Five Principal Clans

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The **Five Principal Clans** (五大宗家, *Godai Sōke*) are five well known distinguished clans, which have purified evil spirits since ancient times.

## Summary

The Five Principal Clans are five powerful clans composed of Shinto mystics who possess a divine connection to the Shinto gods and have served them for generations. Most of their members from ancient times have been blessed with powers over one of the five elements also regarded as the **Five Phases**, which is apart of their respective clans due to both their fervent faith and strict worship in Shintoism.

However, certain members who haven't been blessed with those supernatural powers were outcasts and exiled from their respective clans. Certain members such as Shuri and Ageha Himejima who violate their religious laws are either executed or even banished as the former had given birth to the daughter of a Fallen Angel while the latter for her practice of Buddhist Magic, which is from a different religion.

The Five Principal Clans are suspicious of supernatural beings such as from foreign factions as proven by Grigori and Magicians from Grauzauberer. While they normally have a neutral relationship with the Youkais, certain Youkais bear a grudge against the Five Principal Clans such as Inugami Gyoubu.

Due to their strict belief in Shintoism, the Five Principal Clans have an aversion towards the members of their clans who are born with Sacred Gears, which are supernatural powers and items originating from Christian Beliefs as possessing them is considered heresy. Members born with Sacred Gears like Tsubaki Shinra are banished from the clan as a result.

This is most notable for Longinus possessors who are feared due to their Sacred Gears' powerful potential to kill even Gods, as proven with Tobio Ikuse who is of Himejima descent who holds the Longinus, Canis Lykaon, which possesses the Ame-no-Ohabari, a divine blade used to kill Kagutsuchi, a God that the Himejima Clan worshipped. Momiji Nakiri was also forced to live in reclusion due to her ownership of Telos Karma.

## Powers and Abilities

In addition to the power of the Five Elements and Eastern Magic of Shintoism, the five clans have command over the **Five Sacred Beasts** with the strongest members of their respective clans inheriting them and their names.

The Five Principal Clans and the Sacred Beasts linked to the respective clans are:

## Members

* Ryuuta Nakiri
* Momoji Nakiri
* Shuri Himejima †
* Akeno Himejima
* Tobio Ikuse
* Ageha Himejima (Former) †
* Hanezu Himejima (Former) †
* Kazuhisa Doumon (Former)
* Tsubaki Shinra (Former)
* Kiyotora Shinra (Former)

## Trivia

* Each of the surnames of the five families means:
	+ Nakiri (百鬼(なきり)) means "Hundred Demons".
	+ Himejima (姫島(ひめじま)) means "Princess Island".
	+ Kushihashi (櫛橋(くしはし)) means "Comb Bridge".
	+ Doumon (童門(どうもん)) means "Child Gate".
	+ Shinra (真羅(しんら)) means "True Fabric".
* Though the Five Principal Clans are strictly devoted to Shintoism, at least two of clans, Shinra and Nakiri also incorporates Buddhist Practices such as Shugendo, which mixes the knowledge and practices of the other religions such as Buddhisim and Vajrayana and Onmyoudou into their spiritual training. It is also worth noting that the Omnyoudou has knowledge related to Buddhist and Taoist practices.
	+ However, the Himejima Clan who strictly follows Shintoism differs from them and will banish members for practicing Buddhist Magic.