Chiroru

During the Battle of Sleeping River two dozen ronin where dispatched ahead of the armies of the clans. Chiroru is the only one who survived to see the battles conclusion. He was offered a place in the Fox Clan. He replied, "My borthers died without a clan, Kitsune-sama. If I arrive in Jigoku wearing your mon, they will not know me." He died and his ashes were spread across the Sleeping River Plain. (Wolf p42)