Smite's newest hero, The God of the Moon Tsukuyomi, arrives today in the game's 7.8 update. This Assassin class character was revealed this past July in a brief cinematic trailer, and is both the MOBA's 111th playable character and the seventh god hailing from the Japanese pantheon.
While Tsukuyomi's IRL lore is a bit scant, the Smite devs have focused their energy on keeping his personality in line with how he was depicted in mythology. Tsukuyomi is a proponent of proper etiquette, obeying authority, and maintaining order, and he takes slights very seriously. He is imperious, and his dispensing of swift and extreme punishment for perceived disrespect is a core part of his character. Him killing food goddess Uke Mochi over a perceived slight even contributed to his falling out with his sun goddess sister, Amaterasu.
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