Yoritomo Kanaye

Please note: This article is about the magistrate who had fallen to P'an Ku's madness. For other uses of the term, please see Kanaye (disambiguation).
Yoritomo Kanaye was a bushi and corrupt magistrate, known for his brutal demeanor. Yoritomo Kanaye (Embers of War Boxtext)
== Colonies ==
=== Yojimbo ===
In 1198 he was appointed as yojimbo to Yoritomo Kanahashi, a magistrate on duty in Kalani's Landing, in the Colonies. State of the Clans, Part 1, by Shawn Carman
=== Pirates ===
Kanaye was sailing in the Ivory Coast when his kobune was attacked by a gaijin pirate ship. He bruised a prisoner, who told how to reach the pirate's lair, a sheltered cove. The Age of Exploration, Part 2, by Shawn Carman, Seth Mason, and Robert Denton The area would be known as Kage's Rest. 2012 Kotei: The Age of Exploration
=== Exploration ===
After the Imperial Governor of the Colonies Otomo Suikihime issued the Edict of Exploration, Kanahashi was sent to consolidate Mantis holdings in the unexplored lands of the Colonies. Kanaye came with her, and near a lake she created The Age of Exploration, Part 4, by Shawn Carman the Lakeside Estates in the area which would be known as Red Lantern District. 
=== Forgery ===
During the Mantis-Crane War in the Colonies Kanaye devised how to incriminate his enemies. He went to the Peasant District in the Second City and forced the worker headman Ito to forge the marks of Scorpion iron rods, requesting to alter them to make it seemed like the Daidoji made it. It would appear the Cranes were diverting their iron shipments owed to the Empress away for their war efforts. Kanaye threatened Ito to do a good enough job for him not to have to kill the headman to keep this quiet. In Service to the Empire, Part 1, by Seth Mason
=== Under the Eye of P'an Ku ===
Kanaye had come under P'an Ku's scrutiny, and he might become a Fallen, if he fell under the influx of the dragon's madness. Clarification about the Fallen and canon streamline, by L5R Story Team He would be transformed into a monstrosity who feasted on violence and blood. Yoritomo Kanaye (Coils of Madness flavor) Kanaye began to have a bizarre behaviour, and it was known that the preiestess Isawa Shunsuko defeated him in a duel. There Will Be Blood, Part 1B, by Shawn Carman
=== Madness ===
During the incidents that happened during P'an Ku's madness, Kanaye defeated and captured Moetechi no Oni, and contained it in the name of the Mantis Clan. Perhaps proximity to the demon either drove Kanaye to madness, or at least made him more susceptible to it. There Will Be Blood, Part 3A, by Shawn Carman Kanaye also took Bayushi Makubesu hostage. Taken Hostage (The Coming Storm flavor)
== Death ==
Eventually Kanaye attacked Isawa Hinata. The shugenja was forced to defend herself, Interrupt the Void's Flow (The Coming Storm flavor) and killed Kanaye. Kotei 2013 Staffanstorp, Sweden (Storyline Tournament result)
== External Links ==
* Yoritomo Kanaye (Embers of War)
* Yoritomo Kanaye Exp (Coils of Madness)
Category:Mantis Clan Members
Category:Magistrates