• Byodenóre → A former courier of the Shimusògo clan who died delivering his final message.
• Byomími
• Byotsúma
• Chimípu → A competent teenager of the Shimusògo destined to become a warrior.
• Chobāni
• Chyojímo
• Desòchu → One of the most powerful of the Shimusògo warriors.
• Funìgi
• Ganósho
• Garèki
• Gemènyo → A courier of the Shimusògo and best friends with Hyonèku and Desòchu. He smoked a pipe almost constantly.
• Goryápe
• Gutèmo
• Hikòru
• Hyonèku → A courier of the Shimusògo clan who is the adoptive father of Mapábyo.
• Jyotekábi → An elderly sage and leader of the Tateshyúso clan who rarely left the Shimusogo Valley.
• Kapōra
• Kiramíro
• Kiríshi → A courier of the Shimusògo clan, a talented cook, and adoptive mother of Mapábyo.
• Kizúchi → A courier and homemaker of the Shimusògo clan.
• Mapábyo → A young girl adopted by Hyonèku and Kiríshi after her family was killed.
• Mifuníko → A courier of the Shimusògo clan who was killed while delivering a treaty.
• Mikáryo → A horse warrior of the Pabinkúe clan.
• Mioshigàma
• Nedorómi
• Nidohána → A sage of the Tateshyúso clan who lost her eye during her rite of passage.
• Panédo → A courier of the Shimusògo clan.
• Pidòhu → A weak, intellectual teenager that grew up among the Shimusògo clan.
• Rutejìmo → The slowest and weakest of the Shimusògo clan.
• Shigáto
• Somiryòki → A Shimusògo warrior who was forced into retirement after he was ambushed.
• Tejíko → A retired, ill-tempered courier of the Shimusògo who still dreamed of mapping the world while she raised her youngest grandson.
• Tsubàyo → A bully who grew up with the Shimusògo clan.
• Yutsupazéso → A stubborn courier for the Shimusògo clan who eventually became the leader for almost a decade.
• Zabīno