Hida

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Hida
Born:	Pre-calendar
Died:	210
Parents:	Onnotangu, Amaterasu
Siblings:	Akodo, Bayushi, Doji, Fu Leng, Hantei, Ryoshun, Shiba, Shinjo, Togashi
Spouse:	Hida Masiko, Dragon of Thunder
Children	Hida Atarasi, Hida Osano-Wo
Titles:	Crab Clan Founder, Crab Clan Champion
People

The Kami Hida founded the Crab Clan. Hida was the strongest of the Kami.^[1] Hida had two sons, Hida Atarasi and Hida Osano-Wo.

Contents 1 Tournament of the Kami 2 Renowned Warrior 3 Unmei and the Koumori 4 War Against Fu Leng 4.1 Gathering Thunder 4.2 Day of Thunder 5 Families of the Crab 6 Hida's Child 7 Hida's Lost Son 8 Endnotes 9 External Links

[edit] Tournament of the Kami

Hida fell first in the Tournament of the Kami, losing out to the quickness of Shinjo.^[1] Afterwards, he berated himself for hours, cursing his clumsiness and inability to marshal his strength effectively. Shinsei told him his inability to accept his weakness caused him to fall. Knowing this, Hida's weakness transformed into strength. Hida took what the man had told him and over the years he learned to temper his strength with strategy, watching the Lion and Dragon Clans gain their tactical knowledge. ^[2]

"I did not choose this world, but I will protect it." -Hida [3]

[edit] Renowned Warrior

By the time Fu Leng rose to challenge Hantei, Hida was the most feared warrior in Rokugan. Hida led the Crab at the vanguard of battles. The Crab would take heavy casualities, but they made sure every oni paid for every step into Rokugan. It is said he once wrestled an oni to he ground with his bare hands ripping it apart with his fingers and teeth. ^[4][5] Hida could slay as many opponenents as any other twenty men combined, and was even capable of crushing the life out of an Ogre with his bare hands.^[6]

[edit] Unmei and the Koumori

During the scouring of the Empire by the armies of the Kami, Hida encountered Unmei and his people of koumori spirits. Hida recognized that they were not minions of Fu Leng and allowed them to escape to the Islands of Spice and Silk. Hida told his grandson Kaimetsu-Uo about Unmei, which prompted Kaimetsu-Uo to travel to the islands later.^[1]

[edit] War Against Fu Leng

The Crab Clan long fought valiantly in the War Against Fu Leng, but were slowly loosing ground.^[7]A Gathering of Thunder</ref>

[edit] Gathering Thunder

None of the Kami were willing to confront their mad brother, and defeat seemed inevitable when a wise man named Shinsei appeared. He revealed that a small group of individuals could infiltrate the Shadowlands and defeat Fu Leng, but they would have to be mortals. Hantei, grievously wounded from a recent battle, declared that one individual from each clan be sent to join in this endeavour. Hida immediately proposed his own son Hida Atarasi be the Crab Thunder, as he had the best knowledge of the Shadowlands. Shinsei assembled the remaining Seven Thunders personally, and joined them on the quest to defeat the Ninth Kami.^[7]

[edit] Day of Thunder

The Seven Thunders and Shinsei made their way deep into the Shadowlands, where they found Fu Leng and defeated him. The cost was heavy, as only Shinsei and Shosuro survived the fight. They fled north, with the First Oni and many other creatures pursuing. The timely intervention of Shiba allowed Shinsei and Shosuro to reach Rokugan, but at the expense of Shiba's life. Fu Leng had been defeated, but at a very high cost.^[8]

[edit] Families of the Crab

After the war was won, Hida swore to battle the Shadowlands until Lord Moon and Lady Sun fell from the sky. Gathering followers, Hida journeyed south to set up the defense of the Empire. He asked, "Who is strong enough to pick up the burden with me?" Silence followed until three men stepped forward. They presented themselves as Hiruma, Kaiu, and Kuni. Hida asked them, "What have you done to deserve the trust I will place in you?" Hiruma replied simply, "Nothing. Nothing we have done can match the task now set before us. But we know we are worthy." Hida then told them of Oni no Hatsu Suru, a lieutenant of Fu Leng, still in the Shadowlands. They would have to kill the oni to prove their worth. So the three entered the Shadowlands, and working together, they trapped and killed the oni. In reward the three were granted each of their families within the Crab. Hiruma became Hida's right hand man, Kaiu was placed in charge of the defense of the Crab, and Kuni was given leave to study the Shadowlands to find its weaknesses. ^[9]

[edit] Hida's Child

After the death of his first son, Atarasi, on the Day of Thunder, Hida swore never to have another child. Togashi saw his brother's grief and told the dragons of Hida's sorrow. The Dragon of Thunder was so moved that it took human form and went to see Hida and said, "I am the Queen of Storms, and I love you." A year later she returned, permenantly mortal and with a son in her arms. The child was named Hida Osano-Wo. ^[10]

[edit] Hida's Lost Son

Hida had no way of learning the fate of his son, Hida Atarasi on the Day of Thunder, and this haunted him for his entire life. In 63, he stepped down as Clan Champion and began preparations. In 210, he announced he was going to find his lost son, took up his tetsubo and went out into the Shadowlands and was never seen again. This is held by many Lion historians as the year of Hida's death. ^{[11] [5] [12]}

However; Documents written by Iuchi Karasu relating his time spent as a captive of the Akutenshi Moto Tsume in the shadowlands tell a different tale. Karasu writes of a time that Tsume took him to see a battle between two men with "shoulders like oxen and legs as large around as an open fan." Telling him that Atarasi had been raised from near death to serve Fu Leng, and Hida had in fact found his lost son. Their battle has lasted over a thousand years. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Endnotes

[edit] External Links

• From L5RSearch.com: Hida

Preceded by: None

Crab Clan Champion Pre-calendar - 63

Succeeded by: Hida Osano-Wo