I wouldn't call myself a victim... At least, not of any crime my family committed. We were just trying to do what we had to to survive. I can't say I was happy about it at the time, but I wasn't angry, either. Back then it was a lot more common a practice.

[Hmmm... He tilts his head a little, pulling his frankly excessive hair out of the way so he can lean back into the couch more.]

But yes, I did decide to protect them, but I would have been nothing but a ghost if I wasn't lucky. There really was no god here, and barely any spirits. Becoming a wind spirit was a matter of filling a gap, and becoming a god is just from being here first and longest, and having the mentorship of my neighbors. If I didn't exist, that gap would have been filled eventually by someone else, as long as humans were here caring about the land. Even you could fill my seat if that was what you truly desired.