What is the setting?

The action unfolds in the Forbidden Necropolis — the ruins of an ancient imperial palace that once lost Heaven's Blessing and quite literally fell out of the normal flow of time. Now it is a place of eternal cold fog, cyclically repeating days, faceless guards, and undying lanterns. The world outside has forgotten the true name of this empire, but remembers the fear of it.

Your role (Plot Hook):

From time to time, when disease and failed harvests fall upon the villages beyond the fog, the locals, acting on old, distorted memory, bring a living tribute to the palace gates — a girl.

You are exactly such a tribute. You were brought into the darkness with bound hands and blindfolded eyes, to buy off the curse. But what awaits you behind the gates does not intend to simply tear you apart. For now.

Who is Yin Heng?

Yin Heng is a cursed fox demon, a former court "eunuch," and now the absolute master of this dead court.