The Mujina were spirits from Sakkaku, the Realm of Mischief. These spirits did enjoy travelling to Ningen-do and causing trouble for the Mortal Realm's inhabitants, but their motivation was neither malice nor wrath, merely trickery. [1] [2]
Appearance[]
Mujina were small and quick orange humanoids with spindly limbs and flighted with vestigial bat wings. Their faces had comically large glowing eyes and a grinning mouth full of small sharp teeth; a pair of horns crowned their heads. Some were thin and gangly, others rotund. They could grasp and hurl heavy objects with great strength. [3]
Mischievous demeanor[]
Mujina devoted themselves entirely to elaborate pranks, which they would play on any victim available. These tricks could be merely irritating to the actively harmful (replacing a washerwoman's soap with bars of lye). Most ended in the destruction of some object, and a few brought physical injury to their intended victim. They quickly grew bored and move on to other prey. [4]
Mujina Leaders[]
The leaders of the mujina were called Porthungluin. [5]
Magic[]
Mujina magic was quite powerful, but limited to but a few specific uses. They could make themselves invisible at will. [6]
Burning Sands[]
The Mujina sometimes made deals with caravan masters in the Burning Sands to distract and confuse the Hawk Riders, a people of male and female of roc riders, who sometimes attacked the caravans in transit in the Burning Sands. [7]
Taint and Mujina[]
Mujina were immune to the Taint, [8] but it was known that members of this race fought on the side of the Shadowlands on the Second Day of Thunder [9] or at the Battle of Oblivion's Gate. [10] Those who sided with the Shadowlands were stronger and more malicious. [11]
History[]
Nezumi's Sacrifice[]
The Nametaker Neelru'kir sacrificed himself to cast a spell which granted the Mujina race protection against the Shadowlands Taint. Before he died he elevated as a Transcendent, and the Mujina always would help those aides Neelru'kir would take in the mortal realm. [12]
Crab Subservience[]
The Mujina plagued the lands the Crab Clan, and the Kuni managed to trap and enslave some of them to work in the Crab mines. [13] Kuni Ikashi had studied the Mujina and managed to catch the creatures' shadow, rendering them solid and vulnerable. [6] The Kuni family could trap mujina's shadow inside a piece of crystal, enslaving mujina and putting them to work. [14] Because they were not denizens of Ningen-do, they were immortal, and therefore made an excellent labor force for the Crab Clan's Iron Mines. [15] They also acted as scouts for the armies of the Crab Clan. [16]
Invasion of Isawa Woodlands[]
For unknown reasons Mujina moved to Phoenix territory and the Isawa Woodlands became a field of humiliating tricks. Two mujina even followed the Phoenix representatives at winter court at Kyuden Seppun, harassing all their activities. [17]
Second Day of Thunder[]
In 1128 the mujina race was present in the Second Day of Thunder. While the battle outside Otosan Uchi had already begun, Matsu Gohei appeared with a sizable bushi force, alongside with nezumi of the Crippled Bone Tribe and mujina, which inflicted cruel, lethal "pranks" upon the Shadowlands Horde. [18]
Destroyer War[]
During the Destroyer the mujina were alongside the Hiruma when in 1173 the forces of the isolated Shiro Hiruma launched an offensive against the Destroyers from the rear, [19] attacking from the ruins of Kyuden Hida. [20]
Known Mujina[]
- Fuhao Scout. From 1st century [21] to 12th century.[22]
- Jikagun Scout. Cavalry. 12th century.
- Korjagun Crab Clan. Cavalry. 12th century.
- Mudgemuck 12th century.
- Nijugun Scout. Crab Clan. 12th century
See also[]
References
- ↑ Tomb of Iuchiban, p. 28
- ↑ Fortunes & Winds, p. 49
- ↑ The Book of the Shadowlands, p. 123
- ↑ The Book of the Shadowlands, pp. 124, 126
- ↑ Creatures of Rokugan, p. 61
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Book of the Shadowlands, p. 125
- ↑ City of Lies: Player's Guide, p. 41
- ↑ Fortunes & Winds, p. 45
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Crane #7 (Imperial Herald v2 #3)
- ↑ The Race to Volturnum, by Ree Soesbee
- ↑ Lesser Mujina (Gold flavor)
- ↑ Way of the Ratling, p. 107
- ↑ Iron Mine (Lotus and Samurai flavor)
- ↑ Creatures of Rokugan: Third Edition, p. 136
- ↑ Enemies of the Empire, p. 252
- ↑ Jikagun (Khan's Defiance flavor)
- ↑ Winter Court: Kyuden Seppun, pp. 84-85
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 102
- ↑ Rulebook story (Before the Dawn)
- ↑ Kyuden Hida (Before the Dawn flavor)
- ↑ Prelude to Darkness, Part Four: The Curse, by Rich Wulf
- ↑ Secrets of the Crane, p. 44
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