Matsu Kyoda

Matsu Kyoda was a Matsu Daimyo who married Osano-Wo and mother of the Mantis Clan founder, Kaimetsu-Uo.

Married
When Osano-Wo chose to marry, she was selected. Nine months later, two children were born on the same day, Kyoda's son, Kaimetsu-Uo and the son of a peasant who Osano-Wo formally acknowledged as his own. The boy was brought to Kyuden Hida to be raised with his Lion half-brother.

Leaving the Crab
When the heir to the Crab was decided, it was the son of the peasant, Hida Kenzan, who was given the Crab Clan sword. In a rage, Kyoda cut off her hair, took her son away from the Crab lands to begin a life of their own.

Mantis islands
They traveled across the wide waters of the Crane bay, to a distant island chain known only as the Islands of Silk and Spice.