Houjou Souun

About
Houjou Souun is the leader of the Houjou House, and currently the strongest human Diviner in all of JAPAN. Of the major leaders of the country, he is one of the most dedicated to solving its issues and saving it from global threats, and worked diligently with other Houses such as the Uesugi House, the Tenshi Sect and the Miko Institute to do so.

Though he was swamped with work and could spent little time with her, he has long had a close relationship with Nanjou Ran, a talented diviner. Despite some of their troubles, this culminated in a marriage proposal which Ran gladly accepted.

During the war with Oda, Ran tried as much as she could to help ease the weight on Souun's soldiers but was frustrated with her inferior power when compared to Souun. However when she became much more effective as she discovered her ability to unleash the fearsome firebird Suzaku, Souun warned her never to use it again as he was wary of the creature, and indeed soon discovered that it was an apostle of the Dark Lord Xavier.

Though Ran agreed to never use it, she was soon after captured by Oda, leaving Souun emotionally broken. When he was called to Mamushi Oil Field to defeat a powerful ogre, he ended up trapping himself with the monster to save his fellow diviners and stop the creatures.

He was eventually saved by Ran and Rance, who had been convinced to help look for him after the defeat of his House, but just as the ogres were defeated, Ran was called in front of him by the emerging Suzaku. Souun then joined forces with Oda in the hopes of avenging Ran and saving JAPAN.

After the end of the war, though no longer leader of the Houjou region, he remained a leader of the diviners and continues diligently working for JAPAN.

He and Nanjou Ran are in love with each other, but Souun's dedication to his work often gets in the way. He holds great hatred to suzaku for ran's death.

Abilities
He is a virgin, and very shy about the prospect of sex.

His relationship with Rance is an interesting one, as though Rance frequently mocks his virginity, he seems to have no problem spending time with him casually, which is quite a feat for a man.

Recruitment
In order to recruit Houjou Souun, the following actions must be completed:
 * Recruit Nanjou Ran.
 * She can be captured in battle after seeing an event where Souun reveals what Suzaku is and the consequences of using him are.
 * Once Ran is captured, an event will soon occur where Souun leaves Houjou territory to fight an ogre in the Mamushi Oil Field. This allows Ran to be recruited.
 * Watch both of Ran's purple events.
 * The second event will not be available until Houjou house has been conquered.
 * Make sure you are unable to enter the Ran route. This can be done either by entering any of the IF routes or breaking enough gourds to fully enter the true route. (NOTE: If the player is on their first playthrough, the Ran route is blocked, so you can ignore this step and move on at any time)
 * Complete all floors of the Oil Dungeon in Mamushi Oil Field. You will lose Ran as a result.
 * Souun will eventually join the army in a very low-priority beginning of turn event. This means that it's possible to push back his arrival with other events and you may not see him for a while.

Trivia

 * See Hojo Soun for historical reference.
 * He is one of miracle's dream team members.