Talk:Kaimetsu-Uo

I was thinking. There should be a way of approximating the years of Kaimetsu-uo's birth and death based on some logical extrapolation.

We know he founded the Mantis in 80. This was after he had passed his gempukku, but succession had been decided would pass to Kenzan. Kaimetsu-uo was 76 when he set off and was found dead months later.

Those are the facts we have.

Now, in Rokugan it is common for people to have their gempukku at roughly the age of 14-16. Being the grandson of a Kami and a Dragon must have given him some innate skills no? So we can assume it would be sooner rather than later. The Crab are also likely to be combat ready at an earlier age, so I think it's a safe assumption to quess at age 14.

So in 80, or thereabouts he passed his gempukku and went searching the Mantis Isles. He searched for weeks for Unmei in Dawn of the Empire. Then they chatted for a bit, and he decided to found the Mantis.

I propose the following timeline, with c. placed infront of the birth and year to clarify that these are approximate dates extrapolated from known facts.


 * c.65 - birth of Kaimetsu-uo. birth of Kenzan not long after.
 * c.79-80 - gempukku of the two brothers. K-uo throws a hissy fit and leaves with his mum.
 * 80 - K-uo explores the Islands of Spice and Silk, chats with Unmei and decides to found the Mantis Clan.
 * c.141 - age 76, K-uo passes leadership to his son and heads out to sea.
 * c.141 - His ship is found months later, he is dead.

Now I assume that "months later" is used because not enough time has passed since he left to make it "a year" or "years". This makes it more likely (to me) that it is still 141.

Now, if someone has anything to add to this I'm more than willing to listen. But those are the ideas that i've got at least. Please do comment if you have anything. I'll leave this a week before proceding with adding this information. --Majushi Shiba Majushi 15:43, January 31, 2010 (UTC)