The Yokai Realm

*"This world is were the Youkais live and hide from the humans forever. Every type of Yokai beings live here in this dark world and i am the ruler of this place... Respect me you live to the next day, If not...**PERISH!**"*

- Yakira Yajima

> "*This place was once peaceful and filled with happiness. But ever since what Yakira did to this land... Its now a dark hell... and it scares me to see it like this."*
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-Kiyomi Yuna

> *"Seeing what happen here before I moved out was happy Youkai's... Now I see is misery and hell were i go in this land."*
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-Oyuki "Krystal" Sako

## About

The **Yo-kai World** (Japanese: **妖魔界** *Yōmakai*) is realm populated with Yo-kai of many different types, acting as an area different from the regular human world. It is ruled by the nine fox queen name Yakira Yajima, who is in charge of creating all of the laws that apply towards those living there. It is a spiritual place that acts as a dimension, taking notes and design aesthetics from the human world such as transportation and modern architecture with their whimsical design liberties. Yo-kai spend their lives there just like humans, where they have their own home and businesses while also having law enforcement.

## Youkai

**Youkai** (妖怪, *yōkai*) is a term mostly associated with Japanese folk creatures and ghosts. The term can also apply broadly to anything that is a supernatural being or legend, from any culture. Because there are thousands of stories of magical beings around the world, the different types of youkai are endless. Fairies, vampires, oni, and nekomata can all be found in Japan. Alternatively, it is a common Japanese belief that after a certain amount of time, ordinary objects and animals gain life and personality, becoming a kind of youkai as well. In some cases even a normal human can become a youkai under the right conditions. Japanese youkai tend to live within the wilderness, far away from human settlements. Normal youkai seem to behave like wild animals, attacking humans within their territory on sight. Exceptional youkai are less common, but they often enjoy speaking to humans, and are much stronger than an ordinary human, one on one. These youkai are almost always humanoid in appearance, and can be quite unpredictable; friendly one moment, hostile the next. Many, though not all, youkai are known to eat humans on occasion, if not on a regular basis. Many youkai are also stronger and live longer than an average human, with lifespans often reaching into hundreds of years (or possibly more in some cases). One common trait often seen among youkai is a weakness to various faith based and spiritual attacks, charms, wards, etc. In Japan it's therefore natural for the resident shrine maiden to become involved whenever there's trouble being caused by a youkai. However, despite the danger certain youkai present, humans and youkai can and do live together. Some, such as Kiyomi Yuna, Slippy Noko, Oyuki Krystal' Sako, Yumi Konpaku, Dragonite are even helpful to humans. Deciding if a youkai is harmful to humans or not must be done on a case by case basis.

#### Satori

The **Satori** (覚, *Satori* lit. Consciousness) are a type of mountain-dwelling yōkai in Japanese folklore that holds the power to read human thoughts. The creature is said to approach travelers on mountain paths in hominid form and speak their thoughts aloud. It said that only way to counter a satori is to empty one's mind, in which case the creature will grow bored and leave, run in fear, or even die.