User blog:Miss Littlesnake/The Sun Serpent's Temple - Mistress Sukoshi hebi

The sun serpent's temple is an ancient structure half way up one of the misty mountains of Zipangu.

Thought to have been abandonded hundreds of years ago, it is a compex about the size of a small village made up of three main buildings and a beautiful garden in its center courtyard. Mostly inhabited by a variety of Lamia types and Kunoichi, it was a center of Ryu worship in a time before the present Demon lord. This specific temple worshipped three red-maned Ryu in particular: The Green, Buraza-hebi. The Gold, Imoto-hebi. And the blue, Sukoshi-hebi. These three siblings controlled the region's weather and offered boons to important members of society. As well they are commonly thought to be the ancestors of most born Ryu today. However, this was not technically the worship of dieties, but rather the following in the teachings and wisdom of the anchient beasts. Prayer consisted of self-reflecting meditations, and sacrifices were mere gifts of coins and jewelry in thanks for the bountiful harvests. For thousands of years the region around the sun serpent's temple had peace and prosperity... Until one day the Ryu siblings disappeared...

The youngest of the three, Mistress Sukoshi-hebi, was the watcher of the rains and seen as the laziest of the three. Many times she took year long naps that caused droughts. Her brother and sister, the green and gold ryu, were the watchers of the winds and the earth. And though the droughts caused them trouble, they never stayed angry and instead awoke her again and again so that the rains can come again. However one day, while the youngest slept, a great army attacked the region. Not wanting their sister to be injured in the battle the two decided to leave her asleep in the mountain and went forth to protect their people. But the army had brought monster hunters blessed by the chief god, who managed to slay Imoto and gravely injured Buraza before finally being defeated. With the army gone Sukoshi awoke to discover her sister dead and her brother dying, and weeped a typhoon as he gave his last breath. In her sorrow the last Ryu of the temple ordered her siblings be buried deep within the mountain, and there she herself passed into a deep slumber having passed on the duties of the Ryu back to the gods of hevean until she returned.

Since the rise of the present Demon lord the decendents of the original temple maidens still tend to the temple grounds even though its presence had faded into obscurity. However now they bring human husbands for themselves to reproduce, as well as made a new tradition of keeping a virgin male in the temple at all times for when their mistress awoke. Strangely enough when she awakes "Missy" ends up taking the man that awoke her and tried to kill her as her husband. This mountainous 8 foot tall man now acts as the temple complex's main defence.

Additional Information:

- Each of the Ryu siblings hold a special treasure that amplifies their power. These orbs are different colors depended in the Ryu. Sukoshi-hebi, the blue, holds a silver orb. Her brother Buraza-hebi, the green, held a ruby red orb. Her sister Imoto-hebi, the gold, held a golden orb. While Missy continues to carry her silver orb, the other two orbs are buried with her siblings in a secret corridor.

- Even though they don't originate from Zipangu, Lamia types like Basilisks, basic Lamia, and medusas have been known to live within the temple complex walls along side the Shirohebi.

- Long time ally of the temple, a nearby shinobi village frequently sends Kunoichi to help protect the temple and train the temple maidens in self defence.

- The temple's sigil is a circle containing three spirals, representing the three red-maned Ryu that they cherished.

- Sukoshi-hebi means "little snake" in Japanese.

- The region that the three Ryu originally watched over is known as ''Hebi-no-ticho. It is a reletively small region around the base of the temple's mountain, Taiyo-no-hebi (or sun serpent mountain)''. This region has four villages: Kiba, Kibo, Taiyo, and the capitol Janome.

- The exact origins of the three red-maned Ryu is unknown. Legend has it that they were the children of the "sun serpent" that bursted free from mountain to form the sun (giving the mountain and temple its name). If one were to ask Missy about where she came from it would be clear that she doesn't even know for sure and only remembers "A time of fire" before her time as the region's third guardian.

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