Doji Takari

Doji Takari was a courtier of the Crane Clan.

Jealous
Takari held a grudge against another courtier, Akodo Mimura, because the two had both been seeing the same geisha. When a group of Mantis Mercenaries were passing through the area, Takari hired Takinami to kill his opponent. The Mantis shugenja used Know the Shadows and Wind-Borne Speed to enter the victim's bedchambers, and Suitengu's Embrace allowed him to commit the murder without anyone hearing. Mimura was found dead with salt water in his lungs. A group of samurai investigated the murder and eventually exposed Takinami as the murderer, and Takari as the guilty mastermind.