Doji Nikaitsu

Doji Nikaitsu was a courtier of the Crane Clan.

Manipulated
Nikaitsu was member of the Ivory Court who was presented with a gift by an old friend from the Scorpion Clan, a crystal netsuke crafted from an outcropping the Scorpion discovered in the southern reaches of the Colonies. This crystal was part of a sorcerous network created by an ashalan, the Crystal Wind, and used to monitor the Colonies during his centuries-long slumber in a place of seclusion in the Colonies. The creature used Nikaitsu as a pawn, attempting to create sympathy among the people of the Second City so that it could make a more overt attempt to reach them and establish diplomatic relations with the Colonials.

Death
Nikaitsu began to act very strangely, and a powerful agent from within the Ministry of the Left recruited several samurai to conduct an investigation to uncover Nikaitsu's unknown agenda. The mounting pressure ultimately drove Naikatsu to commit seppuku during a moment of clarity.