Izanagi-no-Okami

**Izanagi-no-Okami, He Who Invites,** is a Primordial, a former member of the Primordial Kinship, and the founder of the Naobi. Izanagi-no-Okami was hailed the most noble of the Primordial Kinship and left them and sought to stop their unopposed rule once they had become arrogant and disillusioned with their cause. He is the 3rd strongest Primordial.

## History

Izanagi-no-Okami and his wife Izanami-no-Okami were the leaders of the original unclassified group of gods that lived in the Heavens prior to being inhabited by the Virtues and the Heavenly Kings. From there they ruled united under their standard which was the spear of Izanagi-no-Okami, the Ame no Ohabari. It allowed mortals to harm Primordials when enchanted and blessed by the spear. However, Izanagi-no-Okami saw in a vision from the Ohabari that the Kinship would fall. Not wanting his comrades to die, he hid the existence of the Ohabari as he believed that the spear was trying to tell him the spear itself was why the Kinship would fall. As centuries passed, Izanagi-no-Okami began to fear for the Kinship's future once he noticed the ever-growing hubris and mistreatment of the denizens they were supposed to rule over. Izanagi-no-Okami asked for Elysia, the Kinship's leader, to keep his Kinship in line to keep favor with the people they were supposed to be ruling over. Elysia, drunk over hubris just like the rest of the Kinship refused. Izanagi-no-Okami would witness the mistreatment of denizens and step-in whenever he could to mitigate their suffering at the hands of his comrades. When he was with Cronus, he witnessed an exchange where an innocent being was killed by Cronus. Izanagi-no-Okami, angered at the loss of innocent life, told Cronus that if he or any other Kinship Primordials should shed innocent blood, he would be forced to step away from the Kinship. He would regret not listening to him as when Cronus killed yet another person, Izanagi left for good with no intention of not returning to the Kinship until he was convinced they had changed their ways. Izanagi-no-Okami, his wife, and his denizens lived peacefully until those he had helped told him that the bloodshed of the Kinship had gotten much worse. Not seeing much choice, Izanagi opted to arrange a meeting with Elysia with all members present. When he attended, he told them that he explained that the Kinship should expect war the next time, he witnessed a range of emotions from them. Yamato and Ouroboros looked saddened, Cronus and Elysia looked unphased, but Chaos looked extremely amused. When Cronus attempted to intimidate the villagers with physical strength, Izanagi stopped him. Izanagi explained to Cronus that he should leave before anyone gets hurt, and that there is no honor in hurting those weaker than him. Cronus only noticed the new spear and Izanagi explained it wasn't important. Cronus attempted to hit Izanagi to which he retaliated by immediately disarming him and knocking him to the ground. He ordered him to leave before he got hurt. Cronus angered, got up and him and Izanagi fought. Izanagi won and used the Ohabari to send him back to the Kinship. Elysia would return at Izanagi's doorstep ready to end the war before it even started, but Izanagi, having foreseen this event, ambushed the Primordials with the denizens he had gained the favor of, having been blessed by the Ohabari, they could harm the Primordials. Chaos was amused by this turn of events and found Izanagi. Izanagi told him that he knew he wanted this fight and goaded him to attack. Chaos charged forward and was repelled by the Ohabari. Izanagi told him that he could fight him there, but he would not prevail. The sacred grounds from where the Ohabari was found greatly empowered Izanagi, not even Chaos was a match for Izanagi. Chaos grimaced and left. Later on in the war, Izanagi's group, now called the Naobi, surrendered after Izanagi had witnessed another clearer premonition in which he realized he was not the one to kill the Primordial Kinship. He made his best friend, Yamato, the ruler of the Naobi and asked that he surrender and asked his wife, Izanami-no-Okami, wished to watch over their son while he left. Izanagi-no-Okami said to his son, "I want you to know that I named you after me not out of hope that you would live up to my name, but so that your people could be united under 'Izanagi'. Become your own ruler, son." He disappeared not long after. Yamato made the decision to immediately pass leadership to Izanagi-no-Mikoto, telling him his plan, while Izanagi-no-Okami's son was mortified, he accepted Yamato's choice. Yamato would make the ultimate sacrifice, allowing the Naobi to hide and the newly-christened Shinto to live in peace from any potential fear of the Kinship's attack. Watching the Kinship's fall from the shadows, he became filled with regret, the man he let destroy the Kinship was not one of good intent and his best friend had died for nothing. Out of shame and regret, he would be unwilling to come out of the shadows until someone found him and he left the Ohabari behind as a result...

## Personality

Izanagi-no-Okami is honorable, selfless, and cares greatly for his peace, loved ones, and friends. He is not one for senseless bloodshed and despises Chaos because of his killing tendencies, especially because he knew that the Kinship had no real interest in having Chaos around. When he saw Chaos betray Elysia, he blamed himself for his death and believed that he should've killed Chaos when he attempted to fight him, not knowing that the Kinship would've kept Chaos around to use him as a tool for the war.

## Physical and Mental Analysis

A physical and mental analysis was done on Izanagi-no-Okami based on reports as he refused an actual examination.

* He is arguably the greatest swordsman and is the greatest bow-user in the universe, even capable of matching the Daemon Sultan with his own spear, the Ohabari, and Chaos in sword combat as well.
* Izanagi-no-Okami has a wide array of proteges in swordsmanship and is considered the most prestigious instructor in swordsmanship. Yamato, Indra, Genesis, and even Olteus, who learned from reading about Izanagi-no-Okami, are all people who have studied under, or in Indra's case, with him.
* Izanagi-no-Okami uses a bow, the Yomi-Yumi, and was taught how to by Indra in exchange for him teaching Indra swordsmanship.
* He was not initially the 3rd strongest Primordial, but years in the shadows honing his skills with a spear and bow had made him stronger than any Primordial in the Kinship, barring Chaos.
* He is an extremely honorable fighter. When he fought against Chaos when both were still in the Kinship, he discarded his weapon when he disarmed Chaos, even while knowing he would be greatly outmatched due to Chaos's superior abilities in close combat.
* He is regarded as the greatest tactician in the Universe. His abilities as a tactician allowed him to stand against armies of Primordials with only mortals. Even with the Ohabari's blessing, this is a task that not even the Daemon Sultan and Chaos could not feasibly accomplish.
* He possesses the Nuboko, his weapon of choice before the Ohabari. The Nuboko has a wooden sheath that attaches to the Uchigatana, allowing it to function as a bokken, a weapon he and the Shinto use to train pupils. Another weapon of his is the Yomi-Yumi, a bow he retrieved from the Shinto underworld, Yomi, in his quest to save his wife, Izanami-no-Okami, when she was killed in battle.
* The Daemon Sultan has said that although the Lovecraftians have greater numbers, the greatest and most skilled army are the Naobi-Ningen, Izanagi-no-Okami's army of mortals created to fight the Kinship.
* While he did fight against the Kinship, he was saddened by the death of Elysia and was angered by Chaos's betrayal of the Kinship. The only sympathy he holds toward the Kinship is that they went out betrayed and spiritually broken, which he believes was the worst possible fate for them.

## Relationships

Daemon Sultan (Neutral) - Izanagi-no-Okami is one of the few people that the Daemon Sultan greatly respects, however, having been observed from the shadows, the feeling is not mutual. Izanagi-no-Okami does not believe in his method of rule, keeping his subjects intensely under his thumb. However, he does admit the Daemon Sultan is extremely wise and a much superior mind compared to his. When they finally met, great disagreements ensued. The Daemon Sultan admitted his disappointment while Izanagi-no-Okami only told him that he stuck to the beliefs he had so long ago. However, he was pleasantly surprised when he met him in-person, the Daemon Sultan gave him back the Ohabari. This changed his view of him as he believed he was a cruel being without morals and honor, but him and the Daemon Sultan hardly agree.

Yamato (Positive) - Izanagi-no-Okami's friend and sparring partner. Yamato and Izanagi have fought alongside each other countless times and when both were strong enough to join the Kinship, both were compatriots. Izanagi placed such trust in Yamato that he made him the 2nd Leader of the Naobi, he was devastated when watching the slaughter of Yamato at the hands of Chaos and his death is the reason why he absolutely despises Chaos.

Izanami-no-Okami (Positive) - Izanagi loves his wife very much and respects her to such an extent even allowing her to come with him to war against the Kinship. He is devoted to her so much that he even journeyed to Hell, which his people called Yomi, to retrieve her soul and bring her to the Heavens again. He is extremely overbearing and protective towards her and wishes no harm to come of her. She and her son Izanagi-no-Okami were ecstatic to see him again and she, along with her husband, oversee the rule of the Shinto Pantheon.

Izanagi-no-Mikoto (Positive) - Izanagi loves his son a lot, however he took note that he tried really hard during the war which led to his son getting injured several times. He correctly deduced that his son believed that he had to live up to his father's name, especially since they shared the same name. Izanagi-no-Okami told his son to walk his own path and to stop trying to live up to him, as it would only get him killed. Izanagi-no-Mikoto was happy to see his father again and would happily relinquish his title until Izanagi-no-Okami told him to keep the Shinto living as they had for centuries under his son's rule as his days of ruling died when the Kinship did.

Chaos (Despised) - Izanagi-no-Okami has never liked Chaos. Ever since he was inducted into the Kinship, he never believed Chaos fit in at all. He believed his tendencies made him unfit to rule over people, and he also believed that since he never took anything seriously regarding the Kinship, he was a liability to the Kinship. When he witnessed him betray the Kinship, he felt a great deal of guilt even going so far as to say he should've killed him when he last saw him. When they met again, Izanagi's resentment of Chaos shown through as he bitterly recounted the details that he was forced to observe from the shadows. However, Izanagi's annoyance turned to pure hatred when he killed Yamato. Chaos only told him that it was unfortunate he'd softened up so much although he'd at least shown signs of improvement, to which Izanagi retorted that is at least reasonable and capable of making rational decisions.

Elysia (Despised) - Long ago, Izanagi and Elysia were great friends, but when Elysia and the rest of the Kinship began feeling power-hungry and arrogant over their unopposed rule, their relationship greatly strained. Soon enough, they would become enemies when Elysia refused to put a stop to the death of innocent people. When Elysia was revived and learned about Izanagi-no-Okami's resurgence, he offered an invitation to Izanagi to assist in his vengeance against the Daemon Sultan. Izanagi knew that his rule would not be better than the Daemon Sultan's and that even if he did win, he likely would've been picked off by Chaos. He decided to abstain from the war completely. His faith in Elysia did not return when he came back as he only knew that he wished to destroy the Daemon Sultan out of vengeance and not for the betterment of Universe Prime.

Mortis (Despised) - Izanagi-no-Okami were comrades, but as he watched from the shadows he grew to quickly despise him not long after the crumble of the Kinship, due to him aligning with Chaos. When they met again, Mortis was eager and happy to see him again. When Izanagi saw him again, he was consumed by rage, and hit Mortis extremely hard across the side of his face with the Nuboko in bokken form. This bruised the side of Mortis's face extremely badly. He chastised Mortis for aligning himself with his Pantheon's killer and with someone who never had any intention of killing the Daemon Sultan for the Kinship. He left Mortis on the ground without saying a word after. He sees Mortis as a traitor and a person blinded by vengeance to the point where it blurred his reason.

Mech and Physicus (Positive) - Mech and Physicus were responsible for Izanagi finally making his resurgence. Mech and Physicus convinced Izanagi that Universe Prime needed him as Chaos and Dogma were not strong enough to stop a potential takeover by the Daemon Sultan and even if they were, Chaos is too much of a loose cannon to be reliable. He considers them friends and the two reminded him that he is still needed in the current world. Mech and Physicus informally refer to him as "Izanagi Sr."