History Characters / OtogiMythOfDemons

* PeoplePuppets: He's mockingly referred to as Seimei's "puppet" quite a bit in Otogi 2, first by Dōman and by the Nine-Tailed Fox right afterwards. To a degree, even the Crimson King sees him as this, based on the demon king's dialogue in the second game, where he seems to want to "help" Raikoh gain "free will".

* SolarAndLunar: He wields two sets of swords that are imbued with the powers of the sun and moon put together, the shorter Twin Flashes and the long Twin Rays. Both sets of swords help to [[AntiDebuff raise resistance against status effects]].

* ThunderboltIron: Of the dual weapons he wields in ''Myth of Demons'' is a pair of black swords called "Black Swallow", which are said to have been forged from a meteorite in their inventory profile.

** The first and somewhat minor example occurs as a result of Raikoh's actions in the "Temple of Darkness", which he has to make up for in "The Dead Gates" stage. The closing cutscene of the former stage shows that in the midst of him escaping the two netherworld guardians, Yin and Yang, he brought them to the living world with him by accident, causing them to go mad. Hence why he has to lead them to the titular structures of the latter stage and send them back to the netherworld.

* DropTheHammer: One of the first heavy weapons Raikoh can purchase in the first game is the Demon Crusher, a long-handled warhammer that is supposedly made from exceptionally hardened steel that came from a foreign land.

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* DropTheHammer: When they become '''Berserker''' Ghouls by [[DemonicPossession possessing statues]] in the "Shrine of Idols", they wield giant hammers to knock players around with.

* ShoutOut: When the mythological Yamata-no-Orochi was slain by the famed storm god Susano-o, the latter found the sword "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" ("Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds") inside the serpent's remains, which he later renamed "Kusanagi" (or "'''Grass''' Cutter"). Similarly, whenever individual players of Otogi manage to strike down the game's Yamata no Orochi for the first time, Raikoh is rewarded with the similarly plant-named sword, the "'''Orchid''' Malevolence", afterwards.

* ShoutOut: When the mythological Yamata-no-Orochi was slain by the famed warrior god Susano-o, the latter found the sword "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" ("Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds") inside the serpent's remains, which he later renamed "Kusanagi" (or "'''Grass''' Cutter"). Similarly, whenever individual players of Otogi manage to strike down the game's Yamata no Orochi for the first time, Raikoh is rewarded with the similarly plant-named sword, the "'''Orchid''' Malevolence", afterwards.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: After Raikoh destroys all the stone ornaments that line the walls of the Spirit Tower, which does away with all the magic barriers that block his way up the tower, Yamata no Orochi will break the gate it's hidden behind and quickly give chase afterwards.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Again, after Raikoh breaks all the stone ornaments that line the walls of the Spirit Tower, the sleeping hydra is immediately alerted to his presence and ''not'' in the welcoming mood afterwards.

Based on the [[{{Orochi}} infamous serpent/hydra]] in Myth/JapaneseMythology, this version of Yamata no Orochi is the guardian and boss of the "Spirit Tower" stage, which separates the netherworld from living world. Raikoh has to outrun the creature in order to make it back into the land of the living and stop Michizane.

* ShoutOut: When the mythological Yamata-no-Orochi was defeated by Susano-o, the latter found the sword called "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" ("Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds") inside the serpent's remains, which he later renamed "Kusanagi" (or "'''Grass''' Cutter"). Similarly, whenever individual players of Otogi manage to strike down the game's Yamata no Orochi for the first time, Raikoh is rewarded with the similarly plant-named sword, the "'''Orchid''' Malevolence", afterwards.

Based on the [[{{Orochi}} infamous serpent/hydra]] in https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Myth/JapaneseMythology, this version of Yamata no Orochi is the guardian and boss of the "Spirit Tower" stage, which separates the netherworld from living world. Raikoh has to outrun the creature in order to make it back into the land of the living and stop Michizane.

* TheEyeless: It doesn't seem to have visible eyes on any of its heads.

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[[folder:Nayuta]]
!!Nayuta
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' N/A

Nayuta is a demon god that was summoned (or created?) by the Capital to combat demons before the Great Seal was formed. However, it proved to be so powerful that it couldn't be controlled by any of the Capital's sorcerers, so it was sealed underground. Michizane attempts to free it towards the end of the game to be able to utilize its power, therefore the mission in the "Sealed Palace" stage is to make sure it remains sealed. The demon god makes a reappearance in ''Otogi 2'' as a boss of sorts in the "Golden Sea" stage, where players have to prevent the Capital from being destroyed by a fleet of Ghoul Ships, the main Ghoul Ship of which it's stuck to the bow of.

* {{Catchphrase}}: He says "None shall pass!" so much that it might as well be considered this.

* DishingOutDirt: As stated above, he (and the [[{{Mooks}} mook]] priests that follow after him) belong to the house of Oryu, the Yellow Dragon of '''Earth''', and worship "earth gods".

* TownGirls: When putting all three of Raikoh's female allies together, Seimei is the Butch (a borderline Bifauxnen woman with a traditionally male occupation (onmyōji)) to Sadamitsu's Femme (a sweet, sensitive and (albeit ''disarmingly'') innocent young girl) and the princess's Neither (a royal who somehow mastered necromancy and acts as a dispatcher for the hero).

* TownGirls: When putting all three of Raikoh's female allies together, Sadamitsu is the Femme (a sweet, sensitive and (albeit ''disarmingly'') innocent young girl) to Seimei's Butch (a borderline Bifauxnen woman with a traditionally male occupation (onmyōji)) and the princess's Neither (a royal who somehow mastered necromancy and acts as a dispatcher for the hero).

* TownGirls: When putting all three of Raikoh's female allies together, the princess is the Neither (a royal who somehow mastered necromancy and acts as a dispatcher for the hero) to Seimei's Butch (a borderline Bifauxnen woman with a traditionally male occupation (onmyōji)) and Sadamitsu's Femme (a sweet, sensitive and (albeit ''disarmingly'') innocent young girl).