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[Player LJ] kaviiq
[Player Name] Pyraven
[@ Elegy] Jade Curtiss | maddening_gale
[Series] Ōkami
[Character] Ōkami Amaterasu/Amaterasu Ōmikami ("Ammy", "Furball", "Snowy", etc.)
[Description] Take an ordinary, white wolf. There is nothing special about this wolf other than the fact that it is pure white. This is how the vast majority of humanity perceives her.
Amaterasu is in fact the Shinto sun goddess incarnate, using the form of a white wolf. Spiritually inclined persons (such as priests, spirit mediums, etc.) and magical creatures (e.g. other gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, and vampires for a given value of magical ability) will see her as a wolf covered in elegant red marks. They will also be able to see her equipped weapons. These weapons include reflectors (occasionally on fire), rosaries (able to shoot 'ink bullets'), and 'glaives' (big freakin' swords).
Picture references: 1, 2, 3.
[Personality] As a goddess incarnate, Amaterasu evokes a sense of majesty and mysticality associated with wolves. She is a leader, and is often the first to step forward when innocent people are threatened. She will go to great lengths to ensure that her people are not only safe but happy. Even when all hope seems lost, she will continue on if it means that lives are spared. But even though she is a mighty goddess, Amaterasu does not let her power go to her head. She will not lash out at those who do not deserve it, nor will she abuse her strength to lord over others. She does appreciate a bit of recognition for her efforts on occasion, but seeing her people living in harmony with each other and with nature is a worthy reward in itself.
Of course, being bound in the body of what is essentially a large dog does not do wonders for her reputation at times. She still retains mundane instincts and urges such as digging up gardens, chewing on bones, and scratching herself in public. Among other things, her attention span is also badly affected by her carnal form - Amaterasu will occasionally fall asleep in the middle of long, dull speeches. It would also be wise not to mention that she is in constant and desperate need of a B-A-T-H.
More than anything, Amaterasu is a mother. Her stubbornness and bravery come from a deep love of the world and everything good in it. Her love is such that she seeks to mend and heal everything that has gone wrong with the world, from things as ordinary as fixing mills to storming castles filled with monsters. One could even say that her benevolence toward everything Good is inexhaustible. It is this benevolence, this kindness and strong sense of morality, that has earned Amaterasu the title 'origin of all that is good and mother to us all.'
[Canon] As the main character of Ōkami, Amaterasu is the canon. She is a goddess of the Celestial Plain and a user of the reality-altering Celestial Brush techniques.
The Celestial Brush is an art passed on from the 13 Brush Gods to the world of mortals, and can only be used by gods and the most skilled mortal artists. Most of the techniques allow certain elements to be manipulated, such as fire, water, ice, and lightning. Other powers enable Amaterasu to reach previously unreachable places, such as allowing her to climb sheer cliff faces and swing on vines. She can even restore broken objects to their former glory or slow time to a crawl. Her own technique is 'Sunrise', which turns night into day.
As mighty as she may appear, Amaterasu is not all-powerful. She and the other gods of Nippon are incredibly dependent upon the faith of their followers. At the start of the game, Amaterasu is very weak because her people have lost their faith in the gods. In fact, the majority of the people of Nippon do not see her as a goddess - they see an otherwise unremarkable white wolf. Only through using her limited power to please the people does she restore their faith again.
How she came to be is unknown, except that she has been around long enough to have had 6 Poncle Celestial Envoys. As Poncles can live to be well over 100 years old, Amaterasu is likely several hundred years old herself. A century before the beginning of the game, Amaterasu and her 6th Celestial Envoy Ishaku roamed about Nippon, slaying monsters and spreading faith in the Gods. Each year, they would return to Kamiki village in East Nippon to observe the autumn Harvest Festival.
But every year, on the night of the harvest moon, the 8-headed serpent Orochi would choose a villager to be sacrificed. As Amaterasu and Ishaku visited the village soon before each sacrificial victim had been chosen, they became associated with the gruesome practice. The people of the village of Kamiki thought she was Orochi's familiar and dubbed her 'Shiranui.'
In the 100th year that this practice had gone on, Orochi chose the maiden Nami as a sacrifice. As the story goes, Nami's lover Nagi could not bear to lose her to Orochi. So Nagi disguised himself as Nami to sneak into Orochi's lair and kill the demon. With the help of Shiranui, Nagi slew the serpent, but at a cost. Shiranui was mortally wounded in the fight. Nagi took her back to Kamiki out of gratitude, but Shiranui died soon afterward. Her body was enshrined at the base of Kamiki's Guardian Sapling and a statue in her likeness was raised at her grave.
100 years after the defeat of Orochi, Shiranui - now once again known as Amaterasu - was reborn from the statue at Kamiki. The spirit of the Guardian Sapling, Sakuya, had called upon her to fight evil once again. In Amaterasu's century-long absence, the forces of darkness had regained their strength and spread out like a plague. They ravaged Nippon, turning it into a cursed wasteland. But Amaterasu was weak. In her absence, the people of Nippon had lost faith in the gods. She had lost all but one Celestial Brush technique.
As if by fate, she soon met a wandering Poncle artist named Issun who too was on a quest to learn the 13 Celestial Brush techniques. Being a Poncle, Issun was one of the few who could understand the language of the gods. Amaterasu joined forces with Issun, and the two set out to defeat the forces of darkness, restore Nippon to its former glory, and recover the other 12 techniques.
Their travels eventually took them to the frozen land of Kamui, far to the north. By then, it was clear that the people of Nippon, while happy, did not know who their savior was. Amaterasu needed to choose the 7th Celestial Envoy - and quickly.
For at the heart of Kamui was the Ark of Yamato. The Ark had fallen to Earth from the Celestial Plain long ago in the Time of Myths, where it dislodged countless demons and other forces of darkness. When Amaterasu and Issun arrived in Kamui, Yami, the King of Darkness had beckoned the most terrible of the monsters back to the Ark. In order to end the destruction, Amaterasu would have to enter the Ark and defeat Yami - but Issun would have to stay behind. Issun fled, having already fulfilled his quest to learn the 13 techniques. Amaterasu continued on without him.
After defeating Yami's subordinates, Amaterasu confronted the King himself. But she was not strong enough to fight him. Yami snatched away her brush techniques easily, and she would have been quickly killed if not for a miracle.
Issun had a change of heart as he fled, taking it upon himself to become the 7th Celestial Envoy. He began to spread word about the gods throughout Nippon, which restored the faith of the people. Throughout the land, the people prayed for Amaterasu's safety and bravery in the face of evil. With this faith, Amaterasu grew strong once again and defeated Yami. Her journey complete, she was able to ascend to the Celestial Plain, the home of the gods.
[Timeline] Postgame, just before arriving on the Celestial Plain
[RP Sample] Something, Amaterasu thought, must have gone gravely wrong with the Ark if it had taken her to this place. It was certainly not the Celestial Plain. Neither was it anywhere in Nippon - the smell was all wrong. Too much coal smoke, too much oil was in the air. And while the Ark had reeked of machines, not unlike this place, the air in it was stale and musty. Cold and dead. This new place still smelled somewhat of life and warmth. Of trees. Of summer.
So where was she, then?
Beside her, the strange carriage that had dropped her in this new place gave a loud groan as it started to move again. Ordinarily, Amaterasu would have wondered how it could move without the aid of a horse or an ox, or even clockwork. But her focus was not on the carriage, it was on the tall building in front of her. As tall and majestic as it was, it gave off a feeling of terrible loneliness. Even though humans - several humans - came and went through the building's front doors, the place did not feel lived in, loved.
The train forgotten, she set off at a lope toward the Hotel Mezzo. Her children needed their mother now.
[I have read and understand the rules?] Yes.
[Player Name] Pyraven
[@ Elegy] Jade Curtiss | maddening_gale
[Series] Ōkami
[Character] Ōkami Amaterasu/Amaterasu Ōmikami ("Ammy", "Furball", "Snowy", etc.)
[Description] Take an ordinary, white wolf. There is nothing special about this wolf other than the fact that it is pure white. This is how the vast majority of humanity perceives her.
Amaterasu is in fact the Shinto sun goddess incarnate, using the form of a white wolf. Spiritually inclined persons (such as priests, spirit mediums, etc.) and magical creatures (e.g. other gods, demons, spirits, ghosts, and vampires for a given value of magical ability) will see her as a wolf covered in elegant red marks. They will also be able to see her equipped weapons. These weapons include reflectors (occasionally on fire), rosaries (able to shoot 'ink bullets'), and 'glaives' (big freakin' swords).
Picture references: 1, 2, 3.
[Personality] As a goddess incarnate, Amaterasu evokes a sense of majesty and mysticality associated with wolves. She is a leader, and is often the first to step forward when innocent people are threatened. She will go to great lengths to ensure that her people are not only safe but happy. Even when all hope seems lost, she will continue on if it means that lives are spared. But even though she is a mighty goddess, Amaterasu does not let her power go to her head. She will not lash out at those who do not deserve it, nor will she abuse her strength to lord over others. She does appreciate a bit of recognition for her efforts on occasion, but seeing her people living in harmony with each other and with nature is a worthy reward in itself.
Of course, being bound in the body of what is essentially a large dog does not do wonders for her reputation at times. She still retains mundane instincts and urges such as digging up gardens, chewing on bones, and scratching herself in public. Among other things, her attention span is also badly affected by her carnal form - Amaterasu will occasionally fall asleep in the middle of long, dull speeches. It would also be wise not to mention that she is in constant and desperate need of a B-A-T-H.
More than anything, Amaterasu is a mother. Her stubbornness and bravery come from a deep love of the world and everything good in it. Her love is such that she seeks to mend and heal everything that has gone wrong with the world, from things as ordinary as fixing mills to storming castles filled with monsters. One could even say that her benevolence toward everything Good is inexhaustible. It is this benevolence, this kindness and strong sense of morality, that has earned Amaterasu the title 'origin of all that is good and mother to us all.'
[Canon] As the main character of Ōkami, Amaterasu is the canon. She is a goddess of the Celestial Plain and a user of the reality-altering Celestial Brush techniques.
The Celestial Brush is an art passed on from the 13 Brush Gods to the world of mortals, and can only be used by gods and the most skilled mortal artists. Most of the techniques allow certain elements to be manipulated, such as fire, water, ice, and lightning. Other powers enable Amaterasu to reach previously unreachable places, such as allowing her to climb sheer cliff faces and swing on vines. She can even restore broken objects to their former glory or slow time to a crawl. Her own technique is 'Sunrise', which turns night into day.
As mighty as she may appear, Amaterasu is not all-powerful. She and the other gods of Nippon are incredibly dependent upon the faith of their followers. At the start of the game, Amaterasu is very weak because her people have lost their faith in the gods. In fact, the majority of the people of Nippon do not see her as a goddess - they see an otherwise unremarkable white wolf. Only through using her limited power to please the people does she restore their faith again.
How she came to be is unknown, except that she has been around long enough to have had 6 Poncle Celestial Envoys. As Poncles can live to be well over 100 years old, Amaterasu is likely several hundred years old herself. A century before the beginning of the game, Amaterasu and her 6th Celestial Envoy Ishaku roamed about Nippon, slaying monsters and spreading faith in the Gods. Each year, they would return to Kamiki village in East Nippon to observe the autumn Harvest Festival.
But every year, on the night of the harvest moon, the 8-headed serpent Orochi would choose a villager to be sacrificed. As Amaterasu and Ishaku visited the village soon before each sacrificial victim had been chosen, they became associated with the gruesome practice. The people of the village of Kamiki thought she was Orochi's familiar and dubbed her 'Shiranui.'
In the 100th year that this practice had gone on, Orochi chose the maiden Nami as a sacrifice. As the story goes, Nami's lover Nagi could not bear to lose her to Orochi. So Nagi disguised himself as Nami to sneak into Orochi's lair and kill the demon. With the help of Shiranui, Nagi slew the serpent, but at a cost. Shiranui was mortally wounded in the fight. Nagi took her back to Kamiki out of gratitude, but Shiranui died soon afterward. Her body was enshrined at the base of Kamiki's Guardian Sapling and a statue in her likeness was raised at her grave.
100 years after the defeat of Orochi, Shiranui - now once again known as Amaterasu - was reborn from the statue at Kamiki. The spirit of the Guardian Sapling, Sakuya, had called upon her to fight evil once again. In Amaterasu's century-long absence, the forces of darkness had regained their strength and spread out like a plague. They ravaged Nippon, turning it into a cursed wasteland. But Amaterasu was weak. In her absence, the people of Nippon had lost faith in the gods. She had lost all but one Celestial Brush technique.
As if by fate, she soon met a wandering Poncle artist named Issun who too was on a quest to learn the 13 Celestial Brush techniques. Being a Poncle, Issun was one of the few who could understand the language of the gods. Amaterasu joined forces with Issun, and the two set out to defeat the forces of darkness, restore Nippon to its former glory, and recover the other 12 techniques.
Their travels eventually took them to the frozen land of Kamui, far to the north. By then, it was clear that the people of Nippon, while happy, did not know who their savior was. Amaterasu needed to choose the 7th Celestial Envoy - and quickly.
For at the heart of Kamui was the Ark of Yamato. The Ark had fallen to Earth from the Celestial Plain long ago in the Time of Myths, where it dislodged countless demons and other forces of darkness. When Amaterasu and Issun arrived in Kamui, Yami, the King of Darkness had beckoned the most terrible of the monsters back to the Ark. In order to end the destruction, Amaterasu would have to enter the Ark and defeat Yami - but Issun would have to stay behind. Issun fled, having already fulfilled his quest to learn the 13 techniques. Amaterasu continued on without him.
After defeating Yami's subordinates, Amaterasu confronted the King himself. But she was not strong enough to fight him. Yami snatched away her brush techniques easily, and she would have been quickly killed if not for a miracle.
Issun had a change of heart as he fled, taking it upon himself to become the 7th Celestial Envoy. He began to spread word about the gods throughout Nippon, which restored the faith of the people. Throughout the land, the people prayed for Amaterasu's safety and bravery in the face of evil. With this faith, Amaterasu grew strong once again and defeated Yami. Her journey complete, she was able to ascend to the Celestial Plain, the home of the gods.
[Timeline] Postgame, just before arriving on the Celestial Plain
[RP Sample] Something, Amaterasu thought, must have gone gravely wrong with the Ark if it had taken her to this place. It was certainly not the Celestial Plain. Neither was it anywhere in Nippon - the smell was all wrong. Too much coal smoke, too much oil was in the air. And while the Ark had reeked of machines, not unlike this place, the air in it was stale and musty. Cold and dead. This new place still smelled somewhat of life and warmth. Of trees. Of summer.
So where was she, then?
Beside her, the strange carriage that had dropped her in this new place gave a loud groan as it started to move again. Ordinarily, Amaterasu would have wondered how it could move without the aid of a horse or an ox, or even clockwork. But her focus was not on the carriage, it was on the tall building in front of her. As tall and majestic as it was, it gave off a feeling of terrible loneliness. Even though humans - several humans - came and went through the building's front doors, the place did not feel lived in, loved.
The train forgotten, she set off at a lope toward the Hotel Mezzo. Her children needed their mother now.
[I have read and understand the rules?] Yes.