Hachiro

Hachiro was a peasant who lived in the farming village of Chibasu.

Family
Hachiro was the son of Gendo.

Bandits
His fater warned him about a road that led to the mountains. He did not know that the villagers worked out a very profitable exchange with the pirates of the Serpents of Sanada, which had a hidout in these mountains.

Broken Tiger
In 1168 he was still a boy when ronin bandits led by a man known as the Broken Tiger stormed the village, killing the few Lion samurai guards. One of the guards killed a bandit who was ready to take Hachiro's life. The boy run and saw how the attackers overwhelmed the Lion. The Broken tiger killed it and planted a Dragon Wakizashi. It was an intent to misdirect to Lion retaliation toward their enemies in the War of Silk and Steel, the dragon.

Revenge
When the Lion led by Akodo Bakin came to investigate, Hachiro told Kishimoto, Bakin's ronin advisor, what had happened. The Lion found and destroy the bandits and the Drunken Tiger was killed.