Shiba Atsuko
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Shiba Atsuko was a noblewoman from the Aizu domain and a member of the Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins.
Biography
Atsuko disguised herself as a male soldier in the Tokugawa forces to watch over her brother, Shiba Ibuka, a skilled swordsman afflicted with pathological cowardice. Atsuko was the daughter of a samurai and knew firsthand about warfare as well as combat, coupled with the desire to escape the restrictions imposed on her and other women in Japanese society.
At the beginning of the Aizu campaign in the Boshin War, Atsuko was unmasked by Nakano Takeko, an onna-musha and Japanese Assassin who was tasked with protecting the legendary sword known as the Musashi Masamune from the Templars and the Imperial Court. She was eventually trained in the ways of the Assassins by Takeko. Together, they eventually thwarted a Templar assault led by William Lloyd and his band of rōnin, who attempted to steal the sword.
During the Battle of Aizu, Takeko was fatally shot, and Atsuko cut her head to avoid it falling into enemy hands. Atsuko eventually faced Lloyd with the help of her brother Ibuka, who eventually overcame his fear and killed the British Templar but he succumbed to his wounds after escorting Atsuko from the battlefield with the last of his strength. Atsuko was eventually taken away and had her wounds treated by Assassin spy Matsuo, who disguised himself as one of Lloyd's rōnin. After she was told by him about her brother's deeds, Atsuko accepted Matsuo's offer to join the Assassins.[1]
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