Bayushi Akiaru was a courtier of the Scorpion Clan. He was a fit and athletic man, gifted in the social domain, the leader in any game his comrades played. Akiaru found risk highly entertaining, so he began a criminal career as member of the Black Lotus Cartel. Under the command of Shosuro Nobuyo, Akiaru took the role of a prominent merchant patron at Sunda Mizu Mura.