Seppun Horiken

Seppun Horiken was once an Imperial samurai who served as a miharu. Horiken eventually retired once he began his advanced age to be an impediment to his duties as a guardsman. Horiken retired with full honors and recognition from the Emperor. Horiken decided to become a scholar and moved to an isolated house to pursue his studies.

Horiken devoted his time to studying gaijin culture. Though he was unknown to most, Horiken soon became the Rokugan's foremost expert on the gaijin. It was this expertise that eventually brought him to the attention of the Cult of the Destroyer. Fearful that he could uncover their plans, the cult sent an assassin to kill Horiken. The old miharu was still a capable fighter and killed the cultist. Investigation of the assassin's blade led Horiken to contacts within the Mantis Clan. Unbeknownst to him, however, Horiken's contacts were secret cultists themselves and eventually murdered him during the War Against the Shadow. The cultists were able to kill Horiken's cousin, Seppun Oronoko.