Cupray

Cupray's true form (Art by Nogetron)

**Cupray** is a mysterious Kunne Kamui who ate the Firmament.

## Overview

Cupray or the Eclipse is believed to be the most powerful of the Kunne Kamui in Ainu folklore. Little is known about Cupray, what is known is that it's the cause of Eclipses, swallowing the sun.

## Appearance

Cupray appears as the very eclipse itself, a large sphere of unending darkness that swallows the sky. It's described in stories to have several flaming tendrils stretch from behind its dark form.

## Personality

Cupray is a pure malevolent entity who views its only purpose is to spread and cause evil. Despite wanting to consume everything along with Kotan-kar to go beyond its limits, it has no idea what it'll do after that, showing its very hedonistic nature.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Nigh-Omniscience**:
* **Nigh-Omnipotence**:
* **Nigh-Omnipresence**:
* **Creation**: Since Cupray is the shadow of Kotan-kar he should theoretically have the power of creation, but either through a lack of drive or simply not wanting to Cupray has never demonstrated this ability.
* **Destruction**: Cupray is capable of erasing something so completely that not even their soul escapes, leaving the soul unable to be reborn or reach an afterlife.
* **Absorption**: Once Cupray consumes a target its able to drain their energies and become stronger.
	+ **Ability Absorption**: A sub ability of its normal Absorption, once something gets consumed Cupray is able to call upon its powers to use however it sees fit. The strength of these abilities are also magnified by Cupray making them even stronger.
		- **Kunnecup**: After consuming Kunnecup, Cupray is capable of calling upon their lunar powers.
		- **Tokapcup**: After consuming Tokapcup, Cupray is able to call upon her light powers along with her pyrokinesis.

## History

In the beginning after Kotan-kar had created the Kamui, the light from the Kamui casted shadows upon Tenei-pokna-moshiri, giving life to the Kunne Kamui. However it wasn't just the Kamui that were created that casted a shadow, as Kotan-kar had also casted a dastardly shadow. The countless millennia being alone took shape, creating Cupray.

Cupray being the shadow of the Creator god, was by its nature the most powerful Kunne Kamui within the underworld. But when the Kunne Kamui emerged from beneath the ground, Cupray for some unknown reason didn't emerge with them to the mortal world. When the Virtuous Kamui's rule was cemented and the Kunne Kamui returned to the underworld, Cupray put itself as the mysterious head of the Kunne Kamui.

Using the Kunne Kamui, Cupray sowed evil throughout the newly created world, burning it with droughts, destroying it with storms, and ravaging it with Insanity.

Cupray eventually decided that it wanted to not just destroy both the mortal world and the spiritual world but to also consume Kotan-kar. Recruiting Uesoyoma to kidnap and kill Okikurumi the adopted son of the Luminary Kamui; Tokapcup and Kunnecup, and then Cupray would consume both of the Luminary Kamui as they both hold up the Spiritual world leading to the two Realms to crash into each other. Hoewever Uesoyoma had kidnaped Retacchir instead of Okikurumi, eventually leading to Uesoyoma's death. Frustrated Cupray decided to go ahead with their plan by consuming Tokapcup during the night and Kunnecup the following morning, covering the Mortal world in darkness.

Waiting in the Mortal world awaiting the crash between the two dimensions, Cupray brought their army of Kunne Kamui from the underworld expecting a battle with the Kamui. So from the Heavens descended Okikurumi and the rest of the Kamui with Cikap at the lead declaring war. During the war Cupray engaged in battle with Okikurumi, easily besting him. Before finishing off Okikurumi Kotan-kar made his entrance onto the mortal world, causing the Kunne Kamui to lose the will to fight. An angered Cupray then consumed every last Kunne Kamui in their army growing exponentially in power and challenging Kotan-kar. The battle between the two blinded the Kamui bellow and shook creation. The fight at first was relatively equal, but with Cupray consuming the Kunne Kamui he gained the edge in the battle. Seeing this Kotan-kar fused with Okikurumi putting them once again on an equal field. The destructive fight ultimately led to Cupray's demise and the return of the Luminary Kamui with the Kunne Kamui.

Despite being killed by Kotan-kar Cupray is reborn in the Underworld every morning immediately rising to the Mortal World to consume the sun once again, however every time they're stopped and killed by Kotan-kar in the form of a flock of crows, banishing Cupray back to the underworld.

## Myths and Legends

In the original story Cupray is never given a name, its believed that this is the case as merely saying the name of a demonic entity of its magnitude would either bring misfortune or invite the evil from it into you. The history written on this page at most conjecture as like Cupray's name and the origin of the Kunne Kamui themselves, their history wasn't passed down to the missionaries who recorded their beliefs as to not taint them with evil.

When Christian missionaries made contact with the Ainu, they believed that Cupray itself was the devil, Essentially synchronizing the two.

## Trivia

* Its believed that the story of Cupray is based on a real event of a solar eclipse.
* The name Cupray can be translated to Eclipse in the Ainu language, directly meaning "Luminary death" or "the death of a Luminary".