Raiden the Bolt

A Lightning kami played by David Gottsegen in The Five Moons of Japan.
*Pronounced: RAI-dehn
*"Thunder and lightning" in Japanese
	You are the quirky last remaining rogue Lightning kami in Nippon and also one of the first. You and your twin brother Raijuu were born 278 years ago from forked lightning that struck the side of a mountain to the north. For about 78 years, you lived with a small clan of Lighting kamis that lived in high-altitude places. After Susano left Nippon and Amaterasu went into hiding, the Lightning and Fire kamis were amongst the first to start Fading. Your clan ventured down from the mountains to join the other clustering Nipponese about 2 years later. Though you and Raijuu were born without Beast Forms, as most Lightning kamis are, you both had the ability to move at incredible speeds and even possessed some precognitive power. As the years wore on, Raijuu lost more and more hope for the world and finally, 140 years ago, returned to the mountain where you were born, stood at the peak, and said “take me back to the sky.” He Faded, leaving you to wonder just how bleak his visions of the future of Nippon were.
	During the first 20 years after Raijuu’s Fading, you stayed with Yellow Moon and watched over his son, Joule. Then you sort of wandered off and wound up having a brief affair with the Wind kami Tengu the Lark. About 100 years ago, your sanity started slipping rapidly and Tengu left you. You wandered Nippon aimlessly for 25 years before Karasu the Crow and Nozomi the Dove found you and took you to Gaiden Shrine for recuperation. You have been there ever since and have managed to retain your good nature and appreciation of humor (and sanity). Though you have tried to perfect your future-seeing ability, you have never quite measured up to Raijuu. Still, you have enough of it to teach it to Miho, the shrine maiden, who has some clairvoyant skills of her own.