Ikoma Hidemasa

Hidemasa is not well remembered among the Ikoma.

He dishonored himself by fleeing a dual rather than facing his rival and became ronin.

Later Hidemasa died while defending a small village from bandits. There was only one survivor, a little boy.

The boy was so inspired by Hidemasa's courage that he took up one of the bandit's daisho and decided to become a samurai. That boy was Toku.

Recently Toku placed a piece of Iuchiban's heart inside the Shrine he arranged for Hidemasa in The Hall of Ancestors in the Lion lands. This piece is instrumental in finding Iuchiban's heart and to the destruction of Iuchiban.

It has now been retrieved by Hida Kisada.