Name: Aimatsu
Alias/Titles: Peony Maiden (her working name)
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Profession: Prostitute/Spy
Likes: Feeling in control, respect, independence even if it means doing menial chores for herself, secrets, swimming, peonies.
Dislikes: Being used or manipulated, zealots, unpredictable people, arrogance, long speeches, insects (especially infestations), fighting and having to get bloodstains out of her good clothes.
Bio: Aimatsu grew up in a relatively new samurai family. They were ambitious to rise higher in rank, which meant her brothers became samurai in the hopes of earning the family further honors, while she was thrown into the path of as many other noble families as possible. Aimatsu's parents couldn't afford a big enough dowry to marry her off, so instead they managed to make her the concubine of an older, respectable samurai. Unfortunately, one of Aimatsu's older brothers refused to turn in his sword as demanded and started a fight which resulted in three deaths, including his own. With the family in disgrace, Aimatsu's lover sent her away to avoid any association with them.
Unwilling to go home and deal with both her family's anger and the attentions of the Imperial Court, Aimatsu ran away. She found her way to the island, and seeing as she'd already been whored out by her family and knew the ropes, she decided that would be an acceptable career. She found a place on the Street of the Flowers, a street occupied by a small but respectable guild of prostitutes who all used flower names. Once there she realized that her patrons' secrets might be an even more lucrative career, and she's been wheedling them out and occasionally selling them to interested buyers.
Weapon(s): Poisons and other drugs to incapacitate people, or leave them open to suggestion. She also carries a small knife in her sash, just in case, and most of her hairpins are sharpened for this same reason.
Fighting Style: She's a lightweight and does whatever works, honor be damned--pepper in the eyes, hair-pulling, groin attacks, and running and screaming for help.