Mazoku

ADVERSARY | CONFLICT RANK: 7 9

Just as there are hierarchies and bureaucracies in the Mortal Realm of Ningen-dō, so there are ones in the Spirit Realms. The realm of Gaki-dō, where gaki and other hungry spirits are sent from Meido after being found wanting, is filled with administers and other officials who oversee the realm on the behalf of Emma-o, the Fortune of Death. Mazoku serve a vital role as magistrates and guards within Gaki-dō, but the sheer number of spirits there utterly overwhelms any attempt to properly keep them contained. Many gaki escape Gaki-dō to haunt Rokugan, especially in areas where the two realms draw near, such as where violent battles, terrible murders, and other blood-soaked horrors occurred. Hunting down and returning these troublesome spirits to Gaki-dō is nearly impossible for the mazoku, which is why they sometimes work with Phantom Hunters to jointly accomplish their common mission.

60 | 14 07 | 16 65 | 9

+2, –2

DEMEANOR - ASSERTIVE

5

HONOR | ENDURANCE

GLORY | COMPOSURE

STATUS | FOCUS

VIGILANCE

SOCIETAL | PERSONAL

4 5 4 | 3 5

ARTISAN 3 MARTIAL 4 SCHOLAR 5 SOCIAL 4 | TRADE 0

ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES

Gaki-dō Knowledge: Social; Interpersonal

Desperate for Aid: Social; Interpersonal

FAVORED WEAPONS & GEAR

Unearthly Limbs: Range 0–2, Damage 7, Deadliness 4, Sacred, Snaring

Gear (equipped): Ghostly form (Physical 10, Supernatural 10), numerous scrolls pertaining to Gaki-dō law and individual gaki

ABILITIES

MAGISTRATE OF GAKI-DŌ

A mazoku is an Otherworldly being, though it appears as a normal samurai. It doubles its vigilance when detecting Otherworldly or Tainted beings, mahō use, or kansen activity. When a mazoku unmasks, everyone who can see it suffers 6 strife as its form shifts into inhuman shapes before settling as it composes itself.