Amaterasu

[Amaterasu]

Character History

(Pre-Omniverse)

The story begins some 100 years before Amaterasu’s coming, in Kamiki Village - a small town located in Nippon, in medieval Japan. Kamiki Village 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, who was to be that year's sacrifice. 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.

Character Story:

(Omniverse)

Excalibur, Caliburn and the King of Knights
Amaterasu arrives at the Nexus and meets up with the King of Knights, Arturia. After a great deal of talking, they part ways as Amaterasu is mistaken for a wanted criminal by Imperial soldiers, and taken into custody.

A sun in the City
After being taken into Imperial Custody and brought to Coruscant for interrogation, things clear up and Amaterasu is revealed to in fact not be the one they were looking for. She finds her first Celestial Brush technique and returns to the Nexus - only to be pulled into the Graveyardverse.

(Various Threads in the Graveyardverse)
Amaterasu allies with Somerled and later Trunks, attempting to survive the event but ultimately dying - though she does go down protecting a friend from being killed! (I'm Ama, I'm helping!) She is given an OM reward for her troubles by the Spirit, and sent back to the Nexus.

Back in Action
Respawning at the Nexus, Amaterasu meets Bakugami and obtains another Celestial Brush technique. Her next stop is the Frozen Fields, feeling the presence of someone she wants to meet there.

Fields of Ice
After arriving, Amaterasu encounters Urist, a dwarf locked in battle with a troll. Having come to his aid she embarks on a lengthy quest to become a friend of the dwarves. Along the way, she meets an old friend...

A message left behind
After learning that her friend Arturia is in the Dante's Abyss event, Amaterasu takes a brief trip to the Endless Dunes and, finding that the sign-up booths have long closed and are packed up, she goes to the Nexus in order to have a friend leave a message for Arturia, so they may contact one another.