advantageous marriage offer from a Scorpion vassal family, and to this day no Shrike has ever wed a Scorpion.