Kitsuki Shomon

Please note: This article is about the sensei. For other uses of the term, please see Shomon (disambiguation).
Kitsuki Shomon was a bushi, duelist, and sensei of the Mirumoto style. In the Garden of Lies (Part 1), by Marie Brennan
== Appearance and Demeanor ==
Shomon was a stocky woman who would have been considered plain among courtiers. 
== Ryoko Owari ==
=== Sensei ===
In defiance of all convention, Shomon had established a dōjō in Ryokō Owari that accepted any student, anyone with the right to carry daishō, down to ronin. She even spared instructed peasants in jūjutsu, the unarmed fighting style. Her favored student, Satto, had joined the Perfect Land, In the Garden of Lies (Part 2), by Marie Brennan a sect which was considered heretical by the Brotherhood of Shinsei. One of their core tenets was that Rokugan had entered the Age of Declining Virtue and that samurai were the cause, having strayed from their proper path. The reports spoke of peasant armies assembling in the Dragon mountains to the north. Compassion moved Satto to help a peasant who swore he was in desperate circumstances, and she even convinced Shomon to assist her. They found out later that the peasant they helped was a smuggler, and that the whole thing was a trap to get Shomon in trouble. Shomon insisted on giving honest testimony, despite knowing it would damn her. Like Seeds on the Wind, by Marie Brennan Eventually sensei and student fought, and Satto fled. 
=== Manipulated ===
Shosuro Hyobu, governor of Ryōko Owari, wished to have her as a guest in one of her parties, but Shomon knew her reputation too well, and would not accept any invitation. Shomon was forced to issue a challenge to Bayushi Gensato, who had publicly disparaged Shomon's style, saying that it could not be worth much if ronin could learn it. She easily defeated the offender in a duel held during one of the Hyobu's parties. Shomon talked during the party with Yogo Hiroue, a conversation which left Shomon with the idea that Gensato was a man she could trust. 
== External links ==
* Kitsuki Shomon (Underhand of the Emperor)
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