Moto Taban

Moto Taban was a bushi and scout of the Unicorn Clan.
== Demeanor ==
Taban enjoyed to ride free on the open Unicorn plains. He wished to be a scout serving with the Junghar, protectors of the Unicorn lands. A Special Assigment, by Shawn Carman
== Training ==
Taban was student to Utaku Takai, the Ruby Champion, at Shiro Moto in the Dojo of the Center.
== Betrothed ==
Taban marriage had been arranged since he was a child. The woman he was to wed would undergo her gempukku in 1162, and he expected to be married shortly after. He was fond on a fellow student, Utaku Kohana, the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. 
== Station as ambassador ==
After the Khan's defeat in the Battle of Toshi Ranbo in 1169 the Unicorn must demonstrate the Khan's true nature by exposing the clans to their young samurai, men and women of character that could serve as an example to others of the true ideals we all hold. Aged Takai sent Kohana and Taban, two of his favored students, as ambassadors to the other Clans. They were assigned to an elder courtier in one of various Unicorn delegations departing into the Empire. They would be given the assignments they desired upon return. 
=== Yasuki lands ===
Taban met with Hida Kaoru at Friendly Traveler Village, and dismissed a Crane magistrate who was causing him difficulties regarding travel papers. Taban learned a new war between Crane and Crab was raising for the control of the Yasuki provinces. Scenes from the Empire, by Shawn Carman
== Lion March ==
During the Lion march to Shiro Moto Taban tailed the enemy, risking capture to scout his foe's movements. Moto Taban (Celestial flavor)
== War of Dark Fire ==
In 1170 Taban was under the command of Shinjo Aniji during the War of Dark Fire, who had been ordered to travel with his men the length of the Northern Wall Mountains, scouting the size of the Army of Fire and its supports. They were skirting along the northern border, dipping into the tribes' and the Phoenix lands. They reached the tower of Kitamahari, which had been destroyed by the yobanjin invaders. The War of Dark Fire, Part 4, by Shawn Carman
== Destroyer War ==
In 1172 Taban aided Iuchi Quan to find trails of the Ebon Daughter. Hunting the Ebon Daughter, Part 1, by Nancy Sauer
== External Links ==
* Moto Taban (Samurai Edition)