Shiro Tagachi

Originally a loyal if ambitious guardsman and descendant of Kaineng Tah, Shiro Tagachi was noticed by Emperor Angsiyan due to his prowess with weapons and thus invited to join the Imperial Guard as the emperor's favored bodyguard. However, a demon sent by Abaddon had disguised itself as a Fortune Teller and told Shiro he would be killed by the emperor during the Harvest Festival.

Fearing for his life and confused by Emperor Angsiyan's odd behavior during the festival, Shiro slew his master in the middle of the Harvest ritual, while a ritualist sounded the alarm, summoning the guards posted outside the temple. Tagachi killed most of the soldiers, and may have defeated the two remaining warriors, the Luxon champion Archemorus and the Kurzick Saint Viktor, if not for the intercession of the assassin Vizu, who crippled Shiro and allowed the two champions to deliver the killing blow.

Shiro's death triggered the Jade Wind, by releasing the energies of the Harvest Ritual. After his death, the Oracle of the Mists sought to turn Shiro into an Envoy as punishment, but he refused, and since then they have been attempting to bring him into their fold to ferry the newly dead through the Mists. For two hundred years after his demise, he had been content to lurk at the fringes of the netherworld. However, Shiro eventually accepted the task of becoming an Envoy and somehow learned to use his new power in the creation of an army, unleashing first the Afflicted and later the Shiro'ken upon Cantha, as the former guardsman sought a way to return to life. After slaying Master Togo, Shiro's plan was successful, and he returned to life, but was eventually defeated again by the player characters. After his second death, the other Envoys took Shiro's soul to the worst prison in the afterlife.

It was discovered that he was taken to the Realm of Torment, which had been overrun by Abaddon and his demonic servants. Shiro became one of Abaddon's generals and was defeated in the Temple of the Six Gods. The fate of his soul is currently unknown.

Missions

 * Factions
 * Kaineng City
 * (only during end cinematic)
 * (only during end cinematic)
 * Nightfall
 * Realm of Torment
 * (only during end cinematic)
 * Nightfall
 * Realm of Torment

Factions

 * "I have returned!"
 * "Weaklings!"
 * "You will do nicely!"
 * "Is that all you got!"
 * "Fear my power"
 * "Die!"
 * ", banished!" (when using Echoing Banishment)

Nightfall

 * "Taste my twin blades of torment!"
 * "My blades hunger for your flesh!"
 * "I must have Revenge!

Trivia

 * Shiro uses warrior animations.
 * Shiro's betrayal is the theme of the Guild Wars Factions cinematic.
 * Shiro is on the cover of the Factions manuscripts.