Hitomi Hogai

Hogai was the Crab Clan ambassador to the Dragon Clan during the time of the Dragon-Phoenix War. One day he awoke to find himself covered with amazing tattoo's, accepting the call of Lady Moon he became Hitomi Hogai and joined the fight. When Togashi Satsu decided to accept a challenge sent by the madman Kokujin Hogai was among those chosen to journey into the Twilight Mountains and battle the fallen ise-zumi, due to his expertise with the area that he had aqquired in his time as a Crab.

When the party was ambushed by a group of Kokujin's minions, Kobai was captured along with Satsu and Tamori Cheiko. Kokujin made Satsu choose between Hogai and Cheiko, who would be sacrificed upon the Anvil of Despair to finish the forging of his daisho. Hogai bravely pleaded with Satsu to choose him and spare Chieko's life. When Satsu made his choice he told Kokujin "I choose Hogai", Kokujin laughed and chained Chieko to the Ancil. While Satsu had thought he had been choosing someone to die, Kokujin had made him condemn one of his friends and then be forced to live with them.

Eventually they escaped Kokujin's clutches and Hogai returned to the Dragon lands with the others that survived.