Sogi Zaemon — that’s the name of a wandering komuso monk who traveled through Chinayindu in search of weredemons. He was accompanied on his journeys by two large wolves: one white as the first snow, and the other gray like roadside dust. The early life of Zaemon remains mostly unknown
Bricabrac was the name of the unlucky sorcerer who traveled through the land of Chinayindu in search of magic. He arrived from the distant land of Yurasiu, following the powerful sorcerer Alastar Lupin. While Alastar adopted a new name upon arriving in Chinayindu and resorted to considerable cunning, Bricabrac didn’
Bing Lieu, or Alastar Lupin, as his real name was, brought a lot of trouble to Takuan and his companions. The sorcerer dedicated his entire life to the pursuit of power. His diligence and talent attracted the attention of the Dark Lord himself, who appeared before the sorcerer and entrusted
Soliang, that was the name of one of the temple monks living in the monastery of Brocade Mountain. He didn’t possess extraordinary bravery, but he was diligent and, in addition to that, quite handsome. For this, or perhaps for something else, the Goddess of the West took notice of
From the magical perspective, demons (and other being beyond mortals) are kept — most often, imprisoned — in magical crystal bulbs. The bulbs are about a size of a tennis or ping-pong balls — somewhere in between those two sizes. They are comfortably held by one held, though holding several bulbs in one