Ryoshun (TCG)

Ryoshun was son of Lord Moon and Lady Sun, and one of the Kami. Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 9
== Appearance ==
Ryoshun dressed in antique armor, brandishing an enormous spear. He had dark and shining eyes. Wheel of Judgment, p. 25
== Heavens ==
Since the beginning of time, Lord Moon chased Lady Sun about the world. One day, he caught her, and as her light faded, the curtain fell on the age of the ancient races. Over the course of countless seasons, Lady Sun gave birth Legend of the Five Rings - Roleplaying, p. 4 to ten children: Hida, Doji, Togashi, Akodo, Shiba, Bayushi, Shinjo, Fu Leng, Hantei, and Ryoshun. 
=== Fall of the Kami ===
Legends told that the Moon, jealous over Lady Sun's love for their children, swallowed their Kami children. This day was the night with no light, when Amaterasu wept for her children. Amaterasu saved her final child, Hantei, from being swallowed to save his siblings. Whispers of Shadow and Steel, by Mari Murdock Amaterasu trained Hantei in the martial arts. When Hantei and Lord Moon finally did battle, he sliced open his father's belly, and the rest of his siblings tumbled out. They fell from the sky to Seppun Hill, save for one. Lord Moon reached out at the last moment and grasped Fu Leng. Hantei swung his sword one last time and severed his father's very arm. Fu Leng tried to grab ahold of Hantei, and they both fell. Plummeting downward, Fu Leng plunged through the earth to Jigoku itself, where he was lost. Only eight of the Kami were destined to help shape of the land which would be known as Rokugan. Ryoshun's name was lost to history. 
== Ryoshun's Fate ==
=== Lost in the Underworld ===
Ryoshun, the first to be eaten by Onnotangu, Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 139 had perished in Lord Moon's gut. When Hantei cut open Onnotangu, this Tenth Kami fell to the underworld. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 10 A mysterious shrine was built in the place Ryoshun fell. Fields of Victory, p. 69
=== Gatekeeper ===
After the Day of Thunder, Emma-Ō descended into the underworld to attempt to take back Jigoku from Fu Leng and the demons. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 134 There he found Ryoshun, having fought off many of the minions of his brother Fu Leng prior to Emma-Ō's arrival. Celestial Realms, p. 33 The Fortune of Death appointed him to oversee the defense of boundary between Jigoku and the other levels. The oni who served Fu Leng saw in Ryoshun a potentially powerful ally, if only he could be turned against the Heavens. Ryoshun had never been to Ningen-dō and as such held no attachment to mortals or the trappings of that realm. Ryoshun rebuked every attempt to sway him to Jigoku's side. Celestial Realms, p. 34
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