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Found lore in japanese, translated part of it, then found a page with his lore in english, and added all that.
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*His CS references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takkoku-no-Iwaya Takkoku-no-Iwaya], a Buddhist Shrine in the Tohoku region of Japan. | *His CS references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takkoku-no-Iwaya Takkoku-no-Iwaya], a Buddhist Shrine in the Tohoku region of Japan. | ||
* Takemaru belongs to the Crafter's guild, in Ota ward. | * Takemaru belongs to the Crafter's guild, in Ota ward. | ||
* Due to similar naming conventions, it seems takemaru is based on the legend of [http://yokai.com/ootakemaru/ Ootakemaru (大嶽丸)]. | |||
* Per the legend, Ootakemaru was a "Kijin Maou" (鬼神魔王) a God-like demon lord, from how much power he had, and it's (albeit from earlier times than others), considered one of the three great demons (Oni) in the history of Japan. | |||
* It is said Ootakemaru commanded black magic and had kept the Shogun Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, tasked with exterminating him, from finding his whereabouts by conjuring a great storm, to cover the Suzuka Mountains. After years, Tamuramaro received help from the gods, stating he needed to find the beautiful goddess Suzuka Gozen, who tricked Ootakemaru into giving her his three holy swords (Kenmyouren, Daitouren, and shoutouren) to protect herself from the warrior Tamuramaro, who was coming to kill "her". After a horrible battle which shook the earth and heavens, Tamuramaro won, with the protection of the gods. | |||
* In the legend, Ootakemaru split his body into thousands of other oni, with his black magic, to kill Tamuramaro, and he was stopped by a Holy Arrow, which split into ten thousand arrows, and killed all of them, impaling them in their faces. | |||
* The legend continues, stating that Ootakemaru returned years later, once again as a Kijin, but this part of the legend is very similar to the one for [[Shuten]], as his head was once more cut off, and when it fell, landed on Tamuramaro's head, where it tried to bite down, but he was saved by having worn two helmets. | |||
* [[Suzuka]], from having the three holy swords sacred artifact, and Aether element, as well as causing a particular reaction on Takemaru during the Setsubun event is, probably, based off of this legend as well. | |||
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