Mirumoto Hitomi (TCG)

Mirumoto Hitomi was a slender, strong and tall samurai-ko of the Dragon Clan, hatamoto to the Mirumoto Daimyo Mirumoto Masashige. The Rising Wave, by Marie Brennan
== Brother's Death ==
At the age of eight, Hitomi tried to challenge Hida Yakamo to a duel over her brother's death, no matter how bad the odds. Between the Lines, by Marie Brennan Yakamo had crushed the head of Mirumoto Satsu, When the Wave Strikes the Shore, by Mari Murdock the Mirumoto hatamoto's son over a minor insult, Beyond Reach, by Robert Denton III
== Heresy ==
In one of her travels she found that the nearly heretical Perfect Land Sect had taken root on Tall Pine Village. Against her advice Masashige decided to avoid any action and only to make a report of such event. 
== The Rising Wave ==
In 1123 Yokuni had a vision, so he decided to send aid to the Prince. Two Swords Fall from Heaven, by Marie Brennan Yokuni ordered that the Dragon must move beyond their borders. Hitomi, accompanied by Togashi Mitsu, Yokuni's heir, led the Army of the Rising Wave marching to Otosan Uchi, crossing the Drowned Merchant River bypassing the Lion-controlled bridge. A Call to Witness (Dragon Clan letter) In the middle of the disputed territory west of Toshi Ranbo, not far from the Lion city of Oiku, Mitsu decided to interven against a group of rōnin who were torturing peasants. Hitomi rebuked his decision, which had put the mission in jeopardy. Eventually they were intercepted by a Lion army led by Ikoma Tsanuri, who granted them safe passage so long as they did not interfere their conflict with the Crane, continued eastward and did not turn back. 
=== Emperor's Death ===
When the Army of the Rising Wave arrived to Otosan Uchi, Hitomi entered Otosan Uchi to meet the Ruby Champion Agasha Sumiko, who was accompanied by Kitsuki Yaruma. Hitomi learned that the Hantei the Thirty-Eighth had died, and the Emerald Champion Akodo Toturi was missing. Sumiko ordered Hitomi to bring the Army inside the city to guard the Imperial Palace. Sumiko gave its command to the newly appointed Imperial Regent, Bayushi Shoju. Behind the Empty Throne, by Mari Murdock
=== Sotorii Flees ===
Shortly after the acting Emerald Champion Agasha Sumiko presented an Imperial Edict written by Toturi, and signed by the late Emperor. The Emperor had issued the edict prior to his death, naming his younger son, Prince Hantei Daisetsu, as his heir. It also named the Scorpion Clan Champion Bayushi Shoju as regent, until Daisetsu came of age. The former Crown Prince Hantei Sotorii was taken to the Monastery Among the Winds by an honor guard of Seppun, under Hitomi's lead. When the caravan was moving through Lion lands they were attacked by Crane forces. Hitomi single-handely wounded and defeated the enemy's leader, Doji Kuwanan, brother to the Crane Clan Champion Doji Hotaru, but he managed to escape. Sotorii also had fled during the skirmish. The Price of Failure, by D. G. Laderoute
=== Investigation ===
Kitsuki Chiari investigated the Emperor's death and reported to Sumiko, Yaruma and Hitomi that based on the exposed curse that had befallen Kunshu, the Ancestral Sword of the Hantei, the blood that has stained Shori's hilt, the ancestral sword of the Lion, and the regency's intent to keep this secret hidden, there was no explanation except that Bayushi Shoju had murdered the Emperor and taken his throne. A Discerning Eye and an Unyielding Resolve, by Tyler Parrott Hitomi rallied the Army of the Rising Wave, seized the Imperial Palace and put Shoju under arrest for the murder of the Emperor, to deliver him to the justice of the Imperial Chancellor. 
=== Lion Seized Control ===
Unexpectedly Shoju escaped, so Hitomi ordered her troops an immediate manhunt throughout the city to search for him, spreading her troops thin across the capital. Eventually the former Lion ambassador Ikoma Ujiaki claimed the leadership of the Imperial Legions, mostly consisted of Lion soldiers, to retake the Capital with the support of Scorpion forces stationed there. Led by Ujiaki, the Lion and Scorpion forces smashed through the southern gates of the Forbidden City, scattering the fragmented units of the Army of the Rising Wave and swallowing the Captain of the Imperial Guard Seppun Ishikawa's trapped guards. The Villain’s Mask, by Mari Murdock
== Figthing the Usurpers ==
In the 18th day of the Month of Hida an assembled army of Crane, Lion, Phoenix, Scorpion, and Unicorn samurai began the assault upon Otosan Uchi, and Hitomi sided with them. In the fifth Day of the Month of Togashi they received word from the Crab that Hida Kisada had fallen, and Akuma no Oni's horde marched across their provinces with the discipline of a well-trained Shadowlands army. Heroes of Legend: Chapter Four, by Josiah “Duke” Harrist
=== Shoju's Death ===
Hitomi was met by Bayushi Yojiro, the new Scorpion Champion, who introduced him to Bayushi Dairu. Shoju's son donned her Itsuwari, the Ancestral Sword of the Scorpion Clan, requesting Hitomi to kill his father. By tradition, Itsuwari was supposed to strike down the Scorpion Champion if he ever betrays the Empire. Hitomi was sneaked within the Forbidden City with the aid of Seppun Ishikawa and Bayushi Kachiko, the Imperial Advisor and Shoju's wife. Hitomi confronted Shoju in the Imperial Throne room, and struck him down with her wakizashi. Heroes of Legend: Chapter Five, by Marie Brennan
=== Aftermarth ===
The Shadowlands horde was defeated by the assembled Rokugani armies in the Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow Lake. Akuma no Oni, who had killed Togashi Yokuni on the battlefield, was killed as well. Hitomi was appointed to lead a contingent of Imperial Legionnaires who began the search of the missing Hantei heirs. Kitsuki Yaruma and Mirumoto Raitsugu remained in the capital as liaisons for daimyō Mirumoto Masashige until the lost heir to the Dragon Clan, Togashi Mitsu, made his location known. The Battle of Cherry Blossom Snow: Epilogue, by Robert Denton III and Marie Brennan with Katrina Ostrander
== External Links ==
* Mirumoto Hitomi (Children of the Empire)
* Mirumoto Hitomi (Print and Play)
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