Doji Hatsuhina

Doji Hatsuhina was a samurai of the Crane Clan.
== Early Years ==
Orphaned by the time she was six, Hatsuhina was raised by her bachelor uncle, who also died when the girl was twelve. Finishing her schooling at the academies of Shizuka Toshi, Hatsuhina was betrothed to Seppun Hakemoto, a captain in the Imperial Guard, who died later that year. She was betrothed again, this time to a young Bayushi son of the Scorpion Champion, who was murdered as part of the often-lethal politics of his clan. Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 129 Hatsuhina was betrothed to Otomo Koryusai, but their betrothal was undercut by the Scorpion Clan during its meteoric rise in influence. Instead to move to Otosan Uchi, she was forced to remain at Kyūden Doji, her childhood home. Winter's Embrace, p. 24
== Kyūden Doji ==
=== Bitter Courtier ===
Hatsuhina was bitter and did little to hide the fact. She wanted to ruin Koryusai's chances of happiness with anyone else, made him to fail at all of his pursuits in the Imperial bureaucracy, and to ensnare a better catch than Koryusai was and flaunt it in his face to remind him of what he lost when he let her go. They could have been a power couple, once. 
=== Winter Court ===
Hatsuhina became deputy seneschal at Kyūden Doji, and she personally oversaw the lodging arrangements for guests during the Imperial Winter Court in 1122 at the Esteemed Palaces of the Crane. Her former lover Otomo Koryusai also was in attendance. The Mantis Clan delegation was a last-minute addition to the event, and Hatsuhina refitted a guesthouse for the use of the Mantis during their stay. Hatsuhina was adept at playing at the game of love, and she was happy to toy with the hearts of unsuspecting samurai to get her revenge against Koryusai. She made a point of parading their romance in front of her former betrothed as much as possible. Winter's Embrace, p. 5, 11, 14, 24
== See also ==
* Doji Hatsuhina/Meta
Category:Crane Clan Members (TCG)