Hagane (rōnin)

Please note: This article is about the rōnin. For other uses of the term, please see Hagane (disambiguation).
Mirumoto Ikutsuki was a duelist of the Dragon Clan who was cast out of his clan as the rōnin Hagane, which meaned “steel”. Deathly Turns, p. 15
== Rōnin ==
Ikutsuki was a young students at the Whispering Blade Dōjō in Lonely Shore City, and he who was very much their superior with a sword than his classmates and supremely arrogant about it. They conspired to discredit their prideful classmate, who was caught out in an embarrassing situation involving the spouse of one of their teachers, intending only to teach him some humility. Instead, matters quickly spiraled out of control, and Ikutsuki was not only cast out of the dōjō; he was cast out of his clan as well, as a rōnin. Deathly Turns, pp. 17-18
== Afterlife ==
Under the name of Hagane, he improved his proficiency with a blade wielding his namesake
sword, Hagane, to deadly effect, sharing his name with his life-taking sword. The duelist eventually died fourty years later and his spirit managed to escape from Meido as a shade. Lady Mazoku, a servant of Emma-Ō who returned escaped spirits to Gaki-dō, asked a group of samurai to find Hagane and return it to the afterlife. Hagane began his revenge and killed Akodo Nobu in his home in the Lion city of Authorized City, decapitated Bayushi Shigekazu at Exile's Salute, slain Tsume Kibo in her home near Kyotei Castle, and cut down Joben, a Dragon duelist who had retired as a monk in a shrine near Dragonfly Palace. Near Otosan Uchi, at the Eastern Petal Village, Hagane cut down an aged duelist named Doji Yūdai during what appeared to have been an unsanctioned duel and deliberately broke Yūdai's katana, and at Lonely Shore City he killed an old instructor named Kakita Sadao in the same way. The next victim was Ikoma Emihiko, in Footnote Village. The resident magistrate at Lonely Shore City, Daidoji Himanari, was helped by a group of samurai who tracked Hagane down at Nikesake, before it could kill the last victim, Shiba Akifusa. Deathly Turns, pp. 15-18, 20
== See also ==
* Hagane/Meta
Mirumoto Ikutsuki
Category:Rōnin