Sonosuke

Akodo Sonosuke was a bushi of the Lion Clan who lost his entire unit due to a poorly-conceived maneuver by his commander. He was considered shamed for having survived, but refused to commit seppuku, becoming the ronin Sonosuke. He eventually became the leader of the Wolves, a ronin brotherhood, and brought them to the Naishou Province, a loosely-governed region. They camped in the Wolves' Den in the Kawa Forest. The two other ronin Sonosuke trusts most were a samurai-ko named Hiroko and an archer called Shigekazu.