Hida Hiroto

Please note: This article is about the bushi. For other uses of the term, please see Hiroto (disambiguation).
Hida Hiroto was a bushi of the Crab Clan.
== Family ==
Hiroto was born in the year 1155 to a Hida father and an Ide
mother, the eldest of four siblings. He was a sociable child with a knack for making friends. Imperial Archives, p. 90
== Station ==
=== Warrior ===
Hiroto followed in his father's footsteps, a warrior in the Kaiu Wall. In 1171, only a year past his gempukku, the Destroyer War began. He first fought the desperate Shadowlands creatures pushed forward by the advancing Destroyer legions. Hiroto survived when the Kaiu Wall collapsed and retreating to join the siege of Shiro Kuni. When the castle also was overrun, Hiroto had escaped to secure the many secret scrolls of the Kuni family when they were evacuated to the Crane lands. He joined the armies of the Empire and fought the Destroyers near Ryoko Owari, where the entity called the God Beast of Kali-Ma was slain and Hiroto lose his arm. Imperial Archives, pp. 90, 91
=== Courtier ===
Hiroto retired from active duty, took a wife from the Scorpion Clan, their new allies to contain the threat of the Second Festering Pit, and acted as a liaison between the Scorpion and the Crab at the newly-built Scorpion Wall. Hiroto's efforts made him a universally-recognized figure in the courts. He bore half-a-dozen sons and daughters. Imperial Archives, p. 91
== See also ==
* Hida Hiroto/Meta
Category:Crab Clan Members