Kumori Natsuki

is an apprentice-level samurai residing in the Land of Serenity. A runaway from the Land of Iron, she sought refuge from an arranged marriage and a rigidly patriarchal household. Having watched her older brothers become samurai while her older sister married young and bore children struck the Kumori as grossly unfair. Coupled with an attraction to the and cooking/cleaning skills that were top drawer, she saw only trouble ahead, a fear realized when she was shopped around by her parents. The death knell preparing to be sounded as a marriage deal was struck, Kumori realized she would soon be out of luck.

So she strategized. Upon escaping, she would find transportation that unknowingly took her into Serenity territory, nearly being shot for her efforts. Eventually being rounded up, she would be taken to the land's Shogun, before becoming the woman's pupil. As of now, her goal is to become a full-fledged samurai and to master the heirloom she stole.