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| - Yagami Mibu (壬生八神, Mibu Yagami), his very name is synonymous with the code of bushido, for he is a man of great honor, skill and renown. Once, he was but a wandering samurai devoted entirely to the art of combat. He fought and struggled through the tribulations of his life in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. He sought revelation in the throes of battle, spirituality through the sword, and transcendence through victory and exaltation. Throughout his journey he did much good, for he brought about the downfall of many who would have seen the Land of Demons fall prey to corruption and destitution. Yet just as often, those who lusted for power, who saw him as adversary, who would sow the seeds of chaos rose against him. His destiny was one of conflict, of pain and suffering and unend
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| - Yagami Mibu (壬生八神, Mibu Yagami), his very name is synonymous with the code of bushido, for he is a man of great honor, skill and renown. Once, he was but a wandering samurai devoted entirely to the art of combat. He fought and struggled through the tribulations of his life in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. He sought revelation in the throes of battle, spirituality through the sword, and transcendence through victory and exaltation. Throughout his journey he did much good, for he brought about the downfall of many who would have seen the Land of Demons fall prey to corruption and destitution. Yet just as often, those who lusted for power, who saw him as adversary, who would sow the seeds of chaos rose against him. His destiny was one of conflict, of pain and suffering and unending bloodshed, but through it all he prevailed. On his journey he abandoned the blade in his hand to wield the sword of nature, bringing low all who dared to bar his path. But death begets death, and in time he realized his mistakes, pondered on his actions, and ultimately realized the truth of his destiny that lay behind him and before him. With this revelation, he abandoned the sword entirely to embrace his destiny. In that moment his mind and body transcended beyond the mortal coil, the manifestation of such a transformation beholden in the rippling pattern endowed within his very eyes. Yet the manner of his transcendence is what makes his governing thoughts and actions so mysterious, so radical and evoking as to shake the very world. He is a man of peace, who wishes it for his fellow man, but whereas others see the cycle of human nature as to be something to be crushed or overcome, Yagami views it as the very juncture in which man becomes god. Rather than subject his fellow man to pain, suffering or despair in order to force some radicalized reversal of that which governs their nature, Yagami believes that in order to achieve peace, one must first go through the crucible of war. He is now immortal, time as he perceives it is so otherworldly to normal humans, time has become immaterial. Humbly confident in his endeavor he will eventually bring forth a spiritual revolution for the rest of his people, even if takes a hundred years or a thousand, for humans are a group who grow only by pitting themselves against that which would destroy them.
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