Myōten Mikoto

**Myōten Mikoto** is the most cunning of the Twelve Guardian Devas. While working with Taishakuten, she served as her advisor alongside Bishamonten. Her genius is the very reason that the overlord went undefeated for a very long time.

## Personality

Myōten usually maintains a calm and quiet demeanor around most people, pretending to be a harmless member of the twelve guardians. She claims to hate fighting but that is only part of her deception. When people see through it, she shows her true colors as selfish and manipulative; destroying other people's lives and twisting their beliefs for her own gain. She has no qualms with killing those who get in her way, and doesn't seem to show any kind of remorse for her actions. Despite all of her wisdom, she is a devious killer who will do anything to see her own wishes come to life more than anyone else's.

True to her nature as a snake, she manipulates other people to get what she wants and always goes unnoticed, rarely ever failing in her plans. As a deity who is capable of manipulating probability or luck, she has never experienced any form of challenge in her life and always goes down the correct path that is best for her. She sought to overthrow the leader of the twelve and take the spot for herself but this plan never came to fruition, likely because of the protection that Iyō had from any unexpected threats to her rule. She doubted her lord but could not make that apparent otherwise she would have run the risk of treason. Ishana's rebellion was something she had anticipated beforehand but did not bring to the attention of Taishakuten.

## Appearance

Myōten wears a round-necked robe worn by nobles, made from a dark red cloth featuring a plant pattern in ocher. Her purple unlined cloth kimono bears a flowing water pattern that is worn underneath the outer robe, while a light green sword sash with a floral ornament hanging from the waistline completes the garment. It speaks of the refined tastes of Benzaiten, who was also a poet as well as a musician. She wears a pair of cylindrical sleevelets made from thick white cloth tat provide some protection from the back of the hand up to the elbow. They also serve to prevent one from sullying the sleeves of one's coat with sweat or dust. The design of her outfit is interwoven with charms that reduce lesser demons who would make an attempt on her life, to ash. From her lower body on down, she wears a simple purple hakama which was originally worn by women of the Imperial Court during the Heian period. Her greaves have been enchanted with a prayer for banishing evil by one of her attendants who is close to their owner and are perfectly capable of repelling a half-hearted demon attack by themselves.

## Abilities

**Greater Lord Physiology**: As deities that are widely worshipped by humans or other beings, greater lords are a higher tier of the deity classification. They generally rule over one or more concepts to a more significant level than their lesser counterparts. They are able to achieve things that other people simply cannot: creating realms, weapons or objects of divine or demonic power out of nothing but their own essence as if it were child's play. While not as powerful as a Demiurge, they still have a great deal of influence and control over a certain aspect of something, be it a particular mythology or the world that they live in. Their speed, strength, coordination and other physical capabilities are otherworldly, allowing them to easily compete with the greatest angels, spirits, demons or anything otherwise. Like angels, their blood consists of aureum, a substance that is harmful to beings that either harbor or were created from negative energy. They are a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield and only grow stronger through the worship that they receive.