Masako Adachi
Lady 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.
- Role
- Companion
- Affiliation
- Clan Adachi
Good to know
- Voiced in English by Lauren Tom and in Japanese by Mabuki Andou.
- Widow of Lord Harunobu Adachi and mother of Shigesato and Yasunari Adachi.
- As a teenager she fought off bandits at her family home, which is how Lord Adachi noticed her.
- Hana is her older sister.
- Lives at the Golden Temple for a while after burying her family.
- Helps Jin storm Castle Kaneda and Castle Shimura and joins the attacks on Fort Kaminodake and Port Izumi.
- Carries her bow and quiver over the right shoulder, the reverse of other characters.
- A loading screen tip says she once talked a bandit into backing down with kind words.
Who she is
Masako is proud, capable and fair, and the clan made enemies because she enforced justice. Grief turns her quick-tempered. When she finds someone tied to her family's deaths she tends to kill them before Jin can ask questions. In calmer moments, like the raid on Castle Kaneda, she is happy to follow Jin's plan.
Her deal with Jin
Jin meets Masako while she is burying her family and asks for help rescuing his uncle. She agrees if he helps her find the killers first. Her tales take you across Izuhara and Toyotama. You tail the monk Sogen, follow Hachi's supply cart, corner Sadao at Ariake Lighthouse and bury her sons at Komoda Lighthouse.
The conspirators
A list taken from Sogen names four more people with grudges against her clan. They are the headman Sadao, the sons of the supplier Omura, the former retainer Kajiwara and Mai, a servant she once banished. Each tale tracks one of them. Masako and Mai shared a secret love, and Mai is the one conspirator Masako lets live.
The duel and the mastermindSpoilerShow
Masako comes to suspect the monk Junshin after finding a letter that asks where she is. She tries to kill him at Red Leaf Temple, and Jin has to duel her to stop it. Junshin names the letter writer: Lady Hana, Masako's sister, who faked her death during the massacre.
Facing HanaSpoilerShow
Hana has taken over Clan Kikuchi's estate in Sago with a new clan. Jin fights her samurai while Masako corners her. Masako will not strike her down. She hands her sister a tanto instead, and Hana takes her own life. Masako then gives her a funeral.
- The HeadmanThe 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.
- The HusbandThe 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.
The Tale of Lady MasakoThe 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.- The TraitorThe 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.
- The FoolThe Fool is Masako Tale 5 of 9 and the first of her Act 2 tales, set at Umugi Cove in Toyotama. You trail the two sons of an old Adachi supplier to a secret meeting. It needs A New Horizon done and rewards the Charm of Resolve II and 2 Silk.
- The Family ManThe Family Man is Masako Tale 6 of 9, an Act 2 side tale that starts at Omi Monastery in Kubara. You talk the monk Junshin into revealing where a former Adachi retainer lives, then go after him. It rewards the Charm of Ferocity and 2 Silk.
- The ThiefThe Thief is Masako Tale 7 of 9, an Act 2 side tale near Kawamata Village in Kushi. You track Mai, a former Adachi servant who looted the estate after the massacre, and recover the stolen heirlooms. It rewards the Charm of Bludgeoning and 2 Silk.
- The ConspiratorThe 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.
The Sister BetrayedThe Sister Betrayed is Masako Tale 9 of 9, the final part of her storyline, set in Sago in Act 3. You storm an old clan fort with Masako to face the person behind her family's murder. It needs Wolves at the Gates done and rewards the Adachi Half Mask.- Shadow of the SamuraiShadow of the Samurai is the final tale of Act 1: the assault on Castle Kaneda to rescue Lord Shimura. You climb in as the Ghost, open the gates for your allies and fight up to the keep, including a duel along the way.
- The Fate of TsushimaThe Fate of Tsushima is the Act 2 tale that starts the assault on Castle Shimura alongside the shogun's reinforcements under Lord Oga. It is a long tale and a partial point of no return, so wrap up side work before you confirm.
- Wolves at the GatesWolves at the Gates is the Act 3 tale where you team up with Yuna's hunter contacts to take Fort Kaminodake and reopen the roads into Toyotama. Finishing it lifts the travel lock from The Fate of Tsushima.
- Eternal Blue SkyEternal Blue Sky is the Act 3 tale where Jin and his allies attack Port Izumi under cover of the storm to take down Khotun Khan. It's the big final battle of the Mongol story, with a multi-phase boss fight against the Khan himself.
- A Mother's PeaceA Mother's Peace is an unnumbered Masako tale in Act 1 where you help Lady Masako find and bury her two sons on Komoda Beach. It opens after The Husband from a peasant at the Golden Temple and rewards the Charm of Fortunate Return and 2 Silk.
Related characters
- Supporting
Junshin
Junshin 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.
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Jin Sakai
Jin 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.
- Companion
Kenji
Kenji is a sake seller and small-time swindler who keeps dragging Jin into his schemes. He smuggles Jin and Yuna into Azamo Bay to free Taka, then pops up with his own three-part Kenji's Tales. In the Iki Island expansion his trouble with a smuggler is how Jin gets to Iki.
- Companion
Sadanobu Ishikawa
Sensei Ishikawa is a famous archer and one of Jin's allies. He teaches Jin the bow and sends him after Tomoe, the student who now trains Mongol archers. His nine-part storyline, Ishikawa's Tales, starts with The Tale of Sensei Ishikawa in the main story.