Yeah, I know. It's just in part an attempt to make it feel like it fits in with the rest of the shogi games, with the hope that other shogi variant enthusiasts would more readily adopt it. In any case, there are severl potential pieces. I'm interested in what you think might be a good fit:

-Mountain dove - from taikyoku shog i- one backward, or jumping every other space forward up to five landing squares (ten squares including jumped)

-Mountain stag - from taikyoku shogi - up to four squares backwards (non-jumping) or forward jumping every other square up to three squares, or one square forward

-Buddhist devil - from taikyoku shogi - just like the flying swallow, but only up to three landing squares (six total) forward (or of course, one backward)

-Old rat – from maka dai dai shogi - up to two squares (non-jumping) backwards, or up to two landing squares (four total) forward

-Flying dragon – maka dai dai - just like a bishop, only up to two landing squares (four total) forward or backward

I'm sure there are others, but that's a good start, and probably sufficient, as I feel the right piece is probably in that pool of options. Any stick out to you? Let me know :)

The promoted value would still remain the bishop, of course.