Ame-no-HIboko

Japanese Goddess of Nature and Animals

Elan content adapted for Tsuwamono from Rafael (Beryl) in the Anima: Beyond Fantasy Core Rulebook

Sandalwood Saint Ame-no-Hiboko (a.k.a. 天日槍)

Ame-no-Hiboko is a nature deity of middling strength who resides in physical form at Izushi-jinja in Tajima Province. She is supposedly tied to a holy sandalwood tree at this shrine, and is attended by Sarasoju no Miko, the Priestess of the Sandalwood.
Though Hiboko is a kitsune, she does not share the duplicitous tendencies of most of her kin, and instead is content to remain in tranquility at her shrine and oversee the balance of natural creatures under her domain. This emphasis on peacefulness sometimes puts her at odds with Ōkuninushi, another nature deity whose focus is more on the active aspects of the natural world and its interactions with humans.
Ame-no-Hiboko has officially given her patronage to the Yamana Clan, whose unobtrusive study of the natural world falls in line with her aspect. Though she does not approve of violence, she has been known to neutralize conflicts against the Yamana Clan, or Tajima Province in general, always through peaceful means.

Divine Domains

Nature, tranquility, animals, growth

Temple Bonuses

Shrines dedicated to Ame-no-Hiboko ensure fruitful growth and harvest, increasing the base resource income of a province. Towns normally grant a Prosperity value of 1 each, but temples to Ame-no-Hiboko increase this to another value based on the level of the shrine.

• Level 1: Towns grant 2 Prosperity each
• Level 2: Towns grant 3 Prosperity each
• Level 3: Towns grant 5 Prosperity each

List of Blessings

Nature Knowledge: This gift endows the bearer with a special bonus to the Herbal Lore secondary ability equal to their total Elan level.
Cost: 5 | Requirements: Elan 10
Animal Knowledge: This gift endows the bearer with a special bonus to the Animal secondary ability equal to their total Elan level.
Cost: 5 | Requirements: Elan 10
Healing: The bearer of this gift may use their hands to heal their own, or another character's wounds at a rate of 5 LP per turn. The maximum amount of LP that can be healed in this manner per day is equal to the user's total Elan level. If applied to undead creatures, the life energy will damage them instead. Such creatures may make an MR check with a difficulty equal to twice the holder's total Elan level to avoid receiving damage equal to their level of failure. This amount is also deducted from the character's total healing for that day.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 20
Fertility Cloak: The holder's mere presence intensifies animal and vegetable growth and expansion in the area around them. Plants sproud with renewed strength, while animals live strong and healthy. The Power income of any province in which the character has spent at least a week is increased by 1 for that month.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 40
Eliminate Natural Venoms: A character with this blessing may eliminate the effects of natural venoms of a level equal to or lower than their total Elan level with Ame-no-Hiboko.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 40
Totem: The bearer of this gift establishes a communion with nature, attracting an animal spirit, or Totem, and forging an unbreakable bond. The GM must choose a natural animal, which will appear to the character and accompany him or her from then on. The Totem acts similar to a familiar, but the character does not need to sustain it with Zeon. A Totem has the same statistics as an animal of the same species, but with its level increased to match that of the character, its Gnosis raised to 25, and its intelligence is increased by 5. The Totem speak telepathically with its master, and they may connect their senses. If the Totem is ever killed or otherwise destroyed, the bearer of this gift may bring it back to life by sacrificing 10 Elan points.
Cost: 20 | Requirements: Elan 50
Expanded Healing: The maximum amount of LP the holder can heal per day using the Healing gift is multiplied by 5.
Cost: 15 | Requirements: Elan 50, Healing
Nature Eyes: This gift allows the bearer to connect his or her senses to those of an animal, obtaining the ability to see and hear through it. This ability may be used once a day for every 10 Elan points the user has.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 60
Invoking Animals: This gift grants the ability to invoke and command a group of animals. The number of animals which will respond to this summons is determined by the species being summoned. Low-level, small-sized animals, such as mice, cats, or snakes, will arrive in numbers equal to the user's total Elan level. Larger animals, such as bears or elephants, will instead respond in a one-to-five ratio. The bearer of this gift may only use it to call one species at a time, which will hurry to him as quickly as they are able, and may be used once a day.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 60
Animal Transformation: The holder of this gift may transform into a natural animal, acquiring all of its characteristics and associated abilities. Characters may choose to keep their own abilities if they are higher than the beast chosen. The user may choose one animal species they are able to transform into for every 10 total Elan points they have.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 70
Increased Invocation: The number of animals a character may summon with the Invoking Animals gift is multiplied by a factor of ten.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 80, Invoke Animals
Unlimited Healing: The limit on the amount of LP a character may heal with the Healing ability is removed.
Cost: 20 | Requirements: Elan 90, Expanded Healing
Nature Conscience: Ame-no-Hiboko's chosen one becomes the very soul of the woods, forests, and jungles. They are automatically aware of any event that happens in any stretch of wilderness within 100 miles, and may also perceive the feelings of all plants and animals, as well as communicate them, inside this area.
Cost: 10 | Requirements: Elan 100

Sample Elan Modifiers

Elan Below 50

Tending faithfully to a plant or animal: +1
Saving the life of an animal or plant: +2
Protecting nature: +3
Saving a large number of lives: +5
Extending or planting new forests: +5

Elan Above 50

Watching over the safety of plants and animals: +2
Saving a large number of lives: +3
Extending or planting new forests: +4
Purifying corrupted land: +5

Negatives

Damaging nature: -3
Taking a life: -5
Supernaturally corrupting nature: -10

General Rank
SS
General Type
Divinity

Divine Classification

Kami

Species

Kitsune

Ethnicity

Japanese

Realm

Takamagahara

Current Residence

Izushi-jinja

Gender

Female

Aligned Organization

Amatsukami

Other Affiliations

• Yamana Clan