Yamata

**Yamata** is a Same Bito.

## Biography

As a young girl of Ushiku City, 50 miles outside of Tokyo, you had an extreme fascination with all things pop culture.

You loved the goofy sounds of J-Pop, manga, and anything American. When you were 12 you got together with three of your friends and started your own pop group, the Queens of Junk, and suddenly a producer from Tokyo was interested in purchasing your first single! It wasn't long before "Mr. America" was on a handful of Japan's Top 40 stations.

But not long after you moved to Tokyo, away from your parents and into your own apartment (at the age of 14), you began having dreams. Strange dreams where the gigantic Buddha statue of your hometown began speaking to you. He told you that soon you would change, and with that would come a whole new life. The dreams didn't feel good; they felt instead like nightmares. But the Buddha was right. Something was happening. Something within you was changing.

One night a cluster of teenager began hassling you in Shinjuku Station, telling you that you had to come with them, that they would take you to the local Beast Court (whatever that was) to begin your teaching. They weren't human, they said, and then they told you that neither were you.

You didn't want to hear them, didn't want to believe that you were some monster and you'd have to leave your wonderful life.

Feeling cornered with a need to escape, you ran into the Takashimaya department store to hide and cry. And there you changed, And you knew those boys were right.

Since then, you listened and went along. Took awhile to get used to things, but now you're a productive member of the Shomben Yokocho ("Piss Alley") sentai in Tokyo.

You run with a pack of boys, and it didn't take long to model yourself as their leader whether they like it or not. Some of the old hats and big wigs of the court treat you like you're still a little kid (so what if you're only 15?), but they don't know how cold you really are, do they? While they sit off, meditating and humming and doing nothing, you and your merry war makers wreck havoc against the corrupted businessmen and criminals of the city as your old life floats farther and farther away.

You've found new enlightenment through a sort of Pop Culture Dharma." You find the teachings of truth and wisdom in Top 40 songs, TV shows from 1950's America, and Japanese anime. The Weaver is not your enemy; no, the Queen Spider of Reality is enough of a friend to keep you entertained at all hours, and if there's one thing that you always need, it's entertainment.

You're extremely sad at the loss of your life and burgeoning pop idol career, but you overcompensate with over eagerness, annoying happiness, and devout curiosity. You refuse to let anyone know that you're sad, because you're the princess, the heroine, the trickster priestess who is the power behind the throne. Anybody who doesn't listen to you and worship the ground you walk upon, well, they can just kiss off, can't they?

**Equipment:** Stack of manga, trendy street costumes, trunk of cosplay costumes, wakazashi

## Stats

**Breed:** Homid

**Auspice:** Brightwater

**Physical:** Strength 2, Dexterity 4, Stamina 2

**Social:** Charisma 4, Manipulation 3, Appearance 3

**Mental:** Perception 2, Intelligence 2, Wits 3

**Talents:** Alertness 2, Athletics 1, Brawl 1, Dodge 3, Expression 2

**Skills:** Etiquette 2, Leadership 2, Melee 3, Performance 4, Stealth 2

**Knowledges:** Enigmas 2, Investigation 2, Linguistics 1

**Backgrounds:** Allies, Contacts

**Gifts:** Persuasion, Paper Butterfly, Gulp, Balance

**Rage:** 1

**Gnosis:** 2

**Willpower:** 6