Bayushi Tesaguri

Bayushi Tesaguri was the son of the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Junzen. In 545 he was entrusted with the forth, fifth, and sixth Black Scrolls. Tesaguri was both an able general and capable shugenja, who had proven his value to the clan time and time again. (Scorpion pp. 55, 103)

Unfortunately, Tesaguri was not nearly as trustable as his father believed him to be. Seeing and opportunity for a quick profit, he sold the original scrolls to the Phoenix Clan, created forgeries to put in the place, and went about his business suspecting that no one would be any the wiser for it.

Yogo Ichinore, daimyo of the Yogo family, was not so easily fooled. He quickly deduced the scrolls to be fakes, and brought the matter to the attention of Junzen. When Junzen called his son forth to explain himself, the Champion's son wasted no time in fleeing or damning himself. He didn't get very far.

He was hastily bound to a tree, and an impromptu ritual was enacted. In time, and with some modification, it would become the standard procedure for the punishment of those who betray the Scorpion Clan.

As the first to enter into the tortured place that is Traitor's Grove, Tesaguri has the dubious honor of being considered its founder. As such, on the day of his birth -- the third day of the Monkey -- any Scorpion within a reasonable distance comes to Traitor's Grove to throw stones at the trees of those who dared to put even the slightest stain upon the loyalty and brotherhood of the Scorpion Clan.

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