General Susumu

General Susumu

(Deity)

Titles

The Black Daimyo

Adjective

Susuman

Realm

Setsendu, Hell

Alignment

Lawful evil

Areas of Concern

DEG: Archery, Horses, Personal glory, War
TXWG: Fear
Glory
Warfare
Death

Edicts

Seek glory in battle, loudly proclaim your victories, protect your possessions and strongholds

Anathema

Cower from fights, refuse a challenge from an equal, mistreat your weapons, abuse your mount

Cleric Alignments (1E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (1E)

Evil, Glory, Law, Nobility, War

Subdomains (1E)

Blood, Devil, Heroism, Honor, Leadership, Tactics

Cleric Alignments (2E)

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Domains (2E)

Confidence, destruction, might, zeal

Favored Weapon

Longbow

Symbol

Black winged horse

Sacred Animal

Horse

Images of General Susumu

Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 59f. (1E)
Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 27 (2E)

General Susumu, also known as the Black Daimyo, is the Tian Xia patron deity of fallen samurai who are interested more in glory and battle than honor and heroism.

Appearance

In his human form, General Susumu is depicted as a towering Tian-Min man with red skin and bristling eyebrows; he wears an ornate set of black o-yoroi armour. He rides a black winged horse, and in battle he wields an iron longbow that shoots arrows of pure fire. When his anger is truly roused General Susumu abandons his human form to become an enormous crimson dragon with obsidian tusks.

Religious symbol

General Susumu's religious symbol is a black winged horse.

Relationships

General Susumu is the half-brother of Shizuru, the so-called Empress of Heaven and goddess of the sun, honour, and virtuous samurai. General Susumu, with his affinity for darkness and ambitious pride, and his sister seldom see eye to eye.

Church of General Susumu

General Susumu is worshipped primarily in the monstrous realm of Chu Ye; Honga, the lands of the Horse Lords; the hobgoblin kingdom of Kaoling; the samurai kingdoms of Minkai and Songbai; and Xa Hoi. General Susumu appears at the site of great conflicts, sometimes to merely watch but at other times leading a great army of deceased samurai into combat for the sheer thrill of fighting. Dhucharg, the capital city of Kaoling, boasts a particularly large temple dedicated to General Susumu called the Palace of the Black Daimyo.

Followers of the Black Daimyo recruit warriors from the followers of Shizuru who chafe under her codes of conduct and lure them down a path of achieving glory in battle at any cost. They take meticulous care of their implements of war, including their mounts, and are stalwart defenders (though motivated not by duty but by a fear of damaging their reputation through failure). The deaths of innocents in pursuit of victory are of no concern, and their reputation for relentless brutality often causes foes to flee merely on the sight of General Susumu's religious symbol in battle.

References

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