Shigure's Father/History

==Early History==
Shigure's father states that at some time in the past he had tried to steal the forging technique from the last remaining swordsmith and had his arm sliced off as a result. Since then, he lived alone in the mountains with his then unnamed daughter and had contracted a terminal illness sometime during this period. Yami make a request to him to make various weapons for Yami's Armed Divison. As they sponsored him so he could test and try various techniques. At one point, Kagerō Kii entered his home to retrieve Setsunamaru. Before the then-unnamed Shigure could take revenge for the bird, her father immediately sent Kii away, saying that the Yami member would have easily killed her. He was the Last Smith of Yami Armed Divison he had created all the weapons and Armor of the Hachiou Executioner Blade
A while later, Shigure's father met Akisame Kōetsuji when the latter was still young and travelling. As the two talked, he asked Akisame to kill him, to which he refused but stayed with them after seeing his seemingly indifferent attitude towards his daughter. However, Shigure's father is shown to truly care about his daughter when a boulder almost crushes her, convincing Akisame that there was no need for him to worry. Eventually, he goaded Akisame into a fight and was thrown from a cliff but was caught by his artificial arm. Shigure's father explained that he acted indifferently to his daughter in order to teach her not to become like him. Though Akisame tried to save him, he cut off his prosthetic hand and plummeted to his death. Before dying, however he had crafted one final sword which held the secrets of steel as his legacy for his daughter.