Hagane Kotoba. Founder of the Senso Shijin or Warrior Poets. Master of the Grand Archives of the Ashike Empire.  

Nicknames: The Singing Sword, The Hero of Hyuga, The Faestrider, The Sword of the East, The Wounding Words, The Voice of the Emperor, The Sword of the Shogun, and The Champion of the Ashike.  

Hagane Kotoba the first Senso Shijin, oldest living member of the Vigint and one of the few untouched by the Dragon Blooded blessings. Kotoba has fought across the Ashike Isles, across the main continent of Dodicerous, faced against Marok, Axandrians, Greenskins, and Horrors. When Kotoba drew his sword men and monsters a like died. Kotoba is the undisputed master of the Sword having faced off against Archetypes like the Duelist and winning, Demi-Gods, and Outsider entities. Now Kotoba catalogues the stories and histories of the Vigint people. 

Hagane Kotoba is an athletically built man stuck forever in his first steps into manhood. Kotoba maintains his full humanity as no one in the Vigint empire is brave enough to try and force the Dragon blessing on him. He wears his ancient Vigint armor, a mask of a Violet Dragon and a great cloak bound in painted iron scales. He is confidence, pride, and bears tradition on his shoulders as an unchanging force of nature. Hagane is known for his three legendary swords Koufuku, Ninshiki, and Po de Zhe.