Kuni Harike

In 634 when the dreaded creature the Kusatte Iru, perhaps the most powerful oni spawned by the Shadowlands, threatened Rokugan, Kuni Harike set out to destroy it.

Armed with a dark and sinister artifact and accompanied only by his yojimbo Kuni Ryute.

In the combat that followed Ryute was slain and Harike's soul irrevocablu corrupted. Even so Harike managed to place the foul beast in a deep sleep, never to awaken. Harike also preserved Ryute's soul in a crystal, preventing his yojimbo from entering the afterlife.

Eventually some monks retrieved Harike's remains and established a temple in the shugenjas memory.

(3E p. 14)