Although the Akai Tora first came into prominence in the Third Age, the origins of their motives reach back all the way to the Second Age when Taro Ofuchi usurped the throne of Grandbell in the Ofuchi Usurpation. Due to the actions of Taro blackening the Ofuchi name, a line born from Nobuhiro Ofuchi decided to not travel with the rest of the Ofuchi Clan to Yamato at the beginning of the Third Age; instead they remained behind in Remon and adopted the name Redeemer which they would use until they had redeemed their family's name and could call themselves Ofuchi once more. Nobuhiro's descendants who remained in Remon would form the Akai Tora, Red Tigers, and serve as ronin, master less samurai who worked for whatever cause they saw as noble and which would allow them to redeem their clan's n