Emma

## Description

**Emma** (エマ) is a doctor, who was tasked by her master, Isshin Ashina, with helping Wolf in his quest to rescue Kuro from Genichiro.

When she was just a child, the Sculptor, at that time the shinobi known as Orangutan, saved her from a battlefield and let his dear friend, lord Dogen, adopt her. Wishing to repay his master, she started studying medicine from a young age and became a skilled doctor.

She's first seen in the prologue, walking towards the Ashina Reservoir, dropping a letter for Sekiro and will later join him at the Dilapidated Temple.

The young doctor is fascinated by the white mark that the Dragon's Heritage left on Wolf's face, but at the same time she's worried that his newfound power of resurrection will come at a cost. If Wolf holds a bell charm, she'll suggest to speak with the Sculptor, since he has a deep knowledge on how Buddha can reawake forgotten memories from such items.

She is later found atop of Ashina Castle, alongside Kuro and Genichiro, who's once again asking the young lord to accept him in his pact. After Wolf takes revenge on Genichiro, Emma will show up again to inform Sekiro that she means no harm to him, but before explaining any further, she's shocked to see the apparently lifeless body of Genichiro rising up once again.

With Genichiro's flight from the castle, she'll finish telling Wolf that the master who sent her to deliver that letter to Wolf at the beginning of the story was none other than Isshin Ashina himself, who wished to save his grandson Kuro from Genichiro.

She'll now stay in Kuro's room, pleased to continue helping him and Wolf, even now that her task is completed. If Isshin is missing from his room, she'll suggest that he might have left a note somewhere with his whereabouts. After talking to him, Emma further explains that, unlike the one Wolf possesses, the resurrective power of Genichiro derives from his consumption of the Rejuvenating Sediment, which also granted his flesh a steady resistance to any wound, no matter how lethal one might be.

Since the aroma of the incense burner reminded Kuro of a sakura tree that used to be found behind the castle, he'll ask Wolf to interrogate Emma on the matter: she'll inform Sekiro that it was called the Everblossom and it was brought by Lord Takeru from the Divine Realm, but a long time ago someone cut a branch from it, causing the tree to die.

As the Central Forces invade Ashina Castle for the first time, if Lady Butterfly has been defeated and the Ashina Sake, Monkey Booze and Unrefined Sake have been offered to the Sculptor, she'll be found in the Dilapidated Temple. After being talked to there, she'll move to Isshin's room, where eavesdropping on here reveals she's afraid Genichiro has acquired the black Mortal Blade.

Should Wolf obeys his father's orders and succumb to bloodlust, Emma and later Isshin will step in to stop him.

Once Wolf defeats the Divine Dragon, when the Central Forces invades Ashina Castle for the final time, she's located inside Kuro's room, next to the corpse of Isshin.

## Location

* Dilapidated Temple: to the left of the temple coming from the Sculptor's Idol.
	+ She may move inside to interact with the Sculptor.
* Upper Tower - Kuro's Room: by the Sculptor's Idol, after Genichiro is defeated.
	+ She may be found right past the Castle Tower Lookout Sculptor's Idol.
	+ After the Divine Dragon is defeated, she'll be kneeled near Isshin's corpse.

## Progression #1 (A Strange Medicine)

After being defeated by Genichiro, Wolf will meet Emma for the first time in the Dilapidated Temple, where she explains the Healing Gourd was created by her as a gift for the Divine Heir and that the volume of its medicinal waters can be expanded by bringing her Gourd Seed.

## Progression #2 (Dragonrot)

Should Wolf die repeatedly, the Sculptor and other characters Sekiro interacted with will start contracting Dragonrot.

This terrible disease born from the stagnation of the blood of the Dragon's Heritage once afflicted Ashina years before, but no cure was found: examining the blood of the Sculptor, she theorizes a medicine can be crafted, if Wolf can fetch her a sample of blood from another infected.

Upon completing this task, Emma will donate to Wolf a charm and a Dragon Blood Droplet that will vanquish any trace of Dragonrot from the land: to celebrate, she'll also give the shinobi some sake to offer to the Sculptor.

## Progression #3 (Father's Bell Charm)

### Ashina Castle (Upper Tower - Kuro's Room)

After Wolf gives Kuro the Lotus of the Palace or the Shelter Stone, the young lord will tell the shinobi that the Divine Heir's blood is a fundamental ingredient for the Fountainhead Aroma and Wolf will suggest to question Emma on how to possibly shed his blood.

Although reluctantly, she'll explain that only the Mortal Blade can draw the blood of a Divine Heir.

After reporting back to Kuro and eavesdropping on him upon reloading the area, she'll be found atop of the staircase to the right of the Sculptor's Idol and, if spoken further of the matter, she'll tell Wolf that her hope is to find a way to free Kuro from his burden without taking the young lord's life, asking the shinobi if he wants to help her in this research.

Once Owl is dead, if Wolf has agreed with Emma that Kuro's life must be spared, she'll inform Sekiro that Lady Tomoe's diary she has found might hint at a solution, but she has to visit the tombs where she and Takeru are buried first.

### Ashina Castle (Old Grave)

Spoken to, she'll hesitate to tell Wolf anything, saying she needs to consult with her old friend Orangutan, the Sculptor's shinobi name.

### Ashina Outskirts (Dilapidated Temple)

At the temple, Wolf can eavesdrop on her and the Sculptor to discover that this path to save Kuro might mean the death of Sekiro: if he decides to confront with Emma anyway, she'll reveal that the way Lady Tomoe found to sever the immortality of the previous Divine Heir Takeru was to commit suicide with the Mortal Blade after offering him a sakura flower from the Everblossom. She doesn't wish to lose neither Kuro nor Wolf, but if asked to, she'll give the shinobi a charm that fell off his foster father's corpse.

## Progression #4 (Endgame)

### Ashina Castle (Upper Tower - Kuro's Room)

When spoken after the fight with the Divine Dragon, she'll refuse any drink, may reward Wolf with Mushin Esoteric Text, if the requirement is met, and can give Sekiro the Recovery Charm (and Dragon Blood Droplet) without needing a blood sample.

## Progression #5 (Sake)

If offered a drink, she will reminisce about what it reminds her of:

* Ashina Sake leads her to inform Sekiro that, as a doctor, she has uses for sake other than drinking it, like for purification.
* Dragonspring Sake makes her explain that whenever Lord Isshin got his hands on Dragonspring sake, everyone would gather at the castle for a rowdy party.
* Monkey Booze brings up her memory of being rescued by an "ape" when she was young and alone in the aftermath of a battlefield.
* Unrefined Sake causes her to let Sekiro ask who taught her to use a blade, to which she replies it was Lord Isshin. She claims it is a passing interest for her, although she has the desire to kill a demon.

* Dilapidated Temple
* Dragonrot-related
* Ashina Castle
* Regarding Severance
* Drinking Sake & Eavesdropping

**Wolf**: Who are you?
**Emma**: My name is Emma. I am a doctor serving a certain master.
**Wolf**: What master?
**Emma**: Forgive me, but... for his safety, I cannot reveal his identity. However, my master gave explicit orders... to assist you in any way I can.
**Wolf**: ..........
 **Presenting Healing Gourd** | **Wolf**: You made this gourd?
**Emma**: Yes. It was intended for Lord Kuro. But it seems he entrusted it to you. I'm sure you may have noticed, but... The medicinal waters in this gourd spring forth on their own. Even after being emptied you'll find it full again, after a short rest.
**Wolf**: Yes. Is there a way to improve it?
**Emma**: Bring me Gourd Seeds.
**Wolf**: Gourd Seeds...?
**Emma**: Yes. Medicinal waters flow from Gourd Seeds. Adding new seeds will increase the volume of these medicinal waters. If you find any, bring them to me.
 **Talking** | **Emma**: I'd like to make a request.
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: ... Please, show me your face.
**Wolf**: What?
**Emma**: ...... Hmm... this white mark... Is it a birthmark?
**Wolf**: No.
**Emma**: Then... that must mean it appears on those who have received the Dragon's Heritage... Or perhaps... it's a symptom...? Hmm...
**Wolf**: ... Are you done?
**Emma**: Yes, that will be all. I'm sorry... that was rather rude of me.

* Talking again

 **Talking again** | **Emma**: I still don't understand the particulars, but... It appears as though your body is no longer confined by the rules of our world. Come and see me if you notice anything alarming.
 **Giving Gourd Seed** | **Wolf**: Is this a Gourd Seed?
**Emma**: Yes. Bring it here. Plant the seed into the gourd. Perfect. Now the volume of medicinal waters in your gourd will increase.
**Wolf**: Such a strange medicine...
**Emma**: Is it strange...? Hmm... I don't take any offense to that. If it's effective then that's cause for celebration, whether it's strange or not. That's what my mentor Dogen taught me.
**Wolf**: I see.
 **Talking While Having Young Lord's Bell Charm** | **Emma**: Oh...? Did I hear the ringing of a chime?
**Wolf**: It was probably this bell. I was told to offer it to Buddha.
**Emma**: Does the bell hold any significance for you? If it does, talk to the Sculptor. He is quite knowledgeable when it comes to Buddha.

**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: As I thought... the difference is slight... and I can only see it from up close...
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: Dragon's Blood stagnation. I believe you're showing its symptoms.
**Wolf**: Stagnation?
**Emma**: Dogen, my mentor, spoke of it once. The power of the Dragon's Heritage becomes tainted the more you use it. When the stagnation has built up too much, it overflows.
**Wolf**: What happens when it overflows?
**Emma**: Diseases spread, apparently. I hope this is just me being unnecessarily cautious... But if you should notice anything alarming--
 **Talking After Resurrecting At Least Once** | **Emma**: Hmm... Notice anything different?
**Wolf**: ... Yes.
**Emma**: Like what?
**Wolf**: I died... The Divine Heir's voice reached out to me... And suddenly I was alive again.
**Emma**: So you died... and now you're alive again. So that means it has to do with resurrection.
**Wolf**: Resurrection?
**Emma**: Lord Kuro... It's said to be a power of the Divine Heir's Dragon Heritage. Those who have been given the power of resurrection - they are revived upon death. Repeatedly.
**Wolf**: ......... Impossible.
**Emma**: Yes. It is rather strange. And yet, it is happening here and now... Let me know if you notice any more changes. I don't think the power of resurrection comes without a cost.

**Emma**: My mentor Dogen spoke of it before. He said that repeated death causes the Dragon's Blood to stagnate. And stagnating past a certain point will cause the Dragon's Eye to overflow... You're showing symptoms of overflowing stagnation. That is my diagnosis. If you should notice anything alarming, come and see me.
**Wolf**: There must be a way to treat the Dragonrot.
**Emma**: The first step is to look through my mentor's research and see if I can discover a way... The Dragonrot and the overflow of stagnation... There must be some link between the two. For my research... I need you to find me blood samples from others who are afflicted.
**Wolf**: I'll see what I can find.
 **When Emma is With the Sculptor Afflicted with Dragonrot** | **Wolf**: What are you doing?
**Emma**: ... Hm? Oh, I didn't realise you were here. The Sculptor has been coughing blood... I took a sample of this blood for my Dragonrot research.
**Wolf**: A sample of his blood?
**Emma**: Yes. Blood that he's coughed up. The colour of the blood itself appears to be tainted... stagnant. But... the Sculptor's blood alone isn't enough to reach any conclusions...
**Wolf**: Is there anything I can do?
**Emma**: Yes... Bring me samples of blood coughed up by others that suffer from the Dragonrot. If I have more, I'll be able to learn more about the disease.
**Wolf**: If I come across anyone afflicted by the Dragonrot, I'll ask them.
**Emma**: Thank you.

* Talking again

**Emma**: For my research... I need you to find me blood samples from others who are afflicted.
**Wolf**: I'll see what I can find.
 **After Obtaining Dragonrot Sample** | **Wolf**: I've obtained one.
**Emma**: A blood sample. Let me see... The colouration is very similar to the Sculptor's. The colour is just slightly tainted. But what's this...? Hmm...
**Wolf**: Do you have enough blood?
**Emma**: ... I believe so. Allow me to continue my research into the Dragonrot. When we speak again, it's likely I'll have made a breakthrough. In fact, count on it.

* Talking Again

 **Talking Again** | **Emma**: I've been waiting for you.
**Wolf**: Any progress?
**Emma**: Yes, I've found some answers. The source of the Dragonrot is the stagnation in your blood.
**Wolf**: What causes the stagnation?
**Emma**: The blood has only a limited amount of power available to it. Let's say you've used all of this power... and then you attempt to resurrect again. The resurrection still occurs, but... It must draw on power from another source.
**Wolf**: From those that have the Dragonrot?
**Emma**: I believe so.
**Wolf**: For those who have the Dragonrot...
**Emma**: The natural life force that everyone has, that allows them to live their lives and function as human beings, has been taken from them. Their blood has stagnated.
**Wolf**: Can it be cured?
**Emma**: Yes, by giving back what has been taken. Here you are.
 **Talking** | **Emma**: There was a Dragonrot epidemic in Ashina once before. Back then, a cure was not achieved... every single person who caught it, died.
**Wolf**: ... I see.
 **After Sculptor is Cured** | **Emma**: It seems the Sculptor's Dragonrot has been cured.
**Wolf**: You had him take the medicine?
**Emma**: Yes. Please, give this to him. *(Gives Ashina Sake)*
**Wolf**: What is it?
**Emma**: It's his favorite "tea." I thought it would be a fitting way to celebrate his return to health.

**Emma**: Oh, is this Dragonspring? I'll have some. Ahh....Goodness.
**Wolf**: What's wrong?
**Emma**: Nothing, it's just whenever Lord Isshin got his hands on Dragonspring... Everyone would start gathering at Ashina castle and a rather rowdy party would ensue. Every time that happened, I'd leave Lord Dogen all on his lonesome, and I'd stroll around the rear of the castle.
**Wolf**: Behind the castle? Why?
**Emma**: ......... Well... I'd go to the Fountainhead Spiral.
**Wolf**: What is that?
 **Given Ashina Sake** | **Wolf**: I brought sake.
**Emma**: Oh my... That is generous of you. I accept. Ahhh... Delicious. As a doctor, I do have other uses for sake beyond just drinking.
**Wolf**: For purification?
**Emma**: Yes. It can also help those with a low tolerance for pain. But when I was a child, I couldn't stand the smell of it.
**Wolf**: You've been been doing medical work ever since you were a child?
**Emma**: Yes. I wanted to be of use to my mentor... Master Dogen. I used to compete with my fellow disciples to treat patients. In those days, arrow and sword wounds were frightfully common.
**Wolf**: ......... I see.
**Emma**: .........
**Wolf**: What's wrong?
**Emma**: It's nothing. Sometimes, shinobi would come for treatment as well. There was once... a rather difficult patient.
**Wolf**: Difficult in what way?
**Emma**: He said very little. I didn't know where he was hurt or how much pain he was in... I had no information to go on. It was maddening.
**Wolf**: I see.
**Emma**: ... None of this sounds familiar to you?
**Wolf**: What?
 **Given Monkey Booze** | **Wolf**: Here.
**Emma**: Oh, this is... This is Monkey Booze.
**Wolf**: Something wrong?
**Emma**: Well, let me try it. Augh! It... It burns so bad... Let's see... Yes, monkeys... I seem to have a strong connection with monkeys.
**Wolf**: You do?
**Emma**: Yes. I was rescued by a monkey after all.
**Wolf**: .........
**Emma**: You don't believe me, do you? ......... When I was young, I stood alone in the aftermath of a battlefield. I was alone, and staring dumbfounded. I could do nothing... neither cry nor even get angry. Complete shock... And then there was a monkey... eating a rice ball. A monkey... maybe an ape... Maybe... either way, he made it look so delicious. I remember being angry at that. But then, then he gave me the rice ball. It tasted so good...
**Wolf**: What a kind monkey.
 **Given Unrefined Sake** | **Wolf**: Here, for you.
**Emma**: Oh my... If this isn't... Lord Isshin's favorite sake. I'll have some!
Ahh, delicious. ......... Please.
**Wolf**: Hmm?
**Emma**: Say... something.
**Wolf**: ... There is something I'd like to ask you.
**Emma**: Of course.
**Wolf**: Who trained you to fight with a blade?
**Emma**: A blade...? I'm a doctor.
**Wolf**: Yes, but who?
**Emma**: ... Lord Isshin. But I only have a passing interest.
**Wolf**: I do not believe your skill counts... As a mere passing interest. Why did you learn?
**Emma**: Well, not to kill people...
**Wolf**: ...what do you mean?
**Emma**: No... I don't have the slightest desire to kill anyone. It's just...I would want to kill a demon if one were to appear.
**Wolf**: A demon...?
 **Discussing Severance with Sculptor** | **Sculptor**: Emma... Does that sit well with you?
**Emma**: I can't honestly say. To achieve their goal of Immortal severance... Either he, or Lord Kuro... Must die.
**Sculptor**: .........
**Emma**: Why does that have to be the only way...?
**Sculptor**: So... will you keep that from them?
 **After entering the alternate version of Hirata Estate** | **Sculptor**: ... Emma. Should you have let him go like that?
**Emma**: ... He would've gone anyway. I couldn't have stopped him.
**Sculptor**: You're probably right.
**Emma**: ... Say, Orangutan. I'd like to at least hold on to hope. The hope that he can accomplish it.
 **When the first invasion of Ashina Castle by the Central Forces is triggered, after the Ashina Sake, Monkey Booze and Unrefined Sake have been offered to the Sculptor** | **Emma**: Orangutan... The Central Forces are here.
**Sculptor**: ... Are they now? They never change their thieving ways...
**Emma**: Are the flames... still burning?
**Sculptor**: Emma... The answer to that isn't going to change. I could carve Buddha idols for all eternity and the flames of hatred would still rage on. The most I can do is keep them in check.
**Emma**: ......... Orangutan.
**Sculptor**: What is it?
**Emma**: If the time ever comes, then I'll...
**Sculptor**: ......... I have Buddha to carve... Good-bye...

## Trivia

* Her original name is Ema (エマ), but translators localized it as "Emma" (probably because it's written in katakana).
* In the Chinese adaptation, her name is written as 英麻.
* In an earlier draft of the story, she appears to have received the Dragon's Heritage just like Wolf, since in concept arts her face bears its distinctive white mark.

## Cut Content

* It is revealed through some text files in the game that there was going to be another way to cure Dragonrot, that involved Wolf giving the cure, a medicinal drink, to those affected by the disease.

 **About the Cure** | **Emma**: Hmm...? What is it? Forgive me, but... please show me your face again.
**Wolf**: All right.
**Emma**: Hm... Is it... the same as before? The mark... Your eyes... Hmm...
**Wolf**: What's wrong?
**Emma**: ......... Nothing. Your mark, I thought it seemed just a little darker... But it appears to have been my imagination. ... Please, show me your face.
**Emma**: Stagnation of the Dragon's Eye. You may be showing symptoms of it.
**Wolf**: What... is the Dragon's Eye? My mentor Dogen spoke of it before. The power of the Dragon's Heritage stagnates if the one who uses it dies repeatedly. A symptom of this stagnation appears in the depths of one's pupils. This is called the Dragon's Eye.
**Wolf**: And my right eye is showing these symptoms?
**Emma**: I believe so... And it's said that stagnation can build up in the Dragon's Eye to the point that it overflows... ...Have you seen the Sculptor lately?
**Wolf**: Yes. He's...
**Emma**: He's showing symptoms, yes. I've come to believe... that the stagnation has exceeded its limit.
**Wolf**: And you said that stagnation overflowing may cause sickness...
**Emma**: Yes. According to my mentor Dogen's research... That the Dragon's Heritage can bestow the power of resurrection. However, it is not any ordinary power. Repeated use leads to stagnation, which will eventually reach a point where it overflows"... This causes those who do not have the power to become sick. A disease known as Dragonrot. He knew much about it, but even so he was unable to determine a cure.
**Wolf**: Forgive me. ... Is there a way to treat this Dragonrot?
**Emma**: I do not know. However, it must be stopped... I am unsure, but the first step is to look through my mentor's research and see if I can discover a way...
**Wolf**: Thank you.
**Emma**: More precisely, giving them a portion of your resurrection power. I will create a medicine based on that power. But right now, your blood is stagnated. So the first step is for you to suppress the stagnation of your blood. Otherwise, I cannot create the medicine.
**Wolf**: Understood.

 **About the Cure Again** | **Emma**: I see you've managed to suppress the stagnation of the Dragon's Blood. But it appears that those afflicted with the Dragonrot are still sick. We must find a cure.

 **Examining Wolf's Face** | **Emma**: That white mark around your right eye... Is it a birthmark? Or perhaps a symptom... of the Dragon's Eye...?

 **Creating Cure** | **Wolf**: Please make the medicine.
**Emma**: Certainly. To do so, I need some of your power of resurrection.
**Wolf**: Here you are.
**Emma**: Dragonrot medicine. It will suppress the effects of blood stagnation. If you have an afflicted person drink this, their incessant wheezing and coughing should stop.
 **Unknown** | **Wolf**: ...I saw...
**Emma**: Yes?
**Wolf**: ...I saw you and Lord Kuro, in a vision.
**Emma**: A vision...?
**Wolf**: Yes. ...Where is Lord Kuro right now?
**Emma**: He's being kept near the keep at Ashina Castle. The gate to the castle, however, is shut.
**Wolf**: I see.
**Emma**: However... Windows are often left open near the top of the castle...
**Wolf**: ...I'll remember that.
**Emma**: Hmm... for you to see such a thing- the bond of lord and retainer must be strong indeed. I would like to investigate these visions should the opportunity arise.

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