戦の最中は神河に安全な場所など無かったが、その中でも竹沼は最も恐るべき場所だった。腐れた竹自身が命ある侵入者に襲い掛かり、名も無き墓に引きずり込むのだ。
――神乱見聞録
"Although nowhere on Kamigawa was safe during the war, the Takenuma Swamp was the most horrifying. The rotting bamboo itself rebelled against its mortal inhabitants, pulling them into unmarked graves."
――Observations of the Kami War
