Ansei (Twelve Stars)

The term Ansei is an anarchic word used to describe one who can channel the Shehai. Since there are very few Redguards left who can do this, given most of the Ansei died on Yokuda, it has fallen out of use.

Background
The Ansei were the most skilled of the Sword-Singers, warriors who were masters in the martial art know as the Way of the Sword. One became an Ansei through proving their use of the Shehai.

There were different factions among the Ansei, such as the Hiradirge. During the time of Yokuda, the Sword-Singers and Ansei were numerous. In present Tamriel, the Ansei are extinct, and Sword-Singers rare.

A notable power the Ansei had that future users of the Shehai did not is the power of flight.

The Fall of Yokuda
The Empress of Yokuda was an Ansei who, after rebelling against the Yokudan Empire, was married to the Emperor. She, supposedly, arranged his death and became the sole autocrat of the empire, worshiped as a near god.

When the Adversary attacked Yokuda, the Empress organized the largest force of Ansei ever seen to defend the Emprie. They died in defense of the Na Totumba fleet.

The Legend of Nirn
In present day Tamriel, there are no Ansei, although a few users of the way of the Shehai.

Study of the Way of the Sword persists in the Hall of the Virtues of War, in Taneth. Every once in a while, a disciple of the Way is able to form the Shehai.

Known Ansei

 * The Empress of Yokuda
 * Daiabn al Din