High House of Light

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

The High House of Light was formerly Kyuden Hitomi and before then Kyuden Togashi. It is the chief monastery for the tattoed orders of the Dragon Clan, which have been popular figures in Rokugani litterature. The Ise Zumi rarely venture outside their monastic castles, but when they do their bizarre actions reflect their unexplainable attunement to the Five Elements. The road that leads up to the palace is a sharp-angled steep climb, and any armored man attempting the climb would surely fall. ^[1]

Contents 1 Old Road 2 Appearance 3 Name of the Castle 4 Destruction 5 Sisters of the Moon 6 References

[edit] Old Road

The old road to the castle when it was known as Kyuden Togashi could be seen on maps leading from Shiro Kitsuki to the castle. In actuality the road ended after a few miles, and then ended abruptly. There were rumors of a hidden path, but they were only rumors. There was no true path to Kyuden Togashi, and each of those who made their way to the palace had to find their own way. Travelers who were seeking the palace told stories of how they had the palace in sight, then lost it in a passing mist. ^[2]

[edit] Appearance

To those few who actually found their way to Kyuden Togashi it has been described in many different ways. Some said it had to have been carved out of the side of the mountain itself, while others claimed to have found it at the bottom of a ravine, surrounded by waterfalls. This led some to speculate that Kyuden Togashi was in fact several smaller castles, and with so many different ways to approach the castles there would be many different accounts of what it looked like. ^[3]

[edit] Name of the Castle

Over the years since the Day of Thunder, the kyuden went through a number of different names. Partially due to the madness caused by the Lying Darkness, Hitomi changed the name of Kyuden Togashi to Kyuden Hitomi. After she ceeded the kyuden (and the clan) to Togashi Hoshi, the name Kyuden Togashi was restored, but many still called it Kyuden Hitomi, sometimes using both names in the same conversation. Visitors, in an attept to avoid offering offense, would often call it the High House of Light instead. In the wake of the merger of the Hoshi and Hitomi into the Togashi, Satsu choose to make the neutral High House of Light official, rather than mandating Kyuden Togashi. ^[4]

[edit] Destruction

The castle was nearly overrun by Yobanjin forces at the beginning of the War of Dark Fire. Despite defeating the invaders, the castle sustained irreparable damage and was put to the torch on the orders of Mirumoto Kei.^[5]

[edit] Sisters of the Moon

Somewhere north of the castle lay the Shrine to Lord Moon, which housed the three Sisters of the Moon.^[6]

References

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