Modeled on the chieftain who ruled ogres from Mount Ōe. He descends to villages disguised as a monk or young warrior, exploiting lust, drink, and human weakness. At banquets he feigns hospitality, but in truth he is a raging ogre who abducts people. In the slaying tale, his foes turned a sacred oath against him and sapped his strength with poisoned sake. Letting in guests dressed as mountain ascetics proved fatal.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Half-Human Beings
Rarity - Legendary
Personality - boisterous, cunning, ruthless
Compatibility - easily bonds with those who love sake, never forgives oath breakers
Abilities - overwhelming brute strength, shapeshifting into a monk or youth, demonic aura that bewilders humans, command over underlings, high tolerance for alcohol
Weaknesses - jinben demon-poison sake, weapons blessed by kami and buddhas, bound by oaths
Habitat - Mount Ōe in Tanba Province, Mount Atago in Yamashiro Province, Mount Ibuki in Ōmi Province
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