Doji Yasurugi

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Doji Yasurugi
Born:	c.24
Died:	42
Parents:	Kakita, Doji
Siblings:	Doji Hayaku Doji Konishiko Doji Nio Kakita Shimizu
Children	un-named son
Titles:	Crane Clan Thunder
People

Doji Yasurugi was the eldest son of Kakita and Doji and the original Crane Clan Thunder.

Contents 1 The Blades of Yasurugi 2 Death 3 Day of Thunder 4 References

[edit] The Blades of Yasurugi

Yasurugi was taught swordsmithing when an apprentice to Kaiu, and while under the tutelage of the Kenku sensei Kozue he forged the five katana:

• Kunshu - Ancestral Sword of the Hantei family.
• Shukujo - Ancestral Sword of the Crane Clan.
• Chukandomo - Gift to the Lion Clan. Lost at sea, but recovered centuries later.
• Naishi - Carried by Doji Yasuyo.
• Kanpeki - Lost in the Shadowlands.

Kunshu was gifted to Hantei Genji. Shukujo became the Crane Ancestral Sword and Naishi was given to Kozue. After the deaths of Yasurugi and his sister, Doji Konishiko, their younger brother Doji Nio ordered the two remaining swords be locked away until Yasurugi's infant child was old enough to decide what would become of them.^[1]

[edit] Death

Shortly after the birth of his son, Yasurugi was asked by Shinsei to be the Crane Clan Thunder. Yasurugi was killed by an oni before he could answer and all seemed lost until Doji Konishiko stepped forward. As Yasurugi's twin sister Konishiko shared the Thunder's soul and was a Thunder herself.^[2][3]

[edit] Day of Thunder

It is believed that Yasurugi's soul aided Konishiko on the Day of Thunder, fighing beside her in the Shadowlands as a ghostly visage.^[4]

[edit] References

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