< Suika Ibuki | Back to Title of Contents | Kappa > The Highest God of Fantasy Dragon Ususal threat level: Very High Frequency of encounters: Very Low Variety: Unknown Places likely to be encountered: Unknown Times likely to be encountered: Unknown Features The supreme god of Gensokyo. This god is worshipped by all living creatures, including humans and youkai. It is believed to live in the ocean, or the sky, or in the rain (*1), but few have been able to confirm this. It is said that a dragon looks like a serpent with hands and horns, that it is thicker than a great tree thousands of years old, and so long that it blocks out the sky. Its cry rends the heavens and causes thunderstorms. When it stirs, mountains crumble and earthquakes occur. Who knows what would happen to Gensokyo if something were to invoke its wrath. However, the dragon god is also Gensokyo's god of creation. It is thanks to the dragon that the rain falls, the rivers flow and that Gensokyo is enveloped in a verdant green. It rarely appears, and is said to show up only in Gensokyo's greatest times of need, blocking out the sky. Proof of its appearances are the rainbows and rivers that manifest in its wake. 1: As an aside, the dragon can go anywhere, regardless of the Great Border. It is said that it can move itself freely even to the outside world, the Netherworld or Hell. The Dragon at the Creation of the Great Hakurei Barrier The last time the dragon appeared in Gensokyo was when the Great Hakurei Barrier was created. The sky was rent with constant thunder, the land was engulfed in a flood that threatened to submerge it, and for an instant, the skies were completely dark. The youkai sages staked their existence on pledging eternal peace to the dragon, and in an instant the waters drew back, the sky was torn asunder, and light was returned to the heavens. Since then, there has been a statue enshrining the dragon at the center of the human village, which is worshiped every day. The Dragon God's Statue It's said the dragon god's statue in the human village is an amazing artifact that can tell you what the day's weather will be with the color of its eyes. When its eyes are white, it will be sunny. When they're blue, it will rain. When they're grey, it will be cloudy. It's very convenient (*2). But beware when the eyes turn red. Since this is the color reserved for indeterminate predictions, it appears whenever something truly strange is happening in Gensokyo. In many cases, it was due to youkai-related incidents. Incidentally, this weather forecast is correct 70% of the time. 2: It should be convenient, or the humans wouldn't come to worship it. It is said that the kappa who the chiseled the statue thought so and sneaked a forecasting device into the statue. < Suika Ibuki | Back to Title of Contents | Kappa >