[@VitaVitaAR]  So the Japanese schools aren't the only ones in the world?  Hmm.  I can work with that.

I suppose I could paint Shakti as a guardian angel gone wrong.  Its charge died, and it turned to vengeance, then was banished by people who didn't know what the hell it was.  As a result now it's tied to shadow, instead of to light.  Would that work for you?