Path Skills: Culture, Persuasion
Virtues: Sincerity and Right Action
Scent of the Divine: Cherry blossoms, with a roaring wave

Kami Motif

The kami are all things, and can be bidden to work wonders.

Every physical object, animal, and even human soul is one of the kami. Even natural phenomena, abstract concepts, and ideas are kami. This Purview holds sway over the proverbial “Eight Million Gods,” allowing them to be spoken with and propitiated in order that they might perform miracles at the Scion’s request.

Kami Signature Purview: Yaoyoruzu-no-Kamigami

Eight Million Kami: All things are Kami and can be bidden to work wonders. Everything that exists is a Kami. The pebbles in a stream are all Kami, the river they are in is a Kami, the bay it flows into is a Kami, and the dream of a man about the Kami Godzilla sleeping in that bay are all Kami.

If one knows the proper way to appease a Kami, then it will help you in whatever way it can. A great river Kami might know about all the places it goes and that people have stepped nto the stream that feeds into it, but it won’t know the type of shoe worn by the man who stepped into the stream the previous night. But the stone that the man stepped on can probably describe to you the design on the bottom of the boot the man wore, but only if you know how to appease it with the proper prayers and treat it with respect.

Yaoyoruzu-no-Kamigami Innate Power
You can speak with the kami of objects and animals, allowing you to communicate and attempt to influence them. They have Attitude 2 towards you by default. The kami of objects have a limited degree of agency, primarily taking unrolled actions to do things the object might have done anyway. Sweet talking the kami of a car could convince it to start without keys, but not to drive around by itself.‘

VIRTUES

Sincerity vs. Right Action

All things have a place under Heaven, and all things must be done with a full and sincere heart. However, sometimes the right thing is at odds with one’s wishes, and sincerity is difficult to achieve.