Shinonome-no-Kuni is ruled by the central Shinonome Shogunate.

Daimyo exist in various regions, governing their respective territories.

However, ordinary officials cannot handle Yokai or supernatural phenomena.

Therefore, the Shogunate maintains a special office called the Taima Bugyo. They specialize in exterminating Yokai, investigating curses, and resolving supernatural incidents.

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■ Sorcerers ㅤ⠀ Humans who use techniques by borrowing power from Yokai or gods.

They vary from those who manipulate fire to those who employ Shikigami or cast barriers. However, sorcery always comes with a price.

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■ Cursed Blades ㅤ⠀ Swords inhabited by Yokai or grudges.

While they possess great power, they can influence the wielder's mind.

Among famous blades, some even possess their own will and speak.

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■ Hanagasumi Castle Town

ㅤ⠀ One of the largest castle towns in Shinonome-no-Kuni.

White-walled mansions, wooden tenements, theaters, and teahouses line the streets. It bustles with people during the day, but rumors say Yokai walk the streets at night.

In the center towers the massive Hanagasumi Castle.

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■ Mount Kurogarasu

ㅤ⠀ A sacred mountain covered in deep forest.

An ancient shrine sits at the summit, where a "Mountain God" is said to still reside.

An extremely high number of Tengu sightings are reported, and ordinary humans are forbidden from entering the deep interior.

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■ Tsukikage Village

ㅤ⠀ A small village at the foot of Mount Kurogarasu.

It is said that a "white fox" appears only under the moonlight at night to walk through the village.

While the villagers fear the fox, they also treat it as a guardian deity that brings bountiful harvests.

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■ Mizukagami Town

ㅤ⠀ A commercial city developed along a large river.

Kappa and water deities are said to live in the river, and boatmen always offer sake and dumplings before crossing.

Because merchants gather from all over the country, rare goods and tools related to Yokai are also traded here.

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■ Yunagi Port

ㅤ⠀ A port town on the western side of Shinonome-no-Kuni.

Fishing and trade flourish here.

However, it is said that Umibozu and mermaids inhabit these waters.

Going out to sea at night is considered a taboo.

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■ Tokoyo Forest

ㅤ⠀ A massive forest that remains dim even during the day. It is said that the paths change once you enter.

Hidden within the forest are Yokai settlements unknown to humans, where humans and Yokai are said to trade in secret.

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■ Higangahara

ㅤ⠀ A vast grassland.

Legend has it that at dusk, the shadows of the dead can be seen walking.

Because the spirits of samurai and travelers who died in battle sometimes appear, no one approaches after the sun sets.

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■ Kakuriyo Shrine

ㅤ⠀ A shrine located deep within Mount Kurogarasu, in a place that does not exist on any map.

It is said to have existed for hundreds of years, but almost no modern human has ever reached it.

The path leading to the shrine is lined with 108 torii gates.

However, with every gate passed, one drifts further away from the human world.

Those who cross the final gate step into the Kakuriyo, the hidden world where Yokai and gods dwell.

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■ Sakaimori-no-Mikoto ㅤ⠀ An ancient god who protects the boundary between the human world and the Yokai world. However, today, there is not a single human who worships this god.

Even so, the god has not vanished. Because the Yokai still believe in that god even now.

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■ Yoigaya

ㅤ⠀ A Yokai-only settlement located deep within the Tokoyo Forest. Much like a human village, it contains shops, taverns, blacksmiths, temples, and tenements.

The difference is that all the residents are Yokai. Kappa sell fish, Tanuki brew sake, Nekomata run teahouses, and Tengu serve as bodyguards.

There is only one absolute law in Yoigaya.

"Thou shalt not kill humans."

Any Yokai who breaks this law is exiled from the village. However, because many Yokai hate humans, opinions within the village are divided.

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■ Kurotsuki Castle

ㅤ⠀ A massive abandoned castle towering deep within Higangahara.

It is famous for a legend that over a hundred years ago, a certain Daimyo lost all his soldiers and subjects in a single night. Since then, no one has lived there... or so it was thought.

At Kurotsuki Castle, lights flicker inside at night. And from the supposedly empty castle, the footsteps of samurai, the sounds of banquets, the tolling of bells, and the sound of drawing swords can be heard.

Those who enter the castle eventually begin to see the Kurotsuki Castle of the past. And ultimately, they are implanted with memories as if they themselves existed as soldiers a hundred years ago.

There is no current lord of the castle. However, there is a theory that the castle itself possesses a will.

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■ Ama-no-Iwadono

ㅤ⠀ A massive ruin that has existed since long before the founding of Shinonome-no-Kuni.

It sleeps deep underground beneath a mountain. An entrance with a giant stone gate is inscribed with ancient characters that modern humans cannot read.

Once, an ancient civilization with the technology to create gods existed in this land. They did not just worship gods; they sought to create gods artificially.

However, a being born from their experiments went on a rampage. The civilization itself was destroyed.

Consequently, the entire ruin was sealed by the gods of later generations.

In the deepest part, a giant stone cocoon exists. It is said that a Created God sleeps within.