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Myojin |
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Kakuriyo, Kamigawa |
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Pre-Mending, presumed alive |
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Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa, Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa, Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa, Future Sight |
The Myojin of Night's Reach (Japanese: 夜陰明神; rōmaji: Yain Myōjin) is the kami of black magic and the fundamental force of power on Kamigawa.[1] Like all Myojin, she was one of the most powerful kami.
History
Kamigawa
During the Kami War, O-Kagachi was waging a war on the mortal world, which caused the planar barriers of Kamigawa to waver. The Myojin of Night's Reach discovered she could use this to travel across the multiverse.
When O-Kagachi was manifesting himself in the mortal world, it seemed as if his victory was near. Night's Reach didn't want to give up her ability to travel the planes and planned to prolong the war. To do so, she approached Toshiro Umezawa when he was cornered and gave him the ability to defeat or avoid his many enemies in exchange for his service.
Night's Reach wanted to use Toshi to keep That Which Was Taken out of O-Kagachi's hands, but Toshi was always looking to further his own goals and gave That Which Was Taken to Michiko Konda, thus ending the Kami War after all, just in an entirely different way. For this, Night's Reach took away Toshi's eyesight and banished him from Kamigawa, dropping him off on Dominaria in Madara.
Post-Kamigawa
Toshiro's descendant Tetsuo Umezawa would eventually defeat and kill the Elder Dragon Nicol Bolas.
When Bolas was restored by using Venser and Radha as mana sources, he proclaimed that he was going to find the spirit who brought the first Umezawa to Dominaria and departed. The Myojin of Night's Reach later talked to Leshrac Nightwalker, trying to enlist his help against Bolas, who found her and was currently chasing her. She also mentioned that Bolas destroyed her domains and turned her worshippers against her. She gave him a porcelain mask capable of drawing black mana from his enemies.
The exact details are unknown, but Nicol Bolas later claimed to have found and defeated her, taking her original porcelain mask before she fled again. Her current status is unknown. It is not known how she is related to the Myojin of Grim Betrayal, which also represents an aspect of black magic.
Planes visited
An immensely powerful entity, the Myojin of Night's Reach was able to travel across planes.
Gallery
Story appearances
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| Thankless Child |
Rei Nakazawa |
2004-10-01 |
Champions of Kamigawa |
Kamigawa |
Dosan, Ryo, Kenjiro, Iname, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Myojin of Cleansing Fire, Myojin of Seeing Winds, Myojin of Life's Web, Myojin of Night's Reach
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| Outlaw: Champions of Kamigawa |
Scott McGough |
September 2004 |
Champions of Kamigawa |
Kamigawa |
Pearl-Ear, Yoshino, Michiko Konda, Nagao, Munetsugu Takeno, Iki Hisoka, Meloku, Takeshi Konda, Myojin of Cleansing Fire, Terashi, Kyodai, Toshiro Umezawa, Marrow-Gnawer, Eitoku, Chiyo, Uramon, Kiku, Kobo, Hidetsugu, Seitaro and Shujiro Yamazaki, Godo, Ben-Ben, Ichi, All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, Riko, Choryu, Sharp-Ear, Myojin of Life's Web, Myojin of Infinite Rage, Kaze, Ichikawa, Silk-Eyes, Cloud-Fur, Silver-Foot, Dawn-Tail, Blade-Tail, Frost-Tail, Mochi, Uyo, O-Kagachi, Myojin of Night's Reach
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| Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa |
Scott McGough |
January 2005 |
Betrayers of Kamigawa |
Kamigawa |
Takeshi Konda, Pearl-Ear, Michiko Konda, Yosei, Toshiro Umezawa, Kiku, Uramon, Marrow-Gnawer, Uchida, Yuki-Onna, Hidetsugu, Choryu, Sharp-Ear, Silk-Eyes, Silver-Foot, Blade-Tail, Dawn-Tail, Frost-Tail, Nagao, Riko, Godo, Myojin of Infinite Rage (mentioned), Myojin of Night's Reach, Myojin of Life's Web (mentioned), Isamaru, Munetsugu Takeno, Kyodai, O-Kagachi, Fuan, Hon, Uyo, Chiyo, Mochi, Meloku (mentioned), Okazawa, Seitaro and Shujiro Yamazaki, Iki Hisoka, Myojin of Cleansing Fire (mentioned), All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, Keiga, Okabe
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| Guardian: Saviors of Kamigawa |
Scott McGough |
May 2005 |
Saviors of Kamigawa |
Kamigawa |
Michiko Konda, Riko, Toshiro Umezawa, Hidetsugu, Uramon (mentioned), One-Eye, Kyodai, All-Consuming Oni of Chaos, Nagao, Silver-Foot, Kiku, Isamaru, Aoyama, Yosei, Okazawa (mentioned), Marrow-Gnawer, Myojin of Night's Reach, Takeshi Konda, O-Kagachi, Mochi, Uyo, Chiyo, Sosuke, Sachi, Myojin of Life's Web, Jugan, Godo, Yuki-Onna, Pearl-Ear, Sharp-Ear, Silk-Eyes
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| Time Spiral |
Scott McGough |
September 2006 |
Time Spiral |
Dominaria |
Jhoira, Teferi, Skive, Corus, Dassene, Aprem, Freyalise, Llanach, Radha, Gatha (mentioned), Greht, Target, Astor (mentioned), Mabutho, Kradak (mentioned), Venser, Titania, Urza, Mishra, Karona, Windgrace, Ryu, Barrin, Jiro, Yurei-teki, Hakim Loreweaver (mentioned), Ravi (mentioned), Myojin of Night's Reach (mentioned), Toshiro Umezawa (mentioned), Nicol Bolas, Hessig
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| Future Sight |
Scott McGough & John Delaney |
April 2007 |
Future Sight |
Dominaria, Ravnica, Mercadia, Kamigawa, Ulgrotha |
Leshrac, Myojin of Night's Reach, Jeska, Venser, Jhoira, Teferi, Dinne il-Vec, Skive, Dassene, Radha, Llanach, Target, Multani, Kamahl, Demonic Leviathan (mentioned), Nicol Bolas, Ihsan, Jodah
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