Gensoukyou:Shikieiki Yamaxanadu

Background
Some great time ago, a great Jizou statue was created as an object of worship for the Buddhist faith. This statue, thought by some to become an embodiment of a yama, was prone to defilement by some who'd gone against the thought of a yama to embody the statue. The believers in this, naturally, despised the defilers and prayed to the statue to prosecute them for their actions. Within the next few years, the defilers stopped, having seemingly disappeared from the rest of the Mongolian tribe this statue was created by. Stories came about out of imagination and many so believed the statue was to be praised for the disappearance of the rebels, and such was true. No-one quite knew it exactly, but their prayers had been answered by a spirit that had come upon the statue. This spirit, simple in mind and with the purpose to prosecute those that so sinned, had caused the statue's eyes to open as it would strike down any it found sinful before it. No-one ever saw this statue doing its job, the only thing they ever knew of was that the sinful and evil were quickly disappearing from them, causing only more praise, and even a bit of fear by some, to be shown to the spirit of the statue.

Some time after this, gods belonging to the Celestial Bureaucracy noticed the praise and the prayers that this statue would receive and found the spirit nestled within the stone statue. In a way, they were impressed by what it had done for these people in response to the prayers, as well as the way the evil of the people would be struck down. The yama in charge of this area especially saw promise in this spirit to become his successor, and so it was plucked up from the small village and offered a chance to become part of the celestial bureaucracy itself, to prosecute and judge those who die. The spirit of the statue knew little aside from the prosecution of evil. It had little sentience, so it naturally accepted the offer presented to it. The yama smiled at this being's willingness to offer, and granted unto the spirit true sentience, and a seat as Yama beside his own.

Over the next length of time, this spirit, named Shiki Eiki, was trained by the yama himself to be a successor to himself. She showed great, natural potential in the judgement of the dead, and showed that the yama could pass on his title and rank unto this being. When the time came that she would become Yama in his place, he handed her his Crystal Mirror, and with it his great power to help her in place of her lack of natural power. With that, he also handed her the rod of remorse, an item to further help her punish those wicked and bless those worthy. She was grateful to receive the honor bestowed upon her, and bowed one last time to her teacher and predecessor. With that, the Yama left her place in Higan to Eiki, where she would continue his work for rest of her time.

In the year of 1256 CE, the city of Xanadu was created as the summer capital for the Yuan Dynasty. This city quickly gained great numbers in population, and as such was in need of a personal Yama to maintain the dead spirits that came from such large numbers. Eiki naturally volunteered for this task, not yet having a specified place to be judge over. As such, her first title became her own; Yama of Xanadu. Despite how this city's name had later changed, her title did not as she kept a close watch over the capital city and even the Yuan Dynasty as a whole. In 1369, the city of Shangdu was attacked by the invading Ming army, and Eiki was faced with her biggest task yet as the people of her assigned city were slaughtered and the town set aflame. So many dead had flooded her courtroom as she worked to judge them all and send them to the appropriate afterlife. Even so, she did not fail this task, and pushed through it, eventually sending each of the spirits home. After this, though, she faced another problem. The city of which she was placed in charge of was in ruins now, and so she was unassigned. From this point on, she kept the title of Yamaxanadu, but instead worked with the other Yamas that were dealing with waged wars across China.

Over the next few hundred years, Eiki remained unassigned. She would still often get souls to judge, keeping her job "lively", but it was still lacking somewhat. That is to say, until word of a Land of Illusion reaches the ears of the Celestial Bureaucracy. When she'd heard about it, she knew little of what to think but offered to be the assigned Yama, as she was the only yama of her group currently not tasked. The Celestial Bureaucracy, interestingly enough, did not hesitate with Eiki's offer and sent her quickly to become Yama of Gensoukyou. She found this a bit suspicious, but did not waver. Soon, though, she'd realized why her offer was not in need of a second thought, as she was quickly swallowed by the work that had been thrown onto her. The souls of humans were all too common from this Land of Illusions, and she saw why. Youkai often attacked humans, and the humans fought back, albeit weakly. The yama heaved a sigh and went forth to lecture the beings about their doings, but she quickly realized these beings were only doing the job given to them by nature. She was confused by all this, but did not stop her lecturing as she quickly found new things to lecture on.

 Nothing here yet.

 Waiting for a Komachi here.

Personality
Eiki's job is not much one that allows her to relax. As such, she is nearly always in some way busy and acting very serious, even in a non-business related matter. This can often result in her speech devolving into some manner or argument or berating for what may otherwise be seen as simplistic matters. More serious offenses, though, may cause her to go well out of her way to lecture someone or berate them, even warning them of their due punishment, if not with a bit of over-exaggeration. Her reason for seriousness also extends to the pure fact that she does not enjoy sending people to hell, rather she enjoys when she is able to allow people into heaven or be granted a resurrection. By this extent, her lectures, though annoying to many, are with good and careful intentions in mind.

Rarely, though, one may find Eiki on so manner of break. During which her calm-headed and relaxed attitude will show through as a nice foil to her overly serious work attitude. Though, she may easily resolve back to her lecturing if given probable reasoning to. During these breaks, though, she may also be found enjoying a little bit of sake to calm her nerves, be it with friends or by herself.

Anger is something Eiki is known for being able to harness and direct quite well to those that are deserving of her wrath or, god help you, her punishment. Though, that being said, the stress of her job can leave her on a bit of a short fuse with certain things. For example, her height. Shikieiki looks a bit shorter than she really is, mostly by way of her clothing or body structure. She actually has a fairly average height, if not an inch or so below, for humans. Though most of the people she is around, Komachi for example, are a good bit taller than herself. If someone were to comment on such height, she will immediately respond against the claim. Should someone tease her for it... well, you wouldn't tease someone that controls where you go when you die, would you?

Power/Combat
No doubt as a Yama, Shikieiki wields great power at her hands - in charge of judging someone and determining whether they go to heaven, hell, or the netherworld when they so die. Coupled with this ability, more of a job she is so entrusted with, she holds the ability to sense whether something is good or evil. See: Sense of Good and Evil

Also wielded by Eiki is a great understanding of magic, bestowed upon her to allow her to deal with those who are more persistent with death or judgement, as well as an immunity to death.

Rod of Remorse
Eiki's signature weapon, this item has no blade, has no weight to really speak of, but yet when struck by it, it will become as heavy as the sins on one's soul, or evil in intentions. By that account, its effects can range from a blessing given to those of good heart and soul, or a key into heaven, or ticket to hell and a strike of damnation unto their being.

This rod can also be multiplied at will and is always bound to Eiki's being. She usually hands them out as blessings or tickets into the corresponding afterlife they've been assigned too, however they are usually inert when it comes to its ability to strike according to impurity, only ever going as far as to provide a blessing to the holder.

Cleansed Crystal Mirror
An item given to all manners of yama, this one is little different. With it, a yama can see into the past of any given person they choose so as to better their judgement over them. It is this mirror that also bestows power unto Eiki's being. Without it, she would have to rely on her own abilities which, though still make her quite formidable, would leave her quite vulnerable. Luckily, like the rod of remorse, it is bound to her very being.

A secondary power is the ability to make a copy of another person, though it is not used nearly as often.

Spellcards
Guilt Sign "Wandering Sin"

Judgement "Last Judgement"

Lie "Tongue of Wolf"

Judgement "Trial of the Ten Kings"

Judgement "Guilty or Not Guilty"

Judgement "Cleansed Crystal Judgement -*Name*-"

Komachi Onozuka
character::Komachi Onozuka is Shikieiki's assigned Shinigami. That being said, her relationship with her is mostly professional, and has been since day one. As such from day one, Shikieiki has been quite angry at Komachi on a regular basis due to her lazy, slacking attitude and even a seeming refusal to work properly

Over time, this anger has settled down to something of just an annoyance with how she acts, despite her getting somewhat better. Though, apart from this, time has also served as a provider for a new light in which to view Komachi.

By this time, Shikieiki now views Komachi as more liken to a close friend, no matter wow unwilling she may be to flat out admit it. She cares for her subordinate truly, and as such she scolds her less so just because she's not doing her job, but because she is worried about Komachi somewhat.