Most of the characters in Glory of Deep Skies are original and non-existent in the Touhou Project. The following two are, however, officially part of the Touhou Project and are playable characters in Glory of Deep Skies, each with two different shot types. All other characters are original.
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灼熱の太陽の巫女 Shrine Maiden of the Blazing Sun
Reimu Hakurei Playable Character
種族:人間
能力:飛ぶ程度の能力
毎度お馴染みの巫女さん。博麗神社の巫女さん。
四季異変以来、ちょっとした変化でも深く疑う
ようになった。
だけどいつも通り、しばらく経った後は完全に
忘れて、また気を緩めた。
ある秋夕、地面から伸びる光の柱を見かけたけど、
別になんでもないと無視した。
やっとそのことを思い出して理解してきたのは
空の雰囲気が段々不思議になっていた頃だった。
それから間もなく、まだ何か対策ができると思って
出て行った。
なぜなら、幻想郷の異変解決専門家だったから。
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Species: Human
Ability: Capable of flying
The now familiar shrine maiden of the Hakurei Shrine.
Ever since the four seasons incident, she has been kind of paranoid
about any small changes for a while.
However, as usual, she had just completely forgotten about it not too
long after and let her guard down.
She saw a light beam coming from the ground one autumn evening,
but she had just shrugged it off as if it was nothing.
It was until that the sky started becoming strange and more mysterious
incidents occurred that she put two and two together.
It didn't take her long after that before she went out in hope
that it is not too late yet.
After all, she is Gensokyo's Incident Resolver specialist.
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静穏なる太陰の魔法使い Magician of the Serene Moon
Marisa Kirisame Playable Character
種族:人間
能力:魔法を使う程度の能力
幻想郷に住む、普通な魔法使い。
蒐集癖を持つ。
この最近、自分の魔力がおかしくなっていること
に気付いた。ミニ八卦炉から撃った小さい火の粉
でも物に火を付けることが時々あった。
最初は数年前の付喪神異変の余波かと思ったけど、
他の魔法でも同じ結果があった。
それだけではなく、弾幕の流れ弾が当たるだけで
所持品に物理的なダメージを受けた。明らかに何か
があったと感じ、空に満ちている見た事のない光に
も気づいた。好奇心が湧いてきた。
幻想郷に一体何があったのかを知るために、調査し
に行った。
彼女の戦い方はパワー重視だから、こんなに大きい
魔力の増加ではさほど難しくないだろう。
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Species: Human
Ability: Capable of using magic
An ordinary magician living in Gensokyo.
She also has a mania for collecting things.
Lately she has noticed that her power has been acting strange.
She can occasionally light things on fire with just a tiny spark from
her mini-Hakkero.
At first she thought that it was a side effect from the Tsukumogami incident
few years back, but the same things also happened with her other magics.
Not only that, but even a simple danmaku bullet was capable of inflicting
physical damage upon her belongings. She knew something was up, and at the
same time, the sky was also filled with unusual lights.
This made her curious.
So she decided to go on an investigation in hopes of finding what
happened in Gensokyo.
After all, her combat style is all about power; with this huge magical boost,
it shouldn't be too hard.
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Kazue
Kazue (カズエ) is the stage 1 midboss.
Concept
- Appearance
Kazue has light-blue hair and grey-blue eyes. As a vengeful spirit, she has a ghost-looking appearance, having a ghastly wisp replacing her legs.
She wears a white kimono on top of a long crismon dress, ornamented with a black Japanese belt.
Kazue also wears a hitaikakushi and holds a piece of white paper in her left hand.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Kazue's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Kazue's Profile
種族: 怨霊
能力: 呪いを操る程度の能力
強い力を突然得て、暴れだした通りすがりの怨霊。
怨霊がこうやって実体のある姿を取るのは大変珍しい。
そのきっかけは最近の魔力の増加と関係があるだろうか?
それとも他の原因でもあったか?
どっちにしても、自分の過去を全く思い出せなくて
ただあっちこっち彷徨っているらしい。
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Species: Vengeful Spirit
Ability: Capable of manipulating curse
A random spirit that suddenly gained a lot of power and went on a rampage.
It is very rare to see a Vengeful Spirit taking a physical form.
Perhaps the recent magic power boost also contributed to the cause,
or could there be something more to it?
Nevertheless, she can't seem to remember her past at all
and just wanders aimlessly.
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Aimi Sagigamori
Aimi Sagigamori (鷺ヶ森 蒼海, Sagigamori Aimi) is the stage 1 boss.
Concept
- Name
Her first name, Aimi, is written with kanji meaning "blue sea", while her surname Sagigamori means "heron's forest".
- Appearance
Aimi is a white heron, as her white wings suggest. Her hair and eyes are light-blue. She has a magician's top hat and wears a mix of a tuxedo suit and a kimono as a vest.
She also wears a light-blue skirt, a pink Japanese belt, and black boots.
The bird with a top hat she's holding is named Tokkii.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Aimi Sagigamori's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Aimi Sagigamori's Profile
種族: 青鷺火
能力: 火の玉を操る程度の能力
妖怪の山に住む野生のゴイサギだった者。
十分に年を経た後、妖怪となった。
普通は人間との接触が殆どなくて、友達の鳥と一緒に
山の上で暮らしている。
でもこの最近、外の世界の知識ベースに繋げていると言われる
河童たちが作った情報網を通して、「マジックショー」と言うもの
を知るようになった。
興味が湧いて、定期的に練習しようと決めた。
最近だと魔力がいつもより増えていると感じたので、
鳥の友達からも手伝いを求めながら、より上級の
マジックを試していた。
自分の手品を披露する時がやっと来たと思ったので、
デビューのショーをしに人間の里へと旅立った。
ちなみに友達は全て普通の鳥である。
手に持っているのは親友の一羽、「トッキー」。
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Species: Aosagibi
Ability: Capable of manipulating fireballs
Previously one of the wild herons that lived on Youkai Mountain.
Once old enough, she got turned into a Youkai.
Normally, she just doesn't interact with humans at all and usually stays
with her bird friends on the mountain.
Until recently, she discovered "Magic Shows" through a knowledge network
that the Kappas develop, which is said to be connected to an outside world knowledge base.
She was really interested in it and started practicing it regularly.
Recently, she's been feeling like she has more magic power than usual, so she
tried various harder techniques while also asking her friends to help her out
with her show.
She thought it was finally time for her to show off her skills, so she went
on a journey to the human villiage to make her debut show.
Her friends are just regular birds, by the way.
The one she is carrying is one of her best friends, "Tokkii".
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Watatsuki no Itsuhime
Watatsuki no Itsuhime (綿月 伍姫, Watatsuki no Itsuhime) is the stage 2 midboss.
Concept
Itsuhime was initially conceived as a hypothetical Extra Stage boss for Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom prior to that game's release. Her inclusion as a midboss here was partly inspired by the fangame White Names Spoiled Past, which features many characters created by its author as pre-release predictions for official Touhou games, as well as a 3-stage structure similar to Glory of Deep Skies.
- Name
<to be added>
- Appearance
Itsuhime has blond hair, arranged with a brown ribbon in a side pigtail, and yellow eyes. She wears a white dress with a purple apron, dark purple stockings, and light brown boots.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Watatsuki no Itsuhime's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Watatsuki no Itsuhime's Profile
種族: 月人
能力:天体を操る程度の能力
身の安全の為に皆から秘密にしていた、最も若い月の姫。
月の都の異変の時から、サグメの計画が万が一失敗した時の
最終手段として地球へと特派された。
幸いにも、純狐が復讐の企みを(今のところ)あきらめて、
都も無事である。なので月を地球にぶつける必要はまだない。
異変の時以来、風神の湖の近くにいる基地で
月の兎と共にスパイとして残っている。
観察したことの情報を月人の通信チャンネルを通して、
常に姉たちに送っていた。
基地自体も地球の穢れを祓う技術が付いてるから
長い間その場にいても平気。
今回、兎たちが湖の上空に設置した調査機から
妙な変化の報告を受けた。
月人の通信チャンネルも謎の信号による干渉も受けて、
使用できなくなってしまった。
何か良くないことが起きていると思って、
兎たちと共に調査しに行った。
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Species: Lunarian
Ability: Capable of manipulating astral bodies
The youngest princess of the moon who was kept in secret for her own safety.
She had been dispatched to Earth since the Lunar Capital Incident to be the last
resort in case Sagume's Plan failed.
Luckily, Junko had given up her plan to revenge for time being, and the
Capital is safe. So she doesn't have to crash the Moon onto Earth yet.
Ever since the incident, she is staying on Earth as a spy with the
Moon Rabbits at the base near Wind God Lake.
She continuously sent back information she observes to her sisters using a
Lunarian communication channel.
The base itself has a technology for cleansing any impurity of the Earth,
so there is no worry of staying here for too long.
This time, she noticed a strange change in the sky from the probe that
Moon Rabbits had installed over the lake.
And the Lunarian communication channel also seems to get interference
to the point of unusability with a strange signal.
She is worried that something strange is happening.
So she, along with other Moon Rabbits, went out to investigate.
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Theone Phillips
テオーネ=フィリップス
t̪eoːne ɸiɾip̚pɯsɯ Theone Phillips |
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The Human Magician Not-to-Be-Named More Character Titles
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Species |
Human
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Abilities |
Summoning otherworldly creatures
Channeling otherworldly creatures' power through a weapon
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Location |
Wind God's Lake
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Music Themes |
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Stardust Shambler
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Theone Phillips (テオーネ=フィリップス, Teōne Firippusu) is one of the two stage 2 bosses.
Concept
Though not based on any specific fictional character, Theone is heavily inspired by protagonists of various Cthulhu Mythos stories, particularly Randolph Carter. Her school, Miskatonic University, is featured heavily in the Mythos, as is her grimoire.
- Name
Her surname "Phillips" is taken from the middle name of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Aiguillon's profile (see below) implies that Theone is at least partly related to Lovecraft by blood in-universe.
- Appearance
Theone is a teenage girl with long brown hair and magenta eyes. She wears a light purple headband and an orange scarf. She wears the Miskatonic University purple colored uniform and wears a beige cardigan on top of it.
Her skirt is purple and she wears black stockings with red shoes.
She wears glasses and holds a mysterious locked grimoire in her arms.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Theone Phillips's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Theone Phillips's Profile
種族: 人間
能力: 異世界の生物を召喚する程度の能力
異世界の生物の力を武器に変える程度の能力
外の世界の海外にある、悪名の高い「ミスカトニック大学」
の一年生。
外観はどこにでもいるような、別に普通な女子大学生に見える。
しかし「ウィアードフィクション」というジャンルの三流作家でもあり、
いつもオカルトなものに完全に夢中。
『妖蛆の秘密』という禁書の一本を持っている。
これによって異世界の生物を召喚して、他にも様々な魔法の
仕掛けを使うことができる。
その力を少し弄って、自分の力をさらに増幅するために
ウィスp……じゃなくて「霊器」のセットを作り上げた。
そのいくつかを使いこなせるようになったけど、立方体を生み出す
だけの青い武器とか、音楽を再生するだけのマゼンタの武器とか、
未だに分からないものがある。
異常な現象に深い興味があるから、自分で研究データを集めて、
世界中のどこで起こるのか予測して、その場所へ見に行く。
もちろん、後で自分の体験を本のネタにするために。
でも、今回は特に異常みたいだった。どうやら日本の奥地にある
封印された秘境に起こるらしい。
どこか疑わずにいられないけど、それでも見に行こうと決めた。
その地を囲む境界をすり抜けるのも、禁忌の魔法が使える
彼女にとっては簡単なもの。
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Species: Human
Ability: Capable of summoning otherworldly creatures
Capable of channeling otherworldly creatures' power through a weapon.
She's a first-year student at the infamous overseas Miskatonic University
from the outside world.
On the outside, she seems to be just a standard schoolgirl
with nothing special. However, she is also a pulp writer of weird fiction and
is very obsessive over occult stuff in general.
She possess one of the forbidden tomes known as "De Vermis Mysteriis"".
This tome grants her the ability to summon otherworldly creatures, as well as
other enchantments.
She's decided to tweak it a bit and has made a set of Wispo- I mean, spiritual weapons
designed to amplify her power even more.
So far, she seems to have mastered a few of them, but there are some that she doesn't
fully understand yet, such as the blue color that seems to only produce cubes,
or the magenta one that does nothing but play music.
As she is very interested in strange phenomena, she gathers data on her own and
predicts where it will occur so she can visit and witness it herself
and later write down her own experiences in a book.
This time it's very strange, however, as it seems to appear in some kind of sealed-off
area in Japan.
She can't help but wonder, but she's still decided to go along with it.
The boundary around it is nothing to her anyways, as she can easily manipulate it with
her own forbidden magic.
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Aiguillon Gifttaenzer
ヱギヰヨン・ギフテンツァー
eɡiːjoõ ɡiɸɯt̪entsaː Aiguillon Gifttaenzer |
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Mercenary from the Stars More Character Titles
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Species |
Shikigami (Unknown)
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Abilities |
Causing delusions with poison
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Location |
Wind God's Lake
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Music Themes |
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Stardust Shambler (Alien ver.)
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Aiguillon Gifttaenzer (ヱギヰヨン・ギフテンツァー, Wegiwiyon Gifutentsā) is one of the two stage 2 bosses.
Concept
Aiguillon is based on "Star vampires" from the Cthulhu Mythos, specifically the short story "The Shambler from the Stars". Her concept and design are also based on the otherworldly Pokémon Poipole and its evolution Naganadel, from Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
- Name
Her first name is French for "stinger". In line with her concept, it's also based off the aforementioned Naganadel's French in-universe codename "UC-Aiguillon". Her surname is German for "poison dancer".
- Appearance
Aiguillon has yellow eyes and pink hair hidden under her long purple hood. She wears a white shirt with pink ornaments, a purple skirt and stripped stockings.
She has sharp white and purple wings and carries a double-edged scythe with poisoned blades.
There is also a keyhole on her belly, linked to Theone Phillips's grimoire.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Aiguillon Gifttaenzer's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Aiguillon Gifttaenzer's Profile
種族: 式神(種族不明)
能力: 毒で幻覚をかける程度の能力
『妖蛆の秘密』という禁書のある一節によって召喚できる
妖怪(のような何か)である。
本来の種族は何なのか、実は全く不明。
この星のどの生物にも似てない。
「星から訪れた妖魔」、「星の精」、「星の送りし下僕」、
「UB:スティンガー」など、多くの別名を持つ。
その名のいくつかも、ある大魔術師に仕えていた時代まで遡る。
あの時は大変な宗教戦争と多くの魔女裁判があった。
彼女は魔術師の私的なボディーガードと傭兵として、
濃縮した毒の立方体で多くの人を難なく殺した(デリートした)。
それはまあ結構だったが、やがて彼女の主は魔女裁判で
断罪されて、火刑に処された。
その知識をヱギヰヨンを召喚する呪文と共に、魔導書に書き留めた。
あれから多くの人も魔導書を使って彼女を召喚しようとしたが、
彼女は主として相応しい相手だけに仕えた。
相応しくない相手はそのまま息の根を止めた。
その例外はテオーネだけである。どの魔術師の血統との関係を
持たないが、「宇宙の知識を受け継ぐ者」の血筋を引いている。
だからテオーネに雇われていても問題はない。
今はテオーネによく召喚されるが、その仕事は家事とかのものだけ。
戦争で人を殺すことよりも退屈だけど、文句は何もない。
時は過ぎ去って、戦争の時代は終わった。魔法の世界は平和になった。
彼女が人を殺す必要はもう、ない。
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Species: Shikigami (Unknown)
Ability: Capable of causing delusions with poison.
She's a youkai who can be summoned using a certain passage from the
forbidden tome, "De Vermis Mysteriis".
It is actually unknown what her host species is, as it does not seem to
resemble anything from this world.
She has been called by many names: "Shambler from the Stars", "Star Vampire",
"Star-sent Servant", "UB Stinger", and so on.
Some names even date back to when she was still serving a certain great wizard.
Back then, there was a major religious war, as well as many witch trials.
She acted as his personal mercenary and guard, slaying ("deleting") many people without
any difficulty by using her poison-concentrated cubes.
This went very well until her owner was burned at the stake during one of
the witch trials.
He passed his knowledge onto a grimoire, which also contains the spell that summons her.
Ever since then, many have tried to summon her through the grimoire, but she
only worked with people that deserve it.
Those she deemed unworthy have been killed on the spot.
Theone is special, however; despite the fact that her bloodline is not shared with any wizard,
her bloodline is still "the one that inherits the knowledge of the cosmos".
This is why she has no problem working for Theone.
Right now, she is regularly summoned by Theone for only doing housework and stuff.
It's less exciting than slaying people in wars, but she is not complaining.
The time has passed, and the war is over. The magic world is at peace now.
There is no need for her to slay people anymore.
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Toyomi Endou
遠堂 豊海
end̪oː t̪ojomi Toyomi Endou |
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Former Queen of the Deep Sea More Character Titles
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Species |
God
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Abilities |
Making rains and floods
Governing agriculture
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Location |
Kadath
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Music Themes |
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Dreamquest of the Forsaken Gods
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Toyomi Endou (遠堂 豊海, Endou Toyomi) is one of the stage 3 bosses, who is fought if the player chose the Water Elemental Burst.
Concept
Toyomi is based on Dagon, an ancient Mesopotamian and Canaanite deity of fertility and agriculture, who has also been associated with fish at times. She is also based on an ocean-dwelling deity of the same name in the Cthulhu Mythos, inspired by the aforementioned real-world deity.
- Name
The kanji in her first name, "Toyomi", mean "bountiful sea", while her surname "Endou" means "distant temple".
- Appearance
Toyomi has blue eyes and purple curly hair. She wears a golden circlet with a blue gemstone emblazoned on it, similar looking bangles are also seen around her thighs. Light blue colored fins are seen protuding from her ears and back. She wears a light blue dress that has frills at the ends and is split in half showing half of her upper undergarment. Her skirt is dark blue and is made out of scales similar to a mermaid's tail and she's wearing light blue heels with a dark blue bottom. Tentacle like flowing protusions appear on her back and surrounds the back of her skirt reaching her heels, it can also be seen wrapped around her arms. She is often seen wielding her golden trident with the same blue gemstone attached in the center of it.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Toyomi Endou's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Toyomi Endou's Profile
種族: 神様
能力: 雨と洪水を生み出す程度の能力 農作を司る程度の能力
かつての中東で豊穣と農作の神様、そして統治者だった者。
金属器時代では人類の生存は農業に大きく左右されていた。
作物がよく育つために、人間は彼女のような雨や種の神様を信仰していた。
彼女も例外ではなく、崇拝する神殿や宗教が多く存在していた。
統治者として多くの都市を治めて、当時の王者を手伝って世界最古の
法典を創ったと言われている。他にもポセイドン、タラッサ、
スサノオノミコトなど隣国の海や川の神様と関わりを持ち、
その時代ではとても有名な方だった。
だが、彼女の黄金時代は次第に終わってしまった。
アトランティスやムーの大陸が海に沈められたことにより、
その地の水神だけではなく彼女達も人間から恐れるようになった。
信仰が段々と減ってしまい、彼女の力も非常に弱くなっていた。
最後のトドメは、宗教の最後の砦だったマルナス神殿が
西からやって来た人間達によって焼き壊されたこと。
彼女にはもう何もなかった。かつて治めた王国、その人々、
その信仰―― なにもかもが消えて逝った。
丁度その時、彼女は『夢世界の城』への招待を受けた。
新入りの神とその信者に追い出された神々の集団であり、より効率的で
新しい神々とぶつかり合わない信仰の集め方を研究していた。
城の集団に加わると今までの信仰と力を手放す必要はあったが、
それを既に失ってしまった彼女は自分一人で生き抜くよりも
こっちの方がずっと良いと思い、城での生活に賭けた。
その生活は楽しいものだった。
城に住む神々はそれぞれの属性に応じた部門で働きながら、
自分に提供された個人空間で好きなようにしていた。
彼女の場合、愛おしかった海底の楽園を再現した。
集団の仕事は、鳴上光(なるかみ みつる)が立てた計画を実行することだった。
その目的は遠隔通信装置などを使って、夢世界から出なくても人間の信仰を
無事に集めること。
次から次へと計画を立てた光だが、いずれも失敗に終わってしまった。
本当にこれで生きられるのでしょうか、と豊海は疑い始めた。
力を失っていた彼女は絶望に陥った。
同僚の神様を信用できず、計画をただの茶番として見るようになった。
だから機会が訪れた時、彼女が密かに消えて逝くことができる
「安息の地」へと逃げ出した。
東の国の隅にあった、「幻想郷」という壮麗きわだかな地へ...。
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Species: God
Ability: Capable of making rain and flood Capable of governing agriculture
Previously a god of fertility and agriculture from the Middle East, she was also once a ruler.
Back in the age of metal, humans survived mainly by growing crops. As such, gods of the rain
and seeds like her have been worshiped to ensure that the crops grew well.
Therefore, she had many temples and a number of cults worshiping her across the land.
As a ruler, she governed many cities and once assisted the King with the first ever law
of the world, too. She also had many connections with other water-related deities like local
sea or river gods - Poseidon, Thalassa, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, the list goes on.
Therefore, she was a very famous figure during that age.
However, her golden age was coming to an end, when the sinking of Atlantis and Mu began to cast
fears on the locals - fear of the water deities in general.
Her faith was in a steadily declining state. This was also affecting her power very badly.
When the last temple containing her cult center, Marneion, had been burned down to the ground
by the people from the west, this was her breaking point.
She had nothing left. The kingdom she had once ruled, her people, her faith - all gone.
It was then, at that moment, that she received an invitation to join the Dream World Castle.
It was a group consisting of gods who'd lost faith and had been driven out by newer gods and humans,
and they were seeking new methods of gathering faith that were not only more reliable,
but had less of a chance of conflicting with the newer gods that had taken over.
By joining, however, it meant that she would have to lose all the faith she had currently,
and all of her power along with it.
Since she no longer had any to begin with, she decided to risk it, as it had more
potential than trying to survive alone in an environment like this.
Her time living at the Dream World Castle was a pleasant one.
While everyone was separated into each elemental department, each god also had their own
separated "realm" within the castle in which they could do whatever they wished.
Toyomi made hers into an underwater paradise that she has always loved.
During the time at the castle, the group was also enacting plans carried out by Mitsuru.
The goal was to gather faith from humans without moving out of the Dream World,
using remote devices and other such things.
Although Mitsuru carried out plan after plan, they all seemed to be inevitable failures.
It began to cast a shadow of doubt in Toyomi's mind as to whether this was really working or not.
As her power grew weak, she fell into despair.
No longer trusting her fellow gods, she thought that the plans were just a farce.
Therefore, when an opportunity came, she escaped to a place where she could rest peacefully as she faded away.
A marvelous place called Gensokyo, tucked away in an Eastern land...
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Homura Meiyou
明陽 炎
meijoː homuɾa Homura Meiyou |
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Blacksmith of the Living Flame More Character Titles
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Species |
God
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Abilities |
Forging anything
Manipulating fires
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Kadath
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Dreamquest of the Forsaken Gods
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Homura Meiyou (明陽 炎, Meiyou Homura) is one of the stage 3 bosses, who is fought if the player chose the Fire Elemental Burst.
Concept
Homura is based on various gods of volcanoes and blacksmiths from mythologies around the world, most notably Hephaestus. She is also partly inspired by Cthugha, a fire deity from the Cthulhu Mythos.
- Name
Her first name, "Homura", is written with a common kanji meaning "flame", while her surname "Meiyou" means "bright sun".
- Appearance
Homura has dark yellow eyes and brown hair which is significantly longer on her left resulting in her other eye to be covered by her hair. She wears a long red bandana. Her top is a sleeveless brown jacket with gold lines covering the entire jacket, she has a dark magenta undershirt and it seems she is also wearing a black upper body tight underneath her shirt including a black arm sleeve and brown fingerless gloves. A brown belt with golden buckles is seen around her shoulders going down to her sides as well as around her waist. She wears brown baggy pants with more belts fastened on her left leg. She wears brown shoes. Her most striking feature is the fiery scarf around her neck and her waist acting as a skirt these are made of actual fire. Finally she wields a jet black iron hammer.
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Homura Meiyou's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Homura Meiyou's Profile
種族: 神様
能力: ありとあらゆるものを鍛えて造る程度の能力 火炎を操る程度の能力
外の世界から来た鍛冶屋、炎や火山の神様。
古代から世界の至るところで、様々な名前の元に崇拝されていた。
鍛冶屋の神様の名に恥じないよう多くの武器を造って、
いくつかの戦争にも参戦した。
主な作業場は火山。その中にいればどんな物でも自由に造れるが、
作業に集中しやすい静かな場所の方が好き。
そういう理由で彼女の基地は大半の信仰者が住む西洋世界ではなく、
人口の少ない火山がある列島だった。
武器でも他の金工でも、彼女の作品はいつも最高品質である。
他の神が着る鎧や飾りさえも作ったことが多く、人間と神様の両方に人気があった。
実はその人気のあまり、同時に数箇所で現れるために日本の八百万の神のような
分霊を作ろうとした頃があった。
だが八百万の神じゃない彼女にとって、分身を作ることは自分の力を分割してしまう
ことと同じだった。そのせいで力が不安定になってきた彼女を見て信仰を横取りしよう
と企んだライバルの神様もあって、彼女の存在が脅されるようになった。
そしてある日、彼女は戦場の真ん中で倒れてしまった。
偶然通りかかった鳴上光(なるかみ みつる)に助けられた後、
彼女の事情を理解してきた光は夢世界の城への引っ越しを手伝ってくれた。
現在、夢世界の縞瑪瑙の城に住む彼女やその仲間の役目は夢の世界を見守ること。
そんな彼女たちは総称として、『夢の番人』と呼ばれている。
城での生活の間、彼女たちは地球から信仰を集めるための多くの計画を実行した。
だがそのすべては大失敗に終わってしまい、僅かな信仰しか受けなかった。
こんなことやってて本当に意味なんてあんのか、と彼女は疑い始めた。
ついでにこの最近、現実世界の異変のせいで月の都の住民全員が夢世界に
閉じ込められたとの報告に続いて、現実世界の住民が夢世界へと強制的に
送られ、夢の住民が現実世界で大暴れするというとんでもない異変もあった。
どちらも夢世界の法則を破って、彼女たちにとっても大騒ぎだった。
当然として夢の番人は異変を鎮めようとしたが、
力が弱り衰えたせいで何もできなかった。
それが我慢の限界だった。 夢すら守らない番人なんて、何の役に立つのか?
計画などのことを諦めて、自分が孤独に過ごせる場所を探しに出て行った。
ちょうどその時、彼女は幻想郷に目を向けて、壮麗きわだかな夕焼けを見た...。
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Species: God
Ability: Capable of forging anything Capable of manipulating fires
A goddess of blacksmiths, fire and volcanoes from the Outside World.
She had many identities and was worshiped in various place across the Earth during the old
times. As she's a god of blacksmiths, she made a lot of weapons and was also involved in
some of the wars.
Volcanoes are her main workplaces, as she can forge anything at will within them.
She still prefers silence, though, so that she can concentrate on her work.
This is why her main base of operations is at a huge volcanic archipelago instead of in the
Western world, where her main worshipers are.
Her creations are always at the finest quality, whether they be weapons or other metalwork.
She has also crafted many armor pieces and ornaments for other gods as well.
Due to this status, she is very popular among humans and some gods, to the point where
she once considered using avatar projection so she could be in many places at once.
However, projecting herself in such a way came at the cost of reducing her power.
As a result, her power gradually became unstable. At the same time, newer gods saw this as
an opportunity to actively try to disrupt her. Therefore, she was steadily losing faith.
One day, she collapsed in the middle of a battlefield. It was Mitsuru, who happened to
pass by around the same time, that rescued her. Mitsuru foresaw her circumstances, and offered
to help her out by moving her entirely to the Dream World Castle.
At the Onyx Castle in the Dream World, she and her other comrades are assigned to the duty
of watching over the Dream World. They are collectively called "Dream Guardians".
During her time at the castle, they also carried out many plans to gather faith from Earth.
However, all the plans seemed to flop completely, and hardly any faith was received.
Homura began to doubt whether she was doing the right thing or not.
Recently, there was a report about the entire population of the Lunar Capital being trapped
in the Dream World, as part of an incident that was going on in the waking world.
Not only that, but there was also an incident where waking world people were being forcefully
pushed to the Dream World as their Dream counterparts went on a rampage.
Both of these things violated the rules of Dream World, and they have been causing quite a turmoil.
As Dream Guardians, they tried to intercept both of these incidents, but because of
their weakened powers, they were unable to do anything.
That was the last straw for her. What is a Dream Guardian if she can't even do anything?
So, she gave up following the plans completely, and decided to seek solitude elsewhere.
It was right around that time that she looked to Gensokyo, and saw a marvelous, sunset sky...
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Mitsuru Narukami
鳴上 光
naɾɯkami mitsɯɾɯ Mitsuru Narukami |
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Formless Thunder God More Character Titles
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God
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Abilities |
Manipulating electrical signals
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Location |
Kadath
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Music Themes |
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Dreamquest of the Forsaken Gods
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Mitsuru Narukami (鳴上 光, Narukami Mitsuru) is one of the stage 3 bosses, who is fought if the player chose the Wood Elemental Burst. She reappears as the stage 4 midboss.
Concept
Mitsuru is based on Nyarlathotep, a malicious god who appears in many Cthulhu Mythos stories, and draws most notably from his role in "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Glory of Deep Skies largely mirrors the story of Dream-Quest; protagonist Randolph Carter reaches the onyx castle of "Kadath" after adventuring through the Dreamlands, where Nyarlathotep tells him that the Earth's gods have abandoned Kadath in favor of the "marvelous city" of Carter's childhood dreams, and instructs him to retrieve them. (In Dream-Quest, however, this ultimately turns out to be a lie.)
She is also based on various thunder and wind gods from mythologies around the world, most notably Set, as well as the presence of thunder and gods thereof in some Chinese hundun myths.
- Name
Her first name, "Mitsuru", is written with a common kanji meaning "light". Her surname "Narukami" is one of several words for the sound of lightning, and is written with kanji meaning "cry" and "above".
- Appearance
<to be added>
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Mitsuru Narukami's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Mitsuru Narukami's Profile
種族: 神様
能力: 電気信号を操る程度の能力
城の支配者にして、企画の女王。頭の回転が速く、創意が豊富。
原始時代の虚無から生み出された雷の神様である。
第一質料の神である彩夢の助手として働いている。
地球を見守り、星から生まれた生命体や創造物を司る義務を持つ。
(現在の仮説によると原始時代の初めての生命体は落雷から生まれた
らしいが、やはり彼女こそが生命を創った者ではないだろうか?)
あらゆる電気信号を操る能力を持つ。
その結果、一般的な意味で電気を操ることだけではなく、生き物の知覚を操ることもできる。
おかげで非常に強い神様であり、昔から世界中の多くの国から信仰を受けていた。
古代エジプトでは謎めいた正体不明の獣として振る舞い、後世においては
「セト」や「セトゥ」などと名付けられた。混沌と砂嵐の神として崇拝されていたが、
最初は蛮神と見なされたため他の神達との関係があまり良くなかった。
しかし時間が経てば経つほど、当時のファラオや他の神達と
緊密な協力関係を築くことができた。
彼女にとっては最も好ましい時代だった。
エジプト文明に限らず、世界中の人類の科学技術の進歩を
直接・間接的に促進したとまで言われている。
しかし、時代と同じように力を持つ者が変わり始め、多くの国で戦争が起こった。
昔の神話は新たな権力者によって書き換えられ、昔の神々は悪魔として切り捨てられた。
信仰がだんだんと減っていく中で、恐怖が広がる衰退の時代となった。
彼女自身の神話も新しい権力者にとって場合の良いようにねじ曲がられた。
(他にもセトと名乗った者があって、実はそいつが起こした騒ぎが現代での
悪評の原因となったという話もしばしばあるが…それはまた別の話である。)
「地球はもう、神々の楽園ではなくなった。」
そう思った彼女は夢の世界へ引っ越す計画、そして遠隔通信で信仰を
集める計画を立てた。どちらも完璧のように見えた。
上司の彩夢と相談した後、同じ目に遭った神様も勧誘して
新しいアイデンティティの元に夢の世界に入ろうと決めた。
最初の頃では木属性の部長という役目はあまり気に食わなかったが、
他の部門は既に部長がいたので仕方なく受けた。
割と静かな環境と色々な実験や計画を実行できる余裕があったので、
むしろそのうちに楽しむようになった。
その計画の一部として、「元素の宝珠 (俗称:エレメンタルオーブ)」も作った。
神の力の容器となる宝珠で、人間と神の間をつなぐ通信装置として動いていた。
凝縮された魔力の塊から作られたオーブは神の助けを求めた人間に試練を与える
ものでもあった。
求める神と同じ属性のオーブを4つ以上並べたらその人間は相応しいと見なされ、
並べたオーブの数が大きければ大きいほど優れていたという。
だが時間が経つにつれて、この儀式を成功させることができる人間もいなくなった。
神々を忘れた人類は独り歩きしようとしていた。
次から次へと計画を練っても、すべてが失敗に終わった。
最終手段として置いておいたものも生きられるほどの信仰を集められなかった。
結果としてカダスの神達はお互いを疑い、仲間同士の関係が崩れ始めた。
幻想郷へ逃げ込んだ神までいたため、光は彼女らを連れて帰りに行った。
彼女は夢にも思わなかった。もしもその時、幻想郷の人間も連れて帰ったら
その人間がカダスの未来への鍵になれたのだろう、ということを。
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Species: God
Ability: Capable of manipulating electrical signals
Mistress of the Castle, and Master of Plans. She's a rather smart and creative one.
A thunder god who rose from nothingness in the primordial age.
She is an assistant of Ayame, the god of prima materia.
Her duty is to be the one who watches over the world and governs its life and creations.
(Recently, there has also been a hypothesis that life was created during ancient
times from a lightning strike. Maybe it was her that first created life, after all?)
She can manipulate all kinds of electric signals.
Therefore, she has not only control over electricity in general,
but also can use it to manipulate perception as well.
This is why she is very powerful and was revered throughout many
different parts of the world since the ancient eras.
During the Egyptian age, she disguised herself as an enigmatic unknown creature which would
later be named "Set" or "Seth". She was revered there as a god of chaos and sandstorms.
Since she was a foreign god, her relationship there wasn't very good at first.
However, as the time went on, she came to work closely with Pharaohs and many other gods
from that era as well.
It can be said that this period of time was the one she preferred the best.
Not only exclusive to Egyptian civilization, however, she was also responsible for
much of the humanity's technological advancement both directly and indirectly everywhere
across the globe.
Late on, however, when the world's heads of power began to shift, war broke out in many places.
Fear began to spread. Mythologies were being rewritten by the new parties in power, old era gods
were demonized and gradually lost faith, and a general state of decline began.
She was not exempt from that either; her story and myths were also being twisted around in order
to support the current leading party.
(There has also been a rumor that someone else was posing as Set and causing a ruckus though,
giving her a bad reputation as demonstrated in the Modern Myth later on. But that's a story for another time.)
"The Earth is no longer a paradise for gods", she thought.
So she came up with the plan to move into the Dream World completely, along with
a plan for "remotely gathering faith". It was a perfect plan, or so she thought.
After consulting with her master, Ayame, they both agreed to proceed with the plan and gather other gods
who met a similar fate together, assuming new identities and moving to the Dream World.
At first she wasn't particularly happy with the position of the head management of the
Wood Department, but it was the only available position left at the time.
She gradually warmed up to it, though. As it is quiet for the most part, it allowed her to start on
various experiments and carry out the plan.
She is the creator of the "Elemental Orbs", as well. They are some of the objects that are a part of her plan.
They are devices that a god can channel their power into, and they also act as communicators
between humans and gods.
These orbs are, in fact, made of condensed magic and pose as a challenge for humans who seek the gods' help.
In the old era, any human who managed to line up at least 4 orbs of the element corresponded to a given god
was deemed to be worthy, and the more orbs they could line up, the more skillful said human was.
However, later on, less and less humans proved successful at this. The gods were being forgotten
in the process, and humanity eventually decided to stand by themselves.
Plan after plan failed completely.
Even that which was kept only as a last resort has also failed, as it wasn't able to
bring any faith to the gods at Kadath.
This caused the team to begin doubting each other and to slowly fall apart.
Some of the gods have escaped to Gensokyo, so she had to go out there to bring them back.
Little did she know that if she had also brought the humans back from Gensokyo,
they could have been the key to the future of Kadath... perhaps.
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Ayame Azamine
薊根 彩夢
azamine ajame Ayame Azamine |
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The Essence of Chaos More Character Titles
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Species |
God
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Abilities |
Manipulating reality
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Location |
Kadath Castle
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Music Themes |
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Insane God of the Primordial Chaos ~ Ethereal Paradise
The Old Ones' Promise of Eternal Life ~ AZOTH
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Ayame Azamine (薊根 彩夢, Azamine Ayame) is the stage 4 boss.
Concept
Ayame takes inspiration from gods of chaos and primordial matter in various mythologies. She is also based on Azathoth, a Cthulhu Mythos deity known as the "Blind Idiot God" and an embodiment of chaos.
- Name
Her first name, "Ayame", is written with a common kanji meaning "colorful dream". Her surname "Azamine" is taken from Azathoth, and written with kanji meaning "thistle root".
- Appearance
<to be added>
Story
<to be added>
Spell Cards
Ayame Azamine's Spellcards
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Ayame Azamine's Profile
種族: 神様
能力: 現実を操る程度の能力
この「混沌」は「不調和、激変、混乱」などではなく、
「虚無、天地創造の前に在る無限なる原始の状態」…という意味である。
宇宙が生まれた前の頃に、巨大な原始の渦があった。
如何なるモノの前にカノジョがそこに居たという。
彼女が何処から来たのか誰も知らない。太古の昔から存在していて、
不変、不屈で宇宙を彷徨ってきたとしか知られていない。
昔々、地球を治めたのは「外なる神」と「旧支配者」だった。
人間は神様と共には平和に暮らしていた。
しかし、彼女自身は人間との関係があまりなかった。
力が強すぎた彩夢は宇宙を彷徨う方が好み、
代わりに助手の光(みつる)に世界を見守る義務を任せた。
それにも関わらず、彼女は天香香背男(アメノカガセオ)、渾沌(フンドゥン)、
アトゥム、ティアマトをはじめ、様々な名の元に世界中に崇拝されていた。
古代の神が衰退してきた頃、光は夢の世界に移住する企画を考え出した。
最初では彩夢がそれに対して心が迷っていたが、夢の世界でとある
寂しく荒れ果てた所を見つかって、そこで縞瑪瑙の城を創ろうとしてみた。
勿論、夢の支配者さんはその判断に反対したが、妥協として彩夢達が
夢世界と現実世界を見守る『夢の番人』になる契約を提案した。
その契約により彩夢の肉体は城の基礎に縛り付けられ、
夢の世界から出ることが絶対に不可能となった。
しかし出て行くつもりは別になかったから、条件をそのまま受けた。
カダスの管理を簡単にするため、組織を5つの属性ーー
火・水・木・光・闇の部門に分けて、それぞれの神を部門に配属した。
自分の役職は全ての元素が一つになる城の中心、つまり総長であった。
その役職に相応しく、伝説の万能溶媒「アゾート」を元にし、
「アザトース」という新たなる名を乗った。
光が考えた“遠くから信仰を集めるための作戦”は
「星体知識書庫企画」と名付けられた。
彼女達のような外なる神達と旧支配者達にとって完璧な企画だった。
企画の最初段階は世界中に「元素の宝珠」を散らし、
信仰の送信器として使うことだった。
ところが、宝珠を使う人が少なく、成功はあまりなかった。
結局神達は最後の手段―― “人類を夢の中から少しずつ影響する”作戦に移った。
突然夢の中に姿を現すか少しずつ知識を頭に入れることで、
集合的な「星体の知識」の存在、それからカダスの神の新たな
アイデンティティを認める人間がだんだん増えてきた。
結果として神達についての知識、つまり神達自身が禁断の魔導書の中
(と、現代ではとあるジャンルの小説の中)で生き残れた。
最終的な形は何であれ、それは神のアイデンティティの一部となり、
その方法で信仰が集められた。長期企画だから、
信仰の源が涸れない限りほぼ永久的に生きられる。
しかし、現代での成功はなかった。
禁断の魔導書の殆どは破壊され、あるいは失われて、
小説の方は少数の読者にしか人気がなかった。
企画の失敗でカダスの神達は非常に弱くなってきた。
多くの残念な出来事により、必死なムードになっていた。
消えつつある状態で、最後に地球をもう一度訪ねることにし、
夢の城に縛られた彩夢をそのまま一人で置き去りにした。
突然その時、幻想郷からの人間が城を訪ねた。
彩夢はこれを信仰を集める機会とみなし、その人間に近づいた。
「もしかして、希望がまだ残っているでしょうか...。」
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Species: God
Ability: Capable of manipulating reality
Not to be confused with "chaos" as in "disorder, upheaval, and turmoil".
This "Chaos" means the void, the endless primordial state before the creation of everything.
Before the creation of universe, there was a large, gaping void of primordial space.
She was there, before everything came to be.
No one knows from whence she came; all that is known is that she has existed for aeons,
unchanging and unrelenting, perpetually roaming the cosmos.
In the ancient age, the Outer Gods and Great Old Ones were those who ruled over the Earth.
People and gods coexisted in peace.
She never really did much, however. Because she is basically too powerful herself,
she preferred roaming the cosmos more, and she left the duty of watching over the world to her
assistant, Mitsuru, instead.
Despite that fact, though, she was still revered by many different names across the world.
"Ame-no-Kagaseo", "Hundun", "Atum", and "Tiamat" are some of the primary names she's been known as.
When the ancient gods met with a period of decline, Mitsuru had come up with a plan to migrate over
to the Dream World. Ayame wasn't sure of it at first, but she decided to go visit a desolate
portion of the Dream World, and she tried to conjure up an Onyx Castle there. The Ruler of Dreams, of course,
wasn't happy with the decision. So they both made a deal, and had Ayame and Co. become Dream Guardians
to watch over both the Dream World and the waking world.
This deal bound her physical body to the base of the castle; therefore, under no circumstances
can she ever leave the Dream World. She doesn't mind, though, since she doesn't plan to go anywhere else
anyways. So she went ahead and accepted the deal.
In order to simplify Kadath's management, she invented the Fire-Water-Wood-Light-Darkness category system,
and assigned each god to a category.
Her own place of residence is at the center of management, where every element becomes one.
As befitting of the position, she assumed the name "Azathoth" as her new identity, derived from the fabled
universal solvent "Azoth".
Mitsuru's plan to gather faith remotely was called the "Astral Knowledge Base Project".
It was a perfect plan for the Outer Gods and Great Old Ones like her and her comrades.
The first phase of this plan was to scatter "Elemental Orbs" throughout the world,
and use them as transmitters for faith.
However, the plan didn't quite work, as not many people used the orbs in the end.
Eventually, the gods decided to move on to their plan of last resort, which was to slowly
influence humanity within their dreams.
By randomly appearing in their dreams, or by slowly putting knowledge in their heads,
more and more humans began to acknowledge the existence of a collective "Astral Knowledge"
and, with it, the newly-assumed identities of the gods at Kadath.
As such, knowledge of the gods - and thus the gods themselves - continued to live on in
the form of forbidden tomes (or even later down the line, in particular genres of fiction.)
Regardless of the nature of the "output", though, these things still served as an identity
for them, and they could still manage to receive faith that way. The plan was a long-term one;
if this supply of faith managed to last them forever, then there shouldn't be any problem.
However, it hasn't worked out in the present era. The forbidden tomes are largely destroyed or lost,
and the fiction itself only appealed to a very niche audience.
With the plan proving to be a failure, the gods at Kadath started to grow very weak.
Due to many unfortunate circumstances, they started feeling desperate.
In their weakened state, they all decided to go back and visit the Earth one last time.
Leaving Ayame alone, restricted to the castle of dreams.
Suddenly, she was visited by humans who emerged from Gensokyo to the castle.
Ayame saw this as an opportunity to gather some faith, and therefore tried to confront them.
"Maybe there is still some hope left, after all..."
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Nami Amamoto
天原 ナミ
amamot̪o nami Nami Amamoto |
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Four Seasons Celestial Guardian More Character Titles
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Species |
Celestial goddess (self-proclaimed) Celestial spirit (actual species)
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Abilities |
Manipulating life-forces
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Nami Amamoto (天原 ナミ, Amamoto Nami) is the Extra stage midboss.
Concept
Nami was initially conceived as a hypothetical Phantasm Stage boss for Hidden Star in Four Seasons.
- Name
Her surname means "heavenly origin", and the kanji that constitute it can mean "heaven" and "meadow" respectively.
- Appearance
Nami has black hair.
Story
<to be added>
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Nami Amamoto's Profile
類族: 天神(自称)
能力: 生命力を操る程度の能力
自分を天神だと自称するが、正確に言えば双子座を象徴する「天霊」である。
現世を見守りながら生命力の均衡を保つ「天霊評議会」というグループに属している。
幻想郷が異変により生命力で満ち溢れてしまっていたため、彼女をはじめとする
天霊調査団は残りの生命力を回収して環境を常態に戻そうと出動した。
この間の四季異変の後片付けに関わっていた彼女だからこそ、
先頭として特別に選ばれた。
ところが今回はそう上手く行くわけではなさそうだった。
なぜなら、二人の人間はすごいスピードで彼女に向かって真っ直ぐ飛んでいたから。
二人をちゃんと追い払おうとしたが、そもそも私の言うことを聞いてくれないだろう
と理解していた。
因みに、どうしてリリーホワイト(ホワイツ?)は秋でも活動しているかというと、
それは異変の副作用の一つである。生命力の余りで彼女(達?)はハロウィンの
お菓子集め+αに出かけることができた。
あと、主人公の前に現れる「リリーブラック」は昨夜の閻魔様コスプレを着たままの
リリーホワイト本人。もう一人の「リリーホワイト」は彼女のコスプレを代わりに
している彼女の友達。
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Species: Celestial Goddess (Self-proclaimed)
Ability: Capable of manipulating lifeforces.
Although she's self-proclaimed to be a celestial goddess, she's more precisely a
"Celestial Spirit" of the constellation Gemini.
She is a member of the "Celestial Council": a group of Celestial Spirits who oversee the
mortal world and maintain the balance of lifeforces.
Since Gensokyo has been overloaded with life energy due to the incident, the Celestial Task Force
has been dispatched to collect the remaining excess lifeforce to restore things back to normal again.
She was chosen specifically to lead the group due to her previous involvement with the aftermath
of the Four Seasons Incident not too long ago.
This time, however, it does not go quite as smoothly as she had hoped, as she saw two humans
come flying straight towards her.
She tried to intervene, but deep down she already knew they wouldn't listen to her at all.
By the way, you might notice that the Lily Whites(?) are somehow active during autumn.
This is a side effect of the incident: they got enough energy to go outside and do some
trick-or-treating last night, and then some.
Also, the "Lily Black" you see here is the actual Lily White.
She kept on her Yama costume from yesterday.
The other Lily White is just one of her fairy friends costuming as her.
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Hikawa Motoharu
旧遙 翠川
mot̪ohaɾɯ çikaɰa Hikawa Motoharu |
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Fallen Sky-Veiled Observer More Character Titles
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Species |
God
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Abilities |
Manipulating sky phenomena
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Music Themes |
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Jewel of the Sky-Ruling Dragon God ~ Quintessential Fragments
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Hikawa Motoharu (旧遙 翠川, Motoharu Hikawa) is the Extra stage boss.
Concept
Hikawa is based on Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec deity known as the "Feathered Serpent". Quetzalcoatl is a primordial god of creation, a giver of life.
- Name
Her first name, "Hikawa", is written with kanji meaning "green (翠) river (川)". Her surname "Motoharu" is written with kanji for "former" (旧) and "distant" (遙).
- Appearance
<to be added>
Official Profiles
Glory of Deep Skies - Hikawa Motoharu's Profile
種族: 神様
能力: 空の現象を操っていた程度の能力(過去形)
八百万の神の力が及ばない遠い海の向こうで、かつて「羽毛ある蛇」の姿をした神様。
彼女は古代の時から空の支配者として活動し、ジャガーの姿をした他の神様との
熱いライバル関係を保っていた。一人が新しい文明を築き上げ、もう一人がその
文明を滅ぼすというサイクルは幾世代にも渡って続けていた。
ある日、ライバルに騙されて酔い潰れてしまった彼女は全年齢対象の世界観では
とても描写できない禁忌の行為をしてしまい、権力を剥奪された果てに
神の王座からも追放されてしまった。
神話によるとその後、彼女は自分の身体を焼き尽くし、魂は明けの明星になった。
……が、それはただの演技だった。本当は自分の過ちで恥をかいてしまった姿を
崇拝者や同胞の神に見られたくなかくて、姿を消したのである。
あれから長い間、彼女は世界中の国を渡って、姿をずっと隠しながら様々な文明を
陰から見守り続けていた。
そして話は今に至る。幻想郷の山奥をぶらついた彼女は「ある物」を偶然見つけた。
長い文章を彫った石碑、聖杯、そして円形のレンズ。
その全ては緑色のガラスからできて、なんと彼女の中に残っていた明けの明星の力
とも共鳴していた。
3つの遺物は明けの明星を象徴する大天使ルシファーが持っていた、1つのエメラルド
の破片から作られたものだった。天国の戦争の果てにルシファーは地上に堕ちて、
一緒に堕ちたエメラルドもいくつかの破片に割れたという。
その破片は人間達によって色々な形に彫られて、やがて聖遺物にされた。
だが時間が経つとその聖遺物も忘れられてしまい、伝説のものでしかなくなった
3つの遺物は幻想郷に現れた。
長年を孤独に生きていた彼女はかつての力を取り戻したかった。
この遺物こそがその唯一の方法だと思い、遺物を結合させることで元のエメラルドを
作り直そうとした。
すると、その選択をすぐに後悔した。エメラルドから大量の魔力が溢れ出して、
幻想郷を覆うドーム型の結界になってしまった。彼女の空を操る能力とも合わせて、
幻想郷の空は壮麗きわだかな光の風景に一変した。
いきなりの魔力の放出でルシファーがエメラルドの居場所に気付くことを恐れて、
彼女はさらに深い山奥に隠そうと決めた。
ほどなくして、敵意むき出しの二人の人間はその隠れ場所まで押し込んだ。
「まあ、強そうな相手だから闘ってもいいだろう……?」と彼女は思った。
因みに本名は人間には言えないから、旅行するたびに目的地の人に言いやすい
名前を名乗ろうとする。多くの国を渡り続けた彼女の名前も非常に多くて、
本来の名前は実際とっくに忘れてしまった。
けど、それも今となっては別に重要なことでもない。
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Species: God
Ability: Capable of manipulating sky phenomena (formerly)
She was originally a god who manifested themselves as a feathered serpent from overseas,
far away from the power of the Myriad Shinto god's pantheon.
She was once a ruler of the sky in primordial times. Back then, there was a fierce rivalry
between her and another god who manifested as a jaguar.
Civilization was created by one, then destroyed by another. This cycle has been going on for eternity.
One day, she got tricked by her rival, became drunk, and committed a forbidden act
(that can't be properly described in this family-friendly setting).
This resulted in her getting stripped of her power and exiled from her high position.
Legend says that she incinerated herself and her spirit became that of the Morning Star.
However, all of that was simply staged.
She just didn't want any followers or gods to see her after what she had done.
Afterwards, she spent year after year traveling to each country and watching human civilization
develop from afar, all while trying not to be noticed...
Until one day, when she walked around Gensokyo's mountains.
She stumbled upon a set of objects made from green glass lying on the ground -
a tablet engraving with a long passage, a chalice, and a circular lens.
These objects seemed to resonate with the remnants of her power within - the power of the Morning Star.
In fact, these objects were made from shards of a single large Emerald once possessed by the former Archangel Lucifer.
There was a war between angels in heaven, which ended with Lucifer falling down to the earth.
The Emerald, having fallen down with the archangel, broke into several pieces, which have been collected
by humans to be made into holy relics.
Through the passage of time, however, these objects were eventually forgotten by humanity and become a mere myth.
Therefore, the relics have resurfaced in Gensokyo.
For all those lonely years, she missed her former power. Realizing that this was the one way to regain
what she had lost, she decided to fuse the relics back together to make the Emerald whole again.
However, she immediately regretted the decision: it released a huge amount of energy and turned all of
Gensokyo into one large magic dome.
The excess amount of energy combined with her own power turned Gensokyo's skies into a light show.
Fearing that this sudden burst of energy might notify Lucifer of the Emerald's location,
she resolved to hide it somewhere up in the mountain range.
But then, two humans with threatening auras barged into the situation.
They seemed strong enough, so why not give them a shot?
Since her true name is unpronounceable by any human mouth, she tries to pick names by which
she could most easily be addressed in the place that she goes.
As she has traveled a lot, she has lived by so many names that she has already forgotten her true name.
That does not seem important anymore, anyway.
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