Famous Spellcasters: Hantei Jama aka Iuchiban

Name: Hantei Jama aka Otomo Jama aka Iuchiban
World: Rokugan aka "Legend of the Five Rings"


Iuchiban was the son of Hentai X and was once Prince-Heir to the Throne of Rokugan. He was though the second son and would not be able to lay claim to that title. When he performed his gempukku he changed his name to Otomo Jama.
As a young adult he felt cheated that he did not inherit the Throne, already and accomplished Shugenja he delved into ways of seeking revenge.
   He was given a scroll, by a necromancer named Jama Suru,  that detailed a rite to control the undead which was first discovered by Kuni Nakanu. It was then that Iuchiban decided to put together a group of Necromancers known as the Bloodspeakers to get his revenge. His first followers were Asahina Yajinden and Doji Tsugiko. With his companions he traveled west to the Burning Sands in search for more lore. It was there he encounter the Rakasha, Adisbah and Chepren. It was here he learned of the Khadi ritual.
   He headed back and had Yajinden make four Bloodswords which were gifted to the Emperor's champions. Three succumbed to their curse's, and his plot was foiled at the Battle of Stolen Graves. Unfortunately, Iuchiban could not die due to his mastery of Maho. It was devised that a tomb would be constructed and he would be sealed within.
  Although his heart was separated from his body and he was bound with his tomb, they didn't realize that Iuchiban had the power to possess other and jump from body to body. For the next two hundred years he built up his followers and his army of undead minions. However, he was once again thwarted by the Great Clans at the Battle of the Bloody Retreat and the Battle of the Sleeping River. This time the Shugenja bound his spirit to his tomb completely with the aid of Adisbah.
   For the next couple of centuries he was locked away until freed a minion who bargained with him to help restore Daigotsuto power from the Shadowlands. However is ambition knew no bounds and attack the weakened Kama and took control of the Shadowlands. He then enacted a rite called the Rain of Blood that corrupted many individuals in Rokugan and swelled his Bloodspeaker cult. However, he was finally defeated when his heart was found and destroyed. However it is unknown if this will kill the immortal Iuchiban.