Moto Chagatai (TCG)

Moto Chagatai, Noyan of the White Guard, The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow (Voting Event) was a bushi of the Unicorn Clan, and the heir-apparent to the Moto Khan Moto Ogödei. He had a sister, Moto Khojin, some ten years his senior, and two more siblings. Rule from Horseback, by Daniel Lovat Clark
== Demeanor ==
Chagatai was a rude man who worshipped the Lords of Death, more than the ways of Shinsei. His horse was Daichin. Across the Burning Sands, by Daniel Lovat Clark
== Across the Burning Sands ==
In 1123 Moto Rurame, leader of the Scarlet Banners, leanred taht the departure of Shinjo Shono to the Sand Road had been spied by members of the Qamarist Caliphate. She sent word to Chagatai, Noyan of the White Guard, requesting him to follow after Shono, to protect him from gaijin plots. 
=== Qamarist Caliphate ===
Shono's entourage were attacked by Tegensai raiders, mountain folk who lived in the Pillar of the Sky, but they were saved by the timely arrival of reinforcements led by Moto Chagatai. When the delegation reached al-Zawira, the Caliph Harun al-Hakim promised Chagatai to make him Khan of Khans in return to his aid if Shono was removed and the Unicorn would make a treaty granting the Caliphate rights of direct trade with the Ivory Kingdoms, the fealt of the Ganzu people, current vassals of the Unicorn, and sovereignty over the Hidden Valley, a Unicorn holding in the Burning Sands. Chagatai explained his cousin the caliph's offer, and Shono offer Chagatai nothing, the correct answer for a Khan of the Khans-to-be. The caliph commanded his forces to attack the Unicorn delegation, and Shono was captured. He lose an eye at the hands of the Caliph's sorceress, Mandana, but the Rokugani managed to flee and reunited with the rest of his forces outside the Qamarist capital, pursued by ghuls and an Ifrit. Shono and Chagatai survived, along with several other Unicorn, including Ide Ryōma, Shono's yōjimbō Utaku Yumino, and Iuchi Shoan. Shono got married to Saadiyah al-Mozedu as part of their alliance against the Caliph. 
== The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow ==
The hordes of Akuma no Oni breached through the Kaiu Wall and overrun the Crab defenses, marching northwest, to the Shinomen Forest. The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow – Chapter One, by Robert Denton III In the fourteenth day of the Month of Togashi the assembled armies of the clans confonted the Oni Lord's horde in the Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow. Shono had ordered Chagatai to join them, and the arrival of his outriders bolstered the spirit of the fighting troops. The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow: Chapter Four, by Robert Denton
== External Links ==
* Moto Chagatai (Warriors of the Wind)
Category:Unicorn Clan Members (TCG)