What mostly appealed to Saioto Musahashi is a bit of comfort and safety net

whenever he can get it. He is the sort to use a chair if he can (He owns a small
collapsable chair/stool) , and stand up if it is absolutely necessary. So in times of
famine and scarcity, Musahashi is truly ill at ease. He comes from a merchant family
(While a merchant family, his family still has Samurai Status) and does not like the
nobles so much because they wage wars on a whim and that is usually bad for
business (His policy is War is always bad for business). His goal is to set up a nice
living and have some influence for the sake of stability, economic and political. He
does not mind getting his hands dirty but is always rational in his approach and
likes to think of himself as intelligent. (The Mechant Skill is a low skill (Not of the
samurai cast) Its use does not produce a direct loss of honor like say Torture or
Poison but his ambitions of wealth and security put him at odds with Bushido) (Is he
the kind of guy that doesnt mind utilizing low skills lice deciet or stealth?)
His family owned a Silk Farm and Textiles business. They also owned several
storehouses and merchant ships that exported spices and exotic treasures. After
the famine broke out, their lands and silk farms were devestated and their ships
captured by pirates. (Perhaps your family were captured or killed by pirates as well)
Their wealth depleted, Saioto family was reduced to a fraction of its glory and
prestige. Saioto sees it as his personal mission to bring the family name back into
the fray even though it is only his uncle and his sister who are still alive.
Saioto is a Ronin in name, he is medium height, a bit plump and wears a samurai
top knot. He would like to deal with a number of goods and services as long as there
is a demand for them. His primary aim is to survive and prosper and that his
children, when they come, do not need to bite their way through with tooth and
claw. He is the spirit of middle class excellence. (If you want to invest the points he
could still have a few trappings of wealth/gentry (Boat, Small Silk Farm, Trading
Route, Wagon full of trinkets Merchant Caravan)
Recomendations:
School: Mantis Courtier (+1 Willpower)
Commerce (Appraisal) 1, Courtier 1, Defense 1, Etiquette 1, Intimidation (Control) 1,
Sincerity 1, Any one Merchant Skill or Lore Skill
Honor 2.5
Equipment: (All will likely need to be rolled for) Extravagant Clothing, Wakizashi, any
1 weapon, Calligraphy Set, Traveling Pack (10 items to be selected (one likely a
stool), 10 koku (gold coins)
Starting Technique: Duty Before Honor (pg123 Core Book)
Family Name: Yohihotsu (+1 Willpower or Stamina. I recommend Stamina)

Disadvantages: Social Disadvantage: Minor Clan Ronin (3pts), Possible others:

Consumed, Driven, Greedy, Insensitve, Rumormonger (You can take up to 7more
points of disadvantages)
Advantages: ???
Possible Advantages: Gaijin Gear, Gentry, Inheritance, Servant, Wealthy, Clear
Thinker, Crafty, Irreproachable, Precise Memory, Read Lips, Spy Network, Voice,
Allies, Blackmail, Blood of Osano-wo, Bentens Blessing.