Shori (TCG)

Shori was the Ancestral Sword of the Lion Clan.
== Appearance ==
Shori was a plain tachi with a wooden hilt and sheath, whose only adornment was a plain golden lion on the sheath. If Shori's wielder committed a dishonorable act, the blade filled their head with the roars of ten thousand Lions. Celestial Realms, p. 101
== Origin ==
At the dawn of the Empire, the Kami Hantei commissioned a fine blade for his brother Akodo, the finest ever crafted. Akodo wielded the sword in many battles during the War against Fu Leng, and eventually the blade tasted the blood of Fu Leng himself, forcing the Ninth Kami to retreat and creating the opening Shinsei required to end the conflict. When the war was over, Akodo shattered it and scattered the pieces, because a blade that had drawn the blood of family could not become the Ancestral Sword of the Lion. He picked up a fallen soldier's mundane sidearm, and made it his ancestral sword. That sword became Shori, a sword that had never been drawn. 
== Surrendered ==
The Tachi was surrendered to the Emperor, and it rested beside Kunshu, the Ancestral Sword of the Hantei, in a place of honor within the Forbidden City. The Lion Clan Champion could not even hold that blade without the blessing of the Emperor. Imperial Gifts, by Robert Denton III Shori was an unadorned short blade which sat in an unpolished sheath. The Last Stone Played, by Robert Denton III Whenever the Emperor required the Lion's armies, the Heir of Heaven presented the Lion Champion with Shori and the symbol of the clan they wished to subdue. When the deed was done, the champion returned Shori to the Emperor to await the next war. 
== Stained ==
In 1123, during the murder of Hantei the Thirty-Eighth at the hands of his son Hantei Sotorii, Shori's hilt was stained by the Emperor's blood. A Discerning Eye and an Unyielding Resolve, by Tyler Parrott
== External Links ==
* Shori (In Pursuit of Truth)
Category:Lion Clan Nemuranai (TCG)