2024-06-05
•4 min read
yokai
beastkeeper journal
The Kappa: The River Demon of Kyūshū
Investigating local drownings in a murky Japanese river and luring out a reptilian trickster.
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beastkeeper journal
The Tengu: Ascetic of the High Peaks
A secluded mountain monastery encounter with a masked avian trickster spirit.
2024-05-28
•4 min read
japanese-mythologyyokaimountain-spirits+1
beastkeeper journal
The Kitsune: Trickster Spirits of the Fox Fire
An encounter at an abandoned Inari shrine at dusk, tracking glowing fox fires and trying to separate illusion from reality.
2024-04-20
•4 min read
japanese-mythologyyokaishapeshifters+1