Talk:Lion Clan Champion

Actually, Gen, you said the Championship "always lay with the Akodo family," which isn't true. And a Matsu Championship isn't the rule at all. There has not been a line of succession for the Lion since Toturi, and there will not be until Nimuro's son takes the throne. The closest was Nimuro taking over after Tsuko, but there were two Champions in between, including Kitsu Motso, the longest-serving Champion since Akodo himself (fourteen years is neither a battlefield promotion nor a regency). And even then, Ketsui, his mother, was in the line of succession before him.

The Lion just haven't found stable leadership since the Akodo were disbanded. Not even after they were reformed. H39 just royally screwed the clan up, and the effects of that are still holding true. --WestonWyse 02:17, 18 Oct 2005 (UTC)