Tori Nara

Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugend?, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi.

Not only can Tori shift into the form of a massive demonic crow, she can also control darkness and shadow. This makes it easier for her to heal, by pulling the shadows around herself until the corruption seeps into the wounds and heals her. She doesn’t travel by traditional portals, and so long as the area she wants to go has some sort of shadows, she can appear.

She’s not your typical person, either, in her human form. You’d think, by looking at her, she’s edgy or emo or just all around apathetic. However, that’s far from the truth. Tori is jovial and rather outgoing, social just as her crow counterpart is.