Takeshi Konda
| Takeshi Konda | |
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| Information | |
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| Species | Human |
| Job | Samurai |
| Birth, Life & Death | |
| Birthplace | Towabara Plains, Kamigawa |
| Lifetime | Kami War (The Thaw) |
| Born | c. 3150 AR |
| Death | 3227 AR (disintegrated) |
| Family | |
| Spouse | Yoshino (concubine) |
| Children | Michiko Konda |
| Sources | |
| Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa, Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa, Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa | |
Daimyo Takeshi Konda (KOHN-dah)[1] was one of the greatest human rulers of the plane of Kamigawa. He resided in the great castle of Eiganjo from which he established his reign over the majority of Kamigawa.[2][3]
History
Born on the Towabara Plains, Konda became a military prodigy and strategist. As a young man, Konda built Eiganjo Castle, drove out the surrounding bandits, and united a dozen local warlords to consolidate his power.[4][5] He had multiple concubines, his favorite of which, and the mother of his future daughter, was Lady Yoshino.
Konda's Crime
Years later, over fifty years old and ruling a united Towabara, Konda wanted to ensure eternal peace and prosperity for his people.[6] To achieve this objective, he did not hesitate to change the world. With the help of the results of Eight-and-a-Half-Tails' research, personal participation of ambassador Meloku of the soratami, Sensei Hisoka of Minamo, General Takeno, and an outbreak of sympathetic spiritual energy accompanying the birth of his daughter Michiko - whom Lady Yoshino died giving birth to - he performed a sacrilegious ritual.[7] During this time he broke the barrier between the mortal and spirit worlds, captured and imprisoned a major spirit - an important part of O-Kagachi himself. That Which Was Taken became his major interest, granting him immortality, a stop to his aging, incredible power, and invulnerability to kami, at the cost of most of his ki and perhaps all of his honor. Konda's crime triggered the Kami War, a devastating, twenty-year conflict between Kamigawa's mortal and spiritual worlds.
The Reckoning
At the climax of the Kami War, Konda and O-Kagachi were struck down by their daughters Michiko Konda and Kyodai (the Taken One), respectively. After her release, the Taken One punctured Konda's eyes, then petrified his immortal body and crushed him into a million pieces. Hundreds of years later, Konda's undying remains presumably still lie in the Jukai Forest.
Equipment
- Konda's Banner - a symbol of his rule.
Story appearances
In-game references
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- Quoted or referred to:
- Blind With Anger
- Hair-Strung Koto
- Hero's Demise
- In the Web of War
- Inner-Chamber Guard
- Isao, Enlightened Bushi
- Kami of Ancient Law
- Mannichi, the Fevered Dream
- Masako the Humorless
- Night of Souls' Betrayal
- Nine-Ringed Bo
- Ornate Kanzashi
- Pariah (Tenth Edition)
- Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor (Modern Horizons 3, #363)
- Reverence
- Swallowing Plague
- Threads of Disloyalty
- Unnatural Speed
References
- ↑ Magic Arcana (September 14, 2004). "A Kamigawa Glossary, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18.
- ↑ Rei Nakazawa (August 30, 2004). "We Are the Champions, My Friend". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (August 30, 2004). "Konda and Eiganjo Concept Art". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2020-04-10.
- ↑ Scott McGough. (2004.) Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-3140-X.
- ↑ Character Profile: Daimyo Konda (archived)
- ↑ Scott McGough. (2005.) Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa, Wizards of the Coast. ISBN-13 0-7869-3575-8.
- ↑ (2005). Betrayers of Kamigawa Player's Guide. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Magic Arcana (December 08, 2004). "Four Degrees of Konda". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29.