Shinjo

Shinjo was one of the Kami, the children of the Sun and the Moon. Onnotangu ate his own children, and when Hantei freed them all, they fell through a hole in the sky, out of Tengoku and into Ningen-do, the mortal realm.

The Ki-Rin
Once in Ningen-do, the Kami established the Empire of Rokugan. There, they decided upon a tournament to decide who amongst them should lead. Shino's speed and cleverness enabled her to defeat Hida, but the underhanded tactics of Bayushi then eliminated her. Shinjo went on to found a clan called the Ki-Rin. The Ki-Rin would later become the Unicorn Clan.

During the first war against Fu Leng, Shinjo was the only one of her brothers and sister to try and reconcile with their fallen brother. She visited his citadel in the Shadowlands, but her efforts were rebuffed by the mad Kami.

The Return of Shinjo
After Bayushi Aramoro's victory in the Emperor's tournament the main Scorpion force arrives in Rokugan to reclaim their lands. The Kami Shinjo herself leads them after having been freed from imprisonment in the Burning Sands. Shinjo personally executes hundreds of members of her own clan, revealing them to be Kolat. With the help of the Scorpion, Shinjo learns of the Lying Darkness and its hold over Toturi. Shinjo assembles the combined force of all the clans to assault Otosan Uchi, which has become bleak since the return of Toturi. (3E p. 23)

Shinjo and Yoritomo
Shortly after the Mantis' defeat in Phoenix lands Yoritomo is approached by Lady Shinjo, who offers to put him on the throne. Yoritomo refuses, saying he would never become a pawn of the Kami. (3E p. 23)

The Departure of Shinjo
In anger at the death of her husband Onnotangu, Amaterasu commanded Shinjo to take all the Ancestral Swords of the Clans and throw them to the stars.

Shinjo left the mortal realm and ascended to the Celestial Heavens in 1133 placing Moto Gaheris in charge of the Unicorn Clan believing the Kolat influence of the Shinjo family not entirely gone. She set Otaku Kamoko among the stars to honor her sacrifice and commanded the Otaku family to change their name to Utaku so Kamoko would be the last Battle Maiden to bear the Otaku name. (3E p. 24)