Shiba Seishisai

Shiba Seishisai was the commander of the Provincial Guard.

Appearance
Seishisai was a seasoned warrior, with a graying hair and a long scar run along his left thumb. He used to wear simple warrior's clothes with a Menhari-Gata in his obi, as his commander's badge of office.

Station
Seishisai wa a shireikan whose battle strategies and current posting were studied by the Lion Clan. His success on the battlefield earned him the appointment as commander of the Provincial Guard, defenders of Nikesake area. Her wife, a former yojimbo, raised their children in Kyuden Isawa. Seiishisai worked closely with the city governor, Shiba Ekken, who allowed him to militarize the surrounding villages but not to form a civic militia in Nikesake itself. His plans were supported by the philosopher Isawa Kuki, but the opposition from the nun Chinone.