Yasuki Garuda was an influential merchant who after the First Yasuki War waged a bitter personal conflict with Daidoji Sakura. She and he struck at each others' economic interests for well over a decade, causing each other considerable losses at times. Eventually they met at a neutral location within the neighboring Fox lands, agreeing to a truce for the remainder of their lives. In the subsequent decade they acquired considerably greater wealth for their masters. As the two neared retirement, they met again and agreed to recruit others into their consortium, and these individuals would be known as the Masters of the Coin.