11-21-2015, 03:12 PM
Character Name: Amaterasu
Source: Okami (game)
History:
[spoiler]The story begins some 100 years before Amaterasu’s coming, in Kamiki Village. This small town was ruled by an eight-headed snake demon named Orochi, who once a year claimed a sacrifice: a black arrow was fired from the cave it rested in, and the maiden upon whose house it landed had to be sacrificed to Orochi. Should the villagers not meet these demands, Orochi would devour them all.
Shiranui, a pure white wolf, and Nagi, a swordsman, battled Orochi to save a maiden named Nami, Nagi's beloved. However they found themselves unable to defeat the demon, and instead had to seal it away.
100 years in the future, Susano, a descendant of Nagi, broke Orochi's seal due to believing the legend to be a fake, allowing the snake to escape and curse the lands.
It was then that Sakuya, the guardian sprite of Kamiki Village, summoned Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, which the villagers knew as the reincarnation of Shiranui, into a statue of Shiranui which subsequently became alive, and asked for her aid to remove Orochi’s curse. Amaterasu, currently in wolf form and equipped with only a basic mirror given to her by Sakuya, embarked on a lengthy journey thereafter, battling countless demons drawn forth by the curse upon the lands, and gradually forcing it back.
However, the Sun Goddess was only a shadow of her former self, having lost her divine weapons and the so-called Celestial Brush techniques, which allowed her to combat her enemies and manipulate the lands around her by drawing objects into it. Throughout her journey, Amaterasu sought to recover these items and techniques by freeing the Celestial Brush Gods from their imprisonment and having them re-teach her the techniques she had once known.
Eventually, Amaterasu, along with Susano, encountered Orochi once again to protect Kamiki Village and rescue Susano's beloved, Kushi, recreating events that had taken place 100 years prior. This time however, the duo defeated Orochi entirely - only to find out that it was part of a greater evil, and the evil spirit that had occupied its body escaped them, flying away.
Amaterasu then embarked on a journey across Nippon (the region within Japan where the events took place), continuing to remove Orochi's still lingering curse on the land and defeating other powerful demons which each released dark presences similar to Orochi’s, floating northward. Following these spirits, Amaterasu eventually came across the wreckage of a gigantic ship able to travel through the stars: the "Ark of Yamato". She found out that this Ark had been given to the Celestial Gods, who had used it to escape from Orochi when he had attacked the Celestial Plain. However, the Ark was in truth housing a great number of demons and the Celestial Gods were unaware of this when they used the Ark to escape. As they were sailing the skies they were attacked by the demons, which consumed almost all the spirits on the Ark and caused it to crash into Earth, where it had stayed until then.
It was then that Yami, the demon controlling all the demons on the Ark, appeared and attacked Amaterasu and struck her down, robbing her of all powers and preparing to deal the final blow. Being a goddess however, Amaterasu thrived on the prayers and faith of the people who she had freed during her journey, people who prayed for the Sun Goddess to rid them of the evil that came from the Ark.
In a flash of blinding sunlight, Amaterasu then ascended and returned to her real human form whilst not only regaining the powers she had been stripped from by Yami, but restoring them to their full strength. She fiercely battled Yami and eventually struck him down in turn, defeating him once and for all and thereby ridding the world of the demons,though some remain to this day.
Amaterasu then retrieved the remaining Celestial Gods and brought them aboard the Ark of Yamato to sail back to the Celestial Plain. They sailed off into the sky, leaving the world behind.
But the Sun Goddess never arrived home.[/spoiler]
Physical Description:
[spoiler]![[Image: 19-ama03.jpg]](http://lparchive.org/Okami/Fanart%202/19-ama03.jpg)
Amaterasu takes the shape of a human woman with her white hair shaped into the ears of a wolf above her head. She wears a white and red robe similar to that of a shrine maiden, with wide sleeves and sufficient cleavage to show the red tattoo on her shoulders. In addition she wears tights made of red leather, and walks barefoot.
She owns a Prayer Bead chain which she usually wears around her waist, though if she uses it to pray she will put it around her neck instead.
Her eyes are very deep blue, to the point that they get mistaken for black instead.
Her shoulders, back and forehead have red markings on them which give away her deity status to those who know what they stand for.[/spoiler]
Stats: (1.000)
ATK: 3
DEF: 0 => 1
SPD: 3
TEC: 4
Stat Upgrade: 1.000
Proficiencies: 1.600
Ranged Prof. (1.000)
Remote Control (600)
Powers: 900 OM
Master Acrobat (400)
Adv. Super Jumping (500)
Moves: (600)
Prayer Bead Chain (Ranged, Rem. Control) (600 OM)
Amaterasu is able to use the Prayer Bead chain which she usually wears on her belt or neck, in combat. While it is not as powerful as an actual weapon or even her powers as a goddess, it is an effective means for her to fight to some degree. While in use, the beads hover around her at waist height, slowly rotating until Amaterasu uses them.
Offense: By thrusting her palm forward Amaterasu then sends one of the beads flying forward in a straight line, at a rate of around one bead per second (1 bead per 2 seconds if she can’t use one of her hands, 1 bead per 4 seconds if both hands are disabled). She can not control their trajectory after launching them.[spoiler]![[Image: NeglectedGeneralBrahmancow]](http://gfycat.com/NeglectedGeneralBrahmancow)
NOTE: This is just a vague reference. The fire rate and looks are different, and Amaterasu cannot “charge” up to fire multiple beads at once.[/spoiler]
Defense: Alternatively to using them as an offensive weapon, Amaterasu can also use the beads to intercept enemy attacks to weaken or stop them, though she cannot make a “barrier” with multiple beads this way. They can take one or two attacks before breaking. Again, movement speed is around the same as an arrow, though they will remain stationary, floating in the air, until recalled.
Amaterasu must have the bead in question floating around her waist in order to use it for either offensive or defensive purposes, she cannot have them fluctuate between offensive and defensive without “recalling” them first.
Recalling: After having used a Prayer Bead for either offensive or defensive purposes, Amaterasu is able to “recall” them remotely. This causes them to turn transparent and intangible as they come flying back to Amaterasu. They fly around the same speed as when used offensively, so if Amaterasu hasn’t moved since her attack they would take the same time to return as they took to reach where they are now. Due to being intangible they cannot “boomerang”-hit an opponent in the back. Amaterasu cannot recall a bead mid-flight after firing them, she needs to wait until they hit an object or fall to the ground (Offense) or until they have reached where she wants them to be and have become stationary (Defense).
Amaterasu has a total of 12 beads at her disposal.
Destruction & Recovery If one or more beads are destroyed Amaterasu must materialize new ones, which takes ca. 2 seconds of concentration for each bead - 24 seconds if all 12 of them were to be destroyed. She doesn’t have to materialize all of them at a time though. While concentrating Amaterasu’s movement speed is halved.
Bead Size: Around the size of a human palm.
Flight Speed & Arc: Around the same speed as an arrow fired from a bow. They arc the same way as well.
Max Range: ~100m
The beads look like the green yin & yang symbols in the image:
[spoiler]![[Image: human_form_amaterasu___okami_render_by_p...5roy7x.png]](http://orig08.deviantart.net/908b/f/2013/016/6/a/human_form_amaterasu___okami_render_by_pastelkuro-d5roy7x.png)
[/spoiler]
Fodder: Where Amaterasu's body touches the ground, grass and tree sprouts appear. This typically happens around her feet as she walks. These plants only grow on surfaces where plants would typically grow already - it doesn't work on rocks, ice, concrete etc or in lifeless environments such as the Underverse. These disappear a few seconds after Amaterasu lifts her foot, and are purely a cosmetic effect. The amount of energy consumed is very minor - this alone won't make her tired even if used for extensive periods of time -, but if Amaterasu is very exhausted for any reason, this will not work. During combat or if Amaterasu wishes to conceal her identity she can also disable this.
Total initial spent OM: 4.100
1600 (Proficiencies) + 900 (Powers) + 1000 (Stat Upgrade) + 600 (Moves)
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Yush, I do.
Source: Okami (game)
History:
[spoiler]The story begins some 100 years before Amaterasu’s coming, in Kamiki Village. This small town was ruled by an eight-headed snake demon named Orochi, who once a year claimed a sacrifice: a black arrow was fired from the cave it rested in, and the maiden upon whose house it landed had to be sacrificed to Orochi. Should the villagers not meet these demands, Orochi would devour them all.
Shiranui, a pure white wolf, and Nagi, a swordsman, battled Orochi to save a maiden named Nami, Nagi's beloved. However they found themselves unable to defeat the demon, and instead had to seal it away.
100 years in the future, Susano, a descendant of Nagi, broke Orochi's seal due to believing the legend to be a fake, allowing the snake to escape and curse the lands.
It was then that Sakuya, the guardian sprite of Kamiki Village, summoned Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, which the villagers knew as the reincarnation of Shiranui, into a statue of Shiranui which subsequently became alive, and asked for her aid to remove Orochi’s curse. Amaterasu, currently in wolf form and equipped with only a basic mirror given to her by Sakuya, embarked on a lengthy journey thereafter, battling countless demons drawn forth by the curse upon the lands, and gradually forcing it back.
However, the Sun Goddess was only a shadow of her former self, having lost her divine weapons and the so-called Celestial Brush techniques, which allowed her to combat her enemies and manipulate the lands around her by drawing objects into it. Throughout her journey, Amaterasu sought to recover these items and techniques by freeing the Celestial Brush Gods from their imprisonment and having them re-teach her the techniques she had once known.
Eventually, Amaterasu, along with Susano, encountered Orochi once again to protect Kamiki Village and rescue Susano's beloved, Kushi, recreating events that had taken place 100 years prior. This time however, the duo defeated Orochi entirely - only to find out that it was part of a greater evil, and the evil spirit that had occupied its body escaped them, flying away.
Amaterasu then embarked on a journey across Nippon (the region within Japan where the events took place), continuing to remove Orochi's still lingering curse on the land and defeating other powerful demons which each released dark presences similar to Orochi’s, floating northward. Following these spirits, Amaterasu eventually came across the wreckage of a gigantic ship able to travel through the stars: the "Ark of Yamato". She found out that this Ark had been given to the Celestial Gods, who had used it to escape from Orochi when he had attacked the Celestial Plain. However, the Ark was in truth housing a great number of demons and the Celestial Gods were unaware of this when they used the Ark to escape. As they were sailing the skies they were attacked by the demons, which consumed almost all the spirits on the Ark and caused it to crash into Earth, where it had stayed until then.
It was then that Yami, the demon controlling all the demons on the Ark, appeared and attacked Amaterasu and struck her down, robbing her of all powers and preparing to deal the final blow. Being a goddess however, Amaterasu thrived on the prayers and faith of the people who she had freed during her journey, people who prayed for the Sun Goddess to rid them of the evil that came from the Ark.
In a flash of blinding sunlight, Amaterasu then ascended and returned to her real human form whilst not only regaining the powers she had been stripped from by Yami, but restoring them to their full strength. She fiercely battled Yami and eventually struck him down in turn, defeating him once and for all and thereby ridding the world of the demons,though some remain to this day.
Amaterasu then retrieved the remaining Celestial Gods and brought them aboard the Ark of Yamato to sail back to the Celestial Plain. They sailed off into the sky, leaving the world behind.
But the Sun Goddess never arrived home.[/spoiler]
Physical Description:
[spoiler]
Amaterasu takes the shape of a human woman with her white hair shaped into the ears of a wolf above her head. She wears a white and red robe similar to that of a shrine maiden, with wide sleeves and sufficient cleavage to show the red tattoo on her shoulders. In addition she wears tights made of red leather, and walks barefoot.
She owns a Prayer Bead chain which she usually wears around her waist, though if she uses it to pray she will put it around her neck instead.
Her eyes are very deep blue, to the point that they get mistaken for black instead.
Her shoulders, back and forehead have red markings on them which give away her deity status to those who know what they stand for.[/spoiler]
Stats: (1.000)
ATK: 3
DEF: 0 => 1
SPD: 3
TEC: 4
Stat Upgrade: 1.000
Proficiencies: 1.600
Ranged Prof. (1.000)
Remote Control (600)
Powers: 900 OM
Master Acrobat (400)
Adv. Super Jumping (500)
Moves: (600)
Prayer Bead Chain (Ranged, Rem. Control) (600 OM)
Amaterasu is able to use the Prayer Bead chain which she usually wears on her belt or neck, in combat. While it is not as powerful as an actual weapon or even her powers as a goddess, it is an effective means for her to fight to some degree. While in use, the beads hover around her at waist height, slowly rotating until Amaterasu uses them.
Offense: By thrusting her palm forward Amaterasu then sends one of the beads flying forward in a straight line, at a rate of around one bead per second (1 bead per 2 seconds if she can’t use one of her hands, 1 bead per 4 seconds if both hands are disabled). She can not control their trajectory after launching them.[spoiler]
Defense: Alternatively to using them as an offensive weapon, Amaterasu can also use the beads to intercept enemy attacks to weaken or stop them, though she cannot make a “barrier” with multiple beads this way. They can take one or two attacks before breaking. Again, movement speed is around the same as an arrow, though they will remain stationary, floating in the air, until recalled.
Amaterasu must have the bead in question floating around her waist in order to use it for either offensive or defensive purposes, she cannot have them fluctuate between offensive and defensive without “recalling” them first.
Recalling: After having used a Prayer Bead for either offensive or defensive purposes, Amaterasu is able to “recall” them remotely. This causes them to turn transparent and intangible as they come flying back to Amaterasu. They fly around the same speed as when used offensively, so if Amaterasu hasn’t moved since her attack they would take the same time to return as they took to reach where they are now. Due to being intangible they cannot “boomerang”-hit an opponent in the back. Amaterasu cannot recall a bead mid-flight after firing them, she needs to wait until they hit an object or fall to the ground (Offense) or until they have reached where she wants them to be and have become stationary (Defense).
Amaterasu has a total of 12 beads at her disposal.
Destruction & Recovery If one or more beads are destroyed Amaterasu must materialize new ones, which takes ca. 2 seconds of concentration for each bead - 24 seconds if all 12 of them were to be destroyed. She doesn’t have to materialize all of them at a time though. While concentrating Amaterasu’s movement speed is halved.
Bead Size: Around the size of a human palm.
Flight Speed & Arc: Around the same speed as an arrow fired from a bow. They arc the same way as well.
Max Range: ~100m
The beads look like the green yin & yang symbols in the image:
[spoiler]
[/spoiler]Fodder: Where Amaterasu's body touches the ground, grass and tree sprouts appear. This typically happens around her feet as she walks. These plants only grow on surfaces where plants would typically grow already - it doesn't work on rocks, ice, concrete etc or in lifeless environments such as the Underverse. These disappear a few seconds after Amaterasu lifts her foot, and are purely a cosmetic effect. The amount of energy consumed is very minor - this alone won't make her tired even if used for extensive periods of time -, but if Amaterasu is very exhausted for any reason, this will not work. During combat or if Amaterasu wishes to conceal her identity she can also disable this.
Total initial spent OM: 4.100
1600 (Proficiencies) + 900 (Powers) + 1000 (Stat Upgrade) + 600 (Moves)
I confirm that I have read and agreed to the Rules of Conduct.
Yush, I do.
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