Born in the distant east, Shin was raised to believe that a soldier lives only to die for his lord. When he realized that Nameless valued his life and survival over all else, Shin was deeply confused. During a mission, Kurt gave the order to retreat, but Shin ignored this order and ended up isolated. Shin's explanation for ignoring Kurt's order was that a soldier's duty to protect his lord's territory takes higher priority than obeying the orders of a superior officer. Serge had become friends with Shin by this time and explained to him that on the battlefield, a superior officer's order is of equal importance to a direct order from one's lord. Shin understood Serge's explanation and judged that the only way for him to atone for his disobedience was to commit ritual suicide. Kurt managed t