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Izanami is the wife of Izanagi and the queen of the Amatsukami Underworld.

Overview[]

As the first woman ever created, Izanami helped give birth to the world, including the islands of Japan. She met her death in childbirth as well, and Izagani killed the baby in his grief. Izanami descended in Yomi, the Japanese Underworld, and became its queen, taking on the aspect of death: she appears as a rotting, maggot-ridden corpse, and is accompanied by equally disturbing handmaidens. She and Izanagi can no longer bear to look on one another; Izanami has forsaken light and life, and embraced her place in Yomi.

Izanami rarely leaves her kingdom, and often enters the World as a recluse. However, the echoes of her past creative phase still express themselves: she has been famous biologist, ethicist, and philosopher, a devoted mother and a campaigner for family values. Fate finds a way, for good or ill.

The Scions of Izanami tend to embody either her creative role or her cthonic one. The bright ones are creative, clever, and capable of creating beautiful things; the other gods indulge them with artistic Birthrights, but steer them away from actual power. The dark ones, though, Izanami sees to personally. Part of her still resents the gods who allowed her to die, and she indulges her most aggressive offspring to be a perpetual thorn in their sides. Some gods quietly wonder if she isn't planning to defect to the Titans in order to get her revenge.

Associations[]

Powers: Epic Appearance, Epic Charisma, Darkness, Death, Earth, Tsukumo-Gami

Abilities: Brawl, Command, Fortitude, Integrity, Occult, Stealth

Rivals: Izanagi; Bastet, Freyr, Poseidon, Shango, Thor, Tlaloc

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