Isawa Nodari

Isawa Nodori was the father of Isawa Ujina.

Birth of Ujina
Nodori was present during the birth of his son. A white wren flew into the room and was declared to be a bad omen by one of the midwives. Nodori killed the midwife and swore the other to secrecy.

Ujina's Potential
When Ujina was eight years old Nodori was visited by the Master of Void, who declared his intentions to take Ujina as his student. The Master returned three months later and took Ujina, now nine years old, with him. Ujina studied for ten years, returning home to his father when finished.

Ujina's Wife
A year later Ujina met Doji Ninube, the daughter of a neighbouring lord, and the two were engaged to be married. Two months before their wedding Ninube disappeared, and was only recovered with the aid of Kitsuki Kaagi. Unfortunately Ujina was seriously injured in the process, resulting in terrible scarring and the loss of an arm. As soon as Ujina was well enough the two were married, with only the parents at the small ceremony.

Nodori's Decline and Death
Shortly after the wedding Nodori became seriously ill, losing the ability to walk within a month. A month later he could no longer speak. Nodori reviled himself and the cripple that his son had become, and Ujina could sense this through the void. Ninube remained a diligent nursemaid for Nodori, but despite this he died. His fathers death and the revulsion he could sense in others caused Ujina to become a recluse.

Later, when Ujina discovered what his wife had become shortly after the birth of their daughter Isawa Kaede, Ninube revealed that she had poisoned and killed Nodori. Ujina used the void to unmake the creature that had once been his fiance.