Shinjo Rojin

Shinjo Rojin was the founder of the group known as Rojin's Wanderers. Believed dead during the Clan War, but he had merely disappeared during and exploration of the Plains Above Evil, and had not returned for three years. When he returned he revealed the vast iron and lumber resources he had come across and was rewarded by Moto Gaheris with nearly unlimited funds to support his next expidition. Seventy bushi accompanied him, and thus Rojin's Wanderers were born. His only son was Shinjo Juro who was the child of a geisha who Rojin had grown to comfortable with. When hearing about his son he immediately acknowledged him, and began taking the boy along on his adventures. After disappearing during an expedition to the Burning Sands his son took command of the group. (Samurai pp. 71-72)