Shinto Japan {New/Open and wanting people!}

[Marbh_Leannan]

Our Story Takes Place In Feudal Japan
The "feudal" period of Japanese history, dominated by the powerful regional families and the military rule of warlords, stretched from the twelfth through the nineteenth centuries. But this time was not only a time for wars and battles, this was a time of demons and the Shinto, this was also a time for them and their wars and battles to be the strongest amoung their kind.

Shinto
Shinto (神道, Shintō?) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a type of polytheism, and involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but other ones represent major natural objects and processes: for example, Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, or Mount Fuji. Shinto is an animistic belief system. The word Shinto, from the original Chinese Shêntao (神道),[1] combines two kanji: "shin" (神, "shin"?) (loanwords usually retain their Chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning gods or spirits; and "tō" (道, "tō"?), meaning a philosophical way or path (originally from the Chinese word dao). As such, Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods". Some differences exist between KoShinto (the ancient Shintō) and the many types of Shinto taught and practiced today, showing the influences of Buddhism when it was introduced into Japan in the sixth century.

[Marbh_Leannan]

RULES
01. Keep to the Gaia ToS at all times.
02. Every thing is to be kept at PG-13 at ALL times.
03. Cussing is aloud, but please keep it to a mimimum level.
04. When out of character please use some form of OOC.
05. Respect your fellow Role-players at all times.
06. If you want to start a fight, ask the other person's permission, and my own.
07. Use as much imaganation as your little brains have.
08. No Racial or Homophobic insults. That will result in a report to the Gaia mods.
09. Please do NOT ignore new players, every one is to feel included.
10. Get involved in the RP, don't sit there waiting for someone to come to you. In shot TALK TO OTHER PEEPS!!!
12. PM all profiles to me tittled "Japan"
12. Yaoi/yuri is excepted, but keep it atPG-13
13. No killing.
14. If someone is mean to you, don't take it personal please. But if the aggression escalates or continues please do not be afraid to contact me.
15. Respect Shintos, THEY ARE YOUR GODS!!!
16. No fighting with out the other's permission.
17. Be literate to semi-literate. No 'U','R',etc. Or one liners.
18. Do not use ** or anything else for actions.
19. Use " " when you are talking.
20. Only make characters you are going to actively use.
21. Stay active! If you are leaving say so. And if you will be gone for a while tell me or else I will delete your profile!
22. Check announcements daily. There might be something!
23. I have the right, as it is my RP, to add more rules or to interup/delete postings, so basically I AM GOD HERE!
24. Everyone must stay on the same day, and be on the same time. I will post "Anouncements" from the "intercomes" so tell you to go to certain classes or when dinner is. So Always read/check my postings.
25. No quoting.

[Marbh_Leannan]

NEEDED
MALE MEMBERS BADLY!!!
Shinto(gods: ep. Tsukuyomi: moon goddess; Susanoo: water god)
Demons (ep. Sesshomaru)
Humans
Demon hunters
Half demons(ep. InuYasha)


EVENTS/NEWS/UPDATES(Check Regularly, I Update.)

heart Feb/16/08 - Opens!

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PROFILES
Send me this infor in a PM tittled "Japan".

Username:
Character name:
Gender:
Age:
Personality:
Sexuality: (op.)
Race:
Interests:
Other: (op.)
Breif history:
Looks like: (Picture or description)

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ACCEPTED PROFILES

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Username: Marbh_Leannan
Character name: Amaterasu
Gender: Female
Age: Born in the begining.
Personality: Playful, wild, caring
Sexuality: (op.)
Race: Shinto: Sun goddess
Interests: Light, love, young creatures.
Other: (op.)
Breif history: Amaterasu is described in the Kojiki as the sun goddess who was born from Izanagi, who was also accompanied by her siblings Susanoo, the storm deity, and Tsukuyomi, the moon deity. In the Kojiki, Amaterasu is described as the goddess from which all light emanates and is often referred to as the sun goddess because of her warmth and compassion for the people who worshipped her. Some of the other myths include that Amaterasu was born from water.
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Human like form:

Goddess form:

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Username:
Eve432
Character name:
Tsukuyomi
Gender:
Female
Age:
Born in the beginning
Personality:
Bright, caring, sweet, hyper
Sexuality:
Bisexual
Race:
Shinto: Moon Goddess
Interests:
Night, Playfull Love, Wild Flowers
Other:
Breif history:
Tsukuyomi was the second of the three noble children born from Izanagi, She is described as the goddess of the moon. Stories of her birth include that Tsukuyomi was born when Izanagi washed out of his right eye but an alternate story is Tsukuyomi was born from a mirror made of white copper in Izanagi's right hand.
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Username: Hirresia
Character name: Azula
Gender: F
Age: 16
Personality:Hyper, extremeley bouncy
Race: Human
Interests: Animals
Breif history: Her parents died when she was 3 and grew up to be a healer
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Username: Amaya Cresent
Character name: Ame-no-mi-kumari
Gender: Female
Age: From the begining of world birth
Personality: Elegant, Playful, Warm.
Sexuality: (op.)
Race: Water Goddess
Interests: Fun, Youth, Joy, Warmth
Other: (op.)
Breif history:Breif history: Ame-no-mi-kumari was rumored to be the twin sister of Tsukuyomi, but yet she has the personality of her sibling Amaterasu... unfortunately after the world was recreated they were seperated.
Ame-no-mu-kumari was reffered to as the goddess of elements because of how she brings smile to the unhappy and her warm, modest, joyful attitude.

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Human form

Goddess form


Water Elemental form

Quote:

Username: Miyana-sama
Character name: Miyazu-Hime
Gender: Female
Age: Born in the begining // Since social classes.
Personality: Calm but easily offended. Miyazu-hime is a cruel goddess.
Sexuality: Striaght
Race: Shinto, goddess of royalty and wealth
Interests: wealth, royalty, purple, shinto.
Other: Resides in a large palace where a group of humans worship her.
Breif history: When Miyazu-Hime came about, Japan began to split apart and have social classes, Miyazu-Hime always knew who was rich and who wasn't. She blessed those who worshiped her with good fortune, and those who didn't......
Looks like: linkens

Quote:

Username: Emma-chan_Muffin
Character name: Amaio
Gender: Female
Age: Awoken recently / 140,000 years / Looks 16-17
Personality: Serious, though fun when needed; dark when her goddess self; confused by many acts of the human's.
Sexuality: Straight
Race: Shinto: Goddess of the Inner Mind
Interests: Mathmatics; biology; the mind of humans; what a 'family' is; and what 'love' is.
Other: As a human, she's the daughter of a lord. She learns about human's minds by that.
Breif history: Amaio was awoken/created when the humans needed the information of the mind and soul. Awakening, she was frustrated with the lessening of the need for knowledge, and traveling deeper into war. Falling into the shadows, she watched from afar what was happening. Only revealing her goddess self to the horrible and deserving, she slowly slipped away, her goddess self turning dark, and unforgiving.
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Human Form:

Goddess Form:

Quote:

Username:X~Solar Boy Kal~X
Character name: Heiji
Gender:male
Age:unknown,but is very childlike
Personality:Childlike an innocent,a very loyal creature. He is also a fast learner
Sexuality:straight
Race:demon
Interests: Playin around,and fire
Other: can walk on two legs and all fours.
Breif history: This is a very strange demon. He communicates through squeaks and growls. Not much is known about him,and most demons would call him a disgrace.
Looks like: ~(*Innocent Demon*)~

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OPEN AND READY TO GO!

[Marbh_Leannan]

Amaterasu sat in a small tree near the edge of a grand forest. Before her was a large feild, and on it a battle radged. Two warlord had been fighting her for days, over nothing but a small village. Amaterasu sighed sadly as she watched the battle, how pitiful these humans were, and how pointless their battle are. Amaterasu hopped down and lightly fell to the ground, not makeing a singal bit og noise and neither bending a singal peice of grass. She gracfully walked deeper into the forest, each step that she took, leaving a small patch flowers to pop out of the ground.

[Syra432]

Tsukuyomi walked through the forest trying to find her sister and she just looked around for flowers in a line and she found some. She followed them and eventually ran into her sister and groaned as she stood up "hey i found you" she said as she hugged her. She was much more Playful than her sister.

[Marbh_Leannan]

Amaterasu smiled as she heard her sister's voice then felt her arms wrap around her. "Ello Tsukuyomi." She smiled and turned around to face her sister. "So where have you been Tsukuyomi." Amaterasu asked her sister. as she stood there, a ring of flowers grew about her feet.

[Syra432]

She smiled as she felt her sisters natural warmth and her dim coldness fight wih each other and she smiled "Whats going on down there" she said lookign at the war raging and smiling a little her wings were a little cramped as she kept them hidden from the humans making her human.

[Reese Drop]

Azula looked at the battle. She was NOT going to cure anyone when they were done so instead of looking further you turned around and walked back to your home on the mountian to organize some herbs or something or maybee to annoy your oder brother.

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Amaterasu frowned lightly and her ears twitched. "Some fight over most likely nothing." Amaterasu leaned on a small tree near by, her ears constantly turning. "It's quiet bad, many have died so far." The tree under Amaterasu started growing beneith her.

[Reese Drop]

Azula began to take the long path through the forest instead of just going straight through the street that you could see from here just to waste time