Bayushi Tagumura

Bayushi Tagumura was a daimyo of a minor palace near Ryoko Owari and guard to the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Kachiko herself.

Death
In 1130 in the Month of the Hare the Emperor Toturi I was not found in his chambers, bloodied with his fallen guards. The Phoenix Clan Champion Shiba Tsukune and led the guards through a secret passage beyond the Emperor’s room. Tagumura was inside the secret rooms, and Tsukune killed him when Tagumura resisted to be captured. In his hands she found an Akodo Dagger, and also a piece of Toturi's cloak. Within the dagger's tang was found the name of its owner, Akodo Kage, who had died during the Clan War.

Aftermath
Kachiko was accused of Toturi's kidnapping and the Scorpion Clan sent to exile in the Burning Sands.