A'op'chtch-tchr

A'op'chtch-tchr was the nickname of a Sword of Yotsu ronin after he became adopted by the nezumi.

Yoriki
The ronin had joined the Sword of Yotsu to provide protection for the helpless. As yoriki to a magistrate he was investigating an abandoned farmhouse, seeking Scorpion who supposedly had taken refuge there, their clan disbanded after the Scorpion Coup. He found three nezumi pups, and stroke down his charge when magistrate when was beginning to kill the infants as vermin.

Outlaw
The ronin escaped with the only surviving creature, a female who he called Nozomi. In turn, she called him "A'op'chtch-tchr." A bounty was placed upon his head for the death of the magistrate.