Bajan was the leader of the Yobanjin Mountain Wind Tribe. In 1165 he brokered a deal through his ally, Daidoji Hohiro, with Doji Jotaro where the Crane Clan would aid Bajan's tribe with food and supplies as well as a few Daidoji warriors so that they could rebuild and be protected from the Yobanjin who fell to the Rain of Blood. The Yobanjin offered Jotaro the seal of Hantei Hochiahime, which his tribe had recovered decades earlier. Jotaro readily accepted so that the Crane could present the seal to Emperor's bride Toturi Kurako and gain great favor in the Imperial Court.