Susano-Ō pulled Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi from the tail of the dragon he slew and gifted it to his sister Amaterasu as an apology for his irresponsible behavior. Later, numerous emperors wielded it, until it fell into the hands of the prince Yamato Takeru. The sword earned its name when Yamato was trapped by an enemy warlord in a large field that burned on every side. He sliced at the grass to remove the fuel from the flame and discovered Kusanagi’s power to control the winds. Corralling the fire toward his ambushers, he soundly defeated them as they fled. Scions to whom the blade falls gain control of the field of battle in clever ways, using the environment to gain advantages and slipping away from unwinnable fights like leaves on the breeze.
Rating: ⬤ ⬤ ⬤
Type: Original.
Purviews: Sky.
Motif: Who controls the battlefield rises on wings of valor.
Weapon Tags: Lethal, Melee, Versatile.
Knack: The character may use the Grass-Cutter Stunt whenever he inflicts a successful hit with Kusanagi on an opponent or inanimate object, as follows.
- Grass-Cutter (1-3 successes): Create or suppress one feature in the Field in which the Scion stands, with a value equal to successes spent. This effect lasts for a number of rounds equal to successes spent, and only one such effect can exist at a time. The feature must make sense within the bounds of what controlling the wind or cutting with a blade could accomplish.