Hida Tsuneo

Hida Tsuneo was known as the "Stone Crab."

Life
During the reign of the Steel Chrysanthemum, Hantei XVI, Tsuneo was the right hand of the emperor. When Hantei XVI ordered Tsuneo to his mother, the Imperial Guard rebelled against the power-mad emperor to protect the matriarch of the empire. The guards killed Hantei XVI, Tsuneo, and those other few still loyal to him. Tsuneo followed Hantei XVI to Toshigoku, where he spent the next several centuries following the emperor in eternal combat. (3E p. 13)

Return
Tsuneo was one of the many spirits that returned to Ningen-do through Oblivion's Gate. During the War of Spirits, he once again fought under the banner of the Steel Chrysanthemum. He was the general of the armies of Hantei XVI.

During this time, he also had a son, Hida Isamu.

Death
Tsuneo was killed in the collapse of Beiden Pass.