Yogo Itoju

Yogo Itoju was a member of the kuroiban that found the Armor of the Shadow Warrior, that was used by Hida Yakamo and Hida Kisada. His ancestor, also named Itoju, had been one of the first kuroiban. For generations his family had stood against the Shadowlands.

Itoju was convoqued by the member of the Imperial LEgions and Defender of the Empire Bayushi Paneki. Itoju was told that an ogre was living in Scorpion lands, and some villages on the south of the Clan territories were tormented by him. Some Scorpion magistrates had been killed by the ogre when they were investigating, but the only survivor gave Paneki some Jade and the maps of a mine in which has also hidden the Armor of Kisada. Paneki told Itoju to bring these tree gifts (the death of the ogre, the jade and the armor) to the Scorpion Clan, and gave him the command of some Scorpion troops in case the creature was not an ogre but an oni.

Itoju found the armor, and fought the creature, who was in fact Tsuburu no Oni. The oni tried to make Itou pass on the Shadowlands side, but he resisted the Oni's tortures. Itoju dead, but he could reach the Mantis lands, wearing the armor (tainting it because of the contact with his corrupted body) and trying to kill Aramasu. The Mantis champion was saved by one his men, but the offense was made: Aramasu went to Otosan Uchi to ask the Scorpion about the "joke".