Four War Gods
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| The Four War Gods (Ryura, Jura, Gora, and Kyura) |
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| Alternate Name(s) | None |
| Age | Deceased |
| Race | Yōkai |
| Weapons | Wind Blade and Thunder Blade (Ryura), Thunder Cannon (Jura), and Crimson Fan (Kyura) |
| First Appearance (Anime) | InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island |
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The Four War Gods are a group of yokai demons from the InuYasha anime. Their one and only appearance is in InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island. They sought to regain the power they lost to the Priestess Kanade by sacrificing the hanyou children they possess on Horai Island. Their names are Ryura, Jura, Gora and Kyura.
[edit] Story
Long ago, Horai Island was a haven for the hanyou population that lived there from being preyed on by other yokai demons. However, every 50 years or so, the barrier that kept the island hidden from oridinary space and time would break down, allowing demons from the mainland to attack. The Four War Gods were among these demons. They caused enormous bloodshed and in the end gained control over the island. However, despite their apparent victory, Kanade succeeded in sealing their respective power spheres in a sacred comb box that could only be broken by herself or a respective priestess, keeping the Gods away from their full power and in so doing allowed the hanyou population to have some peace. Unfortunately though, the Four War Gods discovered that by sacrificing hanyō individuals to a sacred cauldron on the island, they could regain a small portion of their power each time. To carry this out, they marked several hanyou children on the island with their crimson scar to keep them from leaving the island, in a sense sealing their fate.
InuYasha and Kikyo at one point tried to stop them, but failed in their mission. InuYasha was marked by Ryura with a crimson scar, and Gora sucked some of Kikyo's blood to be put to later use. Sesshomaru also tried to take on the Four War Gods, taking on Kyura after he killed two demons that once served under Inu no Taishou. However, like InuYasha, Sesshomaru also received the crimson scar.
After saving a hanyō children from the cauldron and receiving the comb box from the spirit of Kanade, InuYasha lost it to a doppelganger of Kikyo (made from the blood Gora stole) who stole the box and ended up opening it for the War Gods. With their true power returned, the Gods began going on a rampage, planning to wipe out the population on Horai Island before leaving. However, their arrogance ended up being their undoing as InuYasha defeated Ryura and Gora with Tesseiga, Miroku and Sango defeated Jura by having Gora fire on him, and Sesshomaru wiped out Kyura with Dragon Strike. However, even though they were defeated individually, the gods came back in a unified form that at first gave the group problems with their combined powers, until Inuyasha and Kagome Higurashi combined their powers to finish it off. With the Gods' defeat, the hanyou children were finally able to leave the island and live peaceful lives.
[edit] Members
This is the info on the Four War Gods:
- Ryura: Wields the Wind Blade and the Thunder Blade.
- Gora: Gora is a giant turtle monster who shoots fireballs out of the holes in his shell as if it they were cannons. He also has a face on top of his head. He resurfaced with the other Four War Gods where he attacked Ai before fighting InuYasha's group.
- Jura: Wields the Thunder Cannon.
- Kyura: Wields the Crimson Fan.
[edit] Voice Actors
- Ryura - Kristian Ayre (US)/Nobutoshi Kanna (Japan)
- Jura - Jason Simpson (US)/Takeshi Kusao (Japan)
- Gora - Ward Perry (US)/Tadahisa Saizen (Japan)
- Kyura - Ted Cole (US)/Nobuo Tobita (Japan)
