Shinroku

Shinroku was a Maho-tsukai of the Spider Clan.

Bloodspeaker Cell
Shinroku was the leader of a small cell of Spider Clan maho-tsukai, and Toji was his bodyguard and lieutenant. They settled in the ruins of a Naga outpost in the forest near the small village of Mushi Mura. He wanted to create a hidden pocket of Tainted land that could be used as a safe haven for both creatures of the Shadowlands and worshippers of Fu Leng. He intended to transform the Naga ruins into a necropolis where he will hide a small army of zombies.

Seizing Mushi Mura
Shinroku and his followers ambushed Mushi Mura's samurai protector Takashi, who fled with several of his budoka. Toji took his place as the village's samurai protector, and many of the villagers were tainted by Shinroku, increasing their ranks. Hostages were taken, to be sacrificed in foul maho rituals to begin the desecration of the Naga ruins. Shinroku anticipated that more samurai would eventually come to investigate and posed as a carpenter of the village.

Group of Samurai
When a group of samurai arrived, alerted by a message sent by Takashi, Toji tried to send them away with assurances that everything was fine and the message was a false alert.