Clan/Family Name: BayashiClan/family Symbol: Black Scorpion on a Blue FieldClan/Family Colors: Black and BueCommon Professions: Assassin,Caravan Driver, Cook, Fishmonger, Gambler, Gunslinger, Hunter, Merchant,Sawbones, Scavenger, Thief, Thug and Tinker.Great Ancestors: None in recent times, any historical ancestors would have been lost in the fall.Warrior Arts: Swords, Spears, Firearms and Bows.Other Arts: Fishing, Cooking, Swordsmithing and Bowcrafting.Common Religion : While not all follow it, the Majority of the Bayashi follow the Light of Hedon.History : Unlike many other families, ones that can trace their histories to ancient Japan, the Bayashi family is truly a creation of these times. In the time after when civilization fell, A collection of survivors searched for a way to endure these troubling times. In a bid for survival, they began gathering what records they could, trying to recreate the Samurai era. Unfortunately, being as it was at this point a generation since the fall, Their collection of records wasn't as stringent or as thorough as it might have been otherwise, Drawing from as varied sources as Musashi's five rings, to a tattered Legends of the five rings RPG book. These became the historical texts that the Bayashi family follows...though some peices have been lost to time's ravaging.In time, the family recreated the samurai outlook and themselves in the process, becoming a family of sailors, fishers, cooks and merchants, but with a decent share of warriors, especially warriors willing to work a bit underhandedly, in keeping with the teachings of the texts. They have taken to the seas, trusting to the waters to provide for them. So far, it has. While not unknown to the other Clans and Families, the Bayashi are definitely viewed as..a little odd. Especially unusual for a Samurai, the Bayashi are focused more on loyalty then honor. While they hold honor high, they feel that duty to one's lord is a greater virtue.Based primarily around the Pacific Northwest, occassionally ships of the Bayashi family will sail to other ports, even making the trips back to the remains of japan, trading, fishing, and occasionally engaging in piracy if timing is right.