Gensoukyou:Shinmyoumaru Sukuna

Background
The Kobito are a race of human-like youkai that often made their homes within the homes of humans. However, due to their extremely small stature, they usually go unnoticed. For most, this is ideal, as they don’t have to worry about what the humans might think of them. In actuality, most Kobito are afraid of humans, they are small and easily injured, thus trying to avoid detection since they can’t defend themselves very well. As a result, most of them live their lives quietly, living off of anything they can find in a human’s home.

However, one member of the Kobito was quite unlike most others. A Kobito by the name of Issun-Boushi did something that not even most youkai would dream of-- he killed an Oni, and from them, he took a sacred treasure, the Miracle Mallet. Using this tool, he became larger and granted himself a considerable amount of power. However, over time, he realized that this instrument had the potential to bring great ruin to those that used it, and thus locked it away, warning his peers of the danger of such an item.

They heeded his warning, avoiding the mallet like the plague. They told all sorts of stories to their children, hoping to keep the knowledge of what could happen alive so as to prevent any misuse. However, a time of great hardship befell the Kobito. A time when Humans began to fear youkai more than ever, becoming more and more cautious. It was only a matter of time before the existence of the Kobito was discovered by a human who saw a small group of them foraging for easily forgotten items in her room in the middle of the night. News of the ‘little devils that stalk the house at night’ quickly spread, bringing death down upon any Kobito that happened to be discovered.

It quickly became commonplace for humans to search their houses upon hearing any strange noises, any Kobito that were found were quickly killed off. As such, their numbers grew thin, and they became more reclusive. Issun left behind any hopes of surviving with humans and left, going to live in the wilds, still an adventurer at heart, leaving behind any and all people that he knew. However, what he did not know, is that he had a child, born to him. A young Kobito woman gave birth to a daughter a few months after Issun’s departure. Several generations of this harsh treatment of the Kobito ensued, prompting a descendant of Issun to to finally break the taboo. With the mallet in hand, she created a massive palace, a new home for the Kobito, one that would hopefully save them from extinction.

And, it did, to a degree. The mallet extracted its price, however, and the entire castle turned upside down. Since the mallet is an Oni treasure, it took the castle to be closer to the Oni themselves. By this time, they had already faded from the minds of many in the outside world, as they had all taken residence in Gensoukyou. The remaining power of the mallet allowed the castle through the barrier, but since it needed some time to recharge, it couldn’t bring the castle to the underground as it intended, leaving the Shining Needle Castle to hover in the sky. With the crisis averted, Issun’s descendant retired the Miracle Mallet once more. After much more time, another descendant of Issun is born, and she is given the name Shinmyoumaru. This child is raised in the lap of luxury as the heir to lordship of the castle.

After a few years, she is approached by an amanojaku who presents her a rather large (at least to Shinmyoumaru) mallet. She asked the young Kobito to use this treasure to help her protect the weak youkai of the world that were mistreated by the strong, as only a Kobito can use the mallet. Knowing what being weak and powerless is like, Shinmyoumaru agrees the help her. Her first wish to the mallet is to grow in size, at least enough to be noticed by those not in the castle. Secondly, she wishes to help those that are abused by the strong to gain power, resulting in the birth of several tsukumogami. However, the mallet extracts a price on its own to compensate for the rather hefty weight of the wish, it causes energy leakage to flow in from the outside world, angering the tsukumogami and various youkai throughout Gensoukyou. Eventually, this draws the attention of the resident incident resolvers, who come and put an early stop to this so-called resolution.

Defeated, Shinmyoumaru agrees to be more careful with the mallet from now on, explaining that she only wished to help those that were in trouble. After a scolding from a certain Shrine Maiden and a warning to be more careful, she returns to the castle where she watches over the Kobito, along with any other youkai who comes there asking for help.

Personality
Adventurous, compassionate, and a little naive. She understands the plight of the weak and strives to help them how she can. However, sometimes her emotions cloud her judgement and she acts rather brashly. She is quick to forgive, not really believing in holding grudges. An odd thing happens when she is under the influence of the Miracle Mallet, she seems to grow in wisdom by a significant amount when holding it, it’s possible that she unconsciously wished to be wiser in order to help her people.

She has a bit of a weakness to shiny things and tends to pick up random objects and stuff them in her pockets without even realizing it. She tends to think rather childishly due to her young age, this tendency is lessened somewhat when holding the Miracle Mallet.

Power/Combat
Ability to control the Miracle Mallet. As only Kobito can use it (ones of Issun’s blood line specifically), this ability is unique to her at the moment. She seems to have been ‘touched’ by the mallet during her time using it, perhaps having wished for more power in order to defend her people from those that would do them harm. However, this effect is most noticeable when she is actually in contact with the mallet. The other items she carries seem to have benefited from the mallet’s power as well, her bowl-helmet has become incredibly durable, shielding her from enemy attacks with relative ease, and her ancestor’s sword (actually a needle) has the ability to grow in size with her should she borrow the mallet’s power to grow. In addition, the sword emits a cutting edge around itself and can be used to create searing light energy.

The Miracle Mallet’s potential is near limitless, but she has learned to be wary of the consequences of using it, for if what she asks for is valuable enough, the mallet will extract a price of equal value, the effects of which can be random. Because of this, she tries to keep the mallet’s power from extending to others, asking wishes that only affect one person at a time so as not to cause another calamity.

Spellcards
Small Bullet "Kobito's Thorny Path"

Mallet "Grow Even Bigger!"

Bewitched Sword "Shining Needle Sword"

Mallet "You Grow Bigger!"

"Wall of Issun"

"The Seven Issun-Boushi"

Major
-Seija Kijin: The one who originally came to her seeking to rebel against the strong. They took some time to set up their plans, during this time, Seija stayed in the castle, got her own room and so on. She soon became aware of the amanojaku's state when she came into her room to check on her. She had noticed before that Seija doesn't have much patience for people, quickly growing angry with them over trivial things. However, she was a little unprepared the first time she set foot into Seija's room, not only were various things upside down or suspended in the air, but there were bloody files strewn about blood all over her pillow, among other things. Not surprisingly, this only worried the princess, who then tried to get a little information out of the other. She was met with resistance, Seija wasn't exactly interested in sharing her life story. Shinmyoumaru is persistent, though, after seeing what she did, she made it a point to hang around Seija more often.

Although it took a while, she managed to at least gain some semblance of friendship with her, even if it led to her being teased quite often. Surprisingly, Shinmyoumaru found it easy to tolerate Seija, something that can't be said for everyone in the castle, as she's had to stop Seija from using a Kobito as a stirring rod once. They soon found that they seemed prepared to initiate their plan for social upheaval, and Shinmyoumaru made the wish for the strong to be able to overcome the weak. It worked, at least for a small while; a group of people had come to stop them, and despite their best efforts, both Seija and Shinmyoumaru were defeated.

The two picked themselves up and rested for a small while. The princess wasn't too worried about their loss, as they could always try again, but it seemed to have a rather negative affect on Seija, who seemed to have grown more reclusive and annoyed than before. Of course, this only gained her more sympathy and attention from Shinmyoumaru, who caught her in her room, crying (even if she insisted that she wasn't). Over time, it seems that Shinmyoumaru's patience won out, and her friend warmed up to her a little-- perhaps a bit more than expected. Through her usual teasing, Seija had brought up the relationship issue. This embarrassed not only Shinmyoumaru, but Seija, too, it seems.

However, it's not as though she were opposed to such a thing, she had grown quite fond of Seija, but she had no idea how to go about such a thing.

-Remilia & Sakuya: When the two read a book about relationships, but found the information that they found there to be confusing and unhelpful, the pair went to seek first hand experience, eventually leading them to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Remilia, being a bit of a romantic herself, seemed happy to give them some tips, the most important of which being that they should go at a pace that seems natural. While Shinmyoumaru doesn't have a firm grasp on what that is, exactly, it's still sound advice.

Further, they seem to have made decent house guests, having visited once. By far, these two are the most well mannered house guests to have visited the Shining Needle Castle (with the others being people like Nue Houjuu and Marisa Kirisame)

Minor
-Wakasagihime, Sekibanki, Kagerou Imaizumi, Raiko Horikawa: Benefited from the Miracle Mallet’s power, but she only met them briefly. Still, should they visit the castle, they would be welcome to stay.

-Benben Tsukumo & Yatsuhashi Tsukumo: These two are residents of the Shining Needle Castle. While they are considered simple residents, they also act as guards of a sort, confronting those who enter the Castle with ill intent. They also tend to play very lovely songs, which Shinmyoumaru is very fond of. They have their own section of the castle in which they live, no Kobito are allowed near there, it's important to maintain their privacy, after all; aside from that, they aren't always the most charming people. Still, they abide by the rules enough to avoid getting in trouble.