Ōtakemaru

**Otakemaru** (大 (おお)嶽 (たけ)丸 (まる) *Ōtakemaru*), previously known as Aterui, is a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

Otakemaru was once a renowned sorcerer living centuries ago during The Heian Era, the golden age of Jujutsu 1000 years ago.
He lived in the Suzuka Mountains on the border of Ise and Omi Provinces and was so powerful and so violent that he was considered both demon (*ki*) and god (*jin*) and got the alias of "*Demon-God of Suzuka*".
It is well known that many powerful sorcerers were sent to subjugate him but almost all failed. He was finally taken down by a shōgun named **Sakanoue no Tamuramaro** (坂 (さかの)上 (うえ)田 (た)村 (むら)麿 (まろ)).

After his death, he became a cursed spirit, and his curse was too strong for his body to be fully destroyed. Henceforth, his head and five horns, that Tamuramaro cut off, traversed the ages as a cursed object, ever growing in power.

## Appearance

His true form is that of a gargantuan Kijin standing 5 meter tall with hair darker than the night and eyes described to shine like the sun and the moon. He has a rough face and two fangs protruding from his mouth, his teeth are whiter than one would expect. He has massive shoulders and arms thick as the trunk of small trees and his skin is as red as the blood of all those he has killed. He has five beige horns that twists in a way that makes it looks like he wears a crown.

Otakemaru always leaves his upper body bare for the world to see, believing that shirts and similar articles will just be a nuisance to him, he also usually wears a pair of black hakama trousers and a torn white waist sash hanging around his waist.

When reverting to his smaller form Otakemaru shrinks down to about 240 centimeter, his body becomes a bit skinnier and his horns becomes less pointy.

## Personality

Ōtakemaru often acts relaxed and carefree, but he is more on the violent and sadistic side, and, despite thinking of humans as nothing more than quick meal for him, he have no problem conversing with them, finding it quite humorous to scare them. Even though he is fully capable of doing it he dislikes eating humans with clothing, especially clothing that is sharp and metallic. He is also quite lecherous in another way, stating that he prefers eating women over men, as men taste bad to him.
He will always prioritize his own self-interest above all else, if it is not fun or beneficial to him he will not do it.

He likes living in the present/moment, never fully caring about the consequences of his actions, paying no mind to the effects of his actions.

## Synopsis

Long ago, during the Heian Era, Ōtakemaru terrorized, tormented, tortured, ate and killed anyone that approached the Suzuka Mountains, only leaving some alive to spread the tales of his terrors.

One day The emperor of japan commanded his shōgun, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, to exterminate the wicked curse user. Tamuramaro raised an army of sorcerers of varied strengths and entered the Suzuka Mountains. However, Ōtakemaru was powerful, and using his cursed technique he summoned a great storm. He covered the mountains in black clouds, making it impossible to see. Rains and wind battered the sorcerers. Lightning crashed and fire rained down from the sky onto the army, successfully killing all but Tamuramaro and a small few.

A terrible combat ensued between those left standing. It was said that both heaven and earth shook with the fury of their battle. The battle was a long and hard fought one that took multiple days through sweat and sacrifices, until it ended in Tamuramaro's favor and he successfully beheaded the fearsome Ōtakemaru. The head and his multiple horns still exist in modern day as special grade cursed objects stored within the Bushida Clan's main house, located in the Hokkaido Prefecture.

## Abilities & Powers

**Overall Skill Level**: Ōtakemaru is a immensely powerful special grade cursed spirit that got the nickname *Demon-God of Suzuka*, he is revered as one of the most powerful curses to have ever existed. He posses gargantuan reserves of cursed energy, an incredible sturdy/durable body that lets him brush of the attacks of most sorcerers, and an cursed technique that befits his destructive nature.

Just hearing the name *Ōtakemaru* was enough to bring fear to the people and sorceress of the Heian period, and his mere presence was enough to bring despair to most.

Ōtakemaru was so powerful that to slay him the people of the Heian Period needed to unite and form an army thousand strong with Tamuramaro Sakanoue, a legendary sorcerer, in the lead.

**Immense strength**: Ōtakemaru was widely known through japan as one of the physically strongest sorcerer to have ever existed. He was able to kill powerful sorcerers with basic punches and could easily bend steel. Legends tell stories of him being able to move mountains barehanded and creating valleys with simple punches.
Even though Ōtakemaru is in general weaker than the King of Curses, and would lose a fight against him, the former far outclass the latter in pure physical power.

**Immense Speed**: Even with his giant body Ōtakemaru is able to move at unbelievable speeds, fast enough to cover long distances in mere seconds. He is so fast that he is able to behead multiple jujutsu sorcerers in the blink of an eye, without anyone noticing before it being to late.

**Immense Durability**: Ōtakemaru's body is sturdy enough to survive mountain splitting attacks from the likes of *Tamuramaro* without taking a single scratch. Without even reinforcing his body with cursed energy he can take the attacks of Grade 1 Sorcerers head on.

**Size Transformation**: Ōtakemaru has the ability to change size, freely switching between 2.4 meter and 5 meter. Ōtakemaru is in his physical peak when in his larger form and posses higher durability, and when he is in his smaller form he is a lot faster and has an easier time manipulating his cursed energy.

### Jujutsu:

Ōtakemaru aura is described as extremely foul, evil and sinister, able to bring people to their knees by his mere presence.

## Trivia

* Ōtakemaru is based on the same-name figure from Japanese Mythology: Ōtakemaru. Along with Shuten dōji and Tamamo no Mae, he is part of the *Nihon san dai yōkai*, or "Great Three Yōkai" of Japan.
* In the myths Ōtakemaru used black magic to summon a storm that covered the Suzuka Mountains to stop Tamuramaro and his army, that is where the inspiration of his Domain Expansion came from.