Hatsuda Koriyama

**Koriyama Hatsuda** (蓮だ コリやま, *Hatsuda Koriyama*) is a Former Samurai and Shinobi of Konohagakure and the bastard child of **Hatsuda Noboko**, the Shogun of **Iron Country**. Currently she serves under **Masaharu Kishno** as a knight of his Household. She is known within the Village under the alias of **Maze Arumaze**.

## Appearance

Maze is fairly beautiful, carrying her mother's bright blonde hair and her father's harsh sapphire eyes combining the elegance of a Samurai with its reality that's as cold as the island she once called her home. When traversing around the village she wears a traditional Samurai Kimono with a neat white bow at the back and a Katana on her left side.

While her Katana could be called simple by most metrics it is durable enough to withstand her enhanced strikes that utilize Iaido as well as an ornate sheath to keep it safe. Despite leaving Iron Country as a Ronin, she still maintains many of her beliefs as a Samurai.

## Personality

Maze is a kind and earnest girl, focused both on moving past her struggles and growing. Due to the teaching from her mother she can't help but do kind acts like healing the sick with her Kekkei Genkai and serving under individuals who require her assistance.

Like any Samurai she follows the way of Bushido, even incapable of living life outside of its code as a Ronin causing her to serve under the Kishino Household as a Knight and like a knight she is just and honorable, taking the high path to success if it presents itself.

## Background

### ***The Story of Two Samurai***

Koriyama was born within the Land of Iron alongside her sister Hasuko Hatsuda. The two children were born as bastard children to an extremely young and inexperienced Noboko Hatsuda now known as the Shogun and High General of the Samurai Forces. Their mother was a lovely young woman from the Arumaze clan with silvery-blonde hair that shined among the snow-covered fields of Iron Country. Their Childhood was normal nothing special in the time they lived with their mother. They learned a lot about their special Kekkei Genkai and also about the Clan Teachings of the Arumaze. When they both reached the age of 7 they got the first glimpse of their father.

Out of both Honor and pity he decided to keep contact with their mother, providing a path for Koriyama and her sister to take the path of safety and luxury while taking care of them. Their mother had hoped that with their father they'd be guaranteed the safety and power that came with being the daughters of the Shogun, but Noboko had other plans when they reached the shores of Iron Country. The two children were not afforded the same privelges or even the name of their father instead they were forced to enlist as Samurai under the tutelage of the Hatsuda Clan.

### ***Time as Tate***

As a Tate Koriyama and Hasuko was the same as their peers, choosing to train and grow stronger, but with the name of Hatsuda following them around they were forced under more strict training and higher expectations to succeed. It was a hard time for the twins the change from the lovely and peacefully field into the now cold and tough situation they found themselves within, but in a short two year span they began to grow more acclimated to things, learning the basics of Iaido and expanding their mastery to other weapons. Out of the two, Koriyama was the one to really take a liking to the concept of Bushido and Samurai Culture. Two more years passed and with it her battle with her master to take the rank of **Hashi**. While most Tate her age may be at a larger disadvantage she utilized the added benefit of the knowledge she and her sister shared between each other. After trial and error she finally won against him, landing a knockout blow and reaching the rank of Hashi Grade I.

### ***Time as Hashi***

With her new promotion and her now position in her clan she received a present from her father that came as a surprise as well a new blade with an ornate black sheath of a lotus flower spreading out, wrapped within thorns. While she was excited to be aknowledged by the man she chased most of her life that excitement burned away into disappointment at the inscription he left on the blade given to her.

 “Let the curse of your birth not control your actions.”
His words cut deeper than any of the injuries she gotten since she got here, but she tried her hardest to wear the blade with pride. Occasionally in private she will mumble the name **"Nokomaru"** to the blade. Her true test would come when she was tasked to the mission of guarding an escort for Nobuko as they made their way to Earth Country, she encountered a young kaguya boy, his parents both dead after a dispute between the two. Koriyama showed care and concern for the boy, but the Kishi that accompanied her made her chose between leaving the boy to suffer or ending it by way of her own blade, but the years of parenting and the way of Bushido wouldn't allow her to leave him leading her bringing the young boy back with her as a Tate.