Issun ,
the celestial envoy
There is a legend about a god that dates back a long, long time. The people
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knew this god as Okami.
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Okami would fly through the fields like the wind, silently watching over the
life that filled the verdant lands. The people revered
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Okami and held the god in the highest honor.
One fateful night, tragedy struck! The peace that blanketed the
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land under the warm protection of Okami was shattered.
Orochi, who had been sealed away since time long past, was resurrected. Orochi swallowed the world of the plants, animals and people — until finally he engulfed even the sun itself in total darkness.
Only Kamiki Village was spared that terrible fate by the grace of the wood sprite Sakuya who inhabited the sacred tree. Sakuya was distressed by the scale of the disaster and recalled the ancient covenant made between the
land and a certain god.
She performed the revival ceremony, drawing in the spirit of the ancient god Amaterasu and breathing that life essence
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into the statue of Okami that stood in the village. So on this day, the light of hope returned to a dark, desperate land.
Amaterasu set out on a journey to fight the darkness and save all life from the tragedy that had befallen it.
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