Hida Otoya

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Please note: This article is about the Shogun's advisor. For other uses of the term, please see Otoya (disambiguation).

Otoya, also known as "the Veteran", is one of the Shogun's Advisors. Otoya has a wealth of tactical and battle experience gained from his days as a ronin. He has fought for and against almost every Great Clan and has participated in the Clan War, the War Against the Shadow, the War of Spirits and the battles of the Four Winds Era.([1]]) After retiring from active combat and taking his considerable wealth to build a dojo in Shaiga. In 1151 he met Kaneka, who became his greatest student and won Otoya's loyalty. Kaneka trained with Otoya until the spring of 1152, when Kaneka could no longer learn anything from Otoya. ([2])

In 1167, Otoya joined the Crab Clan, where he offered his decades of knowledge and experience to Toritaka Tatsune. Otoya has expressed an interest in learning about the battle tactics of the Damned and has arranged to meet the Hida commander in charge of the combined forces, who has been training his troops for a specific, secret engagement. ([3]) Since joining the Crab he took the Hida family name, becoming Hida Otoya.([4])

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