Togashi Yamatsu

Togashi Yamatsu was an Ise Zumi of the dragon Clan.
== Battle of the Cresting Wave ==
Yamatsu was known to have fought in the Battle of the Cresting Wave. The Tomb of Iuchiban: The Journal of Kuni Visten
== Iuchiban ==
In 750, Imperial Histories 2, p. 134 at Kyuden Togashi, Iuchiban attempted to possess the body of Yamatsu, but Yamatsu's magical tattoos protected him from Iuchiban's body-stealing magic who fled. Yamatsu raised the alarm with every Great Clan and sent word to the Emperor himself that Iuchiban's spirit had been freed from the Tomb. Bloodspeakers, p. 53 The pain of the experience had wracked his bdy, and his muscles straind under the burden. Yamatsu raised the alarm immediately, and was dispatched with a contingent of Kitsuki Justicars to hunt down the maho-tsukai. He was the first to realize Iuchiban's true identity. Following his near-possession, he had become haunted by terrible dreams of pain and imprisonment. Yamatsu retired from the active search to meditate. For two days, he remained in a contemplative trance, studying the dreams and the image they contained. When he awoke, he had no doubtwho had assaulted him, - the Bloodspeaker had returned. 
=== Defeating Iuchiban ===
The alert eventually led to the Battle of Sleeping River. Way of the Wolf, p. 42 During the battle Yamatsu used a new tattoo, an image of an inro, a small box worn on the obi. This tattoo held the spirit of Iuchiban Great Clans, p. 89 until he could be imprisoned in the tomb once more. Blood Dawn, Part IV: Twisted Visions, by Shawn Carman and Rich Wulf 
== Death ==
It was the Phoenix master of the Void who proposed to bind Iuchiban in the very walls of his tomb. The Council of Five assembled the greatest spirit binders in the Empire and brought them to the Tomb of Iuchiban. Yamatsu entered the tomb, sacrificing himself, and the shugenja of the Empire worked a great ritual to bind the Bloodspeaker's soul into the very stone of his prison. Legend of the Five Rings; Fourth Edition, p. 19 The process took three days. 
== Know Tattoos ==
* Inro tattoo
* Raven tattoo 
== See also ==
* Togashi Yamatsu/Meta
Category:Dragon Clan Members