"The warring clans of Japan now fight for their lives. Will you live to see another spring?"

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if you want a rundown on info for people who don't know what Kyoeki is and never played it or someone who played Kyoeki but doesn't know the lore, then feel free to read the rundown below. If you ARE someone who has played Kyoeki and you know the lore, then just skip it.

TW: Blood, Gore, Crude Language, Distressing Content, Themes of depression, desperation and terror.

The Beginning:

Kyoeki takes place in year 1570 during the Sengoku Jidai, The Age of War.

The Clans of Japan have been at war for over 25 years trying to become the master of all others, The Shogun.

But that all changes when a trading ship returned to Japanese soil after going to China, what should've been just another mundane day for the sailors and merchants of Nagasaki was where the Jutsuki - The Wicked - made their first appearance in Japan.

The Massacre started the moment the ship was docked, the crew of the ship jumped from the trading ship and started murdering anyone who wasn't one of them. They didn't spare a single soul, not even the women and children. Soldiers from the fort nearby had responded quickly, cutting down the crazed lunatics with their swords and spears until they were overwhelmed and forced to retreat after the innocent bystanders suddenly changed them with whatever they could grab before them. Since then, the plague has gone air borne and has afflicted at least 80% of Japan. Only 20% of Japan is immune to the air borne strain, but they aren't immune to the plague fully.

The Jatsuki:

The Jatsuki are living beings who are afflicted by the plague that came from Nagasaki. They know no Honor, Love, or Mercy. They're cruelty knows no bounds, even slaughtering their wives and children if they are not under the same spell as they are. All they care for is the pain and death of those who stand against them and those who stop them from achieving that goal, and the means of achieving that goal is rumored to be through blood or saliva. The way to identify a Jatsuki are by the Maddened Expression, Bloodshot Eyes, and Ashen Skin.

But even a DEMON falls to a Blade.

Like said before, they are Living Beings. They can Bleed To Death, Be Poisoned, Be Tricked and Fooled. But they aren't mindless zombies. They can and will use weapons and armor. Though they may not fear death, they aren't idiotic to ignore picking up armor or a weapon. But they don't retain advanced reasoning including their pain response, meaning they won't flinch at a deep cut but will quickly die off from the bleeding.

If the plague fully infects a Monk...

it kills them

They'll drop dead like a drunk villager after having too much Sake due to them having pure control over their body, which leads to the plague finding it easier to just kill them instead of fighting the victim's superior willpower.

The Cure:

there is none for when you turn fully Jatsuki lil bro. or you could just write in sum, idk.

End of the Rundown:

just some stuff i wanna say before anything else forward.

RELIGION DOES DITTILY AGAINST THE JATSUKI.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PLAY AS A JAPANESE HUMAN PERSONA, NOT REQUIRED BUT RECOMMENDED.

Update #1: Added some lore and hopefully made the Jatsuki more 'human-like'.

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