He Who Bars the Way



(main article The Immortals )

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Cleric Domains: Earth, Law, Repose, Strength, Void, Trickery, Luck.

Witch Patrons: Ancestors, Boundaries, Enchantment, Spirits, Peace, Transformation, Time.

Favored Weapons: Katana

Symbols: The mask, the pipe, the scales, the blade, the endless knot.

He Who Bars the Way directs souls towards their next destination; to reincarnation, paradise or damnation. If one’s karmic destiny has not fully resolved they are sent back to the mortal world in a new body. If they have achieved perfection, they are sent towards the heavens. Those with unfinished business have at times avoided his judgment by slipping between this world and the next, becoming Kami. Those too vile, even for reincarnation, are barred from further existence, and sent to Nameless One to be consumed. He Who Bars the Way keeps this dreaded Oni in check, but in keeping him from touching the mortal world, he himself cannot ever leave his post.

Those most reverent of He Who Bars the Way are those bound by duty. Soldiers, samurai, and monks are more often faithful than not. Oaths are most sacred to this Kami, and oathbreakers are the most wicked of all transgressors.