Matsu Shimesu

Matsu Shimesu was a bushi and armorer of the Lion Clan.

Birth and Childhood
In 1100, when he was a child, he was supposed to be exchanged for one year with a Kakita child as an act of goodwill. Both the escorts were slaughtered by agents of the Scorpion Clan, and the children were stolen in an effort to sow animosity between the Crane and Lion Clans.

Bayushi Sozui
The Kakita child was raised by the Scorpion as Bayushi Sozui. When Shimesu grew up he had been watching Sozui for many years. He blamed the Scorpion and her clan for much of his misfortune in life.

Legacy of the Forge
Shimesu was an armorer at the Castle of the Swift Sword when he saw Sozui investigating the scrolls of the Kitsu, for an unknown but ill purpose. Shimesu told it to the shikken Tankenka. The Scorpion was reading the Kitsu Jikai's accounts, and Shimesu retrieved the last part before Sozui could read them, which told of the Legacy of the Forge and the danger if they would be unleashed over the Mortal Wordl. The scroll was hidden in a hirajiro upon the Plains of Battle. When Tankenka arrived Sozui already had moved to Toshi Ranbo. Tankenka continued on to Toshi Ranbo, leaving Shimesu behind to safeguard knowledge of their findings.