Theme 10: First Tragedy
Amaterasu has never known such horror as this. Earthquakes rock the Celestial Plain, and the screams of her Celestial children echo into the tall vault of the sky, ringing off the mountains that rise from the center of her realm. The dreaded Orochi roars out his imminent triumph, even as the goddess stands before him.
"Sun goddess," he rumbles, the sound low in his many throats. "Do you not despair? Watch, and know true pain; the tragedy has only just begun." The bell on his mountainous back tolls out a song of death while Amaterasu drops into a fighting stance.