Togashi Noboru

Togashi Noboru was a Fire Tattooed Monk of the Dragon Clan, known by his brash demeanor.

Family
Noboru was the son of the Voice of the Empress, the former dragon Clan Champion Togashi Satsu, and his wife Togashi Misuko. He was born in 1172 and nurtered under the alert eye of Togashi Kanmu.

Togashi Daimyo
Noboru eventualy rose to become the head of the Togashi order. One generation raised during a time of war, and another raised during a time of peace. The differences in philosophy could be significant, and family bonds between Noboru and his father were tested. Before the end of 1198 Noboru was sent to the Colonies to assume oversight of certain activities on behalf of the Dragon Clan.

Blood of the Preserver
Noboru and Kitsuki Jakuei investigated the reasons behind the Lion attacks to Spider encampments. He went to Togashi Osawa's dojo in the Second City, where the aged Dragon taught ise zumi, Asako monks, and sohei of the Order of Venom alike. Noboru questioned the Spider students, Nishimura, Ohaba, and Sutigu, but they refused to explain, and Noboru attempted to get words through a demonstration of force. After the three sohei were defeated, Jakuei inferred the Spider were hiding something.

Under the Eye of P'an Ku
Noboru was under the P'an Ku's scrutiny, and he might become a Fallen. If it would ever happen Noboru would earn the nickname of the Shattered Star.

Questioning the Crab
Noboru met the Kuni Daimyo Kuni Renyu in the Second City and openly questioned him about the Lion and Crab attacks. Renyu had created a network of observation and hostility around the Spider since the day he arrived, and Noboru warned him, as the Dragon had been regarded as the Spider watchers by the Empress herself. Noboru overreacted, and he even threatened Renyu with a physical lesson.

P'an Ku's Defeat
Kuni Renyu was not totally satisfied with the peace brought by the defeat of P'an Ku and sought to make his dissatisfaction known to Togashi Noboru. Noboru would not yield the point, and so the Crab and Dragon were slowly but surely brought into conflict.