Bayushi Riozu

Bayushi Riozu was the Scorpion Clan Champion who was rumored to have had an affair with the Ambassador from the Crane Clan Doji Taehime. Taehime's skills in the court were unparalelled, and she would decline positions in the Imperial Court to remain in the Scorpion Clan Court. It was rumored that she held many of the Riozu's most cherished secrets, and even some thought the two were lovers. When Taehime died of old age in 745 all her posessions were sealed in an iron box and buried beneath the walls of Kyuden Kakita. Her will said; "Let all my knowledge go to my family, but let no man betray my trust to the lord who has been my host for so many years.". No one ever knew the secrets she had uncovered, and she kept her faith with both the Crane and the Scorpion. (Crane pp. 80)