Kuni Girakuma

Kuni Girakuma was a shugenja of the Crab Clan who became a Maho-tsukai.
== Shugenja ==
Born Circa 620, Girakuma was a mere 14 year old student of the dark ways of the Kuni when he cut open his first goblin under the instruction of his teacher, Kuni Mikoro. Girakuma was drawn to the study of dead things instantly. His macabre fascination with the dead led Girakuma to study it to the point of mastery. Veterans of the Shadow, by Jim Pinto (Imperial Herald #9)
=== Search for Immortality ===
When he was 24 years of age, Girakuma's family was struck by a sickness that was unidentifiable to any Kuni. Only he was strong enough to survive the ravaging scourge, but he watched his wife and children die. Determined to find a way to undo their demise, Girakuma set out to find an escape from death. An unnatural desire for immortality and a sick obsession with the dead completed Girakuma's chaotic
descent into darkness. Girakuma came upon an unholy scroll that offered undreamed of power and life, the sacred scroll of the Fierce Blood of the Earth. 
== Maho-Tsukai ==
Kuni Girakuma's over zealous desire for more and more research subjects led him as deep into the Shadowlands as most would dare to explore. A Hiruma reported had become a Lost. Girakuma spread in the Shadowlands the once unique maho spell Fierce Blood of the Earth, which consumed the life essence of one living being. This life force was absorbed into the caster, healing all immediate damage and halting the aging process for one full year. Continued use of this spell dried and cracked the skin and desiccated the internal organs. Way of the Shadowlands, p. 135
=== Oni Servant ===
Girakuma's servant wa an Oni he called Shizuko (quiet little helper). Shizuko was the name of his first born, Kuni Shizuko, and when he mastered the Art of Oni Naming, in the 9th century, he took the hands from his dead daughter and sacrificed them (along with his own blood) during the summoning ritual. The power of the Oni was great, but Girakuma possessed the power to destroy it with a thought. That alone had kept both of them safe in the knowledge that their wills were focused on the task at hand which could change as quickly as the wind. 
=== Sworn Enemies ===
The Moto family were the sworn enmies of Girakuma, and they owned the Blade of Mol-Ghan, a scimitar which was anointed in a boiling cauldron with a few drops of blood taken from the tissue of Girakuma. When the sword was within range of Girakuna it glowed with a magical orange fire, and became warm to the touch, and the sword negated defense abilities when used on Shadowlands creatures. Its wielder in the early 12th century, Moto Nimthat, chased Girakuma, who had killed Nimthat's brother and father. Veterans of the Shadow (Imperial Herald #8)
== See also ==
* Kuni Girakuma/Meta
Category:Crab Clan Members
Category:Lost