Takuan

The Ronin Takuan
Was a loyal follower of the ronin general Toturi.

The Disappearance of Toturi I
In 1130 the Emperor's champers were found ruined, his bed bloody. A thourouh searh of Otosan Uchi turned up clues implicating the Scorpion, and Bayushi Kachiko was brought to the Imperial City to answer for her clan. Countless courtiers and nobles were assembled to bring testimony against the Scorpion. The Emerald Champion Kakita Toshimoko calls in the aid of the Kitsuki, acknowledging the Kitsuki method of evidence for the first time in history. The Kitsuki find nothing implicating the Scorpion, but nothing implicating anyone else either. As the Scorpion are unable to answer for the testimonies brought against them the acting Regent Takuan orders them to be exiled to the Burning Sands and all Scorpion children under 12 to be fostered to the Crane. (3E p. 20-21)

The Madness of Toturi
After his torture by the Lying Darkness Toturi was never the same, and begun a cleansing of Otosan Uchi in 1131 of everyone he deemed to be a Kolat (a word nearly unheard of). On even the loosest evidence people would be executed. Among the dead was Isawa Osugi. Takuan, horrified by his lords actions, commits seppuku. (3E p. 22)