History

In 1129 the position of Captain of the Imperial Guard was offered to Toku from the Emperor Toturi as a reward for his actions in the Clan War. Toku declined the offer and revealed to Toturi that he was in fact not a samurai, but a heimin who had been impersonating one. Toku offered to commit seppuku as his final act as a samurai, but Toturi pardoned Toku for his crime and offered the position a second time, as well as minor clan status for Toku and his followers. In this way the Monkey Clan was founded. Shortly thereafter, Fuzake Garou, founder of the clanless Fuzake family, swore fealty to Toku and joined the Monkey Clan along with his small family. The fledging Minor Clan, filled with ronin who owed their fame and respect to Toturi I, made an excellent pool of apolitical Imperial Magistrates. The clan's duty was set to keep law and order in the Empire. The Monkey were not yet granted with any official lands, but made her home in the Imperial City, Otosan Uchi, in the Diligent Estate of the Monkey.