Editing Oni (section)

== History ==
The Oni rebellion began in the late 1800s to early 1900s in response to the growing strength and oppressiveness of [[East]]ern [[Practitioners]]. The Oni movement created countermeasures for the Practice and modified themselves, opposing the old order of Practice and convention.<ref>As humanity surged and the families expanded into branches and sub-organizations, it got pretty oppressive for the Others.  It brewed for a long while, around the mid eighteen-hundreds to early nineteen hundreds, Others really kicked off on fighting back. They organized and started to try to subvert the practice and all conventions. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/12/01 Excerpt] from [[Gone Ahead 7.1]]</ref> They waged war on humanity, fielding brutes, assassins, and even turncoat [[Oni Mage]] Practitioners. Ultimately they lost and were bound to convention.<ref>Ties to an era when spirits attempted to establish their own province and domain separate from humanity, and even went to war with humanity, sending forth brutes and assassins. [...] Oni Mages typically pick up their art through family lines, tracing back to the time when spirits and Others tried to divorce themselves from humanity in a stab at self preservation. In Practice and in the eyes of other Practitioners, they are functionally assassins, thieves, and deceivers with a strong combat focus. Part of their dark reputation stems from distant history, when practitioners took the side of the spirits in the war against humanity, gaining power for their betrayal. [...] When they lost the war, the Oni were bound to convention. The ongoing struggle to escape and bend the rules of convention has led to a form of practice which works against many common assumptions. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Weaverdice/comments/8ghs3l/pact_dice_campaign_help/dycdis7/?context=3 Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>

After the war, the American [[Yadira Kennedy|Yadira Kennedy's]] family were seemingly the first to re-establish a working relationship the Oni.<ref>“So Yadira Kennedy… the Kennedys are a big family?” Avery asked.<br><br>“A good size,” Yadira said, smiling.  “We’re not ''the'' Kennedys, but we have a presence.  After the Oni Wars, my family was the apparent first to successfully re-establish a working relationship with the new Others out East."<br><br>“That’s a lot to digest all at once,” Avery commented.<br><br>“You’ll learn about it if you read essentially any history at all on practitioner-human relationships,” Yadira said. “My family’s name gets a passing mention in many of the textbooks.”<br><br>“Okay, sidebar,” Kass said.  She leaned over the back of the bench, resting her arm there with enough forward momentum that Verona had to move out of the way of the incoming elbow.  “Yes, the Kennedy family is a big one.  Spread out all over the place.  But Yadira is from a small, forgettable branch of that family.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/27 Excerpt] from [[Cutting Class 6.1]]
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