For whatever reason, Sekiro was antagonistically greeted by Lady Butterfly, who does not seem to be content with Sekiro getting away with Kuro, and was forced to kill his former mentor. The exact thing that transpired that night is unknown since Sekiro's memory of the event itself was gone from him, but it can be accepted that Sekiro was fooled by his foster father to think that he's about to pass away from wounds and was tasked with a 'dying wish' to retrieve the Divine Heir, Kuro, from the hidden shrine beneath Hirata Estate's main building. This responsibility took Sekiro under difficult times when Hirata Estate fell under a very timely attack by a bandit group under Juzou the Drunkard which unbeknownst to many, had the backing of Interior Ministry's agents and Sekiro's own traitorous father. Sekiro was at one time, appointed as Shinobi of the Divine Heir, which bound him to a lifetime duty of protecting his young lord. Owl indoctrinated Sekiro with the Iron Code, which bids that ' Father is Absolute, and a master comes close second.' Owl dubbed him 'Wolf' and took the boy in as a foster son while having him trained (with the help of several co-mentors such as Lady Butterfly) to become a Shinobi.

Some two decades before the game's main event, Sekiro was found by Owl in the calmed battlefield, seemingly orphaned from Isshin Ashina's coup and reclamation of his clan's homeland. Later, he was given a prosthetic arm (Which was originally created by Dogen.) by the Sculptor at the Dilapidated Temple, Sekiro has already lost his life to the Ashina clan leader Genichiro Ashina in the prologue, losing the young lord he was charged with protecting and his left arm. Bound by honour, he is composed and reticent, but also has the ruthlessness to complete his mission by any means necessary. He is a Shinobi serving the Divine Heir, Kuro. Sekiro, also known as Wolf, or Ookami, is the eponymous protagonist of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Sekiro 'As it was for the purpose of defending my Lord, the number does not matter.' -Sekiro to The Divine Heir, when asked about how many times he had died.

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