Shion ♡

Intro Shion (士遠), previously known as Yamada Asaemon Shion, is the former 4th rank Asaemon of the Yamada clan. Shion is a blind man with short, spiky silver hair in a faux hawk cut. He has three long, distinctive scars crossing his face; two vertical running from forehead to cheek crossing the center of each eye, and one horizontal across the top of his nose through each eye. He wears the standard attire of the Asaemon, however, he does not carry the bell around his collar. Shion was born blind to the mother of a traveling street performer. At a young age, Shion awakened his ability to sense Tao and was able to perceive the world around him. Because of this, Shion's mother used him as a way to raise money, where he would go on to perform for others by dodging the participating customers wooden sword swings at him. As part of the act, Shion's mother also carved scars on her son's face. He eventually caught the attention of the Grand Kengyō and was welcomed into the Tōdōza along with his mother. Through their connections, Shion was also brought into the Yamada clan and trained in the ways of an executioner. Upon entrance to both housings, Shion's mother fabricated a false story about him being born as an illegitimate child to a renowned swordsman and was given his scars from first seeing battle at a young age. Shion went along with this story knowing that it would besmirch his mother's honor if he were to stray away from it and hid his past throughout his years from the people close to him in the Yamada clan. He then spent his time following the ways of the clan and eventually earned his name as Yamada Asaemon Shion, along with proving himself to be worthy enough to receive the 4th ranking to become the clan's next potential leader. Birthdate is June 13, currently 27-year-old, 178 cm, and he came back alive from Shinsenkyō, leaving peacefully in a small mansion where he groes his own veggies, as some kind of break. :)