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The Tale of Lady Masako
The Tale of Lady Masako is the Act 1 story tale where you recruit Masako Adachi after her clan is wiped out. It rewards the Samurai Clan Armor and is also Masako Tale 1 of 9, opening her side storyline.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Masako Adachi
- Region
- Izuhara
- Province
- Ariake
- Rewards
- Major Legend increase, Samurai Clan Armor
Storylines
Part 4 of 26 in Jin's Journey
Part 1 of 10 in Masako's Tales
Found in
- Adachi EstateAdachi Estate is the abandoned home of Clan Adachi in Izuhara, where most of Lady Masako's family was murdered. You investigate it in The Tale of Lady Masako and come back during The Husband.
- Golden TempleGolden Temple is a temple in Ariake that the monk Junshin turns into a refuge for civilians. It has a bowyer, swordsmith and armorer, so it is one of your main upgrade stops in early Izuhara.
- IzuharaIzuhara is the southern region of Tsushima and the first one you explore in Act 1. It is where you rescue Lord Shimura from Castle Kaneda, meet most of your allies and learn the stealth tools that turn Jin into the Ghost.
Good to know
- Act 1: Rescue Lord Shimura; also Masako Tale 1 of 9.
- It starts at the Adachi Estate in Ariake, Izuhara.
- Rewards: major Legend increase and the Samurai Clan Armor.
- It unlocks after The Warrior's Code and The Broken Blacksmith.
- The armor once belonged to one of Lady Masako's sons, and the Golden Temple armorer hands it over.
- You find a list of conspirators marked with an unknown clan symbol.
- The next Masako tale is The Headman.
What you do
Ride to the Adachi Estate and search the guest house, where hidden assassins ambush you. They aren't Mongols or bandits. Search the main house and stables, then follow hoofprints and footprints until Masako herself fires an arrow at you. Jin tells her about Lord Adachi and asks for her help.
The Golden Temple
Masako takes you past her family's graves to the Golden Temple. Speak with Junshin, the temple leader, then the monk Sogen and the armorer, who gives you the Samurai Clan Armor. Sogen says he has seen nobody unusual.
The old inn
You and Masako trail Sogen to an old inn, take position by the entrance and fight off the men waiting there. Search the inn afterward for supplies and evidence.
What happensSpoilerShow
Masako reveals that her clan was killed by its own people, not invaders. Sogen was involved, and after a tense talk at the inn Masako kills him. The list of conspirators carries the same clan symbol the killers wore, so she suspects a rival clan. She agrees to help free Shimura if Jin helps her finish her revenge.
Rewards
You get the Samurai Clan Armor from the Golden Temple armorer partway through, plus a major Legend increase at the end. Her next tale, The Headman, opens once this one is done.
Jin SakaiJin Sakai is the samurai you play in Ghost of Tsushima and the Iki Island expansion. He is Lord Shimura's nephew and the last lord of Clan Sakai. After the Mongol landing he trades the samurai code for stealth and fear, and the people start calling him the Ghost.- JunshinJunshin is a kind monk who turns the Golden Temple into a refuge and runs survivor camps across Ariake. He is the man Jin and Masako keep going to for leads in Masako's Tales, though he worries about her thirst for revenge.
- Masako AdachiLady Masako Adachi is the only survivor of Clan Adachi and one of Jin's allies. Her husband and sons die in the Mongol landing and the rest of her family is murdered the same night. Her side storyline, Masako's Tales, has you hunting the people behind that massacre.
- SogenSogen is a sweeper monk at the Golden Temple and the first conspirator you track in Masako's Tales. He scouted the Adachi estate for the killers on the night of the invasion. Jin has to rattle him so he leads you to the bandits.
Related missions
- Side
The Traitor
The Traitor is Masako Tale 4 of 9 and the last Act 1 part of her hunt, set in Ariake. You use a supply map and a monk's help to corner Sadao at a lighthouse. It rewards the Charm of Incineration, the Warrior's Bounty Dye Kit and 2 Silk.
- Side
The Husband
The Husband is Masako Tale 3 of 9, an Act 1 side tale at the Adachi Estate in Ariake. You try to get Sadao's wife Hina to talk, then track an assassin when things go wrong. It rewards the Charm of Dual Destruction I and 2 Silk.
- Side
The Headman
The Headman is Masako Tale 2 of 9, an Act 1 side tale in Ariake where you start hunting the first name on Masako's list. You trail a bandit-linked brother to find a former Adachi headman, and it pays a Charm of Resolve I and 2 Silk.
- Side
The Conspirator
The Conspirator is Masako Tale 8 of 9, an Act 2 side tale in the Kushi Grasslands where Masako turns her suspicion on Junshin. It ends with a duel against Masako herself and rewards the Charm of Dual Destruction II and the Seasons of War Armor Dye.