Hida Tsuneo

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Hida Tsuneo
Born:	Unknown
Died:	597
Died after return:	1150
Children	Hida Isamu
Titles:	Crab Clan Champion
People

Hida Tsuneo was known as the "Stone Crab". He was the Crab Clan Champion, and cursed to follow the tyrant Hantei XVI even after death.

Contents 1 Life 2 Return 2.1 War of Spirits 2.2 Phoenix Clan 3 Child 4 Death 5 References

[edit] Life

Tsuneo was the Crab Clan Champion during the reign of Hantei XVI. He was the right hand of the Emperor, serving loyally, and witnessed or performed many of the terrible things the Emperor commanded. The last order the Emperor made in that life time was for Tsuneo to kill the Emperor's mother, Otomo Kaoichihime, with his bare hands. Tsuneo did so, but was cursed by her dying breath to always follow the Emperor. Guards from the Crane, Lion, Phoenix and Scorpion rushed in attempting to save the Dowager Empress. Even the Seppun rebelled against the Emperor. They were too late, but slaughtered Tsuneo, the Emperor and those few still loyal to him. The curse placed upon Tsuneo forced the Crab to follow the Emperor to Toshigoku, where he spent the next five hundred years locked in eternal combat defending the Emperor.^[1][2]

[edit] Return

Tsuneo was one of the many spirits that returned to Ningen-do through Oblivion's Gate, and continued to follow Hantei XVI once more. Hantei XVI sparks a war against the Empire, attempting to claim the Jade Throne for himself.^[2]

[edit] War of Spirits

Tsuneo unified many of the returned Crab spirits, and even a few of the Crab Clan themselves. The war raged across the entire Empire, destroying Asahina lands. Shiro Iuchi is lost, and the Lion forces are forced to retreat to Beiden Pass and ally with the Scorpion Clan led by Bayushi Yojiro. Beiden Pass was the last stand before Tsuneo's army would sweep up and take the capital Otosan Uchi itself.^[2]

[edit] Phoenix Clan

Hantei XVI had children of the Phoenix Clan kidnapped during the War of Spirits in an attempt to force Phoenix Clan Champion Shiba Tsukune to side with the Steel Chrysanthemum instead of Toturi I. To force the matter, Hantei XVI ordered Tsuneo to kill one of the children, and the killed girl was Isawa Yaruko.^[3] The participation of Agasha Tamori in the attacks on the Phoenix in 1150 were so brutal, that even Tsuneo thought them a pointless waste of life.^[4]

[edit] Child

In 1150, shortly before one of the battles against Toturi's army, Tsuneo grew affectionate of a peasant serving girl named Hariko. Tsuneo died within the year, but the relationship with Hariko resulted in a son, Isamu.^[5]

[edit] Death

Tsuneo was killed in the collapse of Beiden Pass. ^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by: Unknown

Crab Clan Champion ? - 597

Succeeded by: Unknown

References

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