Doji Takamori

Doji Takamori, nicknamed “the Bloody Crane” for his ruthless approach to conflict, was a man who dared to confront the rule of the Kami. Fields of Victory, p. 28
== Opposing the Emperor ==
Subversive elements lurked within the Empire's social structure, and Doji Takamori rose to prominence. He dared to look at the Imperial Throne with eyes of avarice. Takamori was a man of endless ambition, one who knew that the world had existed before the Kami and planned to be the one to rule the world after they were gone. Over the course of several years, he assembled a coalition among the Crane, Phoenix, and Scorpion Clans and even some members of the Imperial families. By the year 120, Takamori's following had grown large enough to begin worrying the Emperor, Hantei Genji. Fields of Victory, pp. 28-29
== Conflict ==
By 123, the Emperor had begun to discern genuine sedition simmering among Takamori's coalition. The Shining Prince therefore approached Lion Clan Champion Akodo Tokoyama and instructed him to prepare to stand against Takamori. In the spring of 124, Takamori began marshaling a force west of the Mountains of Regret, a rugged, forbidding range in northeastern Rokugan. Takamori's stated purpose was to march his forces north and confront the Yobanjin, an independent people who still had conflicts with the Phoenix and Dragon Clans. Tokoyama harbored suspicions and assembled his own army at Loyalty Castle, the Lion holding closest to Takamori’s forces. In the late summer of 124, Takamori sent a small covering force westward to block Tokoyama’s army long enough to allow the main part of his army to march on Otosan Uchi and seize the Throne. The Lion Clan Champion had already deployed a small force of his own to the east of Shiro Akodo. Fields of Victory, p. 29
== Death ==
The Bloody Crane's blocking force was itself blocked, allowing the main body of Lion troops to intercept Takamori's army near the southern end of the Mountains of Regret. The ensuing Battle of Regret's Shadow saw the Lion repeatedly outmaneuver the Bloody Crane's forces, blocking their way south and keeping them on the defensive. With most of his forces scattered and destroyed, Takamori made a last stand, where he was killed by an arrow. 
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