Yoritomo Shugenja

Although the Yoritomo are not renowned for their affinity with the kami, there have been a handful of powerful Yoritomo Shugenja throughout history who have had unparalleled command over the seas. Among the most powerful was the first. Fumiko, daughter of Mantis Clan founder Kaimetsu-Uo, was given every opportunity to study the kami. Kaimetsu-Uo considered her abilities the mark of her grandfather, the great Hida Osano-Wo. Fumiko had incredible command over the seas, and is said to have created and dissipated hurricanes on a whim. She had many children, and a few Mantis bloodlines carry a strong magical affinity to this day.

The Yoritomo Shugenja did not maintain an official school until after the Battle of Oblivion's Gate, when the Centipede Clan was absorbed into the Mantis as the Moshi family. With the Moshi's expertise and resources suddenly available, the Mantis Champion Yoritomo Aramasu ordered his family's shugenja to formalize their training. The simultaneous absorption of the Wasp Clan as the Tsuruchi family also increased the manpower of the Yoritomo, affording the shugenja school an expanded pool of potential students.

The Yoritomo Shugenja School does not yet command respect, being regarded as relative newcomers with crude power and no finesse. None can deny their power over the waves, however, and their abilities amplify other Clans' fear of the Mantis on the open ocean. Fortunately for the other Clans, Yoritomo Shugenja are relatively rare, and the truly powerful among them, the Storm Riders, are rarer still. (Four Winds, p. 164-165)