Azami Ozu

Azami Ozu
Details
Race	Human
Birthplace	Kawabe Province, Kamigawa
Lifetime	~3700 AR
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Sources
Everything, Told in Whispers

Azami Ozu (ah-ZAH-mee) was the head archivist at the Minamo School on Kamigawa.

Youth

Azami grew up in the Kawabe Province. Her father was in the military while her mother studied soratami lore. Her parents were often busy with their work and had little time for either her or her brother.

Azami was fascinated with her mother's magical texts and would often take them and read them by the river, though her mother had forbidden her from reading them. On one of these occasions, Azami was visited by a river spirit whom she assumed was a great kami, a much more important deity. The kami made a pact with Azami who said she would give everything in the pursuit of knowledge. About a year later while Azami was at the river, her mother noticed she was missing and while searching for her, fell into the river. Because of the kami's words, Azami became convinced that her future importance far outstripped the lives of those around her.

The Kami's Will

When Azami's mother fell into the river and nearly drowned, Azami spent more time in the library than tending her mother. Within a month, her mother had died. After this event, Azami's father sent her and her mother's library to the Minamo School not wanting to be troubled with raising a daughter.

While at the school, Azami met and befriended Etsumi Urano, and convinced Etsumi to go with her to Kitanosu Temple, located within nezumi territory, to find ancient hidden scrolls. The nezumi attacked them and during their fight, she was forced to choose whether to save the scrolls or her friend. Azami left Etsumi behind, deeming the scrolls more valuable.

Atsuko Shimazaki, the head of the library, became Azami's rival within Minamo School. During a picnic, under the pretense of offering a truce, she served her poisonous mushrooms. Azami consumed only enough to make herself ill, but Atsuko was killed by the poison after a long and painful illness. All thought it a mistake.

Eventually, Azami became the head librarian of the greatest library in Kamigawa at the Minamo School.

During the Kami War hunters brought back the river spirit Azami had spoken to as a child. She studied the creature and came to realize that it had no great powers. She alone was responsible for all the deaths, but for her successes as well. Azami was vexed at having been deluded all her life but did not mourn the dead.

During her time as a librarian, she purposely let the students gather clues about the spirit known as the Unspeakable to study their experiences, as any knowledge of the Forbidden drives one to learn more at the cost of one's mind; her megalomania combatted this madness by driving others to do so.

It is unclear whether Azami survived Hidetsugu's attack on Minamo School.

Story appearances

Title	Author	Publishing date	Set	Setting (plane)	Featuring
Everything	Gwendolyn Kestrel	2004-10-01	Champions of Kamigawa	Kamigawa	Azami Ozu
Told in Whispers	Rei Nakazawa	2004-10-01	Champions of Kamigawa	Kamigawa	Azami Ozu

Gallery

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  Secret Lair art

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  Art Series

In-game references

Represented in:

• Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Associated cards:

• Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar

Quoted or referred to:

• Dreamcatcher
• Eerie Procession
• Graceful Adept
• Reach Through Mists
• Thoughtbind
• Vision of the Unspeakable