
Nue
                                
                                A childhood friend of Yorihisa.  He is the last of his kind living alone in the forest with his deer.  He often teased Yorihisa about being a child and being weak, using this technique to secretly train Yorihisa.  They meet again many years later when Nue takes Akane captive on the mountain.
                                                        
                         
                                                
                                                 
            
        