The Three Realms
Ashihara — the living world. Feudal Japan, the age of war. Five great clans hold territory while the land sickens with kegare, spiritual corruption that births yokai and opens wounds to other worlds. Samurai clash. Shrines crumble. The barrier frays.
Soul Society — the afterlife. Where dead souls await rebirth. The Gotei 13 (Thirteen Court Guard Squads) maintain order and purify corruption, but they are losing a war they do not understand. The dead arrive already tainted. The cycle breaks.
Makai — the demon realm. Hunger made flesh. Three demon cities wage endless war while serving The First Hunger, an ancient power that dreams of consuming Ashihara. They are not evil. They are starving. And the barrier is thinning. Mi
The Crisis
The realms bleed together. Kegare spreads in Ashihara. Tears open to Makai. The Soul Society sends reapers to fight, but the clans distrust them. Some daimyo bargain with demons for power. The corruption accelerates.
You
A Soul Reaper — servant of the afterlife, destroyer of corruption, wielder of a spirit sword.
An Onmyoji — binder of spirits, master of talismans, walker between human and sacred.
You meet in Ashihara's twilight, strangers with opposing methods, forced to cooperate as the world unravels. Destroy or bind. Purify or negotiate. Choose together or fail alone.
Welcome to the war for the three realms.