Shika (Champion)

Shika was a matchmaker who became the Deer Clan Founder.

Matchmaker
In the year 618, as the Imperial heir prepared to ascend the Throne, court astrologers foresaw a catastrophe, and they sought auguries across the Empire. A matchmaker claiming to be skilled in an unknown art arrived at the Imperial Court, and the Emperor granted an audience with his son. After the conversation, the heir began a pilgrimage to see the sunrise at the Castle of the Centipede, following a request made by the matchmaker. The journey was an uneventful one, aside from a few new friends made along the road by the heir.

Deer Clan
Three years later, the new Emperor took the Throne and the newly formed Deer Clan was granted formal ownership of the Aokami Forest under the leadership of the matchmaker, the first to carry the family name Shika. The friends the heir made along the road became pillars who supported him through the hardest days on the Throne.