The Maw's Skull

Following the Battle of the Cresting Wave, Hida Banuken's followers discovered the mighty Oni Lord's corpse among the fallen. A unit of tainted Crab samurai, the first unit in Crab history to carry the banner of the Damned, had brought the demon law. The Maw was the most devestating threat the Crab had yet faced, and the Crab Cahmpion decided to make an example of the demons defeat. The Maw's Skull was cleaned, purified of all taint, and mounted above the gates of Kyuden Hida. Since that day it has stood as a mute gaurdian og the Crab's most powerful family. After a time, the purified skull began to adopt the Hida family's fighting spirit.

Since Fu Leng's escape from Meido, his most powerful servants have likewise been summoned forth from the depths of Jigoku. This includes The Maw, who stand among Fu Leng's lieutenants in the army of demons currently besieging the Celestial Heavens. To The Maw's dismay, the Oni Lord has been unable to dispatch any of its spawn to the mortal realm since its return. Apperantly the exsistence of its purified skull bars it from affecting the empire in any physical way. The Maw has recently begun communicating with human pawns, hoping to manipulate them into destroying the skull.