Yasuki Nokatsu

The Angriest and most violent Dark Oracle, Yasuki Nokatsu is also the one most likely to take direct action against the forces of Rokugan when given an opportunity. He accepted the burden of Dark Oracle under duress. Because Daigotsu wished to bind Nokatsu, he tortured the Crab Clan samurai for nearly thirty years before Nokatsu finally acquiesced, pledging his life and loyalty to Daigotsu. Despite his corruption and his power, or perhaps because of it, Nokatsu has no choice but to serve Daigotsu even thought he hates him above all.

Nokatsu dwells withing the Twilight Mountains' blackest, coldest recesses, far to the south of Crab Clan lands. He moves through the earth without difficulty, and rarely stays in one place for long. Nokatsu accepts only raw, unfettered power. He has known to patronage those few beings who have sought him and survived his wrath. His will has been thwarted only once in recent memory, when the corrupted shugenja Katsu used the Dark Covenant of Earth to force Nokatsu to rebuild Sunset Tower in Otosan Uchi.

The Dark Blessing of Earth
Kuni scholars believe that it was the Dark Blessing of Earth that allowed the Oni Lord known as the Maw to visit devastation upon the Hiruma lands. Whether this is true or not, none can say for certain. Nokatsu is extremely reluctant to bestow his blessing, but any who can fufill his requirements would surely be an unstoppable force of destruction.

Major References

 * Secrets of the Shadowlands Page 90.