Talk:Maho

Message for WestynWyse. The absence of information from one source does not imply it is not true. Here, from Fires of the Hidden City Part II

Ariminhime smiled. "It is one of the secrets this city hides," she said. "When the Kami fell from the sky they found a land of chaos, disorder. The humans worshipped dark and evil things, spirits that had been forsaken by the older races. The Kami drove these wicked gods away, uniting the human tribes as one, forging a new order and destroying those who would not abandon their evil patrons. When Emperor Hantei heard of a large tribe living in the northern mountains, practicing strange magic and worshipping powerful gods, he sent his brother, Shiba, to force this tribe to abandon their ways." "That was the tribe of Isawa," Nakamuro said.

Ariminhime nodded. "The Isawa were masters of maho, blood magic. Such magic courses through everything my brother created, through the foundations of this city."

"But in those days, the blood magic was still good and pure," Nakamuro said. "Fu Leng had not yet corrupted it."

Ariminhime looked at him curiously. "Blood magic is the magic of violence and suffering," she said, holding up one hand to display the wound. "It may once have been free from connection to Jigoku but it was never 'good.' The Isawa understood that suffering is a necessary part of enlightenment, thus such magic was useful, with caution and moderation." She looked up at Bishamon again. "Here, under the protection of their ancient gods, maho was safe. Shiba saw this. He saw that the Isawa were noble and wise, that their Seven Fortunes were unlike the other wicked gods the mortals worshipped. He begged Hantei to stay his wrath, to beseech their mother Amaterasu to accept the Seven Fortunes among their pantheon and greet the Isawa as allies. She agreed, but only as long as the Seven Fortunes always watched over the children of Rokugan. In spreading themselves over so wide a populace, the Fortunes could no longer keep the blood magic free of Jigoku's touch as they once did."