Takuma Hato

Takuma Hato is a scout and sharpshooter who has given his services to Daimyo Nagao Kagetora's family throughout his whole life. While being large of build, and getting on in age, he displays a level of grace and poise most people half his age could not muster. He has long been valued by the Daimyo's family not only for his unerring aim with his personal longarm "Yameru", but primarily for his uncanny awareness and sight. Very little can make it past The Owl without his knowledge. Unless he's had a little too much to drink. He has a grim sense of humour and does enjoy his work, but never shirks on his duty when it matters.

During the mission to retrieve The Cinereal Casket, Takuma attempted to draw and throw a blade against the Keeper at the Monastery of Atarashī Okanoie during deliberations on the groups wish to ferry away the casket. Doing so, believing that the Master would not relinquish the object, and valuing duty over honour; hoping to get an upper hand against a dangerous individual. The Keeper's sharp eyes noticed this however, and upon seeing this deemed the group dishonourable and combat broke out during which Kusunoki Masashige fell. Honouring the fallen, and feeling responsible, Takuma took Kusunoki's prayer wheel in the hope of returning it to his relatives once the mission was over.

While covering his companions across The Bridge of Kazuldim, Takuma fell once before rising again to his feet and taking a final shot point blank against a monk, covering the back of his ally Miyamoto Kojiro before demanding he push further with the casket. Shortly after however, The Owl would fall again upon the bridge before dying of his wounds, and with honour.