Hamuko

Soshi Hamuko was a beautiful shugenja of the Scorpion Clan, niece of Soshi Bantaro and liaison to Shosuro Hametsu, the Shosuro Daimyo. Hamuko worked as a courtier on assignment to Kyuden Isawa. Way of the Thief, p. 15 Her duty was to gain the favors offered by suitors and keep them just out of reach of their goal. Way of the Thief, p. 59 
== Ronin ==
After the Scorpion Coup her life was spared but her name and titles were stripped. After gaining her ronin status, her life improved and many other clans made bids to have her join them. Hamuko refused them all because she had her own plans for her new-found ronin status and none of them included selling her Soshi secrets. Way of the Wolf, pp. 15-16 Hamuko was now in possession of all she desired without any restrictions from her clan or her family, as she told in the essay "Ronin". 
== Death ==
After the Second Day of Thunder the Scorpion was reinstated as a Great Clan once more. Hamuko could not stand the thought of a life trapped by the boundaries of clan and refused to rejoin her brethren, which eventually led to her death, murdered by Scorpion agents. 
Soshi Hamuko
Category:Ronin