Doji Hatsue

Doji Hatsue was a member of the Crane Clan who fell in love of Kuni Fujiko, the Crab ambassador in the Imperial Court.

Scorpion Coup
In the fourth day of the Scorpion Coup Fujiko and the rest of Crab hostages in the Imperial Palace were taken in front of a funeral pyre. Bayushi Shoju, self-proclamated Emperor Shoju I, requested obedience or seppuku. Fujiko in defiance leaped to death, and her entourage followed. Hatsue, unaware of the event, had sneaked into the city disguised as a heimin servant. He had hoped to enter the Palace as a messenger bearing a missive from the outer gates, find Fujiko and rescue his beloved using the sewers beneath the Palace as escape route.