Hey, I'm still kinda new to the Masa fandom and so far I love it! I know all about the Onibi and Sister Series but do you mind maybe explaining the characters from Maha's Story? I don't really get the series and I would love to learn more about it. Thanks
Let me just become a Masa teacher real quick
***The following information was translated partially by me and 99% by @shishikusas
Maria Kanzaki (A.K.A. Saint Luna Maria)
Chinese Dogma:A woman studying spirits in an enclosed island country that was blockaded. She was the superior and conducted human experiments and homicides even on her own parents and brothers, and was expelled for it. At the time she obtained the forbidden books, there was a fesitval in hell. (?)
Enkantada:“She holds a crown prince of Ninomiya’s “Criminal Odd Entrance Lady L.”, Ahn Jae-sul, a very serious person.Dangerous philosophy that is “Luna’s Warrior” spread Fuwito, who is Kumaha’s reverence, widely throughout the world for extra relief or in case of dangerous situation.“
Mentalism Maria:"The blocked island nation (aka Japan) is proud. The strange name is what her mother who is a scientist took from "The Sea of the Moon, Luna Maria”. Maria was particularly outstanding in psychological science, but research on spirits was banned globally. However, the island country advanced the research of the spirit mroe secretly. Maria discovers the history of the closed island country during her research. But taking that history is worth the death penalty, so no one touches it. There was a thing of history in the “Hell Foreign Road Festival” left by her deceased father, but is officially appointed to a government official and the superior director of the spirits.“
Okay so to sum up, Maria is a scientist that studies the human spirit and does research on the Books of the Dead, which are relics of ancient Egypt. Eventually, she was confronted by Chlordane, and was persuaded to join the gang/organization/cult that she runs. The group is known as Maha, and you can see its logo on the front of her robes (it also appears on Phyrexia and Jeanne’s weapons, on Fen’s sleeve, and as tattoos on Morian and Jack). After joining, I think she eventually preaches her research in some kind of religious format, making her a nun/saint of sorts.
Seryl Claude les-Elizabeth (A.K.A. Chlordane)
Chinese Dogma:A woman whom everyone talks about. She solves legends and breaks seals from around the world and collects them. She seems to be in possession of the legendary ship "Queen Ann’s Revenge”, which has been confirmed. She is trying to gather ancient books from all around the world.
Profile:Chlordane has the same abilities as a woman once called ‘Hill of Crosses’. A lot of crucifixes jump out of the ground from a considerably wide area, mainly of women, to skewer them. A former woman was able to erase one town on this Hill of Crosses.No. O1EX (Hill of Crosses)
Chlordane is the daughter of an ancient vampire named Nina Claude les-Elizabeth, but we’ll get to her later. She was abandoned when she was very small, and eventually grew up to become the leader of Maha. Many details are unknown (what/who her father was, if she ever met her mother again, if she founded Maha or just joined it, how she began to collect the Books of the Dead, etc.), but we know that she controls a significant power source called the Hill of Crosses. I think it was destroyed eventually.
She defeated Shogun and persuaded him to join Maha. She stole books from Maria, but eventually persuaded her to join. She found an exiled nazi named Fen and brought him to Maha’s base, and he joined. She used a Book of the Dead to revive Morian (and probably Tsukuyomi and Phyrexia) from their magical seals.
Chlordane is basically the antagonist of the series, and is obviously a huge influence on all of the characters.
Okay Rakurai does have canon information but I lost it and I’m writing this up at a very late time of night. My fact-checker fell asleep a while ago so I’m on my own here lol
Anyway! Rakurai is most likely a lesser form of demon. He’s Chlordane’s little assistant, and she used his power along with the Book of the Dead to revive Morian.
Rakurai fell in love with Chlordane, but Chlordane has feelings for Maria. This led him to become distraught, and it’s the secret behind one of the well-known lines of Chinese Dogma.
Keep in mind that Rakurai is the Japanese word for lightning. When it says in the chorus “Lightning has fallen into darkness because you felt love”, it could also be interpreted as “Rakurai has fallen into darkness because you felt love.”
Profile:A person who is the owner of the Book of the Dead and the only one who can perform the darkest ceremony in the world. She understands the origin of the old Aztec temple and later tells Luna that origin.At the Singapore base in Maha, she is called “Queen of the Netherworld.”No.03 Echidna (left eye of the gorgon)
OKAY THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD BECAUSE ECHIDNA IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND SHE’S SUPER FUN TO COSPLAY
Echidna manages Maha’s egyptian branch, which is doubtlessly the most violent. She’s the only person in the world capable of doing that dark sacrificial ritual seen in Enkantada, and that’s because she has some kind of ancient knowledge give to her by an aztec god (I think it’s the same one that Phyrexia communes with, but I’m not 100% sure). She shared this knowledge with Maria, and that’s why Maria was able to do it later on.
So Echidna is the one that takes action when Morian shows up at her base and kills Boreru. She sacrifices a prostitute to Morian to appease him, and he accepts. And since a certain character that Echidna is based on has cannibalistic tendencies (and because of the wording in the song), I think that she and Morian both devoured the prostitute’s corpse just afterward.
Anyway, a lot of Echidna’s character takes inspiration from the character of the same name in Greek mythology. Greek!Echidna can become snakelike, which explains Echidna’s tongue. The “left eye” thing is most likely a reference to the Lunar Eye of Horus, which could be a little acknowledgement of the exchange between Masa!Echidna and Maria. @yumekoro-baku mentioned that while there are a handful of goddesses that could represent each eye, for the left eye normally Wadjet (”the green one”) was represented. Wadjet was usually seen as either a snake or a snake headed woman. This just brings back Masa!Echidna’s association with snakes, which is really cool! It would also associate her with action and wrath (which makes sense, considering how violent she is) and would make her a “protector of a ruler” (I’m guessing Boreru). It’s also worth noting that Masa!Echidna is commonly known as “Queen of the Netherworld”, and considering that she takes inspiration from a greek mythological character that kidnaps people from the underworld, that makes a lot of sense, too! It also helps out my thoery that Masa!Echidna kidnaps people and forces them to become prostitutes for Maha.
Chinese Dogma:A large giant who leaves his name on a massacre in Coloumb after about 200 years being tied to Roman troubles long ago.He was restored by Chlorden’s Book of the Dead and Rakurai’s wider technique, and became Chlorden’s man.Lives as Luna’s escort.
Enkantada:Very dangerous.Sa village was eliminated to nothing.Was relocated to Shimpe from the Colomb root base of 200 Sa village.Petition of Night: The sentence you request is an imperious fortune.Mission statements of Maha were originally physically carried out, but the duality is different from Maha.
Literally all he does is ruin everything. He helped topple the Roman Empire, apparently, and then there’s all the murder and possible rape that surfaces when he goes to Echidna’s base. Morian’s a dick.
It’s my understanding that Morian, Phyrexia, and Tsukuyomi are three immortal demons that were sealed away to prevent the end of the world. Apparently, having all of them released at once would trigger the apocalypse or something similar. That just leaves me questioning Chlordane’s motives…
He’s also Maria’s bodyguard.
Chinese Dogma:A girl who made a contract with the ancient god Ometeotl, and became immortal. She was sealed eternally by the pledge of wise men when witches were special emphasized(?), but the seal was solved by Chlordane’s ancient book and is now part of Chlordane’s group.
Profile:She is immortal and is the one person who is said to be `strongest` even in the story of Maha. Her strength is more intense than it looks, and you can call her an artillery fire of ancient God.No, 02 Phyrexia [Dragon Breath]
Her description is pretty self-explanatory. Witch hunters sealed her away, but then she was unsealed by Chlordane and her Book of the Dead (just like her buddy Morian).
Masa has confirmed that she is THE strongest character in Maha’s Story.
Profile:An invulner of invulner sealed in an old isolated island country. Luna’s “Hell Foreign Road Festival” and Rakurai’s magic revived. She only comes to see her eyes and she is going to destiny, she gives death soon.I simultaneously repel all the troubles I absorb.No.08 Tsukuyumi [Clouded Fox]
Okay so Tsukuyomi is a crossover character! She was sealed like the other two immortals, but get this:
She was sealed in an alter by Akari Oborodzuka, the Miku from the Onibi Series. Evidently she founded the clan that Akari was part of.
Tsukuyomi has healing powers. She can absorb diseases, and so many people came to her for help that it drove her crazy. She went berserk and killed hundreds of people, which is why Akari sealed her.
She was revived by Maria, instead of Chlordane, and I think that’s how she initially (if unintentionally) caught Chlordane’s attention.
Profile: An officer who commanded an army who had detained the ancient God with military power alone. Both vampires had the ability to fight equally, but the military ceased annually as the state collapsed. Most officers were executed, but there was no name for this man on that list. Was exiled and has now become an official of the Chinese Government.No. 04 Fen
Chinese Dogma:Official of the Chinese Government,He is Decoy’s main source of funds.Was told to hide in the Coloumb District after he returned with Chlordane and Rakurai.A man who betrays a person without hesitation for the sake of profit.
//*DISCLAIMER* Literally 99% of the writing I do with this guy is headcanons so if you’ve been gathering information about his character from tumblr, buddy, it was most likely me and it’s most likely inaccurate. Don’t ask why I picked such a minor character as my favorite because I have literally no idea//
But seriously, look past his awkwardly-drawn face at the interesting character he is. Fen is a military commander (most likely from germany) and is therefore more involved with the war than the nazi movement.
So efficient a commander was he that an ancient god was captured by his troops. No magic. No powerful seal. For a human in Maha’s Story, this is a pretty big deal.
When his homeland was taken out (either by a supernatural force or just the end of WWII), Fen betrayed his country and his comrades, fleeing and exiling himself to stay alive. All officers of his standing were executed, but Fen left them behind.
Now he’s in China, where the home base of Maha is located (Coloumb District), and is acting as a government official. Thus, Maha basically has the government in its pocket because of him.
I think the reason why Fen caught my attention is because he’s on a whole other level compared to the other human characters. Minagi and Nina levelled a city, Chlordane is changing the whole world, and Fen’s accomplishments are in the same league. It’s fascinating to me! okay i’ll shut up now he’s not that important
Nina Claude les-Elizabeth
Profile:“The first immortal vampire. She died suddenly 100 years ago. She is the first operator of the Hill of Crosses and more user of the prison. Once the ice prongs were shook, it brought about enough damage to make one feel like the world was ending.”
So Nina gave birth to Seryl/Chlordane in the middle of battle. As she was in labor, she was defended by Jeanne. I think she either died or was forzen somehow in her infamous battle against Minagi Yotsuba at the Hill of Crosses, but the timeline is a bit confusing.
She abandoned Chlordane when she was only a baby. Nina left an infant to fend for herself in the middle of a war-torn, post-apocalyptic world with nothing to protect her but a magic book. Girl. Why. There had to be a baby daddy or maybe Jeanne. Don’t put your baby down and then leave while everyone is DYING
Enkantada:Estimated warrior 15 unfortunately (something).An impeccable visit to Kiki.Schooled at La Granciasau, whose ideology was unknown.Has been a member of Maha for fifteen years.
Works under Echidna. He’s basically a medic that helps Maha operate its prostitution and probably helps Echidna with her sacrifices.
She doesn’t have any canon information, but this much we know for certain: She is a prostitute (some think she was from the start, I think Echidna forced her into it) that Echidna kidnapped and abused, then sacrificed to Morian.
Enkantada:Transformed the World Confrontation Conference (something), into a field and it is one of the bottom runners. Lays claim to Enkantada. Farming is not a crime.There is no prolongation, but the crowd also has more interests.Also: Keep in mind that there was an artifact of Maha with the Enkantada.
Alright so Boreru is a very influential drug dealer in the Egyptian city that Echidna’s branch of Maha resides in, and is a very important ally of Maha (supplying them with drugs, paying to use their prostitutes, etc.) Morian kills him in Enkantada, which is what causes Echidna to sacrifice Chimera.
Literally all we know about him is that Fen is paying him to do something and that he’s seen looming creepily of Echidna and Chimera. @shishikusas thinks he might be Chlordane in disguise, which isn’t impossible. It’s worth noting that he wears an Anonymous mask, which references the movie V for Vendetta.
Chinese Dogma:users of the system say he came from a blocked island country. In singapore, Chlordane defeated him and he joined her group. Everybody calls him shogun, but he calls himself Miyamoto when he’s alone.
All I’m gonna say is that I think he’s the “creepy masked man” mentioned in Mentalism Maria. There’s not much to him.
Profile:“One of the eight angels and one of the few users of the thunder prison. Her wicked black thunder makes her appear like a demon, but she is indeed an angel. She clashed with Chlordane on the Stairway to heaven.”
She has her own song, Impact Death Entity, but it’s unrelated to Maha’s Story and is actually like hella innocent.
Profile:“She was a guide at the top of Pergol mountain and once brought Dante to heaven. She is famous for stopping advancement of Nina Claude les-Elizabeth’s only wartime battle. Now we have to see Vergilius to meet without anyone knowing were we are.”
What seems to be most important about Beatrice and Enti-Suti is that they are two out of eight angels. I’m guessing that these angels are the protagonists.
Profile:“Head of the Knights of San Marco who served the Ometeotl. To serve Nina to serve the first dragon knight Phyrexia sealed at the time of the wise men, to defend the weak Nina and child born during a battle against the stone blood of gargoyle and petrified but after a long time passed to Chlordane and is rescued.“
Minagi Yotsuba (A.K.A. The Yotsuba Clover)
Profile:"World’s best bounty hunter. It is said that Nina Claude les-Elizabeth had used the Hill of Crosses to erase the city from the very strength of the slaughter of gods or demons in her fight against the Clover. Her blade is called the ‘four leaf blade’.”
She fought and probably killed Nina. I don’t know much else about her, but there’s something about these profiles that kinda bothers me…
The fight between Nina and Minagi was mentioned in Fen’s bio for some reason. Why?? I mean there were two separate battles going on: Miagi vs Nina and Fen vs a diety. Are they related somehow? I don’t know why the connection was made.
However, it does say that “Both vampires had the ability to fight equally,” so I’m guessing that Minagi is a vampire, too.
Chinese Dogma:The soldier who manipulates the ancient god protects the seal of the dead.Turism ’s life was snared within the book of the dead to keep him within the royal family, but he gave a copy of the book of the dead to Chlordane, who had a book of wisdom, and became a subordinate.
I didn’t have space on the post to include his picture, but Anubis is pretty important. Throughout the series, the dead are spoken of. A feast of the dead, dead that are filled with dreams, etc. Anubis is the one that guides the dead to the afterlife, and I think he has some kind of connection to the talk of the dead we hear so much in Maha’s Story. It isn’t confirmed, though,so I’ll talk about that in the theory section down below.
Here is the information about the story that Masa has posted to Twitter, run through the unreliable google translate:
1. [Story of Maha] A great rebellion hit in hell for a long time and the hell’s suppression became difficult God closed the door of the summit of Pergol mountain which continues to heaven. But demons and hell sinners came into a great battle to collide with the archangels to prevent them from going to heaven through the Makai and the human world in order to drop heaven and to involve the human world and the Makai world. It is the view of the world of Maha’s story.
2. 【Maha’s story 2】 After that the devil is frozen with hell with ice prison at the abnormal strength of Makai’s true ancestor. Still, the anger of Makoto is not settled, heading to Puru mountain to drop heaven, where it collides with a guiding person and reconciles at the end of the prolonged battle and the great war is over. And hundreds of years later, the human world has changed the situation. The story begins in Enkantada in the city in Egypt.
Enkantada: Morian kills Boreru. Intimidated and fearing for Maha’s safety, Echidna sacrifices Chimera to him, and successfully appeases the demon. But something in the lyrics suggests that he may have enslaved her after that.
Mentalism Maria: Maria studies the souls of humans through cruel, violent, and taboo experiments and rituals. This is supervised by a Japanese government official. Maria unseals Tsukuyomi, and both of them go with Chlordane to join Maha.
Chinese Dogma: Chlordane and Rakurai unseal Morian and inaugurate him as a member of Maha. Observing the ritual are Maha’s newest members: Maria, Phyrexia, Fen, Decoy, Anubis, and Shogun.
Ergonomic Hero: Not technically part of the series, but it is set in the same universe. 200 years after the events of Chinese Dogma, a member of Maha faces off with a government soldier.
————My Personal Theories————
Masa has a tendency to use inspiration from real-life criminals when designing his villains. And, since I wrote my senior term theme paper over Jack the Ripper, I was able to make some connections!
Whoever committed the “Jack the Ripper” murders in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888 knew what they were doing. The murderer was able to sift through organs in search of the uterus, and obviously, this would require a great deal of medical skill and know-how. It’s also been theorized that Jack the Ripper had a strong hatred of prostitutes, given that he killed about a dozen of them.
The Jack of Maha’s Story has this medical knowledge, given his years of college study. And given that he’s seen dragging poor Chimera around, I think it’s also likely that he dislikes the prostitutes used by Maha (or perhaps women in general).
So I think it’s very possible that he was based on Jack the Ripper.
I think it’s possible that the God captured by Fen was Anubis.
Without Anubis to guide the dead, spirits cannot escape to the afterlife. This could be why Maria was able to experiment on them, and why they have such a strong presence in Maha’s Story.
To me, Anubis’s information suggests that he was trapped within a Book of the Dead (possibly by Fen) and forced to become a subordinate.
Because of all the mythology appearing in this story, I think it’s plausible that a fourth immortal demon character might exist. That would give the immortals a “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” vibe, which would be very interesting!
Phyrexia = Death or famine
There are a lot of possibilities for these three, and this is the one that I have the most fun thinking about.
Here it is! Literally everything I know about Maha’s Story! I hope this helped! ^^
origamiaround
stormborns
gummygunk
izzy806
pixelskylines
blakekathryn
germansingergirl
