Daigotsu Hoturi



Daigotsu Hoturi was originally a doppelganger of Doji Hoturi made by Bayushi Kachiko using the Egg of P'an Ku. The creature did not originally have a name, as it was masquerading as Hoturi, who had been captured and secretly improisoned by Kachiko, but it came to be known as the False Hoturi. As Hoturi, it attacked the troops of the Crane Clan during the Clan War using legions of Shadowlands forces, causing great confusion as well as great loss of life.

The False Hoturi was unmade and returned to the form of the Egg after it was eventually defeated. Many years later, the Egg was found by Iuchi Shahai and given to Daigotsu. When Daigotsu activated the Egg, it took the last shape it had known -- that of Doji Hoturi. The False Hoturi then swore allegiance to Daigotsu and became Daigotsu Hoturi.