Shinjo Shono

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

Shinjo Shono
Born:	Unknown
Died:	1170
Parents:	Shinjo Yokatsu
Siblings:	Shinjo Yasamura, Shinjo Haruko
Spouse:	Shinjo Genki
Children	Unnamed Daughter
Titles:	Shinjo Daimyo
People

'Shinjo Shono was the second eldest son of Shinjo Yokatsu and brother to Shinjo Yasamura. Shono was very loved by his father, who named him his successor as Unicorn Clan Champion upon his gempukku. He then became the Shinjo family daimyo. Shono was married to Moto Genki, with whom he had a daughter.^[1][2]

Contents 1 His Father and the Kolat 2 The City of Night and Shono's Eye 3 Shinjo Maku 4 War of the Rich Frog 5 The March to Toshi Ranbo 6 Defense of the Unicorn 7 External Links 8 References

[edit] His Father and the Kolat

Shono served with much distinction during the War Against Shadow, during which he served as commander of Exile's Tower. From this post he was one of the first Unicorn to witness Shinjo's return to Rokugan. Shono returned to Shiro Shinjo at the end of the war, and found Shinjo slaughtering Shono's kin, claiming they were Kolat. Shono could not believe this and nearly attacked the Kami, but his hand was stayed by his sister, Shinjo Haruko. When Shono realized the truth in Shinjo's words he became outrage and rode with his friend, Shinjo Huang, to find his father and bring him to justice for his role in the Kolat. After years of riding Shono found Yokatsu and challenged him to a duel. Yokatsu would not raise his blade against his son and Shono slew him in a fit of rage. Afterwards, Shono dwelt on his father's death and came to see himself as a murderer, slaying the man who had shown him nothing but love and compassion. This caused Shono's rage to grow and fueled his vendetta against the Kolat.^[1]

[edit] The City of Night and Shono's Eye

Shono made a deal with Moto Vordu in 1157 where Vordu would supply Shono with the secrets of the City of Night to help Shono fight the Kolat. Shono's part of the deal was that he would allow himself to be the subjects of Vordu's experiments in the city. Shono awoke after making the deal to find that Vordu had replaced his left eye with Night Crystal. Shono fled Vordu and the city in terror. Since that time Shono came to be more associated with his special eye than anything else.^[1]

Shono returned to the city with Hantei Naseru and others to further investigate the city. They found that Vordu had become a pawn of the Tsuno, who intended to use Naseru to unleash the power of an ancient Kitsu artifact as a weapon. After destroying the Tsuno and Vordu, Shono reported the incident to Moto Chagatai, who promoted Shono the command the Junghar following Moto Chen's disgrace at the hands of the Kolat.^[1]

[edit] Shinjo Maku

Shono was the closest thing to a friend his cousin Shinjo Maku had, and they would often meet to share stories or simply relax. Even though Maku saw Shono as too foolhardy and irresponsible he would constantly encourage Shono to take up a position of instructor at the dojo. Shono always refused. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] War of the Rich Frog

Shono and most of his Junghar were called in by the Khan to help secure their claim over the City of the Rich Frog and he left Moto Chaozhu in charge of the remaining forces. He also received a letter from Emperor Toturi III requesting for his advice on how to end the Lion/Unicorn war with as little bloodshed as possible. [1] While he and his forces were on their way to the city Shono's troops he was accosted by Mirumoto Kyuzo, a taisa of the Imperial Legions sent by the Emperor to help end the conflict between the Lion and the Unicorn. Kyuzo attempted to goad and insult Shono into challenging him to a duel, which Kyuzo would most likely win, but Shono instead shot him from a distance with an arrow, killing him. This prompted the hidden Dragon forces to ambush Shono's soldiers, and the ensuing conflict would have turned badly for Shono and his men if not for the timely arrival of Moto Ogedei and the White Guard. This turned into a massacre for the Dragon, but despite this he reprimanded some of the White Guard who had been disrespectful towards one of the Dragon's corpses.[2]

Shono achieved victories during the war, his men having managed to rout Mirumoto Kei's Dragon army at a box canyon. Leaving his forces in the charge of Shinjo Huang, he met with the Khan at Sukoshi Zutsu to discuss their tactics. He also passed on to Chagatai a portent he received, possibly due to his jade eye - that the conflict will escalate in the next few days, and that it may possibly kill Chagatai. He offered to take Chagatai's place as commander of the soldiers at the village, which would be under assault from Lion forces attempting to reclaim it, but Chagatai refused to, saying that it would demoralize the Unicorns if they did that. So instead Shono returned to his men, hoping that Chagatai would survive Nimuro's fury.[3]

[edit] The March to Toshi Ranbo

When Chagatai decided to launch an attempt at taking the throne in the winter of 1168-1169, he left Shono and the Junghar in charge of the defense of the Unicorn lands. Shono was not convinced by the plan, doubting the rice sent to the Dragon and Scorpion would buy them allies.^[3] Chagatai was defeated and his Khol legions lost one-half or more of their number while the Baraunghar lost ninety percent of its unit. Upon returning, Chagatai placed Shono in command of the defense against Matsu Yoshino's coming invasion in 1170.^[4]

[edit] Defense of the Unicorn

Shono devised several ingenious and daring defenses against the Lion. Near the end of Yoshino's march Shono was killed in personal combat with Akodo Shigetoshi.^[5]

[edit] External Links

• Shinjo Shono (Ambition's Debt)
• Shinjo Shono (Exp) (Spirit Wars)
• Shinjo Shono (Exp2) (Fall of Otosan Uchi)
• Shinjo Shono (Exp3) (Drums of War)
• Shinjo Shono (Exp4) (Words & Deeds)

[edit] References

Preceded by: Shinjo Yokatsu

Shinjo Daimyo 1132 - 1170

Succeeded by: Shinjo Genki

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