Hoshi Kaelung
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
Hoshi Kaelung was a tattooed monk of the Dragon Clan.
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[edit] Mirumoto
Kaelung was once Mirumoto Kaelung before joining the Hoshi family.[1]
[edit] Tattoos
Kaelung is known to have the Centipede tattoo.[2]
[edit] Hunting Kokujin
In 1151, Kaelung sought out Togashi Mitsu in the Way of Night pass. He hoped to enlist the aid of the legendary ise zumi in finding and killing Kokujin, but Mitsu refused to help.[1]
| "Fine, then. Hide here in your cave. The Dragon do not need you. If this is what passes for a legend of the Dragon Clan, perhaps it is time for new legends."
-Kaelung
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[edit] Plains Above Evil
Kaelung was a part of a group of forty sohei, including Hoshi Maseru, who were hunting Kokujin in 1155. They finally caught up with him on the Plains Above Evil, where they were attacked by two hundred tattooed bakemono. Kaelung was the only survivor, thanks to the intervention of Master Jade, and he returned to report to Hoshi Wayan. Wayan intended on continuing the hunt for Kokujin, but Kaelung did not think that was wise. He left the Hoshi family, becoming just Kaelung, and was soon approached by Master Jade who suggested they work together to defeat Kokujin.[3]
| "We found Kokujin on the Plains Above Evil. He was waiting for us with two hundred bakemono."
-Kaelung
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[edit] Accused of Murder
Kaelung was falsely accused of the murder of Mirumoto Masazumi, a magistrate of Nanashi Mura. When Mirumoto Tesai and two other Mirumoto attempted to apprehend him he killed the three samurai. Two of the killings were in self defense, but Tesai was killed so that no-one would know that a peasant had come to Kaelung's aid. Kaelung began investigating who had framed him, leading him to Mirumoto Koshiro. Koshiro had sent a letter to Kaelung, leading him to a teahouse in the Northern Mountains. There, Koshiro informed Kaelung about a plot to kill Togashi Satsu and gave Kaelung all the information Koshiro had on the Kolat.[2]
[edit] Foshi
Kaelung sought to hide from the Dragon Clan, who had now placed a bounty on his head, and travelled to the Lion city of Foshi. While killing time at a sake house he was approached by Togashi Mitsu. The two fought, drawing the attention of Lion troops and they had to flee the city. Outside the city Mitsu explained that Togashi Satsu had left on a mission to deal with Kokujin once and for all, and he needed Kaelung's aid in helping Satsu and the other six Dragon who had accompanied him to the Twilight Mountains. Kaelung accepted, and the two began their journey south.[1]
[edit] Twilight Mountains
Kaelung and Mitsu arrived in the Twilight Mountains exhausted from their use of their Centipede tattoos. Mitsu suggested they start looking in the ruins of Shiro Heichi, as he suspected Kokujin would think them a good place to hide. Kaelung made it clear to Mitsu that he was only here to defeate Kokujin, and warned the ise zumi not to get in his way. Mitsu in turn explained that he was only there to rescue Satsu and the others, and warned Kaelung not to get in his way either.[4]
| "I am not here for them, Mitsu. I am here for Kokujin. If you place us in danger to save their lives, I will leave you behind."
-Kaelung
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The two became lost in the mountains until they encountered Togashi Matsuo (Mitsu's student), Mirumoto Rosanjin and Heichi Jianzhen. Rosanjin immediately wanted to kill Kaelung, a wanted criminal. Kaelung and Rosanjin began bickering until Tamori Chieko's scream echoing through the mountains brought the more pressing matter back to their attentions.[5]
| "We hunt Kokujin in his home. We follow your friends into a trap. If there were ever a time two men walked more certainly into their own death, I cannot imagine it."
-Kaelung
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Jianzhen and the Shakoki Dogu launched attacks on the exterior of the ruined Shiro Heichi, while Mirumoto Rosanjin held of the surviving tattooed monks, bakemono and shugenja. This allowed Kaelung, Mitsu and Matsuo time to enter Kokujin's lair. Kaelung temporarliy removed Kokujin from the battle with an axe to the back, but the three monks were hindered by the re-appearance of Kokujin Kobai and several dark ise zumi. Matsuo freed Satsu and Hogai, before escaping with the severely wounded Chieko. Now having the upper hand, Kaelung and Mitsu confronted Kokujin near the Anvil. Kokujin, without Chieko to kill, sacrificed Kobai on the Anvil, allowing the First Oni to escape the prison it had been held in by the Shakoki Dogu. This revealed Kokujin's true plan all along, to free the First Oni in exchange for the true name of Fu Leng.[6]
| "You are no match for Kokujin, Matsuo! Leave him to me!"
-Kaelung
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[edit] Rejoining the Hoshi
Kaelung was allowed to join the Hoshi once more after he uncovered a plot to assassinate the Dragon Clan Champion Togashi Satsu. The plot involved kidnapping Satsu's wife, Togashi Misuko, so Kaelung ambushed the assassins and killed them all. Kaelung revealed his past mis-deeds to Satsu and Misuko who rewarded Kaelung by allowing him to rejoin the Dragon Clan.[2]
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