Setsuo

Setsuo was the leader of Twin Blessings Village, and his mother was the previous leader of the village. He bore a son, Ichiro. Path of Waves, p. 126, 131, 133
== Appearance and Demeanor ==
Setsuo was a lean, hardworking man with strong arms and a bent back. He had a grey hair, rough skin, and bright eyes, features from years of stooping in the rice paddies. Setsuo was optimistic, lively, and genuinely fond of visitors and the news they might bring from the rest of Rokugan. Setsuo had received more of an education than most peasants, with knowledge of court politics, samurai etiquette, and geography. As a youth, he left to live in Hirosaka, where he gained experience of things he won't admit to. Setsuo was also cunning and willing to lie to the magistrate when taxes must be paid, in order for the village to prosper. He questioned his place in the Celestial Order, but he disliked violence. Setsuo was a great man, but in his youth, he made some grave mistakes. 
== True Love ==
Setsuo was in love with Otoha, but she left the village and married at Hirosaka. She eventually returned and built a way station to offer rest to weary travelers. The villagers disapproved of her marrying outside the village. This was partly because Setsuo maintained that she used her knowledge of herbs to force him to love her before abandoning him. Path of Waves, pp. 133-134
== Son ==
His son, Ichirō, abandoned the village and began to lead the bandits in the nearby forest. Sins of Regret, pp. 5-6
== New Shugo ==
Reju Jikai was appointed as the new shugo of Closed-Shell Castle, which oversaw the wvillage. Jikai was a harsh master who overtaxed the villagers, ruining a once-prosperous and productive village, bringing misery to many people in a relatively brief time. Under Setsuo's direction, villagers had taken to hiding valuables around the village, wrapped in cloth and buried under a shallow layer of earth, to hide them from Jikai's samurai. The magistrate Reju Tsugumasa was sent to collect the rice tax from the village, and he soon realized the ledger was not accurate. He had taken into custody Setsuo, leaving Natsumi as leader in his place. Eventually a plot to overthrow him was uncovered by a group of samurai. Sins of Regret, pp. 2, 6-7, 9 
== See also ==
* Setsuo/Meta
Category:Peasants (TCG)