Ikkitousen ~Dragon Destiny~: Object of Interest

Dragons of Hao. The Ruling Dragon or Shouryuu (Dragon Lord) is an enigmatic entity or entities resembling a massive oriental dragon conferred uniquely upon the three destined rulers of the Three Kingdom period: Hakufu, Sousou and Ryuubi. It is proof of their birthright as conquerors. They confer massive power onto each of them, putting them well above the ranks regardless of their own skill, though each manifestation varies.

They do however create terrible destructive impulses that differ for each character. Hakufu's manifests a berserk sadistic psycho-sexual monster but less so than Ryuubi and Sousou. Sousou's is psychotic and the most malicious but otherwise completely in control, while Ryuubi's is completely out of control to the point of suicidal and self-mutilating. It is also the most evil, radiating deathly energy. Because of these traits Kaku believed Toutaku had a dragon. Ryomou also has a dragon, but only Saji, Teifu and the main characters of Seito, excluding Ryuubi, know of it. What purpose she has possessing it is unknown. Koumei is believed to harbor a dragon as well because Ryuubi saw it for a brief moment.

Typically when a dragon manifests, the eyes of the Toushi either glow red or turn yellow with cat-like slits. The forearms also manifest bulging veins; fangs are also sometimes shown. Each dragon is of a different color; Hakufu's is blue, Sousou's is red, and Ryuubi's is gold. Ryomou's dragon appears to be her own, not Ryubi's, and is black. Koumei is shown with a silver dragon referred to as the Crouching Dragon.

Magatama are jewels worn as earrings by all Toushi which contain the spirits and essence of warriors from the era of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. They impart their power and fate upon each Toushi which range from average to incredibly powerful but come with the will of the spirit within and ultimately their fate, which usually tends to be tragic and painful. However, a few characters seem to be in the process of defeating their fates, even though the cycle has played over repeatedly for 1800 years. Not every fate is the same however; numerous important characters are missing, and some relationships and obviously personalities have been drastically altered, but the end results are significantly analogous.

Some magatama are very selective; others can switch their magatamas increasing their own personal power. They indicate a Toushi's skill and power by a distinctive color related to the Olympic medal system, which often tends to be misleading with certain characters. The ambiguity of it is further enhanced by the anime's introduction of Hakufu's jade magatama (which briefly turned red when she was possessed by Toutaku) and blood red magatama. Toutaku and Koumei have red ones.

The Dragon Jade is a gold oriental dragon coiling around a gold orb sealed in a glass orb. It has the ability to tame a dragon and thus change the destiny of any Toushi. For that reason all sides are actively pursuing it. It is extremely mythical until Ryomou Shimei found it. Initially, everyone thought it didn't exist. A mysterious monk (happens to be Kanshou Kouchu) told Ryomou about the Dragon Jade that prompt her to find it. Ryomou, however, was ambushed by Myosai Kakouen. She did manage to escape with the Dragon Jade. She tries to test out the Dragon Jade by using it on Ryuubi Gentoku.

Instead of taming the dragon inside her, the Dragon Jade awake Ryuubi's dragon, causing it to run amok inside her for weeks. Then, Ryomou almost loses the Dragon Jade to Teni who badly injure Ryomou in the process. She is later defeated by Shiryu Chou-un, who stole the Dragon Jade from Ryomou and brought it to Unchou Kan'u. According to the monk, it will only activate when all three dragons are roused and brought together, but Ryomou is seen holding it and activating it creating a blue aura, making her left eye glow blue and allowing the summoning of a black dragon during her battle with Chou-un.

Guan Yu's legendary Green Dragon Crescent Blade visually accurately depicted and carried by Kan'u at all times though supposedly made of jewel rather than metal. Extremely powerful and possessing massive energy.

The Imperial seal supposedly found by Sonken, Hakufu's father, Gyokuji is a large jade seal that serves a role similar to a Royal Crown. Whoever carries it is granted authority over all the other nations but it expectedly becomes a big target for everyone. Seito Academy originally held it before Toutaku stole it, but it eventually went to Ryomou from Ryofu who passed to Saji then finally back to Seito.