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| - Junshi (殉死, Junshi) is the de-facto eldest member and leader of the Ame Triplets, having proven himself to be the strongest and most capable shinobi. Junshi is a quiet boy with a fascination of death. Though a mere boy of fourteen, the blood of many has stained Junshi's hand. As the 'eldest' of the three, Aichō and Sanma follow his orders quite obediently. They do not falter or hesitate when he orders them to kill, nor do they hold back should his approach to inhuman or downright evil. Trained by his "father" to not hold back, Junshi is very conscious of his actions when he approaches a target and will be very straight forward as he pries information from them through torture and mental anguish. He is a monster in human skin.
- Junshi was the Rokugani word which meant "masterless of heart", in direct opposition of Junshin, or "pure of heart".
- The practice is described by Chinese chronicles, describing the Yamato people (the Japanese), going as far back as the 7th century. According to the Weizhi (Chronicle of Wei), a decree in 646 forbade junshi, but it obviously continued to be practiced for centuries afterwards.
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| - Junshi (殉死, Junshi) is the de-facto eldest member and leader of the Ame Triplets, having proven himself to be the strongest and most capable shinobi. Junshi is a quiet boy with a fascination of death. Though a mere boy of fourteen, the blood of many has stained Junshi's hand. As the 'eldest' of the three, Aichō and Sanma follow his orders quite obediently. They do not falter or hesitate when he orders them to kill, nor do they hold back should his approach to inhuman or downright evil. Trained by his "father" to not hold back, Junshi is very conscious of his actions when he approaches a target and will be very straight forward as he pries information from them through torture and mental anguish. He is a monster in human skin.
- Junshi was the Rokugani word which meant "masterless of heart", in direct opposition of Junshin, or "pure of heart".
- The practice is described by Chinese chronicles, describing the Yamato people (the Japanese), going as far back as the 7th century. According to the Weizhi (Chronicle of Wei), a decree in 646 forbade junshi, but it obviously continued to be practiced for centuries afterwards. Under the Tokugawa bakufu, battle and war were almost unknown, and junshi became quite popular with vassals even when their masters died naturally, or in some other way had not met a violent end. There were no fixed rules for junshi, and to some extent it depended on the circumstances, the importance of the lord and esteem in which he was held by his followers, as well as the manner of his death. Junshi could also be carried out irrespective of whether the lord had died of an illness, fallen on the battlefield, or committed seppuku.
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