MEET CREATORS OF THE KAIDAN UNIVERSE
Futarimae
It comes alone to the battle, and watches as armies clash. The Odachi spirit joins the slaughter only once threatened, absently watching the tide of blood soak into the earth as though it were waves upon the shore.
The Current Year
Growing civil unrest and the reemergence of old grudges threatens to bring war to Ikaiguchi again.
Lady Hatsuki
The secret leader of the Hatsuki Clan, controlling the clan from the inside while officially a simple consort to Lord Hisato Hatsuki. however she controls the clan from the inside, revealing to only a chosen few who she really is.
STEP INTO THE UNIVERSE
Cosmic horrors feeding at the edge of reality, twisting the world to their will. Shadows clouding the minds of men. Truth is long forgotten, buried in unmarked crypts. This is Kaidan.
Kaede Oshiro
Chief amongst the woodland priests is the Mori no dai Saishi. Wisest and eldest of the Yasei, this man of peace tends the animals within the realm, an exemplar of the peace the clan espouses.
Nezumi
Born in the darkness, Nezumi has never seen the world above. He prowls the tunnels, only when stirred to action by the Kumo acting with sense. One of the best smugglers in their Clan, Nezumi can get into any building with a cellar.
Mistress of the Gardens
The most gifted of the Hatsuki Clan alchemists is a woman known only as the Mistress of Gardens. In her lair she keeps all manner of snakes and spiders, extracting their venom that she might experiment with varying combinations of poison.
Hātoreikusu
These are four interlinked lakes, two larger, two smaller, that feed into each other via a subterranean river and sheer waterfalls that plunge from immense heights. The churning waters mean that much of the lower lakes are shrouded in a fine mist.
Emperor Yoshimura Mitsuhide
Emperor Yoshimura Mitsuhide is the ruler of Ikaiguchi, ordained by the Shin’rei as their mortal proxy. Despite his influence, little is known of the man himself.