Shiba Tetsu

Childhood
Shiba Tetsu is a difficult and unhappy child. He was changed forever when he ran away from his sensei at the Shiba bushi school. Tetsu fled into Mori Isawa and disappeared. He was gone all night and everybody thought that he's no longer alive, given the fact that the Isawa forest is dangerous. He did, however, and insisted that his survival was because of a beautiful Yuki no Onna who saved him from certain death. For the remainder of his life, he became a perfect bushi, mastering the sword and the arts.

A Foretelling
After the War of Spirits, the Yuki no Onna who saved him have sent a dream, a foretelling that the forest needs him and he decided that this is the time to fulfill his destiny. Once again, he disappered into the forest and never returned. Some say that he met his destiny by ending some great menace that dwelled withing Mori Isawa. Others believe that he somehow stabilized the spirit portal within the woods, preventing a terrible rift between the realms and Ningen-do from developing.

Whatever his fate be, Tetsu now lives in Yomi with his own ancestor, Shiba Kaigen.