Lord ShimuraJito of Tsushima

Shimura is not a hypocrite, and that is what makes him difficult. He believes the code he taught Jin is the thing worth saving, even at the cost of the island.

As jito, Shimura leads the island's samurai and the doomed charge at Komoda Beach. Captured and held at Castle Kaneda, his rescue is the object of the entire first act — and the game structures it so that Jin can only reach him by doing things Shimura would forbid.

He is written with enough conviction that his position never collapses into stubbornness. His argument is that a Tsushima saved by poison and murder is a Tsushima that has learned poison and murder, and that the Shogun will not distinguish between a Ghost who fights Mongols and a Ghost who fights anyone else. The game supplies evidence for him.

• a Reckoning in BloodMain Tale · Act 2 — Quest giver
• The Fate of TsushimaMain Tale · Act 2 — Quest giver
• The Tale of Lord ShimuraMain Tale · Act 3 — Quest giver
• a New HorizonMain Tale · Act 2 — Central to the tale
• Blood on The GrassMain Tale · Act 1 — Central to the tale
• From The DarknessMain Tale · Act 2 — Central to the tale
• Heart of The JitoMain Tale · Act 3 — Central to the tale
• The Tale of RyuzoMain Tale · Act 1 — Central to the tale
• The Tale of Sensei IshikawaMain Tale (Ishikawa Tale 1 of 9) · Act 1 — Central to the tale
• The Walls of YarikawaMain Tale · Act 2 — Central to the tale
• a Message in FireMain Tale · Act 2 — Appears
• Honor And AshMain Tale · Act 3 — Appears
• Shadow of The SamuraiMain Tale · Act 1 — Appears

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• Shimura's insistence on announcing himself before combat is mirrored in the Standoff mechanic — the game's most samurai-coded system, and the one that stays useful longest.
• His title, jito, was a real Kamakura-period post: a steward appointed to administer an estate on the Shogunate's behalf.