Primary Weapon
Tetsubo

Roll to Keep & Hit
Roll Agility + skill, Keep Agility
8K3

Roll & Keep Damage
Roll Strength + Damage Rating, Keep Damage Rating
8K3+4 (Full Attack)

TN to be Hit
Reflexes x 5, plus Armor
20

Initiative
Roll Reflexes + Insight, Keep Reflexes
5K3

Glory: 0
Boxes: 0

Status: 2
Boxes: 0

Honor: 4
Boxes: 5

Skills (Emphases):

• Battle - 3
• Jiujutsu (Unarmed) - 3
  • +1 die rolled for damage
• Kenjutsu (Swords) - 2
• Kyujutsu (Archery) - 1
• Lore: History - 1
• Subojutsu (Heavy Weapons: Tetsubo) - 5
  • +2 Insight
  • Wound Penalties to attack rolls are reduced by this skill when using a tetsubo.
• Underworld (Organized Crime) - 2
• Yarijutsu (Spears) - 2

Equipment
Katana (3K2)
Wakizashi (2K2)
Yumi
20 standard arrows (2K2)
Tetsubo (0K3)
Naginata (1K3)
Light armor (+5)
Kimono
Sandals
Traveling pack
Koku: 3

Techniques

The Lion's Roar

• Add Honor Rank to all Damage rolls.
• Gain a number of Free Raises equal to School Rank when in Full Attack. These Raises may only be used for additional damage.

Matsu's Fury

• Once per combat, when you make a successful attack, add your Water Ring to all subsequent attack rolls.
• If in Full Attack, gain this bonus a number of times equal to School Rank, and also add it to damage rolls.
• Benefits are lost upon Full Defense or if you do not attack for a number of rounds equal to your Insight Rank.

Shadowlands Taint:
Boxes:

Advantages
Large (+5 TN to all social rolls. +1 die rolled for melee damage.)
Bishamon's Blessing (For every two Raises on an attack roll, gain a Free Raise.)

Disadvantages
Deathseeker (Gain no Glory. Ever. Must die an honorable death to cleanse dishonor.)
Unlucky: 1 rank (Once per session, the GM can force you to re-roll any roll you have just made.)

Notes

Matsu Ako is a failure. He reached his gempukku two years late. He tripped while marching in a parade in front of his family's daimyo. He broke the arm of his sensei his first week of unarmed training. He dropped his sword in the heat of battle.

Eventually, to the surprise of no one, Ako's failures mounted to the point that his family cast him out. His brothers turned their backs on him, and the Matsu nearly stripped him of his name. but before they made him ronin, they gave him the opportunity to join the Deathseekers and vindicate himself in glorious death.

Two years later, Ako has yet to find it. Throwing himself with reckless abandon into the most furious combat, wanting only to die and cleanse his name, Ako has survived to this day with many scars and his life. So far, he is even a failure as a Deathseeker.