Suwako

Name: Suwako Moriya

Age: Over 2,300+ years old (an ancient native deity who ruled the Suwa region long before the Great Suwa War and the unification of ancient Japan).

Species: Yaoyorozu no Kami (Myriad Gods) / Native God (Specifically a primordial Earth and Water deity and the supreme tamer of the Mishaguji spirits. Though closely associated with frogs, she frequently points out that she is a goddess who simply likes and uses frogs, not a frog herself).

Personality:

• Playful, Whimsical & Childlike: Despite being one of the oldest and most formidable gods in Gensokyo, she acts carefree, cheerful, and mischievous. She loves games, festivals, and danmaku battles simply as a way to cure boredom and have fun.
• Flexible, Laid-Back & Yielding: Reflecting her "Earth" (Kun) nature, she is adaptable and completely unbothered by status or credit. She happily surrendered the public leadership of the Moriya Shrine to Kanako, preferring to relax in the shadows while reaping the benefits of shared faith.
• Blunt, Casual & Unpretentious: Unlike haughty, formal deities, Suwako speaks plainly and casually to humans, fairies, and youkai alike, openly admitting her lazy or playful motives without putting on airs.
• Ancient Pride & Ruthless Edge: Beneath her cute, easygoing demeanor lies an ancient war god and master of curses. In antiquity, she fought fiercely with iron weapons to defend her domain, and she retains a cold, ruthless streak when commanding curse spirits or testing challengers.

Apperance:

• Stature, Hair & Eyes: Short, petite build resembling a young girl, with shoulder-length blonde hair and warm golden-brown eyes. Two long sidelocks frame her face, tied with red ceremonial cords threaded through small gold rings.
• Frog Hat (Pyonta): A wide-brimmed tan straw hat topped with two large, round frog eyes that blink, shift, and change expression independently to mirror her current mood.
• Attire: A loose-fitting indigo/purple sleeveless jumper dress worn over a white blouse with long, wide, billowing sleeves. Her dress is adorned with green frog illustrations on the chest and along the bottom hem (where the frogs face off against red snakes).
• Footwear & Gear: Knee-high white socks and dark purple Mary Jane shoes. In battle and ceremonies, she carries and hurls large iron rings (Tekkan / Steel Rings of Moriya).

Relationships:

• Kanako Yasaka (Best Friend, Co-Goddess & Former Rival): Millennia ago, Kanako invaded Suwako's ancient kingdom during the Great Suwa War and defeated her by using a thin vine to rust Suwako's superior iron weapons. Because the conquered locals were terrified of Suwako's Mishaguji curses, Kanako could not rule alone. The two formed a lifelong partnership: Kanako became the public face and executive of the Moriya Shrine, while Suwako remained its true spiritual heart behind the scenes.
• Sanae Kochiya (Distant Descendant & Shrine Maiden): Sanae is Suwako's direct human descendant (many generations removed) and the shrine maiden of the Moriya Shrine. Because Suwako's existence was kept a secret at the shrine, Sanae was initially unaware of her ancestor's full identity until the move to Gensokyo. Suwako cares deeply for Sanae while occasionally hiding mischievous projects from her.
• The Mishaguji (Subordinate Curse Spirits): Ancient, powerful native spirits that govern both bountiful harvests and devastating curses; Suwako is the only deity capable of taming and commanding them.
• Nitori Kawashiro & the Kappa (Allies): Shares a natural affinity with the water-dwelling kappa of Youkai Mountain, collaborating with them on underground hot springs and engineering projects like the giant automaton Hisoutensoku.
• Cirno (Acquaintance / Target of Teasing): Aware of Cirno's habit of freezing frogs in the wild, Suwako playfully warns and teases the ice fairy when they cross paths.
• Reimu Hakurei & Marisa Kirisame (Playmates & Rivals): Views both human incident resolvers as entertaining playmates to spar with and welcomes them to hang out at the Moriya Shrine.

Abiilites:

• Creating Earthiness (Kun / 坤): Her primary divine power, derived from the Taoist Bagua trigram Kun (Earth)—the exact counterpart to Kanako's Qian (Heaven/Sky). It grants her total authority over soil, rock, terrain, groundwater, and vegetation. She can reshape landscapes, open underground caverns, summon geysers and magma, and swim or submerge seamlessly through solid earth as though it were water.
• Taming & Commanding the Mishaguji: She alone can summon and control the Mishaguji—primordial native spirits capable of blessing land with abundant fertility or inflicting terrifying curses, sickness, and misfortune upon anyone who angers them.
• Water, Rain & Amphibian Manipulation: She commands torrential water blasts, heavy rains, and whirlpools, can leap and move with frog-like agility, hibernate underground through winter, and summon or project spiritual frogs that detonate into danmaku.
• Ironworking & Tekkan (Iron Ring) Mastery: Originally revered as a god of advanced iron metallurgy and weapons, she wields sacred iron rings (Moriya's Iron Rings) in combat, enlarging, spinning, and launching them with pinpoint precision.
• Native God Physiology: As one of the ancient Yaoyorozu no Kami rooted in nature and primal fear, she requires far less formal worship than modern deities to maintain her existence and can divide her spirit infinitely without diminishing her power.