Legacy of the Forge

The Legacy of the Forge were spirits from Toshigoku, faceless warriors who had been neglected or forgotten by their descendants after honorable death upon the field of the battle, stripped of their identity and purpose.

Kitsu
The Kitsu called them toshi, which meant "Fighting Warriors". Early Kitsu forayed into Jigoku discovered them and freed many of them, who returned to their proper course in the Celestial Heavens. The rest were sealed off within a distant part of the underworld by the Sodan Senzo and forgotten.

Bayushi Sozui
In 1120 Bayushi Sozui enraged by the loss of Kenson Gakka to the Lion provoked a war between Lion and Crane. Along with the traitor Kitsu Goden, Sozui manipulated the tensions between both Clans using the Legacy of the Forge to possess Lion and Crane samurai to push them into fight.