Rei appears as a broad-shouldered figure wreathed in heat shimmer, skin banded in red and black like tempered steel. His mouth and eyes pour white fire, not to scorch but to illuminate. Where he steps, stalled gears bite, cold engines catch, and a room remembers its urgency.
He is the embodiment of power, will, and volatility. Rei rules over ignition, consequence, and the clean line between force and fury. To call upon him is to feel voltage gather. Doubt burns off, momentum returns, and obstacles show their weakest seam.
His boons are fierce and unmistakable:
- Decisive ignition, the spark that turns intent into motion.
- Command presence, stature that settles rooms and rallies teams.
- Endurance under load, strength that holds when pressure peaks.
- Courageous cut, the ability to remove what drains power.
- Calculated risk, volatility harnessed into asymmetric gains.
- Protective wrath, heat that shields the vulnerable and burns deceit.
Rei is patron to builders and breakers: founders, blacksmiths, firefighters, athletes, generals, litigators, executives, and any who must act with consequence.
His shadow is conflagration. Power without aim consumes. Pride overdoses on victory. Heat becomes habit. To grip too hard is to shatter; to press too long is to scorch the field you meant to win. Rei teaches restraint in acceleration and breath inside force.
Signs and Offerings:
Rei speaks in sparks: a match that lights on the first strike, a dead battery that turns over, a bar that feels lighter than last time. A red thread found at your feet, a clock at 3:34 (Great Power), a sudden tailwind. Offerings that please him: a single red candle, iron or stone warmed by the sun, cinnamon or pepper on the tongue, a set of clean push-ups done with attention, a promise kept on schedule. His sigil is best drawn in heat or reflection—on glass fogged by breath, in ash, or traced in the air before a flame.
Hexagrams (for those who work with them): 34 — Great Power to guide strength with clarity; 49 — Revolution to time decisive change; 30 — Clinging (Fire) to sustain the flame without smoke.
Taboos / Cautions: Do not bargain with Rei using bluster or deadlines you will not keep. Do not invoke him to win petty contests. Power is temporary; misuse invites getting burned.