Otomo Akio

Otomo Akio was a wealthy samurai of the Imperial Families.

Seeking Artifacts
Akio took residence in the Imperial District of the Second City. He was obssesed with the gaijin artifacts of the Ivory Kingdoms, and gathered in his home all those he could. In 1198 the murder of the Imperial Governor of the Colonies had led to new and more rigid policies about monitoring all traffic in and out of the district. Because these items had not undergone the required inspection to ensure there was no danger to the people of the Second City, he had them brought into the Imperial District discreetly. He knew the recently appointed Mistress of the Gates, Seppun Toriko, as Akio once had spared her father a significant disgrace. Forced by this debt of honor, Toriko arranged to smuggle the artifacts through a gate she personally oversaw.