Moto Amadare

Moto Amadare was a scout bushi of the Unicorn Clan who suffered a bloodspeaker ritual that made him blind except for those affected by taint or Shadows.
== Blind ==
In 1129 Amadare and his brother, Moto Yoshino, were patroling the Plains Above Evil when they were ambushed by bloodspeaker cultists and dragged to a cave. The bloodspeakers worked maho rituals and magically blinded them, but Yoshino did not survive. Hidden Emperor, pp. 47-48
=== Seeing the Shadows ===
Amadare could not see, except his bloodspeakers captives. The ritual was an experiment to create a sentinel against the minions of the Shadowlands and the spawns of the Lying Darkness. The cultist kept him alive until they could duplicate the ritual in another more willing subject. Amadare made his way out of prison and returned to Moto lands. 
== Retirement ==
Amadare had an early retirement at Ryoko Owari. In 1132 he realized he could "see" many of the citizens of the city, appearing as faceless abominations, leaking trails of shadow in their wake. Something was going wrong, but if Amadare informed of it he could be seen as a madman. Even the governor's hatamoto was faceless. 
== Fighting the Shadows ==
Amadare believed Toturi I was an usurper, being not a Hantei. Denying the Emperor (Ambition's Debt flavor) This year Amadare joined the Kami Shinjo and the Empire army in the Assault on Otosan Uchi. War in the Heavens, by Ree Soesbee Amadare charged the Champion of the Moon in the Imperial Throne room, and the force of the Moon flung him away. War in the Heavens (GenCon 99 Storyline Tournament Results) He was wounded in the fight. 
== Fighting the Dark Moto ==
In 1133 Amadare was alongside his Khan during the Battle of Twilight Mountains agains the Dark Moto, Moto Gaheris saved his life that day, but at the cost of losing Kiro, the Ancestral Sword of the Ki-Rin. Vacant Throne, p. 106
== See also ==
* Moto Amadare/Meta
== External Links ==
* Moto Amadare (Dark Journey Home)
Category:Unicorn Clan Members