| Chosai | |
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| Born: | Unknown |
| Died: | 1200 |
| Siblings: | Tamori |
| Titles: | Master Sensei of the Mountain Home Dojo, Dark Oracle of Fire |
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Agasha Chosai was the brother of Agasha Tamori, and the uncle of Agasha Shaitung. He became Tamori Chosai when the Agasha family of the Dragon Clan was renamed as the Tamori family as a part of the treaty that ended the War of Spirits. He became the Dark Oracle of Fire Chosai after the death of his brother.
War of Spirits[]
Chosai stood with his brother and joined the armies of Hantei XVI. The terrible sights he saw, especially the massacre of the Phoenix children, shattered him, and immediately after the war he retired from his Clan duties, but remained with his family to give guidance. [1]
Tamori Family[]
Tamori Chosai
Following his brother's fall to corruption during the War of Spirits Chosai acted as a father to Shaitung. When the Emperor declared in 1151 via Imperial Edict that the Agasha of the Dragon Clan were to be renamed the Tamori family, it was Chosai who supported Shaitung and gave her the strength to lead their family through dishonor. Chosai declined to be the Tamori daimyo because he felt aged, and also believed that as brother of the reviled Agasha Tamori, the path of the new family under him would be more difficult. [2]
Mountain Home Dojo[]
Chosai was the revered Master Sensei of the Mountain Home Dojo. [3]
Dark Oracle of Fire Awakened[]
While Isawa Nakamuro remained as hostage, he and Tamori Shaitung talked with Chosai. He told them that his brother could be redeemed, an opinion other shugenja did not share. [3]
Dragon-Phoenix War[]
Isawa Nakamuro and Shaitung attempted to bring an end to the Dragon-Phoenix War by defeating the Dark Oracle of Fire Tamori. Nakamuro's investigation led them to Shiro Tamori, and aided by Asako Bairei they performed a ritual that allowed Hitomi Maya to find the Dark Covenant of Fire. Chosai struck down Bairei and Maya, taking the Covenant. Chosai admitted he had been responsible of the awakening of the Oracle, and claimed he had done it so Shaitung could defeat Tamori and cleanse the Tamori name. Shaitung convinced her uncle to stop his madness and he released the Covenant to the Tamori Daimyo. [2]
Dark Oracle of Fire[]
When searching for Tamori to confront him they encountered Isawa Taeruko. Nakamuro uncovered the illusion, revealing that the Phoenix traitor had actually been Isawa Hochiu. Both Bairei and Nakamuro confronted Hochiu, but the fight was interrupted by the arrival of Tamori. Chosai used the Dark Covenant to demand that Tamori face Hochiu in a duel. Tamori survived the duel, incinerating Hochiu. Tamori was distracted long enough by Shaitung to allow Tsuge to kill him. Chosai became the next Dark Oracle of Fire, but Nakamuro used the Covenant to banish him from Rokugan forever. [4]
Out of Rokugan[]
Chosai had accepted to become a Dark Oracle only to end the endless pain of immolation that his dying brother had cursed him with. Chosai took residence deep in the mountains north of Rokugan, where he attracted a few small bands of Yobanjin who revered him as a fire god. The Dragon Clan created the Northern Towers of Flame along the Empire's northern edge to keep a constant vigil for Chosai and his minions. Daigotsu offered what aid he could to Chosai, earning the Oracle's loyalty. [5]
The Dark Blessing of Fire[]
Chosai granted his blessing rather freely, for it was only through his mortal agents that he might seek revenge against his former clan, the Dragon. While he might choose only one to bear his blessing at a time, he could use his magic to augment many agents to use against the Dragon, who were finally consumed by the mystical energy Chosai wielded. [5]
The Khol Wall[]
Chosai began to test the borders of Rokugan, and sent several attacks to the western border of the Empire, but they were repelled at the Khol Wall. [6] The Unicorn discovered the source of these attacks when Moto Zhijuan faced Chosai himself. The Moto was inside Rokugan borders, so Chosai could not harm him. [7]
Northern Dragon Border[]
During the winter of 1169-1170 Chosai intensified his attacks against the Dragon Clan's northern border. [8] The Northern Towers of Flame had suffered three assaults in one month from Yobanjin minions of the Dark Oracle, who set his men on fire and used them for suicide attacks. They were easily repelled, as they only caused heat in their immediate surroundings and only ignited materials through direct contact. [9]
Kali-Ma's ally[]
Kali-Ma, the avatar of Shiva the Destroyer and leader of the Cult of Ruhmal, sent the Ebon Daughter to the Mountain of Fire to meet with the Dark Oracle of Fire. Chosai had become an ally, and she had used her servants to help him attack Rokugan. In return, Chosai would help Kali-Ma however he could in reattaining her true power. [9]
Yobanjin of Fire[]
Over the next few years Chosai sent yobanjin against the northern Dragon border, who were bound to his will by hideous magics. When captured they burnt to death. [10]
Quest for the Dark Covenant[]
In 1170 Chosai used his allegiance with Daigotsu to seek the Dark Covenant of Fire. Megumi came to visit him and was tasked with that quest, but she failed and died. [11]
War of Dark Fire[]
Before the end of the year Chosai followed his own agenda, without knowledge of his supposed ally, Daigotsu. A massive yobanjin army was assembled near the northern border of Rokugan, and the Northern Towers of Flame were overrun to begin the assault of Dragon territory. This was the beginning of the War of Dark Fire. [12]
Kanjiro Library[]
The Army of Fire infiltrated Michita Yasumi, seeking information in the Kanjiro Library. Despite their efforts Hiruma Scouts were given knowledge of the quest and the library was burned in order to deny its use to Chosai and his minions. [13]
End of the War[]
Despite suffering heavy causalties, the Army of Fire prepared for a final assault in 1172. They threw all their efforts into a strike against Toshi Ranbo, intending to kill the Divine Empress herself. While traversing the vast Dragon Heart Plains they were outmaneuvered by the Rokugani combined armies. During the subsequent battle, the Son of Fire, field commander of Chosai's army, was lured into a clever trap and killed. [14]
Destroyer War[]
When the Destroyer War broke out the Army of Fire returned to the Empire as part of Chosai's alliance with Kali-Ma and the Ebon Daughter. [15] A new Son of Fire commanded the Army, riding a wyrm of incredible size and power, known as the Great Wyrm. [16]
Karatsu[]
Chosai was approached by the ronin tyrant Karatsu, who became his ally. Their forces attacked the Legion of Two Thousand but suffered a defeat in the Battle at the Palace of the Breaking Dawn. [17]
Return[]
The Fire Covenant was seized by Daigotsu Eiya and Chosai ban from entering Rokugan was lifted. [18] He appeared at Shiro Tamori, now hidden under a pool of solidified lava since the Fall of Shiro Tamori. There he began his destructive ways, killing several shugenja and reawakening the volcano Tamori's Furnace. [19] He arrived in the Togashi lands and destroyed a village. [20]
Trap is Sprung[]
Chosai got news that Togashi Satsu's son had moved from his lair and attacked a caravan. It was a decoy and he kidnapped one of its guards, Kitsuki Tsuboko. Under torture she told of the place to where the boy was moving. Chosai ordered the Son of Fire to attack in a distant place to distract the attention of the Dragon while he went to the fifth guard tower near the Phoenix border. He found the Dragon and Phoenix had set a trap, and Isawa Mizuhiko appeared wielding Judgement. [21] [22] The Tensai managed to wound Chosai, but he disengaged and fled. The Son of Fire would be the instrument of his revenge until he fully recovered. [21]
Burning his own Power[]
In 1176 the Dark Oracle of Void, Tonbo Toryu, came to visit Chosai, who called him because he felt they were missing their chance to consolidate their power. Two Dark Oracles had been hunted by Mizuhiko, and Jigoku had not replaced them. Chosai believed that the bloodsword Judgement had trapped the souls of their siblings once they were killed. Toryu confirmed that when they became Dark Oracles, their earthly physicality was replaced by elemental energies replicating their mortal shells, and the bloodsword stole the direct conduit to the elemental essence of Jigoku itself. Chosai's conduit was cut off, leaving him unable to replenish his Oracular powers. Each use of his power burned away his remaining physical form. He could be saved only when the blade had been destroyed. Toryu left, refusing to aid or plan with Chosai on what to do. [23]
Death[]
In 1200 the Oracles of Dark held a Conclave, but it was Tamori Wotan who attended it as Dark Oracle of Fire, so Chosai was presumed dead. [24]
External Links[]
- Tamori Chosai (Spirit Wars)
- Dark Oracle of Fire Exp2 (The Dead of Winter)
| Preceded by: Tamori |
Dark Oracle of Fire 1159 - 1200 |
Succeeded by: Tamori Wotan |
References
- ↑ Way of the Shugenja, p. 36
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Dark Oracle of Fire, Part II, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Compromise, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ The Dark Oracle of Fire, Part III, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Secrets of the Shadowlands, p. 90
- ↑ Outer Walls (Lotus flavor)
- ↑ Sorrow's Path (Lotus flavor)
- ↑ Revelation, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Light of the Mountain (The Race for the Throne Book), by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The Broken Shinbone, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The Battle for Sunset Tower, by Rusty Priske
- ↑ Letters II, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The War of Dark Fire, Part 10, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ The War of Dark Fire, Part 16, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Doctrine of Confrontation, by Lucas Twyman
- ↑ The State of the Empire
- ↑ The State of the Empire, Conclusion, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Scenes from the Empire 12, by Rusty Priske, Nancy Sauer, & Brian Yoon
- ↑ The Return of the Dark Fire, by Rusty Priske
- ↑ Burn, by Rusty Priske
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 A Desperate Ruse, by Brian Yoon
- ↑ Imperial Histories 2, p. 252
- ↑ Judgment, Part 1, by Lucas Twyman
- ↑ Conclaves of Light and Dark, by Maxime Lemaire & C Thomas Hand
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