Hochi is a healer monk from Cedar Temple and Norio's friend. He led healers to Akashima Village and was captured by the Mongols. You rescue him in Norio's early tales.
During the Mongol attack on Akashima, Hochi dies blocking a blow meant for Norio.
Norio
Norio is a warrior monk of Cedar Temple who fights with a naginata. Jin frees him from Fort Ito. His nine-part storyline, Norio's Tales, follows his fight to win back his temple in Jogaku and find out what happened to his brother Enjo.
Shino
Shino is a young woman from Old Kanazawa Marsh whose father vanished after the two thought they saw a kappa. In the side tale The River Children, Jin finds out what really happened.