Ando

Ando is a warrior and retainer of Iida Sadamu, the lord of the Tohan Clan. He assists Sadamu in the burning of Mino at the start of Across the Nightingale Floor. After Takeo unhorses Sadamu, Ando and two other warriors pursue him into the forest, until they run into the disguised Otori Shigeru. Ando attempts to convince Shigeru to hand Takeo over; when Shigeru refuses, he draws a knife and the other two raise spears. Shigeru kills one warrior and cuts off Ando's arm with his sword, Jato, forcing them to flee.
Ando is later sent to Hagi to spy on the Otori clan. As Shigeru and Takeo are proceeding to Hagi castle to meet with Shigeru's uncles, Shoichi and Masahiro, Ando and Takeo see each other, and Ando realizes who rescued Takeo at Mino. He promptly informs Sadamu, who intends to use this as a pretext to exexute Shigeru once he is in Inuyama for a forthcoming marriage-alliance to Shirakawa Kaede. Sadamu promised that, once both Shigeru and Takeo were exposed, Ando could settle both their scores against Takeo personally.
Ando is present when Iida welcomes Shigeru and Takeo to Inuyama; Shigeru and Takeo realize that if he is there Sadamu knows who Takeo is. After Shigeru is arrested three days later, Ando scores Inuyama in search of Takeo, who had been abducted by the Tribe the night after the meeting. Unable to find him, he returned to witness Shigeru being hung from the castle walls. As he was going down a passageway to "watch Shigeru dance", however, he was seized by Muto Kenji and Takeo. Takeo then declared that he was taking revenge for his family's deaths at Mino, and strangled Ando to death with a garrote rather than honorably beheading him with a sword.
Ando is described as having a long, wolfish face with a high, pale forehead and deep-set eyes.
Category:Tohan Clan
Category:Male Characters
Category:Antagonists
Category:Deceased
Category:Samurai Class