In the wake of the Alliance War, it was clear something needed to be done to keep the Great Clans from ever again wreaking devastation across the stars. The Empire of Emerald Stars had too many enemies -- and potential new enemies -- to spare lives and resources fighting each other. An Imperial family couldn’t solve this problem; the long-past legacy of Miya Shikan’s crazed “peace at any cost” crusade meant it had to come from another source. So the Radiant Emperor created a new minor clan, the Dove, with the express mandate of preserving the peace between the Great Clans, and chose as its leader Asahina Akechi, whose tireless efforts at reconciliation had finally helped lead to the end of the Alliance War. The Akechi family takes its duties very seriously, and has had surprising success in keeping the Clans at peace from its home planet known simply as The Garden, averting at least one major war so far (between the Crab and the Dragon) -- though it’s not clear just how far their reach goes, and whether they would be able to keep the Clans from fighting should their attention fully turn back towards each other.
Akechi Family Bonus: +1 Awareness