Garen Hawthorne
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
Garen Hawthorne was a gaijin admiral from the kingdom of Thrane who killed the Empress Hantei Yugozohime at the Battle of White Stag.
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[edit] First Encounter
While at sea Garen encountered a fleet of lost ships from Merenae under the command of Teodoro Cornejo. After providing assistance Garen accompanied the fleet to Rokugan. Hantei Yugozohime allowed the gaijin delegation two years to prove their honor. Teodoro discovered Garen's intention to murder him on the eventual return trip, ensuring profitable trade for Thrane alone. With the help of his Mantis allies Teodoro exposed Garen's dishonorable past to the Imperial Court, leading the Empress to dismiss both delegations from the empire. The Mantis tricked Garen into returning, which led to the Battle of White Stag and the Battle of Raging Seas. Out of 40 ships in his fleet only nine survived the battle at sea. Garen piloted his flagship, the Revenant accompianied by his one loyal ship, the Eternal South towards Mantis lands to exact vengeance on the Clan that had deceived him. ([1]) ([2])
[edit] Corruption
Instead of finding Mantis lands Garen entered the Sea of Shadows where he and his crew as well as ships became corrupted. For the next 700 years Garen was a scourge of the Sea of Shadow until he met Daigotsu who became his ally and supplied him with six more corrupted ships and plenty of crew in exchange for bringing him the Porcelain Mask of Fu Leng. The new Shadowlands navy battled Mantis and Tortoise ships during the Fall of Otosan Uchi. ([3])
[edit] Shadow Dragon
Ikoma Otemi defeated Garen at Otosan Uchi, but the Shadow Dragon rescued him and purified him of the Taint and instead gave him the power of the Goju. Garen agreed to become the Shadow Dragon's servant in exchange for his Shadow powers and a rescued Revenant and crew. The Shadow Dragon assigned him to become an ambassador to Rokugan, undermining any possible future relations with the gaijin.[4]
[edit] Yoritomo Kitao
Garen met Yoritomo Kitao shortly before the Rain of Blood and struck up a friendship. After the Rain Kitao and most of her crew were corrupted and destroyed the City of Rememberance. Garen offered Kitao an alliance, and the Eternal to sail with against the Phoenix Clan. Thus began the War of Fire and Thunder.[5] Garen and Kitao eventually became involved romantically.[1]
[edit] Dark Virtues
Garen recently began teaching the duelist Doji Saori the ways of Shourido, by subtely subverting her views on Bushido. [6]
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