Kitsuki Shomon

Kitsuki Shomon was a bushi, duelist, and sensei of the Mirumoto style.

Appearance and Demeanor
Shomon was a stocky woman who would have been considered plain among courtiers. She became a follower of the Perfect Land, a sect which was considered heretical by the Brotherhood of Shinsei. One of their core tenets was that Rokugan had entered the Age of Declining Virtue and that samurai were the cause, having strayed from their proper path. The reports spoke of peasant armies assembling in the Dragon mountains to the north.

Sensei
In defiance of all convention, Shomon had established a dōjō in Ryokō Owari that accepted any student, anyone with the right to carry daishō, down to ronin. She even spared instructed peasants in jujutsu, the unarmed fighting style.

Manipulated
Shosuro Hyobu, governor of Ryōko Owari, wished to have her as a guest in one of her parties, but Shomon knew her reputation too well, and would not accept any invitation. Shomon was forced to issue a challenge to Bayushi Gensato, who had publicly disparaged Shomon's style, saying that it could not be worth much if ronin could learn it. She easily defeated the offender in a duel held during one of the Hyobu's parties. Shomon talked during the party with Yogo Hiroue, a conversation which gave to the Scorpion agent insight about Shomon's beliefs.