Tsuno

From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings

The Tsuno are creatures similar to ogres. Originally from the Spirit Realms, they are savage creatures who are consumed by bloodlust. Like ogres, tsuno work together in groups and have a strange code of honor. Tsuno use weapons and armor and follow a veteran tsuno who is refered to as a ravager. The shugenja of the tsuno are called soultwisters. Their magic calls upon the different spiritual realms and is not considered maho. Soultwisters can learn blood magic if they wish. ^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Origin 2 The Lion Clan and the Tsuno 3 Matsu Turi 4 Known Tsuno 5 References

[edit] Origin

It was recently been discovered that the Tsuno were originally Kitsu. They were banished from the City of Night as traitors, sent to Toshigoku by their brethren. Over the centuries they were twisted into becoming the creatures known as Tsuno^[1], and not surprisingly grew to hate the Kitsu and the Lion Clan.

[edit] The Lion Clan and the Tsuno

After the purge of the Shimizu family, the Lion Clan thought them dead. This, however, was not the case. A lone Shimizu escaped the purge of Akodo Giri, carrying a larval offspring of the Oni no Tamayu. While this Shimizu was in hiding, he rebuilt the cult worshipping the Oni, who cautiously presented themselves to the Tsuno. Although the Tsuno consider the Shimizu untrustworthy and pitiful, they entered into a shakey alliance with the decimated Shimizu, and it was through the Shimizu that many major events in Rokugani history have been influenced by the Tsuno. The Tsuno taught the Shimizu a ritual that allows them to summon the spirits of those slain during Akodo Giri's assault, and allows the spirits to possess a living body. The Tsuno also helped create Nikushimi, the so called Nightmare of the Lion. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Matsu Turi

In 1156, under the leadership of Tsuno Kurushimi, the Tsuno allied with the Dark Oracle of Water Matsu Turi to work together in the destruction of the Lion Clan. The Tsuno attacked both the Hall of Ancestors and Kitsu Tombs in 1159. Later in the same year they attacked the Lion forces who retrieved the remains of Akodo from Turi, but were routed without the aid of Turi.^[2]

[edit] Known Tsuno

• Ikm'atch-tek ^[3]
• Nikushimi ^[4]
• Tsuno Kira ^[5]
• Tsuno Kizuato ^[6]
• Tsuno Kurushimi ^[2][6]
• Tsuno Nintai ^[7]
• Tsuno Sochi ^[8]
• Tsuno Takuma ^[9]

[edit] References

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