Sakkaku

History of Sakkaku
If the politician-philosophers of the Leaden Eel Clan are to be believed, Sakkaku has always been. Since the Clan is as obtuse as it is vague, it's best to examine the observable history of the Daimyo of the Leaden Eel from the outside. The first time Sakkaku - or an individual claiming to be the Daimyo of the Leaden Eel - made a public appearance was shortly after the great Tenpenchii. The vaguely male-seeming individual, cloaked head to toe in dark grey garments, walked through the Empire with a cadre of his followers - similarly cloaked - and provided aid and assistance where possible. It was during these moments of aid that the cult spread its message of seeing through reality, and appreciating greater truths. Since that time, the individual claiming to be Sakkaku has appeared in all manner of personages - male and female, cloaked and uncloaked, young and old.

Describing Sakkaku
Despite the Daimyo's mercurial appearance, the individual is unerringly strange and compelling. There are those who dismiss the Leaden Eel as a farcical bid for recognition by a cabal of lowborns. These same individuals usually change their tone after conversing with a supposed appearance of Sakkaku.

And, for as confounding and infuriatingly slippery as Sakkaku's identity is, the individual is remarkably helpful. There are a dozen stories ranging from the mundane (Sakkaku and the Leaden Eel arriving at a farmer's village to assist with the fall harvest, working as hard as any weathered laborer) to the bewildering (Sakkaku and the Leaden Eel disciples meeting a bloodthirsty tribe of bandits and vanishing them into smoke and moths). He (it?) has appeared in Amatsu-Kyo to act as adviser and sounding board to a variety of dignitaries, and all but the most staunch traditionalists have had admitted that they found the individual's insights useful.