Esteban Cornejo (I)

Please note: This article is about the gaijin ambassador to the Mantis Clan. For other uses of the term, please see Esteban Cornejo (disambiguation).
Esteban Cornejo was a Merenae master of the art of explosives.
== Family in Merenae ==
Esteban was the father of Alhundro Cornejo. Fires of Toshi Ranbo, Part Two, by Rich Wulf
== Marooned in Rokugan ==
Esteban had been marooned in a land called Rokugan. In 1096 a hurricane wracked the ship and only two survivors escaped, Esteban and his six-year-old son Cornejo. They were taken in by the Mantis Clan and Esteban proved his worth producing medicines, adhesives for use in shipbuilding, and even the occasional barrel of illegal polvora. Time of the Void, p. 21 The Mantis Clan Champion, Yoshitsune, granted him refuge in the Islands of Spice and Silk, serving as a saboteur in the clan's mercenary endeavors. 
== Death ==
Esteban had a romantic affair with Iuchi Maiko, the wife of a Unicorn ambassador. Esteban dishonored Maiko then took her husband's life in a duel. Fearing the repercussions for his Mantis hosts, Esteban flung himself from the cliffs of Kyuden Gotei. Others said his death was a fake, and that he had a meeting with Asahina Sekawa, the Keeper of the Five Rings, who sought knowledge about his natal kingdom. Explosives (Crane Foil flavor)
== Family in Rokugan ==
Maiko had a son from Esteban after his dead, Rodrigo Cornejo. 
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