| Moto Tsume | |
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| Born: | Unknown |
| Died: | 825 |
| Died after return: | 1128, 1133, - |
| Children: | None |
| Titles: | Moto Daimyo, Obsidian Champion |
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Moto Tsume was a Moto Daimyo who became one of the Lost and later an undead. Tsume was one of the most powerful Shadowlands creatures. He was an Akutenshi, a chosen of Fu Leng, possessing great powers. He even used Fu Leng's Skull as his own for a while. His spirit was later purified to be reborn as Moto Akikazu. His corpse was reanimated and remained as a leader of Jigoku.
Origins[]
Daimyo Moto Tsume
Moto Daimyo[]
Moto Tsume was a Moto Daimyo [1] who was betrayed by the Kolat, who feared the ascendancy of the Moto family. Their agents advised Tsume to move against the Shadowlands, and he did so. [2] Tsume was a flawed man, haunted by the subtle but persistent hostility of his family’s old gaijin gods, the so-called Lords of Death. Under the influence of their curse, Tsume publicly boasted that he could conquer and destroy the Shadowlands forever. [3] Tsume led the Moto into the Shadowlands in 825 in an attempt show their strength and aid the Crab Clan. [1] Tsume and his men were destroyed and corrupted as the Dark Moto, and the Kolat-controlled Shinjo remained in control of the Unicorn. [2] The few survivors of Tsume's doomed expedition who returned to Rokugan had white hair, and their hearts were full of cold fear. Within five years all of these survivors had died, aged well beyond their years. [4]
Lords of Death[]
Moto Tsume
Eight hundred years before Tsume's failed mission, the Shi-Tien Yen-Wang Gods were betrayed by the Moto. In vengeance they took root in the soul of a Moto who lingered in one place for too long, Moto Tsume. The dark Gods made a bargain with another forgotten God, the Fallen Kami, and gave Fu Leng Tsume's body to set a trap for the rest of the Moto. [5] [6]
Leader of the Dark Moto[]
Tsume was appointed as the first Obsidian Champion following his corruption. [citation needed] He chose the Fallen Chrysanthemum Lake as he new home, and the Thundering Tide Keep became his headquarters. [7] Two years later, Tsume returned at the head of a Shadowlands army, savagely attacking the Unicorn and Crab in the Battle of the Chrysanthemum Petals. He was beaten back, but the Moto family name was forever stained by his actions. [1] [8]
Spreading Terror[]
Tsume kept Iuchi Karasu as prisoner
Beyond his tactical mind and ruthless determination, Tsume was known for being a terrorist in the purest sense of the word. He committed numerous atrocities, including one episode where he killed a Kuni Daimyo and arranged the man's intestines to spell out threats on the Kaiu Wall. Tsume greatly enjoyed torturing and corrupting numerous Rokugani prisoners. One of his torture victims was a young Iuchi Karasu. [9]
Confrontations[]
Crab forces[]
In 1115 [10] Tsume gathered an army, and news of it reached the Crab Clan Champion Hida Kisada. Tsume decimated the scouting parties sent to harass the Shadowlands forces. Only one ronin survived, a woman named Hato, and her hair turned white after the experience. [11]
Ravaging Unicorn Lands[]
Moto Tsume, Junzo's general
Deep in the Shadowlands, the faint stirrings of a corrupt power turned the bodies of the dead into undead armies, and a Dark Moto led them. [12] While the Great Clans were preparing for the unavoidable battle for Otosan Uchi, his army fought in the Battle of Doro Crossroads, with the Lion Clan winning the day against a Phoenix army, a contingent of Toturi's Army, and the Shadowlands army led by Tsume. [13] In Spring of 1128 Tsume and his Dark brothers ravaged Unicorn villages, managing to kill the Moto Daimyo, Moto Terumori. [14] The Dark Moto encountered a Battle Maiden force while returning home near Kyuden Tonbo. The Unicorn forces, led by Otaku Kamoko and aided by Tsume's former victim Iuchi Karasu, quickly defeated the Dark Moto, who retreated. [15] [16]
Another Death[]
Tsume, who had been one of the Yogo Junzo's generals during the Clan War, [17] died in the fighting on the Second Day of Thunder. [18]
Reborn[]
In 1131 at the Festering Pit of Fu Leng the former Kuni Daimyo Kuni Yori enacted a ritual with Fu Leng's Skull and restored Tsume back to unlife. Tsume immediately swore fealty to Yori. [18]
Hiruma Castle[]
Tsume was under Kuni Yori's command during the third Siege of Kyuden Hiruma in 1132, and pursued Hida Yakamo when the Crab Clan Champion fled from the castle through the tunnels underneath it. [19] [18] Tsume hunted Yakamo down in the Shi-Khan Wastes and cut off the Jade Hand. The Crab Thunder was moved to the Sepulcher of Bone, tortured over thirty days, and then murdered. [20]
Hunting Kyoso no Oni[]
Moto Tsume
Tsume's lord Yori had allied with the Lying Darkness and Goju Adorai guided Tsume to hunt down the only dark power who could defy Kuni Yori as the Master of the Shadowlands, the rogue Oni Lord, Kyoso no Oni. [21]
Attacking Unicorn Lands[]
Tsume again marched against the Unicorn and besieged one of their strongholds, which was defended by his old nemesis Iuchi Karasu. [22]
Twenty-Seven Days of Darkness[]
In 1132 Onnotangu was dead and Amaterasu had fled the Celestial Heavens, beginning the Twenty-Seven Days of Darkness. On the fifteenth day Tsume was alongside Moto Sada in the Twilight Mountains, marching toward Volturnum. They saw Hitomi, and Tsume denied any aid in her quest. [23]
Otaku Kamoko[]
The same year Tsume was demoted from the Dark Moto leadership when Otaku Kamoko took the Burning Words at Volturnum and was accepted as the new leader. [24] [25] This was only for a short time, however, as Kamoko wasted no time in leading the Dark Moto to their destruction. [26]
Supremacy in the Shadowlands[]
Moto Tsume
In 1133 during the Battle of Twilight Mountains, when Tsume saw the betrayal of Otaku Kamoko, his blade carved through the Ki-Rin, shattering scimitars like a scythe. He fought through the ranks to Kamoko, screaming for blood to repay her betrayal. [27] Tsume fought her in personal combat and mortally wounded the Thunder. [28] [29] In this way Kamoko had managed to get close enough to Tsume for Kyoso no Oni to defeat him. [26] Kyoso no Oni slid from Kamoko's body into Tsume's, destroying him in the process. Tsume snarled and tried to break free, but Kamoko's grip on Tsume's blade was solid. Kyoso no Oni materialized out of Kamoko and Tsume's essence dissolved into the oni's growing body. [30] Fu Leng's Skull passed to Kyoso no Oni, giving her supremacy in the Shadowlands. [31]
Death of Moto Gaheris[]
Tsume was alongside the Shi-Tien Yen-Wang Gods in Toshigoku when in 1159 he faced the spirit of the recently dead Unicorn Clan Champion, Moto Gaheris, and two living Unicorns; Gaheris's grandson and his heir, Moto Chagatai and Moto Chen. In a duel with Chagatai Tsume was beheaded and died yet again. [6]
Reincarnation[]
Moto Tsume
The soul of Moto Tsume was purified and reincarnated as Moto Akikazu, but his corpse was still tainted and fought for the Shadowlands under Daigotsu's command. In 1168 Akikazu and Mirumoto Taishuu reached a ruined fort within the Shadowlands and inside found the Ruby of Iuchiban with a soul imprisoned within. The husk of Moto Tsume and the Lost samurai Daigotsu Koshiro appeared suddenly. Akikazu easily destroyed Koshiro, but when he was ready to confront his old body, Taishuu demanded that he flee with the ruby, to leave him to follow Tsume to see Daigotsu, to become the counterpart of the ambassador of the Lost, Daigotsu Soetsu. Moto Tsume did not want the ruby to be destroyed, so he accepted, but Akikazu was enraged. He finally accepted to return to Rokugan, because he knew his mission was to find the ruby, but swore to kill Taishuu when they met again. [2] Tsume returned to his new home, the City of the Lost. [32]
Battle at the Tomb[]
Tsume was alongside Daigotsu Rekai who led a unit of Lost to defend Emperor Toturi III at the Battle at the Tomb in 1168. A horde of oni had been sent against the Tomb to kill the Emperor. They charged the beasts of Jigoku and the rescue party of the Clans joined the fight. [33]
See also[]
Moto Tsume
External Links[]
- Moto Tsume (Imperial)
- Moto Tsume Exp (Crimson and Jade)
- Moto Tsume Exp2 (Honor Bound)
- Moto Tsume Exp3 (Path of Hope)
- Moto Tsume ExpCW (Siege: Clan War)
| Preceded by: Unknown |
Moto Daimyo ? - 825 |
Succeeded by: Unknown |
| Preceded by: None |
Obsidian Champion c.825 - 1133 |
Succeeded by: Unknown |
| Preceded by: Vacant |
Obsidian Champion 1168 - 1168 |
Succeeded by: Daigotsu Tatsune |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 16
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Soul of Darkness, Part 2, by Shawn Carman
- ↑ Enemies of the Empire, p. 55
- ↑ Way of the Unicorn, p. 45
- ↑ The Last Ride, Part 1, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Last Ride, Part 2, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ The Atlas of Rokugan, p. 209
- ↑ Way of the Unicorn, p. 58
- ↑ Bearers of Jade, p. 121
- ↑ Imperial Histories, p. 127
- ↑ City of Lies: GM's Guide, p. 46
- ↑ Skeletal Archers (Honor Bound Foil Chase Cards flavour)
- ↑ Clan War: Thunder's Challenge, pp. 46-49
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 73
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 77
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Unicorn #4b (Imperial Herald v1 #4)
- ↑ Moto Tsume (Siege: Clan War Boxtext)
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Hidden Emperor, p. 14
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Shadowlands #4 (Imperial Herald v3 #2)
- ↑ A Hero's Death, by Ree Soesbee
- ↑ Hidden Emperor, p. 52
- ↑ Low Morale (Honor Bound flavor)
- ↑ Strike At Midnight: The Twenty-seven Days of Darkness
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Unicorn #11 (Imperial Herald v3 #3)
- ↑ Heavy Barde (Soul of the Empire flavor)
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Secrets of the Unicorn, p. 10
- ↑ Armored Steeds (Soul of the Empire flavor)
- ↑ Hidden Emperor, p. 79
- ↑ Shinjo Hanari (Soul of the Empire flavor)
- ↑ Northern Provinces of the Moto Dealing with Shadows (Soul of the Empire storyback)
- ↑ Dealing with Darkness, by Ree Soesbee
- ↑ Akutenshi's Tribute (Path of Hope flavor)
- ↑ The Battle at the Tomb, Part 3, by Shawn Carman
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