A relative young family, the Izaku were formed in the aftermath of the Clan War. During that epic conflict, the evil shugenja Yogo Junzo destroyed many of the learning centers of the Phoenix while seeking the Black Scrolls, and destroyed the temples of Shinsei. After the war, the forces of the Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan scholars held hand in hand to recover as much knowledge as possible. A small library came under construction in Heibeisu, at the center of Dragon and Phoenix lands and was chosen to house this knowledge. This location was intended as an archive for texts on farming, but the humble Izaku Library suddenly became the greatest repository of magical knowledge in the Empire and the home of one of the vassal families of the Agasha family.