Editing Shinjo

{{People | image=Shinjo.jpg | birth=[[Pre-calendar]] | death=[[1159]], [[Month of the Tiger]] <ref>''Four Winds'', p. 53</ref> | parents=[[Onnotangu]], <br>[[Amaterasu]]| siblings=[[Akodo]], <br>[[Bayushi]], <br>[[Doji]], <br>[[Fu Leng]], <br>[[Hantei]], <br>[[Hida]], <br>[[Ryoshun]], <br>[[Shiba]], <br>[[Togashi]] 
|children=[[Shinjo Martera]], <br>[[Hachiman (Ki-rin)|Hachiman]], <br>[[Takakan]], <br>[[Umakorn]], <br>[[Aranat]] | titles=[[Unicorn Clan|Unicorn Clan Founder]], <br>[[Shinjo family|Shinjo Family Founder]], <br>[[Unicorn Clan Champion]]}}

'''Shinjo''' was one of the [[Kami (clan founders)|Kami]], the children of the [[Amaterasu|Sun]] and the [[Onnotangu|Moon]]. Onnotangu ate his own children, and when [[Hantei]] freed them all, they fell through a hole in the sky, out of [[Tengoku]] and into [[Ningen-do]], the mortal realm.

Shinjo once called herself the 'Master of the Four Winds'. <ref name=DoomEmpire>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/6/DotE.php Doom of the Empire] (Kotei 2005), by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

== Demeanor ==
Shinjo was a resilient, honorable, personable, aggressive, and incensed explorer. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 23-24</ref>

== Children of the Moon and Sun ==
=== Fu Leng ===
When the Kami still stood in the Heavens, Shinjo and [[Fu Leng]] were great friends. Shinjo loved her bother, who made her laugh. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 20</ref>

=== Eaten by her father ===
Her father Onnotangu hunted his children down. [[Bayushi]] and [[Akodo]] fell first. [[Hida]], [[Doji]], and [[Shiba]] were likewise found and consumed. [[Togashi]] led Shinjo near Fu Leng's clever refuge and exposed them all to his father. Togashi, with his foreseeing skills knew they had to be found by Onnotangu, allowing the [[Celestial Order]] and Fate to proceed. Lord Moon consumed them all. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 21-22</ref>

== Founding Rokugan ==
As soon as the Children of the Sun and the Moon touched the soil of the Mortal Realm, they ceased being divine. While they were still not truly mortal men, they were also no longer gods. <ref name=GaijinGuide1>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/h1e01p01.php The Gaijin's Guide to Rokugan, Part I]</ref> They soon set off from [[Seppun Hill]] in order to explore and understand this mortal world they had fallen into, to return [[5|five years later]]. <ref>''Imperial Histories'', p. 11</ref>

=== Tournament of the Kami ===
The Kami realized that the mortals of the world to which they fell needed guidance and organization that only they could provide. Hantei looked out and saw the people of Rokugan as children who should be taught the wisdom required to flourish. The Kami realized they were just the ones for the task. The siblings organized a tournament, and the victor would become the ruler of the new-formed Emerald Empire of [[Rokugan]] and of his or her other siblings and their mortal followers, <ref name="fall">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/dawn.php Dawn of the Empire], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref> an oath which was known as [[the Promise]]. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 22 Sidebar</ref> Shinjo's speed and cleverness enabled her to defeat [[Hida]] in the [[Tournament of the Kami]], but the underhanded tactics of [[Bayushi]] then eliminated her. <ref name="fall">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/dawn.php Dawn of the Empire], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

=== KI-Rin Clan ===
Shinjo went on to found a clan called the [[Ki-Rin Clan|Ki-Rin]]. The Ki-Rin would later become the [[Unicorn Clan]]. <ref name="fall"/> In the year [[31]] [[Otaku]] and her husband [[Ide]] joined Shinjo’s Ki-Rin Clan. <ref name="TIH15">''Imperial Histories'', p. 15</ref>

== War Against Fu Leng ==
[[Image:A Ride Into Darkness.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Shinjo confronts Fu Leng]]





{{quote|"It is my brother, Fu Leng. We thought he perished as Ryoshun did, but Fu Leng has returned. He has been driven mad somehow. He has pledged to undo everything Hantei has wrought and claim this land for his own. He commands an army of oni from the deepest pits of Jigoku."|Shinjo| <ref name="hand">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/hand.php The Hand of Peace], by [[Seth Mason]]</ref>}}





=== Attempted Alliances ===
At the beginning of the War with her brother, Shinjo sent her vassal [[Ide]] and his student [[Shinjo Bairezu]] with a message to the [[Yobanjin]]. Shinjo wished for the Yobanjin to join the Ki-Rin, to offer protection from the war with Fu Leng. The Yobanjin chieftain [[Battul]] would not accept and warned Bairezu to tell his master never to send messengers to them again. <ref name="hand">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/hand.php The Hand of Peace], by [[Seth Mason]]</ref>

=== Meeting Fu Leng ===
Shinjo informed her brother [[Hantei]] she wished to know why Fu Leng had begun the war. The Emperor was enraged with her, but allowed the journey. <ref name=Unicorn21>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 21</ref>
During the [[War Against Fu Leng]], Shinjo was the only one of her brothers and sister to try and reconcile with their fallen brother. She visited his [[Ruined Keep of Fu Leng|citadel]] in the [[Shadowlands]], but her efforts were rebuffed. <ref name="thunder">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/thunder.php Day of Thunder], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref> Shinjo had met Fu Leng for love, love of everything that suffered, even her lost brother. She knew why she had to oppose Fu Leng and Shinjo returned alongside the rest of her siblings to fight by their side. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 24</ref>

=== Gathering Thunder ===
At the height of the war, the armies of Fu Leng were pushing the defending [[Crab Clan|Crab]] back slowly. None of the Kami were willing to confront their mad brother, and defeat seemed inevitable when a wise man named [[Shinsei]] appeared. He revealed that a small group of individuals could infiltrate the [[Shadowlands]] and defeat Fu Leng, but they would have to be mortals. Hantei, grievously wounded from a recent battle, declared that one individual from each clan be sent to join in this endeavour. Shinjo sent her finest vassal [[Otaku]] to be the [[Ki-Rin Clan|Ki-Rin]] Thunder. Shinsei assembled the remaining [[Seven Thunders]] personally, and joined them on the quest to defeat the [[Ninth Kami]]. <ref name="gathering">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/1/gathering.php A Gathering of Thunder], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

=== Day of Thunder ===
The Seven Thunders and Shinsei made their way deep into the Shadowlands, where they found Fu Leng and defeated him. The cost was heavy, as only Shinsei and Shosuro survived the fight. They fled north, with the [[First Oni]] and many other creatures pursuing. The timely intervention of [[Shiba]] allowed Shinsei and Shosuro to reach Rokugan, but at the expense of Shiba's life. Fu Leng had been defeated, but at a very high cost. <ref name="thunder"/>

== Burning Sands ==
[[Image:Ki-Rin's_Exodus.jpg| thumb| right| Ki-Rin's Exodus]]





{{quote|"Fu Leng has been defeated, but I take no joy in our victory. Perhaps there is a land where the Ki-Rin might find peace."|Shinjo| <ref name="exodus"> Ki-Rin's Exodus [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/2007/01/15/dawn-of-the-empire-4/ (Dawn of the Empire flavor)]</ref>}}





After the defeat of Fu Leng, Shinjo and her clan were tasked in the year [[45]] <ref>''Imperial Histories'', p. 18</ref> with ensuring there were no threats to [[Rokugan]] from outside its borders. Shinjo assembled the Ki-Rin Clan and released her followers from their obligation to serve her. Shinjo left [[Rokugan]] and was accompanied by the [[Ide family|Ide]], [[Iuchi family|Iuchi]] and [[Otaku family|Otaku]] families, each family followed by choice, each followed from devotion. Shinjo and the Ki-Rin rode north into the [[Burning Sands]] to explore the world <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 25-26</ref> leaving only a small remnant of her clan behind (who went on to found the [[Fox Clan]]). <ref name=LegacyKami>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/6/h6e07p65.php Legacy of the Kami], by [[Shawn Carman]]</ref> She was given a [[Ki-Rin's Mirror|blessed mirror]], one of a pair, to keep in contact with [[Hantei]], <ref name="secrets8">''Secrets of the Unicorn'', p. 8</ref> and [[Doji]] gave her a [[Doji's Fan|small sandalwood fan]] to remind that Rokugan was also with them during her journey. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 38 Sidebar</ref>

=== First Encounter ===
[[45|After months]] of travel through the [[Burning Sands]], one of the first groups the Ki-Rin encountered were the [[Ujik-hai]], <ref>''Secrets of the Unicorn'', p. 8</ref> a warrior people who lived on the harsh steppes. The Ujik-hai had seen the scouts of the Ki-Rin and their chieftain wished to take their equipment and horses for his people. Approaching the Ki-Rin under a banner of peace, the Ujik-hai lured out Shinjo, the heads of the Ki-Rin families and a small retinue to a meeting. Once they had the retinue surrounded, the Ujik-hai attacked, but the powers of Shinjo, slew Ujik-hai men, and the other family [[daimyo]]'s slew a dozen more which caused the attack to falter. The chieftain himself was beheaded by Shinjo, and the son of the chieftain watched as his father's head was cloven in two before it struck the ground, whereupon he fled with the remaining Ujik-hai. Over time Ujik-hai came to join the powerful Ki-Rin, the vows of [[the Promise]] were exchanged, and so their numbers grew steadily. The addition of the Ujik-hai was fortunate, for they brought key survival techniques such as how to find food, water and shelter in the very harsh environment of the Burning Sands. Shinjo would become very close with one of the Ujik-hai elders named [[Martazera]], who would open Shinjo's eyes to the differences between the Ki-Rin and other lands. By the time the Ki-Rin exited the Ujik-hai steppes they had grown to over 1000 strong. <ref name="unicorn27-29">''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 27-29.</ref>

=== Qolat Influence ===
The encounter with the Ujik-hai had been devised by the [[Qolat]], the counterparts of the [[Rokugani]] [[Kolat]]. They expected the outcome of the Ambush, part of the Ujik-hai being accepted within the Ki-Rin. In such a way many Qolat infiltrated among the Rokugani, and some influenced heavily the clan, as Martazera, a secret Qolat member. Even the [[Meishodo]] magic which was researched by Iuchi was part of the Qolat plan, a magic to only be used by mortals. In doing so, the Ki-Rin would move away from the influence of the Kami. <ref>''Merchant's Guide to Rokugan'', pp. 16-17</ref>

=== Encounter with the Ashalan ===
In the year [[50]] Shinjo met the [[Ashalan]], a race of immortal tattooed beings. The race began to build the [[City of the Seventh Star]], beneath the settlement which would become [[Medinaat al-Salaam]]. <ref>''Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game'', p. 131</ref>

=== Shi-Tien Yen-Wang's Curse ===
The Ujik-hai came to the realization that the so-called heathens were not only worthy, they were honorable, more so than their own death gods, the [[Shi-Tien Yen-Wang]] Gods, whose corruption was becoming more evident. The vast majority of the Ujik-hai, remembering true honor, followed a man named [[Moto]] and swore fealty to Shinjo. These people became the [[Moto family]] of the Unicorn Clan.

No one was left to worship the Shi-Tien Yen-Wang and without worshippers, they began to weaken. These dark Gods cursed the Moto, and pursued them angrily. Their curse made the Moto the most nomadic family of all, as they attempted to constantly move and escape the revenge of their fallen masters. <ref name="lastrid1">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/5/lastrid1.php The Last Ride, Part 1], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

=== Shinjo's Promise is broken ===
Shinjo had made a promise to her followers that she would never leave them. During the Exodus of the Ki-Rin, she was lured beyond a stretch of mountains. In its foothold a [[Oasis of Spirits|strange oasis]] appeared and Shinjo suddenly vanished there. She returned after seven days disappeared, and a halo shone about her. Shinjo offered her life to [[Otaku Shiko]], to atone her broken promise, but only after her children would be born. <ref name=WoU33>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 33</ref> Shiko had waited for her until she reappeared, and when she did, she was pregnant with five children, whom were [[ki-rin]]. Shiko decided she could not kill Shinjo for breaking her promise, and instead told Shinjo she could amend her promise to say that while she might leave her clan, she would always return to them. <ref>''Secrets of the Unicorn'', p. 56</ref>

=== Children ===
After several months Shinjo had a [[Ki-rin]], which bathed with fire Shiko and Iuchi, and they saw Shinjo with five children. The children that were born of Shinjo also carried the blood of the creature of ghostly fire, the Ki-rin. <ref name=WoU34>''Way of the Unicorn'', p. 34</ref> [[Kemuri (Ki-rin)|Kemuri]] was the one child of Shinjo who took human form. While his brothers and sisters, [[Hachiman (Ki-rin)|Hachiman]],
[[Takakan]], [[Umakorn]] and [[Aranat]], chose their final form as [[unicorn]]s. <ref>''Great Clans'', p. 243</ref>

=== New Promise ===
Instead of taking her life, Shiko asked a new promise. <ref name=WoU34/>


{{Quote|"I will always return."|Shinjo <ref name=WoU34/>}}

=== Blocked way Back ===
When the Ki-Rin tried to return back from the strech of mountains they encountered the [[Roc]]s ridden by [[Hawk Riders|long-haired, pale-skinned men and women]], which attacked the Clan. Using a powerful spell, [[Iuchi]] caused a rockslide in the mountain pass that killed not only the Rocs but also a large number of Ki-Rin [[samurai]] and one of Shinjo's sons. <ref name="secrets8"/>

=== Mirror divided in Four ===
After the [[Battle with the Rocs]] the pass back to Rokugan, the [[Ujik-hai]] steppes, and the [[Burning Sands]] had been blocked. Shinjo decided to divide their number to find another passage. She used her [[katana]] to divide the mirror into four pieces, aided by the magic of Iuchi. It broke the communication with Rokugan, but allowed the messages between the divided groups. A piece was given to each family and the fourth was kept by Shinjo. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 34-35</ref> When the mirror went dark most in Rokugan had assumed the worst. <ref name=blooddawn8>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/6/h6e02p65.php Blood Dawn, Part VIII: Shadows of Yesterday], by [[Shawn Carman]] and [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

=== Lying Darkness ===
In [[442]], <ref name=SotU9>''Secrets of the Unicorn'', p. 9</ref> two hundred years after the mirror was broken each of its wielders saw how Shinjo was ravaged by talons of Darkness. The three groups gathered toward their Lady was. They found her and a stronghold, where the [[Lying Darkness]] was its master. The land was barrened as the [[Shadowlands]] were. They assaulted the building but left the flank exposed and quickly were surrounded by minions of the Darkness. Shinjo ordered to flee and she alongside three of her children charged against the Darkness. The Unicorn fled believing that Shinjo always would return, as promised. Shinjo's light faded behind the dark tendrils of her foe. <ref>''Way of the Unicorn'', pp. 36-37</ref> [[Shinjo Yonaru]], one of the descendants of Martera, took leadership of the clan. <ref>''Great Clans'', p. 236</ref>

=== Qolat Again ===
The first vanishment of Shinjo which broken the trust of the Clan on Shinjo's promises, had been subtlety organized by the Qolat. It drove a wedge between her and her followers, a wedge which the Qolat would widen over time. When Shinjo was out of the way, the Qolat moved without fear of the Kami's retribution. <ref>''Merchant's Guide to Rokugan'', p. 17</ref>

== Black Earth ==
[[Image:Tomb of the Goddess.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinjo imprisoned at Black Earth]]

Shinjo had been kidnapped by the [[Lying Darkness]]. For centuries she was held in the [[Black Earth]], with dark [[jinn|djinn]] whispering in her ear. Even though no one tried to find her, the [[Nothing]] did not taint her soul. The Lying Darkness, an ally of Fu Leng, was forbidden by that Dark Lord to twist her, and Shinjo remained uncorrupted. <ref name="fallenkami">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/5/h5e07p125.php A Fallen Kami], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref> Beneath the city of [[Medinaat al-Salaam]] laid a gate to the Black Earth, a world ruled by Shadow where the Goddess slept. <ref name=ReAwakening1>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/7/h7e03p100.php Re-Awakening, Part 1], by [[Lucas Twyman]]</ref>

=== Ashalan Prophecy ===
In [[332]] the [[Ashalan]] found the [[Fallen Star]], and they determined the nemuranai was linked to Shinjo. [[Maymun]] built a [[Tomb of the Goddess|crystal tomb]] for Shinjo in the [[City of the Seventh Star]] to allow Shinjo to sleep. When the time would come, the prophecy known as the [[Awakening]] would free her, and the magical enchantments bounds in the Tomb would release the jinn of the [[Qanon]] from their human hosts, which would be instrumental in the defeat of the Jinn Lord [[Kaleel (jinn)|Kaleel]] after its return. <ref name="LBS131">''Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game'', p. 131</ref>

== The Awakening ==
=== The Avatars gather ===
In [[1132]], [[Hojyn]] gathered with the four Avatars, [[Shosuro Tage]] the [[Scorpion Clan|Scorpion]], [[Amru]] the [[Qabal]], [[Moto Kara]] of the [[Ki-rin Clan|Kirin]], and [[Zahra]] the [[Ebonite]]. Together, they roused Shinjo using the power of the [[Fallen Star]]. <ref name="LBS132">''Legend of the Burning Sands'', p. 132</ref>

=== Moto Gaheris ===
The former [[Moto Khan]] [[Moto Gaheris|Gaheris]] had undergone a divine experience and felt an urge to travel to the Black Earth. The Tenth Kami, the Guardian of the Rift [[Ryoshun]], guided him. <ref>Guardian of the Rift [http://imperialblock.com/itemimages/cards/9/The%20Awakening/29876-1.jpg (The Awakening flavor)]</ref> Powered in some way by the Avatars, the great goddess Shinjo [[Awakening|awoke]] from her slumber beyond a [[rift]] in the Black Earth and fled forth from it into the Black Earth where Gaheris was waiting. <ref name=ReAwakening1/>

=== Ryoshun's Fate ===
[[Image:Shinjo feels Ryoshun's death.jpg| thumb| left|200px|Shinjo feels Ryoshun's death]]
Shinjo felt the killing blow against her lost brother [[Ryoshun]] and cried filled with remorse as she soared out of the barren realm. <ref>Voice of the Star [http://imperialblock.com/itemimages/cards/9/The%20Awakening/30250-2.jpg (LBS - The Awakening flavor)]</Ref> [[Jama Suru]] had performed a [[maho]] ritual to trap Shinjo, but Ryoshun answered the spell's call instead. Ryoshun had taken the place Suru reserved for her and the tenth Kami was killed under the Juru's knife. <ref>Deadly Fright [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/ftsote.php (Soul of the Empire flavor)]</ref>

=== The Prophecy Became True ===
[[Image:Awakening.jpg| thumb| right|200px|The Awakening]]
Gaheris and Shinjo eventually escaped the Black Earth, and Shinjo's freedom was complete. The very act of the Goddess waking destroyed a large part of the city of [[Medinaat al-Salaam]], which destroyed the armies besieging Medinaat al-Salaam and the [[Shattering of the Jewel]] ended. She left for her distant homeland. <ref name=ReAwakening1/>

== Back in Rokugan ==
After [[Bayushi Aramoro]]'s victory in the [[Emperor]]'s tournament the main [[Scorpion Clan|Scorpion]] force returned to [[Rokugan]] to reclaim their lands. Shinjo herself led them. <ref>''Hidden Emperor'', p. 42</ref> When told that a mortal-[[Toturi]]-had slain the rightful heir to the throne, she was incensed. Never mind that [[Hantei the 39th]] had been possessed by an evil power. Both Hantei and Fu Leng were her siblings, and she would also avenge his death. Shinjo gathered her clan and marched on [[Otosan Uchi]]. <ref name="TUC">[https://kazenoshiro63445525.wordpress.com/2019/07/07/the-unicom-clan/ The Unicorn Clan], by [[Edward Bolme]] and [[Ree Soesbee]] (Imperial Herald #16)</ref> The Scorpion Clan was reinstated by force of deeds. Even when the Emperor did not remove its status as exiles, nobody opposed the return of a Clan led by a Kami itself. <ref>Pressure [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/fthb.php (Honor Bound flavor)]</ref>

=== Purge of the Kolat ===
[[Image:Shinjo's_Judgement.jpg| thumb| right|200px| Shinjo's Judgement]]
Meanwhile, in Rokugan, Toturi's return to the throne had unveiled the Kolat, a secret order that sought to control Rokugan with puppet strings. Toturi's unusual insight into the Kolat led to the exposure of several Kolat in the Unicorn, among them the [[daimyo]] himself. As the clan reeled with these revelations and teetered on the brink of collapse, Shinjo and the Moto returned to Rokugan. <ref name="TUC" /> Shinjo sensed the Unicorn general who kneeled to her was a kolat and executed him on the spot. [[Otaku Tetsuko]] confessed and described the members she knew, and commited [[seppuku]]. <ref name="HE52">''Hidden Emperor'', 52</ref> Shinjo personally executed hundreds of members of her own clan, revealing them to be [[Kolat]] <ref>Shinjo's Judgement [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/fthb.php (Honor Bound flavor)]</ref> <ref name="3e23">''Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition'', p. 23</ref> but she could not find [[Yokatsu]]. <ref>Monopoly [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/fthb.php (Honor Bound flavor)]</ref> [[Moto Gaheris]] was appointed by Shinjo as the new Unicorn Champion, and spared the life of the [[Daimyo]]s [[Shinjo Shono]] <ref name="HE54">''Hidden Emperor'', 54</ref> and [[Otaku Kamoko]]. <ref>One Life, One Action [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/fthb.php (Honor Bound flavor)]</ref>

=== March to Otosan Uchi ===
With the help of the Scorpion, Shinjo learned of the [[Lying Darkness]] and its hold over [[Toturi]]. Shinjo assembled the combined forces of all the clans in the [[Assault on Otosan Uchi]], <ref>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/warith.php War in the Heavens], by [[Ree Soesbee]]</ref> which had become dark and bleak since the return of Toturi. <ref name="3e23" /> Toturi tried without success to bribe the [[Scorpion Clan]], offering their lands and title returned for the death of Shinjo. <ref>Imperial Summons [http://l5r.alderac.com/miyaarchives/ftad.html (Ambition's Debt flavor)]</ref>

=== Shinjo and Yoritomo ===
The Imperial armies defended the [[Imperial City]] but the battle stopped when all realized that Toturi had disappeared again. <ref name="HE54" /> Shortly after the [[Mantis Clan|Mantis']] defeat in [[Phoenix Clan|Phoenix]] lands [[Yoritomo]] was approached by Lady Shinjo, who offered to put him on the [[Imperial Throne]]. <ref>Command of the Kami [http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/ftfs.php (Fire and Shadow flavor)]</ref> <ref>''Hidden Emperor'', p. 55</ref> Yoritomo refused, saying he would never become a pawn of the [[Kami (clan founders)|Kami]], even if it would make him Emperor. <ref name="3e23" />

== Twenty-Seven days of Darkness ==
In anger at the death of her husband [[Onnotangu]], [[Amaterasu]] fled the Celestial Heavens, beginning the [[Twenty-Seven Days of Darkness]]. Before she departed had commanded Shinjo to take all the [[Ancestral Weapons and Armor|Ancestral Swords of the Clans]] and throw them to the stars. <ref name="HE55">''Hidden Emperor'', 55</ref> In the fifth day of the twenty-seven Amaterasu commited [[jigai]], and in the seventh Hitomi appeared at [[Otosan Uchi]] and visited the [[Imperial Throne]] room, while Shinjo stood to one side, watching her. <ref>[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/4/strike.php Strike At Midnight: The Twenty-seven Days of Darkness]</ref>

== The Moto War ==
Gaheris led the Moto to the [[Twilight Mountains]], were the [[Dark Moto]] had gathered at the command of Otaku Kamoko. When the two armies clashed Kamoko raised her sword against the Dark Moto she commanded, and was mortally wounded in personal combat with [[Moto Tsume]]. Shinjo arrived to see how [[Kyoso no Oni]] appeared from Kamoko and killed Tsume. When the oni turned to consume Kamoko, Shinjo made Kyoso to flee. Gaheris crushed the rest of the undead Moto. <ref name="HE79">''Hidden Emperor'', p. 79</ref>

== The Departure of Shinjo ==
[[Image:Shinjo 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shinjo ascends]]
Shinjo left the mortal realm and ascended to the [[Celestial Heavens]] in [[1133]]. Gaheris was in charge of the [[Unicorn Clan]] believing the [[Kolat]] influence of the [[Shinjo family]] not entirely gone. She set [[Otaku Kamoko]] among the stars to honor her sacrifice and commanded the Otaku family to change their name to [[Utaku family|Utaku]] so Kamoko would be the last Battle Maiden to bear the Otaku name. <ref name="3e24">''Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition'', p. 24</ref>

== Death ==
Shinjo was killed in [[1159]] after her brother Fu Leng, freed by [[Daigotsu]] and equipped with [[Emma-O's Spear]], invaded the Celestial Heavens. Shinjo sought out Fu Leng to try and convince him to turn from his path, as she did long ago. The conversation between the brother and sister was brief, and so was the battle - Emma-O's spear proved too much for Shinjo and she was killed. <ref name="fallenkami" />

=== Shinjo's Journey ===
The Kami found herself in the Realm of Waiting, [[Meido]], where she saw that the [[Shi-Tien Yen-Wang]] were trying to wrest control of the realm from Emma-O, claiming the Fortune could no longer discharge his duties properly. She was met by her brother [[Ryoshun]], the steward of lost souls, who was with one of the Lords of the Death. They showed Shinjo a portal which resembled the [[Oblivion's Gate]], and which bring new life to the spirits who passed through it by means of reincarnation. Shinjo crossed through the portal, there to await rebirth when the time was right. <ref name="4w53">''Four Winds'', p. 53</ref> <ref name="lifeless1">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/5/h5e07p135.php Lifeless, Part One], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref> Later [[Kitsu Hisashi]] arranged an agreement to share control of Meido between the Lords of Death and Emma-O. <ref name="lifeless2">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/5/h5e07p140.php Lifeless, Part Two], by [[Rich Wulf]]</ref>

=== Reincarnation ===
It was believed that Shinjo reincarnated in [[Shinjo Shono]] and [[Moto Genki]]'s daughter, [[Shinjo Min-Hee]]. [[Ninube Chochu]] wanted to steal the power from the reincarnated Shinjo, as well from the soul of [[Togashi]], and the [[Shadow Dragon]]. <ref name="RuinsOtosanUchi2">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/7/h7e02p50.php The Ruins of Otosan Uchi, Part 2], by [[Shawn Carman]]</ref> Chochu tried to take Min-Hee, but [[Akasha (human)|Akasha]] fought the creature which fled. <ref name="RuinsOtosanUchi1">[http://www.kazenoshiro.com/kazenoshiro/7/h7e02p45.php The Ruins of Otosan Uchi, Part 1], by [[Shawn Carman]]</ref>

=== Moto Naleesh ===
It was later known that Akasha's daughter, [[Moto Naleesh]], was the reincarnation of Shinjo. <ref name="Scenes19">[http://www.l5r.com/story/scenes-from-the-empire-19/ Scenes from the Empire 19], by [[Robert Denton]], [[Yoon Ha Lee]], with Special Guest Author [[Robert Hobart]]</ref>

== External Links ==
* [http://imperialassembly.com/oracle/#cardid=6861 Shinjo] (Dawn of the Empire)

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{{Conflict| Four Winds page 53 claims Shinjo involved in the arrangement between Emma-O and the Shi-Tien Yen-Wang. The fiction Lifeless, part One and Two described Shinjo passing a portal to be reincarnated (Part One) and Kitsu Hisashi made the arrangement (Part Two). I consider the fiction over the RPG book. --[[User:Oni no Pikachu|Oni no Pikachu]] 15:26, February 5, 2011 (UTC)}}

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