Category:Jade Champion

Kuni Daigo could easily have stolen much of the credit for the destruction of the Anvil of Despair. After all, it was he who authorized Kuni Eri to pursue the leads and supported her efforts despite years of minimal results. This is not the sort of man Daigo is. The discovery and destruction were Eri's work, not his, and he has no problems acknowledging this. But that was the past and there is much yet to do.

Daigo still has some years to go before custom would have him retire, and has tirelessly worked to combat the Shadowlands. He has been convinced of the necessity of reclaiming and rebuilding the Kuni and Hiruma lands as well as pure destruction of the Shadowlands and Tainted things. To this end he devotes a lot of effort towards calling the kami back to his family's lands. This focus on Crab lands has been met with critique from many withing the Empire. The Jade Champion is supposed to be the foremost shugenja in the empire and govern the correct use of magic, not use the resources of the station to further his clan's goals. So far his political aides have kept this from being enough of a problem to bring to the Empress' attention, but have begged him to look inwards to the Empire rather than being so focused on the external threats.

Kuni Daigo remembers Heichi Eri well and could easily become a powerful ally should the fledgling Boar call upon him. However, Daigo's favor is contingent on how well one combats the Shadowlands, and he has little patience with people who just want political support.

Daigo's chief rival is the Emerald Champion Shosuro Jimen. While Jimen has little to fear politically from Daigo, the Emerald Champion still wages a subtle war to discredit his counterpart and transfer more power to himself.