These are various members of the Shimusògo clan.
- Byodenóre → A former courier of the Shimusògo clan who died delivering his final message.
- Chimípu → A competent teenager of the Shimusògo destined to become a warrior.
- Chyojímo
- Desòchu → One of the most powerful of the Shimusògo warriors.
- Gemènyo → A courier of the Shimusògo and best friends with Hyonèku and Desòchu. He smoked a pipe almost constantly.
- Hikòru
- Hyonèku → A courier of the Shimusògo clan who is the adoptive father of Mapábyo.
- 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.
- Nedorómi
- Panédo → A courier of the Shimusògo clan.
- Rutejìmo → The slowest and weakest of the Shimusògo clan.
- 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.
- Yutsupazéso → A stubborn courier for the Shimusògo clan who eventually became the leader for almost a decade.