Shosuro Yu

Shosuro Yu was a Shosuro Actor of the Scorpion Clan.
== Training ==
Yu was a superb Shosuro-trained actor who was able to take on any persona with ease. Their hazel eyes seemed to change color to best match with the persona he was in disguise. Wedding at Kyotei Castle, p. 13
== Kintani Valley ==
Yu was the agent of one of Bayushi Shoju's spymasters, and he was in charge to prevent an alliance between the Crane and Phoenix. He impersonated as Ide Torao, a a trader who made his living opening new roads and maintaining alliances for the Unicorn Clan. Wedding at Kyotei Castle Handouts
=== Damasu Family ===
In 1120 Yu was sent to help the geisha Reika, who had escaped Kyotei Castle after she killed the Tsume Daimyō Tsume Retsu. Reika was the last member of the extinct Damasu family, who had been annihilated one generation ago by Retsu's forces when he conquered the castle, a strategic stronghold close to Toshi Ranbo and the Phoenix Clan city of Nikesake. The Scorpion Clan's spy network knew the history of Kyotei Castle and discovered Reika's secret, which they planned to use to deprive the Crane Clan of their castle. Reika and his retainer the rōnin Itto lived on the road for some years, gathering rōnin allies to her cause in the promise that she would one day elevate them to be Damasu samurai. Yu joined the group impersonated as the rōnin Kuu. Wedding at Kyotei Castle, p. 8
=== Wedding at Kyotei Castle ===
Yu helped Reika appeal to the Lion Clan and be adopted as Damasu no Akodo Maeda. In 1123 Maeda attempted to kidnap and marry Retsu's son and her former lover, Tsume Takashi, rekindling his love for her to convince him to marry her. Yu was another of the guests, impersonated as Ide Torao. Wedding at Kyotei Castle, p. 3 The persona of Torao was a clean-shaven if smug man with long black hair tied into a high bun with an embroidered purple-and-gold ribbon. He had a tendency toward being boisterous, and could perform a number of traditional Unicorn songs well enough to fool most people. Yu had been stirring up bandit activity in the region, killed the crane to descrate the local shrine to force the wedding to move to another place, and passed information to Itto and Maeda's band to coordinate the kidnapping and the Akodo attack on the castle. Eventually a group of samurai foiled her plan and Maeda was slain in the process. Takashi married Shiba Itsuyo, daugther of the Lord of Nikesake, and resigned his position to committ seppuku. Doji Kuzunobu, husband to the Crane Clan Champion Doji Hotaru and one of the wedding's guests, accepted her oaths of fealty to the Doji family and recognized her as the new lord. It streghtened the bonds between both clans and assure the Phoenix support in case of being threatened by the Lion Clan. Love and Death (FFG Web)
== See also ==
* Shosuro Yu/Meta
Category:Scorpion Clan Members (TCG)