MIRA NAKAGAMI
Caretaker of the Nakagami Sword Museum. 27 years old.

Mira studied Japanese and Sword history in College with a Masters in History. She is the caretaker of the Nakagami Sword Museum. Mira will become her generation’s guardian, Shokai to protect Saiya the portal to mana from those who seek its power. Her main weapon is the Eclipse Blade, a sword with a blade forged of an ore from a meteor that fell to the earth hundreds of years ago.
The Eclipse Blade was forged by her ancestor Kenji Nakagami.

The sword appears to have magical powers from the ore used to create the blade which protects her.

Mira’s Destiny and Legacy is as the current Guardian of Mana known
as Shokai.

Shokai: Guardian of Mana is the story of Mira Nakagami and her family’s legacy and history. The Nakagami family is a Japanese family of sword makers based in Kyoto Japan and first established during the Kamakura Period (1185-1333). They first started the forging of the sword and became known for their finely crafted weapons during this period. They operate a Museum which displays their family history, swords and artifacts. Their greatest sword they forged and family artifact is Nisshoku The Eclipse Blade. The blade of this sword is said to have been forged from the ore of a meteor. This is spoken of in the scrolls handed down through the generations.

YASUJIRO AND KUMI NAKAGAMI

Mira’s parents. Yasujiro is the head of the Nakagami family and president of the family business, the Nakagami Antiques and Sword Museum.

When Mira turned ten tears of age they took her to the Konaha Dojo to be trained in martial arts by Sensei Konaha, a renowned instructor. Their intent was for her skill, knowledge and discipline to be sharpened like sword to take over the family business eventually.

For them that is her destiny.

EIJI KONAHA

The originator of the Konaha Dojo. He also developed the family style; The Art of the Leaf. In creating this style he mixed elements of various martial arts.

The fundamentals of the elements of nature are also
at core of this style.


THE NAKAGAMI RESIDENCE AND MUSEUM

   The main house is an old traditional Japanese house with stone and           green gardens in the center courtyard and a pond in the backyard.
   In the middle of the pond is a large camphor tree with walking stones           leading through the pond to the base of the tree. The tree is about
  10 feet wide and 100 foot tall.
   
   The Sword Museum is on the other side of the pond across from the
   main house.  

KOI DOJO

The Koi Dojo is located in Kyoto Japan and is hidden in the back of the Konaha family property. Shrouded by the mist of a waterfalls, it is here that the family martial art, The Art of The Leaf has been taught for generations. The Koi Dojo was built in 1185 during the Kamakura Period is the secondary dojo. The Konaha Dojo is at the entrance of the property and a front for the Koi Dojo. This is where the art of Kendo is taught to those students not chosen to learn the Art of The Leaf.

NORIKO OZU

Mira’s best friend and fellow student trained at the Konoha Dojo in the Art of the Leaf. They reconnect ten years later after leaving the dojo.

They made a promise to protect each other forever.

Forever Sisters.

SENSEI KENJI KONAHA

Head instructor at the Konaha Dojo. Kenji is a master of many styles of martial arts and meditations. Once every ten years he choses two students to learn his family’s martial art, The Art of the Leaf.

Konaha means Leaf in Japanese.

SAYA (Tree in Japanese)

She begins to walk through the forest. Something is here in the mist…. she senses it….
She walks farther and carefully as if a voice is calling her. She sees a large figure in the misty fog ahead.
As she walks closer the figure appears larger...a woman...a tree. The figure is a large tree
(about 30 foot tall) in the shape of a woman with large branch-like arms and large roots sprawling
along the ground.

“I am an Oracle, my time as the Guardian passed a long time ago. My role is to help the new guardian
on their journey.”

“My Legacy is now her Destiny.”

More on this character to come in Shokai: The Heavenly Blade.