User:MhaiWind

Who's Mhai
Mhai is a possession-type demon that was freed from her Curse. In her freeing, she struck a deal with her final Owner: With her unusual Demonic power, she will strive to help others, she will heal those who ask, she will speak the truth, and she will never again seek to injure.

For the price her Master paid, for the words he left her, she embraced his creed as her own. And now, she seeks to understand his final words and learn: What is it to love?"Note: Though Mhai's sex is male, she enjoys dressing as a female and will refer to herself as female. She is not bothered by being referred to as male or female."

Prelude - To Be Embraced
Few regrets compare to capturing the attention of the undead. Those who survived find themselves at best, forever changed. To be embraced by a Vampire is to find release from mortality in exchange for all that is joy. Embraced against her will, taken by one far more powerful, Mhai was turned long ago and rendered from mortality. Yet even with all the power -- the power to take one's life, the power to destroy joy, the power to deny the sun -- A strong Will may save even the most ravaged soul. Though Embraced, Mhai refused to take another's life. She refused the desires of her Vampire progenitor and sought release through imposed solitude. Exiled to the outskirts of the vampire city, Mhai abandoned herself to the hobby which she could never again enjoy. Nevertheless, she embraced the canvas to express the eternal anguish of her newfound being.

Denied the companion he sought, Mhai's Master reached out to those greediest of creatures, Humans, and offered an appealing deal: He would commit the Curse upon his scion. To them he would provide a demon -- she that was once Vampire -- entrapped within a cursed weapon. Always ones to seek power at any cost, the deal was eagerly accepted, and the ancient Master turned upon his own brood and struck through her heart with a katana. Casting the Binding Curse, Mhai was captured.

Chapter 1 - Rapacious
"What is it to have nothing, not even memories, to comfort one in the depth of night?"

Nothingness is a denial of all that is. It is the ravening void of unbeing. To be Vampire then to become Demon Cursed, is to be unmade in all that was. The creature captured within the ruby-bladed weapon was Nothing. No thought, no Awareness, No Memory, No Being -- Nothing survives a Demon Curse. That which was Mhai was but an echo of a life lost so long ago. To awaken without Being is to experience utter abandonment. Humans love nothing more than power and discovered the quickest route to power held within these Cursed Weapons. Contained within, a Demon -- a creature of pure malice and avarice that seeks forever to taint the wielder and escape their entrapment. Bereft of memory, experience, joy, and compassion these creatures at first sought to harm all they encountered. Only the Curse kept a Demon contained, and only by Contract could one be used. This contract sealed the powers of a demon and allowed a human wielder to draw upon that power. As all things seek balance, the price is to be forever fighting the Will of the demon. Fed upon hate, greed, lust the demon inevitably grows in power... but humans were never ones to worry about tomorrow, when power was needed today.

The best method to evaluate the power of a new Cursed Weapon is to test it upon the foolish. The katana known as Mhai's first moment of existence was in the hand of a prisoner. Offered his life should he be capable of handling Mhai, he grasped upon the sword and woke Mhai the Demon. Awakening from the torment of capture, the Demon instinctively grasped at the memories and emotions of her new host. A prisoner who has always given into the easy path, who had little Willpower to resist his desires, has few defenses against a being the feeds upon greed and is only pure Will. His capture was completed before his first shocked gasp as Mhai fed him his own terrors and nightmares and feasted on his fear and hate. Observing from afar, the rapid overtaking of the prisoner host inspired great interest. Unfortunately for him, and for her rebirth, once Mhai's relative strength was judged, there was no further need of her first host. Marked as one of the most dangerous weapons: A black series weapon, Mhai was sealed away and left for only the strongest amongst the humans.

Taking a Cursed Weapon is a foolish choice at any time, but the greedy nature of humans leads to unending tragedy; thus, her second exposure came from an unlikely source. Desperate for the strength to last days without rest, to forever be at his prime, Johan, a young researcher took up Mhai and committed himself to perform the Contract and survive.

Newborn Demons are driven by simple desires. They are in pain and seek to deal pain. They are hungry and seek to feed. They are hurt and seek to injure. They are broken and seek to break. A newborn demon is little more than a force of despair let loose upon their host. As they age, if their host is strong enough, their desires and needs grow more complex. The young demon that first greeted Johan upon taking Mhai's sword was nothing more than an angry child. Though she spit his greatest fears at him, reminded him of his inadequacies, fed him his own doubt, his years of work and dedication led to a strong will. Understanding dawned upon she who had been Mhai, and she accepted her first Master.

Unfortunate then that their bonding would be so short-lived, for though he was one of the rare humans who could wield a Black Demon Series weapon, the end of humanity approached. Swept up in the great Cataclysm that took nearly all human lives, Mhai was once again abandoned. A single sword stood alone in the wreckage, awaiting its new Owner.

Chapter 2 - The Price of Compassion
"...I don't understand"