Suwako Moriya (Touhou Project)

## Summary

**Suwako Moriya** is the original goddess of the Moriya Shrine, prior to Kanako's take over. *Officially* the shrine belongs to Kanako, but Suwako handles the divine services. She is a native god born from and formed of faith, and Sanae Kochiya is her distant descendant and shrine maiden.

## Powers, stats and information(Source: VS Battle Wiki)

**Tier:** **High 3-A**, possibly **Low 2-C (NOTE: We see possibly Low 2-C level is THE LOWEST Low 2-C)**

**Name:** Suwako Moriya

**Origin:** Touhou Project

**Gender:** Female

**Age:** Unknown (at the very least two thousand years old)

**Classification:** God

**Attack Potency:** **High Universe level**, possibly **Universe level+** (Comparable to Kanako)

**Speed:** **Massively FTL+** (Comparable to Reimu and others on her level) for her physical body, **Omnipresent** for her true form (Gods exist as ideas all over existence, and can manifest themselves everywhere)

**Lifting Strength:** **Class 25** (Comparable to Tenshi)

**Striking Strength:** **High Universal**, possibly **Universal+**

**Durability:** **High Universe level**, possibly **Universe level+**

**Stamina:** High

**Range:** At least Tens of Meters with Danmaku (Her firing range should be comparable to Sakuya's, who can throw knives at least 36 meters), Multiversal for her true form (Gods can access any Otherworlds)

**Standard Equipment:** Nothing notable

**Intelligence:** High. Suwako is quite old and experienced and is exceptionally cunning.

**Weaknesses:** Suwako is dependent on faith. (not use in Suwako Moriya's death battle)

## Skills

* **Curse Gods (The Mishaguji):** The Mishaguji are fearsome curse gods that gathered much faith in the past by cursing harvests, births, and wars, amongst other things. Despite their reputation, Suwako managed to tame them and bring them under her control. Their breath can render the land barren, and Suwako uses them to dig tunnels for her use. **Skill Cards:**
	+ **Ancient Geyser:** Water spews from under Suwako's feet, propelling her into the air.
	+ **Ancient Iron Ring:** Suwako creates a spinning ring of metal and throws it at her opponent.
	+ **Ancient Jade:** Suwako gathers jades from underground and fires them at her opponent as powerful high-speed projectiles.
	+ **Giant Toad God:** Suwako emanates a frog-like aura that damages and restrains her opponents.
	+ **Lake of Great Earth:** Suwako dives towards the earth and brings her enemy down with her, shattering the ground.
	+ **Mishaguji Scourge:** With the power of the Mishaguji, Suwako directly curses her opponent, lowering their defenses.
	+ **Mr. Long-Arm and Mr. Long-Leg:** Suwako fires a laser from each of her limbs.
	+ **Native God's Scourge:** Suwako uses the power of the Mishaguji to create a cloud of curses that follows her opponent.
	+ **Rain-calling Frog:** Rain sprinkles from the sky in a large area around Suwako, covering a wide ground.
	+ **Scourged Earth:** The power of the Mishaguji bursts from the ground in front of Suwako, cursing anyone caught in the blast.
	+ **Stone Frog God:** A frog-shaped boulder bursts from underground, and Suwako rides it into her enemy.
	+ **Water Frog God:** Suwako takes off her hat and an explosive frog jumps out of it and towards her opponent. **Spell Cards:**
	+ **Divine Tool "Moriya's Iron Ring":** Suwako throws out three metal rings that bounce around her surroundings.
	+ **Frog Hunt "The Snake Eats the Croaking Frog":** A massive snake-shaped boulder bursts from the ground below her opponent, devouring them.
	+ **Frog Nap "Can Always Hibernate":** Suwako jumps underground and takes a nap, with the shockwave she creates when jumping into the earth knocking her opponent back.
	+ **Native God "Froggy Braves the Wind and Rain":** Suwako shoots a large quantity of water into the air, and it falls back to the ground, raining on her opponent.
	+ **Native God "Lord Long-Arm and Lord Long-Leg":** Suwako stretches out her arms and legs and emits a burst of powerful godly power from them.
	+ **Native God "Moriya God":** A giant frog aura appears around Suwako and strikes at her opponent, knocking them back.
	+ **Native God "Red Frogs of Houei 4":** Suwako splits into two bodies, one of which charges at her opponent and attacks them with bursts of red danmaku.
	+ **Party Start "Two Bows, Two Claps, and One Bow":** With a clap, two hands of stone rise from the earth and crush Suwako's opponent between them.
	+ **Scourge God "Mishaguji-sama":** The Mishaguji appear at Suwako's command and attack her opponent from all sides with curses.
	+ **Spring Sign "Jade of the Horrid River":** Suwako summons the waters of a raging river, which rush forwards ahead of her and crash into her opponent.
	+ **Spring Sign "Suwa Clear Water":** Suwako sprays a torrent of water from her mouth.

## Trivia

* Kanako Yasaka and Suwako are described in *Silent Sinner in Blue* Chapter 6 as gods that have a body. Having a body is likely why they can move and act so independently as opposed to gods who need a vessel, although they are still capable of splitting their spirit when summoned and called upon like all Japanese gods.
* Chapter 19 of *Silent Sinner in Blue* implies that the Lunarians are using shimenawa to seal away a god at the Moriya Shrine. It's unknown if Suwako is aware of this. Her win quote to Reisen Udongein Inaba in *Touhou Hisoutensoku* merely has her commenting, "I heard that there are all kinds of gods where you come from."
* Suwako's strongest spell card in *Touhou Hisoutensoku* resembles the ultimate attack of Akuma from *Street Fighter*, the Shun Goku Satsu.
* In *Touhou Hisoutensoku*, one of her palettes is a homage to Hina Kagiyama. She also seems to have another alternate color palettes that resembles the fan-made character Maybell.
* The frogs printed on Suwako's dress were taken from Chōjū-giga, the picture scrolls drawn in 12th century.
* Suwako's theme "Native Faith" is an homage to "Boss6", the BGM used in an STG released by Taito in 1989, *Night Striker* (ナイトストライカー).
* Suwako does not have any actual connection to frogs, but she likes frogs and her spirit is sometimes invoked in the form of a frog.