Hinamoto Family/Ryu

Ryu Hinamoto - The pride of the lions

"I borrow my name from my ancestors. I must return it to them unharmed. I borrow my honor from my descendants. In shaming myself, i shame them as well"

Ryu is the second son of the three that Hiroshi Hinamoto and Mai Kurokomo had and he follows the strict code of the Bushido as his father wanted to.

As a child, Ryu studied with Akodo Ginawa, the leader of the Lion clan and developed some incredible swordfighting skills. At the early age of 14 the elders of the Clan predicted that his strenght of will and spirit will bring nothing but great things to his family and the empire. Hiroshi was very proud of Ryu thing that pissed Kojiro and turned him more like a rebel.

At the age of 17 he arrived in Sirion, after the extense journey to free Rokugan from the Shadowlands. Lord Duhr from Trinbar took him under his wing and made him a knight of Trinbar. The General Romul Galmel at that time had great plans for the young Samurai. With the departure of Lord Duhr, he swore a new oath to the new Marquis of Trinbar, Erik Eyolf Serpentis who quickly understood who was Ryu and with his keen elven insticts knew that the young Samurai was a promising knight, it took a very few time until both became great friends.

As a member of the Army of Sirion, Ryu met Marshal Meristenzio Peristalticos, who tought him in the arts of strategy and army coordination beside guiding him on the basics of how this war was going on and the kind of enemies Sirion was facing. After some years as a soldier of the Army of Sirion, Ryu gain enough renown to be considered as a great knight.

Romul Galmel had to step down from the General position and so Sotomayor Al-Khali took it. After some months the time was come when Romul approached Ryu and mentioned a new project, a new army composed by loyal and devote nobles who will serve under a Red Dragon flag. Ryu took this opportunity and became the Vice-Marshal of the new Red Dragons.

Ryu became the Vice-Marshal but started to work as if he was the real Marshal. He put in practice thousands of new maneuvers and shaped this nobles until reached a point where the army was devastating. Every battle was won, every enemy region was devastated, The Red Dragons became the nightmare of his enemies, was then when Romul considered that Ryu was ready to take full leadership of the new army by himself. The Samurai choosed Brom Vats as his new Lieutenaut. A young and brave knight from Osslamar that as Ryu showed great skills in the army of Sirion. Together and with the Red Dragons they accomplished epic missions like the major raid on the southern part of Fontan lands where they came back intact.

Sirion militar progress was magnificent. Romul Galmel became the new Prime Minister of Sirion and Erik Eyolf Serpentis became a Red Dragons aswell. Meristenzio became the new general of Sirion and together with Ryu, Sirion was a war machine. Every battle was for Sirion, even Perdan with his great infantry and cavalry died on the Sirionite field.

General Meristenzio got captured, and it was Ryu the one in charge of the General position. He managed to set Sirion in an aggressive mode where the enemies who where many, had to take defensive positions and managed to have the most powerfull military force that Sirion ever saw.

Family issues forced the Samurai to abandon the militar aspect of Sirion and currently Ryu, has the Vice-Marshal position in the mighty Red Dragons, following the lead of Romul Galmel who once more took the leadership.