Shikigami

Shikigami were spirits made alive through a complex conjuring ceremony. Shikigami were said to be invisible most of the time, but they could be made visible by binding them into small, folded and artfully cut paper manikins. Yogo Preservers conjured them to exercise risky orders for their masters, such as spying, stealing and enemy tracking. Shadowlands: The Essential Guide to the Dominion of Fu Leng, p. 95 Shikgami sometimes were crafted from other materials than paper such as dirt, loose bits of metal, liquids, or even small flames. They could take almost any form, generally taken the shape of small, ghostly figures with humanoid forms, though they could have animal traits or forms as the shugenja desired. The shikigami was intelligent, could communicate with it master, and generally obeyed his orders. It could perform any invocations his master had sealed within it. Depending on the sorts of invocations used to animate a shikigami, some common forms were: Shadowlands: The Essential Guide to the Dominion of Fu Leng, pp. 114-115
* : Birds, butterflies, bats, moths
* : Fish, frogs, salamanders
* : Dragonflies, fireflies, centipedes
* : Mice, rats, spiders
== See also ==
* Shikigami/Meta
Category:Rokugani Language (TCG)
Category:Spirits (TCG)