Utaku Tama

Please note: This article is about the Battle Maiden. For other uses of the term, please see Tama (disambiguation).
Utaku Tama was a bushi Battle Maiden of the Unicorn Clan.
== Training ==
Tama was trained as a Battle Maiden, she had learned a few techniques from students of the ferocious Moto style of fighting. She had been given her scimitars by the Khan himself, and in battle she used them like an extension of her body. The Father's Legacy, by Brian Yoon
== Blood Hunt ==
In 1166 Tama discovered Iuchi Tudev as a Maho-tsukai. Tudev was subdied and chained, and Tama began to questioning, threatening Tudev with torture. She had a Slayer's Vial, a poison that provoked so much pain that the victim usually died by the violent spasms that broke their bones and tore their muscles apart. Tudev told her all the cultist he knew, in exchange of his freedom. Tama would give his name and likeness to magistrates of every clan, becoming an outcast. Blood Hunt (Region 34 - Athens, Greece)
== Chagatai's Ambition ==
In 1167 Moto Chagatai pondered with Tama his thoughts, which were filled with ambition. Dawn of the Lotus, The Unicorn Clan, by Shawn Carman
=== Seeking safe passage to Toshi Ranbo ===
Chagatai was seeking a covert path to Toshi Ranbo and sent an expeditionary force that was crushed by 's heir Matsu Yoshino and Ikoma Fujimaro's forces. Tama led a second much larger force which destroyed a Lion Kaisha, and his leader, Matsu Sanraku was killed by Tama in personal combat. Yoshino anticipated where the Unicorn would go and only a handful of Unicorns escaped the ensuing battle. Tama returned defeated at Shiro Moto, covered with shame. Chagatai had learned the Lion moved much quicker than he expected and the time to become unpredictable had come. Ide Tang was filling the stockpiles for a long winter of war. 
== Khan's Defiance ==
Her scouts obtained information on the Lion Clan in 1168 in preparation for Moto Chagatai's assault on the Capital in the winter of 1168-1169. The Khan’s Defiance, by Shawn Carman During the Battle of Toshi Ranbo in 1169 Tama was tasked by Chagatai to protect the Baraunghar when the Lion army attacked, allowing the shugenja time to transport the Unicorn army to the capital Toshi Ranbo. The Truest Test, Part 1, by Shawn Carman
== Test of the Emerald Champion - 1169 ==
Tama and Moto Najmudin were contenders of the Test of the Emerald Champion this year. The Test of the Emerald Champion, Part One, by Brian Yoon
== External Links ==
* Utaku Tama (Diamond)
Category:Unicorn Clan Members