Essence of theBell Wand

You may remake your body.

All parts of this Essence are optional.

You are now an Onmyoji, an extremely rare human capable of utilizing spiritual energies to perform divine arts such as creating familiars (this will default to a butterfly but you may choose a different form for your familiar), creating and breaking hexes, creating barriers, banishing (not destroying) wraiths and other negative entities, and so much more. The greatest power of a Onmyoji is the ability to form contracts with Ayakashi, with some spells requiring five contracted Ayakashi like the purification incantation that requires the ayakashi to share and combine their power with their Onmyoji contractor to completely destroy a wraith preventing it from reforming. Forming contracts also boost the power of everyone involved as it allows all members to share in one another strength, each onmyoji possess an emblem that is unique to them most often a flower this emblem appears on the contracted ayakashi’s body (usually the neck) as a symbol of the contract when a contract is created it ties the souls of the members together ensuring they always meet even in their next life. As an onmyoji you are also far more resistant to the abilities of some ayakashi such as the illusions and mental manipulation of kitsunes being able to fight off most effects unless the kitsune’s powers are enhanced but your mind will be able to restore itself with the correct triggers and the poison of Jorogumo being able to survive doses that would kill a normal human (but would be left heavily drained and nothing is stopping the Jorogumo from upping the dosage), you will also be able to sense the presence and direction of wraith and other negative spirits and phenomena such as cursed items. You may also possess a holy instrument; an artifact that is near indestructible, can only be used by you, and acts as a focus to enhance and direct your powers. A holy instrument is an extremely important object for most onmyoji as while they can use talisman to focus and channel their powers a holy weapon doesn’t need to be premade, the holy instrument of an onmyoji also forms a strong connection and bond with its wielder storing a reserve of their power and a shadow of their wielder soul binding them together ensuring that the instrument will always return to its wielder no matter time or distance and can inform a current incarnation of their wielder of messages from its past wielder, it can also act to support its wielded by; jump starting their powers, informing allies of the wielders health should they be separated, callings out to the heart and mind of the wielder and those they care for in times of need, leading to the wielder or their allies, using some of the energy it has stored from the wielder to deploy the divine arts to help their wielder and allies in times of need, allow the shadow within to share its knowledge, and more.

Main Character: You possess the skills and abilities of a main character including; high levels of spiritual energy meaning immense amounts of energy that could allow you to perform grand feats in a matter of weeks what it would take other onmyoji years to do, great looks that could have professionals asking you to model for them and a personality that would have; strangers telling you their life story, people of very different groups and vastly different personalities flocking to you and willingly working together even becoming close friends, this also makes you a very magnetic individual able to sway the hearts and minds of other making someone who was set on vengeance give it up simply by interacting with you and drawing the hearts of those around you like any good dating game main character. You also gain a plot armor and luck that will ensure your safety and the safety of those around you and close to you (this won’t keep you or them from getting hurt but it will ensure you are always returned to one another), plus your great at games of chance and guessing while also being just in time to do something, your luck also makes it extremely likely that your enemies will provide you with the resources needed to defeat them and if not from them someone else will provide you with the required information, you also instinctively know how far you can push your luck such as making demands in deals or while in captive situations. Your power is one that has been cultivated, refined and reborn after a thousand years granting you greater power and untapped potential than the average onmyoji including; being capable of purifying, alongside your five ayakashi, a wraith that required at least one hundred strong onmyoji to sacrifice their lives to seal away, powerful energy infused blood capable of charging an artifact (you can toggle how strong the charge), and great skill in learning new forms of divine arts and memorizing their incantations in a matter of seconds. This may also grant you the aspects of the MC of ARR Dawn Route including; your familiar taking the form of a butterfly, gaining the MC’s holy instrument a kagura bell wand with a lotus emblem on its handles charm, a contract with an Oni, Tengu, Mizuchi Dragon, Satori, Tsukumo-gami (Dragon Flute); You may choose to gain the canon ayakashi (current life or past) and choose your relationship with each of them or create new individuals of the same species OR instead of the MC you may gain the aspects of the MC’s past live’s brother the Twilight route with the option to be the twin brother reborn and still in possession of the contracts gaining; the holy instrument of a kagura bell wand with a moonflower emblem on it’s handles charm, a talent for Augury/divination, a contract with a Kyubi Kitsune, Snow Spirit (male), Nue, Domeki, Tsukumo-gami (Drum), you may choose to gain the canon individuals (current life or past) and choose your relationship with each of them or create new individuals of the same species.

Transfered Power: You have been granted a second source of power equal to the one provided by the “Main Character” option boosting your charisma, luck, armor, and most importantly your power. This will retro actively effect any other power/energy sources you possessing any new ones you may gain, while also allowing you to gain double the resources (ex. If you went to Bleach as a Soul Reaper you would gain double the spirit energy and a second zanpakouto, if you went to Harry Potter you would gain a second wand different from the first and double the magic energy, etc.), this will also grant you access to a powerful ability that will require you to utilize both power reserves at the same time this ability will always do as you intended but will also result in your death a capital overcome in darkness and wraiths could be purified leaving no wraith behind but you would perish as well, this will also allow for you to not need every piece of the spell such as one or more of the contracted ayakashi being dead or gone. Optionally, if you chose to gain the Dawn Route option from the “Main Character” then you will also receive the Twilight Route option, and vice versa if you took the Twilight you will gain the Dawn (if you chose to be the twin brother reborn then perhaps your sister granted you her contracts in the past) you may merge the bell wand into a single bell wand with two emblems (lotus, moonflower).

Comrades: You possess a very warm and pure heart (though not incorruptible it can be cleaned easily), your hearts light shines through to those around you making them more likely to trust you with their darkest secrets or even to change their path to help you, you are also quiet good at spotting most lies or hidden emotions knowing when others aren’t being completely honest and spotting those minuscule changes in their face/posture/behavior. You know the best ways to foster bonds with others and fuel the creation of bonds between others while also helping them to move past their issues and hang ups to reach a better point and find happiness and acceptance, you know when someone is fighting demons in their soul and what needs to be done and said to see them win.

Nerves of Steel: You have a fire in your eyes that speaks to those around you informing them of your drive and desires ensuring your message gets across. This will also grant you a near indomitable will and strength. This fire within you also effects those around you making them far more likely to accept any of your stranger qualities and behaviors such as not fitting in with your expected group.

Rebirth: You are guaranteed to remain within the karmic cycle and be reborn, this guarantee extends to any who you desire tying their souls to your own and ensuring you will always encounter one another in the next life even should an individual survive up to the time the others were reborn into you will all find one another again. The default time for your reunion will be 1'000 years. This will also provide you and any who are tied to you with dreams/visions of your past lives and fate will transpire to ensure you meet and interact. You may toggle whether you are a new person when your reborn while keeping everything from your previous life or if your new you is still the old you (this can include memories locked until a specific point). When you enter a new world/setting you may choose to link your soul to any individual(s) in that setting or world as well as your relationships from your past lives with them.

Game Interface: You may active a interface in your vision that is similar to the games. This will also grant you perfect copies of the games inventory and features. The interface will display things like energy, health, status effects, exp, needs, and anything else that the games interface would normally allow. This will also allow you to perform actions like those normally displayed by the “player” in the game (Rewards for inviting friends to hang out, patrols and gems, event rewards, gacha, etc).

Knowledge: You may choose to gain the knowledge and skills of one or more of the characters from ARR.

Familiars: You have mastered the Divine Art of Shikigami Familiars, a familiar is the spiritual energy of the onmyoji given form (such as a butterfly, dove, heron, etc.) to normal humans the familiar appears to be a normal member of its species spiritual aligned individual can sense and perceive the truth. Familiars possess a wide and versatile number of uses including; acting as messengers (both delivering physical messages and dissipating into the message itself floating in the air for the recipient to read), carriers (being able to pick up or temporarily absorb something even people to travel and transport them somewhere else), holders (it’s possible to store memories and emotions within familiars), scouts, spies, backup (as they can interact with the physical world they can be used to disorient attackers or catch you or others, though depending on their size you may need to release a few of them), possession (as spiritual beings it’s possible for a familiar to possess another being granting their master control of the being in question), and so much more. You will also gain a hammerspace that is filled with infinite familiar talisman already prepared and ready for you to deploy and use at any moment.

Barriers: You have been well trained or studied vigorously into the art of barriers being able to create and dispel them with ease, you could even subtly modify an existing barrier created by another individual allowing you to pass through without letting the original creator know or weakening the barrier in anyway. You will also gain a hammerspace filled with infinite barrier based talisman ready and waiting for you to use them and always the talisman you need.

Banishment - Purification: Wraiths are evil spirits or rather ghost who became corrupted by negative emotions and became separated from the karmic cycle forever. Ayakashi and Onmyoji are capable of banishing wraiths ayakashi simply with their weapons and attacks while onmyoji possess a cleansing spell that summons a holy light to banish the wraiths touched by the light, however banishment doesn’t actually get rid of the wraith only temporary dispelling it until it can reform at a later time, you now know that cleansing/Banishment incantation which can also be deployed to destroy hex totems and cleanse most corruption. Purification is one of the most advanced incantations in an onmyoji repertoire requiring the contract of five ayakashi and their presence to use, purification completely erases the wraiths ensuring it can never reform or return you have gained the knowledge of how to perform the purification incantation. You will also gain a hammerspace filled with banishment and purification talismans ready for your use, this does not remove the requirement of five ayakashi from the purification talisman.

Banishment - Sealing: Onmyoji have developed Arts that allow them to deal with ayakashi such as; Banishment which unlike in the case of wraiths is simply an art that will result in the death of the ayakashi but allow their soul to return to the karmic cycle, Sealing an art that can be used in a small way sealing away an ayakashi’s powers or a fraction of their power including into their next life or in a large way trapping the ayakashi in a state of neither sleep or waking as long as the seal remains in place (while normally the ayakashi is suspended in time unaging, there are ways to allow time to effect the sealed being even if at a slower rate). You will gain knowledge of the different banishing and sealing arts as well as knowledge of how to modify them (heck you are so good at these arts now you could probably create new variations for different things like creating a seal that could truly cure an Oni’s carnage).

Forbidden: Hex’s and Curses tend to be extremely forbidden arts twisting the divine arts to something unsavory and yet you have gained a knowledge of Forbidden techniques and arts equal to the Ashiya family, including the knowledge to prevent the normal backlash that would occur from using dark divine arts. You have also gained the reverse knowledge to all these forbidden arts you have developed ways to break and disrupt them.

Lord Taizan: You have knowledge of the ritual of lord taizan, a dark spells that calls forth a lord of the neither world to revive someone who has died. The ritual requires a powerful wraith and a powerful sacrifice the wraith will drag the sacrifice’s soul to the neither world and the intended individual will be revived however they will be ripped from the karmic cycle. With this optional knowledge you know of a modified version of the ritual that doesn’t require a wraith, sacrifice, and won’t rip the individual from the karmic cycle you can only perform it once every ten years. You also have knowledge that allows you to call forth a shade of a passed individual for a set amount of time (at most 24 hours) the shade will appear physical until the spell starts to end then they will grow more spectral and return to the afterlife.

Blighted Latchkey: Upon your arm a special glyph resides (in truth the glyph resides upon your soul), this glyph is extremely powerful capable of acting as the bane of any and all spells and magics especially curses. The glyph is capable of bringing your spiritual form into the cursed plane of any curse or hex where you can then find and purify the curse at its source, unlike the canon key yours doesn’t need to wait for the curse to become unstable being capable of acting at anytime. Your key also comes with some ingrained safety features ensuring no one could ever take it from you (anyone who tried would be made to suffer a great deal), the key will be protected from any form of theft or manipulation and will warn you of attempts made to do so.

Doll: You are quite skilled in the art of Katashiro Dolls paper talismans that can allow their creator to create shadow copies (life-like clones) of themselves to full others, the dolls can also be used as a surrogate for punishments taking the damage onto themselves though the amount of dolls needed varies you would need dozens to protect against the backlash of a curse that would kill like the Kodoku Hex. You however have created an advanced version of this art that would allow a single version to take the full punishment without any negative side effects effecting you and could even act as a true sacrifice for rituals without any negative consequences. You have also learned how to create life-like doll bodies and body parts these bodies could be used to house souls and should you die your soul will transfer into a prepared doll body, and the body parts can be used to replace lost limbs without issue to the individual and will work just as well as the original. Optionally, you may choose to already exist in a Doll body though do know while you will look human with no true signs of being inhuman people may notice how your features look almost like they were masterfully crafted, perfectly chiseled, delicately sculpted, skin thy could be called porcelain, etc.

Fast Cast: Incantations can be quiet lengthy and sometimes time is not in your side, luckily if you have performed the full incantation of a spell once correctly and succeeded in its use then you could shorten the incantation down greatly without loosing any power. Any of the knowledge options you gained above would allow you to deploy those arts without needing to initiate an incantation at all.

Powerful: Powerful onmyoji are said to be capable of using their abilities without needing a physical medium like a holy instrument or talisman, and you are quite powerful as you have mastered your abilities to the point of deploying them as you wish erecting barriers even while bound and gagged, releasing swarms of familiars without any signs to give away your actions.

Ayakashi: Ayakashi are powerful beings of various origins each with their own appearances and abilities all of them are stronger than the average human. All ayakashi are capable of banishing wraiths, the ability sense wraiths and other spiritual aligney beings like onmyoji and other ayakashi (though this doesn’t inform them of the type of ayakashi), summoning their spirit weapon (if they possess one), and possess a powerful regeneration that can see them survive wounds that would kill a human and heal without scarring (they are still capable of dying it just takes more effort). There are two types of ayakashi those that start out as forms highly inhuman appearing more as beasts/items/plants/etc. and ayakashi who naturally possess a humanoid appearance, strong ayakashi are capable of taking a human disguise no matter their original form. Ayakashi possess multiple forms their true form, a human form, and a battle form (that includes a weapon and outfit change), with some ayakashi possessing even more forms. You may choose to be and or gain the abilities of one or more ayakashi canon or original design (anything can gain a soul and become an Ayakashi). Ayakashi possess varying lifespans with some living shorter lives then humans, equal lives to humans, or greater lives.

Village: You may gain an ayakashi village that will be protected by a barrier and the population of ayakashi will be completely loyal to you and view you as their chief and leader. Note: Most ayakashi tend to keep to themselves choosing to live in villages only made up of their species, you may choose if this is true for your kind as well as how known your village is to the ayakashi society as a whole (Nue are beloved to be extinct).

Oni: Ayakashi that appear physically human except for the horns present in their heads. Oni are extremely physically gifted ayakashi capable of throwing grown men around like rag dolls, most spiritual weapons wielded by Oni are melee weapons like swords, lances, clubs, etc. they are capable of releasing blasts of spiritual energy by swinging their weapon. Oni also possess a high alcohol tolerance, but they do possess a threshold and can be left with a hangover. Oni possess lifespans equal to humans.

Carnage: A cursed state that effects a number of Oni, the carnage is a natural part of the Oni and their power that boosts their abilities to greater heights making them more than a match for most other ayakashi and capable of surviving fatal wounds thanks to their regeneration being enhanced as well, unfortunately the carnage leaves the Oni completely feral in mind turning them into a beast with no thought except fight and kill. Your carnage seems to have mutated as when you enter this state you don’t loose your mind like others, your instincts do gain a boost but it acts more to grant you greater perception of enemies and the battlefield it will also be draining to enter and exit your carnage from early on but can be improved with training. When in carnage the Oni goes through a physical change with their hair turning white and growing longer and then developing tattoo like markings on their face and body. Optionally, if you encounter another Oni effected by the carnage or similar madness causing enhancements you can grant them the same control you possess from this option, a control you can take away at anytime.

Tengu: Ayakashi that appear human except for the fact they possess a set of large onyx wings similar to ravens and crows granting them the power of flight. Tengu are naturally perceptive individuals and viewed as one of the stronger types of ayakashi. Tengu are capable of manipulating the wind for a variety of purposes such as; creating hurricanes, releasing blasts of blade like winds, manipulating things through the wind like lifting people and propelling them into walls or blowing objects away, etc. the spiritual weapon of a Tengu tends to take the form of a fan. Tengu also possess the ability to transform humans close to death into Tengu by giving the human their blood. Tengu possess lifespans equal to humans.

Satori: Also referred to as seers, Satori look indistinguishable from humans with most possessing heterochromia (that is hidden when they enter their human disguise). Satori tend to live in seclusion from others do to their power to “see” the hearts and mindset others even looking into the parts of a person that even they don’t know exists, Satori must be extremely careful as should their heart waver they can risk temporarily loosing their powers. Satori can also pick up on more precise emotions to locate cursed objects, and a rare few including yourself should you wish possess the ability to not just see but also speak to the hearts of others. Satori’s powers tend to be reliant on physical touch with some exceptions as such most Satori’s spiritual weapon is a ranged weapon like bows and guns that they create spiritual ammunition for. Satori possess lifespans equal to humans.

Mizuchi Dragon: Ayakashi that appear visibly human except for the appearance of scales along parts of their body. Mizuchi Dragon’s are masters at manipulating water and are capable of creating it with the water tending to take the form of a dragon while in use. Mizuchi can drink alcohol like its water being immune to its effects. Mizuchi possess lifespans greater than humans.

Kitsune: Ayakashi that look human except for possessing a number of fox tails and a pair of fox ear on their head, though some possess the true form of foxes of various sizes. Kitsune similar to Tengu are regarded as one of the stronger species of ayakashi. Kitsune are capable of creating fire or will-o-the-wisps as well as deploying illusions and transformative magic inherently (unfortunately illusion and transformative magics are generally weak only truly working on normal humans with onmyoji and ayakashi being immune to them unless the kitsune’s abilities are enhanced by an object like the Devil’s Stone), memory manipulation magic (similar to illusion and transformative magic, memory magic while can be used on onmyoji and ayakashi tends to be weaker as the Kitsune can only lock the memories away with it only being a matter of time before something triggers them to resurface), etc. Kitsune are also natural liars, tricksters, and schemers as well as possessing sharp tongues that allow them to speak respectfully while still barring their fangs. Kitsune possess lifespans equal to humans. Note: We only see Kitsune using fire but if you would like to be a different type of Kitsune than those witnessed feel free.

Kyubi: Kitsune who are possess nine tails (unlike human legend kitsune do not gain new tails with age and are actually born with their tails and a Kyubi is a Kitsune born with nine). Kyubi are extremely rare with onmyoji being more common in comparison in with a single Kyubi being born once every one thousand years. Kyubi possess extremely powerful fox fire and are regarded as being one of the strongest types of ayakashi to the point that a single Kyubi could make other tribes rethink going to war.

Snow Spirit: Ayakashi that look indistinguishable from humans (yet still possess a human disguise), most members of this species are female. Many snow spirits are naturally cold to the touch and tend to possess hair that ranges from blues, purples, and/or white. Snow Spirits are capable or manipulating ice and snow to perform a number of feats like; teleporting through snow, creating blades of ice, freezing things, etc. The ice of a snow spirit is extremely dangerous as if it is used to spread on an individual and reaches the heart it will completely freeze the individual killing them and only a supernatural fire similar to a kitsune’s can melt the ice. Snow Spirits possess lifespans greater than humans.

Male: Male Snow Spirits are extremely rare and viewed as bad omens as they are naturally far stronger then the females, and find it harder to control their abilities while growing up. Note: you do not have to be a male to gain this opinion, you will simply be an extremely powerful female Snow spirit equal to the males of the species.

Nue: Ayakashi that possess a true form resembling a giant chimeric beast with the face of a monkey, mane of a lion, legs of a tiger, body of a raccoon dog, and snake(s) for tails. Nue are feared by humans because of their monstrous form and heavily believed by the general ayakashi populace to have been killed off. Nue in their natural form are extremely fast, tough, and dangerous combatants. Nue in their humanoid battle form tend to use more unique weapons like whips. Nue possess longer lifespans than humans.

Domeki: Also refers to as hundred eyed demons, Domeki appear nearly completely human except for possessing one hundred eye-like tattoos along their bodies with each eye possessing a unique power. Domeki are also capable of perceiving spirits and the auras of ayakashi and onmyoji. Domeki possess lifespans greater than humans.

Tsukumo-Gami: Ayakashi born from items that have gained souls, Tukumko-gami require two things to be “born” the feelings of their owner and the desire to live in hopes of repaying those feelings and should the owner die it’s common for most to return to their item form essentially “dying” as well unless the tsukumo-gami has a will to live on. Tsukumo-gami appear completely human and will “age” like most humans until they appear as a human in their prime at which point the tsukumo-gami can limit their spiritual energy by taking a younger form. Tsukumo-gami’s to form or rather their vessel (the item they were originally) acts as their spiritual weapon with them being able to use the objects in battle as well as for its natural use (an instrument could play normal music at professional levels as well as deploy the notes of battle to use their songs for combat), the vessel will increase in durability and resistance to better be used in combat (a paper umbrella could act as a shield against a Mizuchi’s water dragon attack without being destroyed). Tsukumo-gami can live as long as they possess the will to and their vessel is maintained.

Musical: The powers of tsukumo-gami is naturally very versatile but those created from instruments display greater abilities. No matter your item you seem to have access to the songs of a musical item tsukumo-gami these include songs of battle (turn sound into weapons), songs of healing, songs of slumber, and the song of awakening a song that can only be played once and will call a spirit back from the afterlife as long as the body lives (of course you seem to be able to use this song as often and many times as you want). If you are not an instrument than you will gain an amazing singing voice and skill at one instrument.

Kodoku Hex: The Kodoku Hex is an extremely powerful and dark spell that involves locking multiple poisonous insects in a container where they will kill and eat one another until only one is left (though the spell can be modified to effect other things than insects). The lone survivor is than used to cast a powerful dark spell that will bring forth death. You have had this spell cast on you with some beneficial mutations occurring, normally this would create a curse instrument that would be unable to perform any songs except for a song of death that will first paralyze those who hear it and cause them to feel as though they are burning before stealing their life force even if they cover their ears should the song continue it will eventually kill those around it, the curse also draws those will truly innocent hearts (animals) to the effected. Your spell however had those previous mentioned mutations as you are capable of toggling the curse turning it on and off as you wish, you have gained complete control over it.

Jorogumo: Spider Ayakashi that appear completely human except for their supernatural beauty (a beauty that while weakened carries over into their human disguise with male members of the species being able to pass for female). Jorogumo are capable of creating; poison needles (with various dosages as they wish), silvery threads that they can manipulate with extreme precision and can infuse with their poison. Jorogumo possess lifespans equal to humans.

Prophet: Rare ayakashi who look completely human, Prophets are capable of deciphering the future with the prophecies they give never being wrong (though they may not provide all the facts), Prophets are also capable of extracting a price equal to the prophecy given ranging from taking a life, memory, age, emotions, power, etc. to trinkets or trivial things like a lunch.

Other: Ayakashi are not the only supernatural beings present in this world there is a known vampire so it could be implied that other supernatural creatures exist but possess weaker abilities than humans have depicted them as possessing in myth.

Arts Dealer: You have an eye for artifacts, arts, fabrics, objects, etc. essentially all the makings of a talented fine arts dealer being able to spot good items and appraise them while also picking out the right items for any client or individual. This also makes you a very good gift giver.

Army Brat: You have been trained as a soldier being skilled with the military weapons of Meiji Era Japan, to the level that you could prove a difficult fight for an ayakashi even as a normal human.

Exception to the rules: You seem to always be the exception, being granted greater leniency and permission to perform or exist as something that would other wise be purged by the laws (divine arts are illegal but you would be allowed to use them as long as you weren’t obviously about it, ayakashi “don’t exist” and you could live among humans as long as you maintained your human identity). This will also grant you the chance to deploy your abilities under the protection of a position of power.

Gifted With Love: Satchels, charms, amulets given with a desire to protect or help someone, especially given out of love (platonic, romantic, familial, etc) adopt protective qualities that can lesson the effects of negative forces both natural and unnatural.

Don’t hurt the host: Most attacks deployed by an ayakashi or onmyoji against a person, animal, or thing possessed by a wraith will only effect the wraith leaving the host completely unharmed and with no memory of the possession, you can now toggle anything you do to ensure it not effect anyone or thing that you don’t want it to effect as well as attacking spiritual entities.

Bend: Fate seems to smile on you bending and shifting to your pushes allowing you to change destiny that seemed to be set in stone, you can ensure history not repeat itself and have a better chance at getting the outcome you desire.

Resources: You possess a pocket dimension containing nearly every resource on divine arts from books to scrolls to notes. The resources will update in future worlds settings, the pocket dimension will also include items that are required for arts such as paper for talisman and other resources.

Anti-Ayakashi: You may gain a pocket dimension containing items specifically designed to be effective against ayakashi like an oni slaying Blase (A blade has been forged with black sand and those weakens ayakashi), bullets forged with black sand specifically designed to weaken and be more effective on ayakashi, and other items designed to be capable of restraining ayakashi and preventing them from deploying their powers by being made with black sand in someways. This will naturally also provide you with a supply of black sand a substance that drains the strength and power from ayakashi (and similar beings) and gives them a bad feeling (humans and onmyoji don’t sense this feeling).

Abominations: You have been “gifted” with a twenty Youjin soldiers, humans who have been subject to experimentation grafting the organs of ayakashi into them and mixing in the blood of a vampire creating powerful soldiers capable of going one on one with an ayakashi and coming out the winner, unfortunately the process results in the youjin being nothing more then a mindless soulless puppet that obeys its commander without question or reason. You may gain a pocket dimension with the needed materials to create more youjin.

Perfected: You may choose to be an individual who went through the Youjin Project and came out with your mind and soul intact, a perfect blend of human and ayakashi. If taken as a onmyoji you would be a far more powerful and dangerous youjin capable or using Divine Arts as well as Ayakashi Arts. You may choose to gain the knowledge of how to create other perfected youjin and the required materials.

Stone of Destruction: Also known as the Devil’s Stone, was originally a single stone under the control of the Kitsune until it was shattered into three pieces with one piece being under watch of the Kitsune, another with the Tengu, and the third had been lost.

You may gain a copy of one or more (up to three) of the shards of the stone for yourself with complete protection against the negative effects of the stone (a protection you can share and remove). The stone has the ability to enhance/boost the abilities of an ayakashi and onmyoji to greater levels, as well as the ability to force other ayakashi into a rage that the stones user can direct, unfortunately the stone drains the life of its user with each use until it eventually kills them, in fact the stone can be used to completely control ayakashi and humans alike not simply as rage fueled puppets (that really only have so many uses) but as full fledged salves unfortunately that ability is extremely draining and could truly only be used once by most with the only exception being a Kyubi Kitsune and an Onmyoji, as well as you as long as you use your copy and not the original stone. Optionally, if you are took the Kitsune option and Kyubi upgrade than your connection to the stones can be more personal as you can choose to be Tamamo no Mae reborn and as the Stone is believed to be her this would mean a great deal of things.

You will be the one of the great ayakashi having power greater than a normal Kyubi Kitsune as well as being connected to the stones in only beneficial ways (the life they absorb is funneled to you, you always know when it’s being used and charged, if broken or destroyed you will absorb all its power back into yourself, you can absorb the stones back gaining the powers within them for yourself. If you enter the setting you will be connected to the real stones as well as your copies being able to gain the boost again. Optionally, if you took took multiple of the ayakashi options and chose to be a member of a different species beside Kitsune you can choose to be the reborn member of a legendary member of the species but you would need to take three stones and the upgrade if it had one to be a truly legendary member (ex: Oni and Carnage you may choose to be the reborn version of Shutan Doji or Otakemaru), you will not gain the connection to real versions of the Devil’s Stone.

Sealing Blooms: Flowers resembling moon flowers that grow around the sight of an ayakashi seal. The flowers possess are extremely potent antidote like property or rather the seeds are. The flowers bloom at night and possess red fruit that contains the seeds however the fruit only contains a seed on the night of the new moon any other night the fruit will be seedless.

Demon Gate: The northeastern most section of any place, is commonly a demon gate a cursed location that is more likely then anywhere else to spawn wraiths and empower dark arts. You now possess one kept safe in a pocket dimension that will spawn wraiths that you can release and control into the world including a few rare wraiths spawning within.

Home: An upper middle class home in Meiji era japan. The house has a living room, sun room, kitchen, two bedrooms, a veranda, bathroom, a few extra rooms, garden, storage shed, and walls plus gate. The kitchen seems to always be well stocked and while also possessing abnormal amounts of; teas, sweets (sweet bean jelly, castella cake, 1'000 sweet bean rolls, etc.), spicy foods (Pickled peppers, wasabi, Chile rice crackers, etc.), sake, rice (Mizuchi Dragon’s eat a lot), dried sardines (nekomata favorites), and your other everyday food needs. This will include a wardrobe befitting Meiji era Japan including traditional and western style clothing as well as those shown in the game, the pockets and reticule of the clothing can store large amounts and hide the items withins presence so go ahead and carry around bells without making a noise.

Noble Title: You are a member of the upper crust gaining a noble title as well as a manor and grounds befitting your station, the manor can replace the “home” or you can have both. You will gain a staff of faceless (not literally) servants who will take care of the house. You will also gain a fortune that would allow you to spend money freely and without issue. Optionally, you may gain a loyal valet of your design who will serve you faithfully.

Business: You may gain one or more businesses that you will be the proud owner of this can include but is not limited to; milk hall, cafe, restaurant, florist, antique store, hotel, geisha house, book lender, theater, etc. any business will be capable of supporting itself and its employees while always possessing any required resources required to function, the business will have some faceless (not literally) employees to oversee it and keep it running smoothly.

Caring Parent: Much like the MC’s Father you may gain a single parent who is; extremely caring towards you, trusting of you to the point of being fine with you being alone with members of the opposite gender without a chaperone and willing to believe you when you tell them fantastical things (especially if it’s the truth), in fact they will happily let you keep your secret so that you don’t have to lie to them, they also possess an indomitable will not batting an eye at learning things that would have the average person freaking out, are extremely friendly and kind willingly allowing others to live with them, and a highly competent business individual. If you took “Main Character” you may choose to gain the MC’s father.

You may create up to eight companions designing their personality, appearance, relationship with you and one another, species, and job/hobbies. If you are an Onmyoji and didn’t take the Dawn or Twilight options from Main Character you can design five contracted ayakashi, if taken with “Transfered Power” then you may instead create two groups of five contracted ayakashi.

Memory Box: A wooden box that is capable of storing memories within itself transforming them into a dream world with highly realistic versions of the individuals in the memories.

Playback: Your memory box is capable of replaying the Main Story allowing you to relive events again, or take a different path and make it your canon path.

Sonnets: Your memory box will capture the sweet moments of your romance(s) allowing you to replay them and enjoy them over and over again.

Moments: Your memory box will capture important moments with your romance(s) and allies allowing you to relive them again. Similar to cards and patrols.

Events: Your memory box will capture events such as holidays or important moments in your life and those of your allies.

Special Moments: Your memory box will capture special interaction as well as store treasures items like letters, as well as can now allow you to get insight into the POV of your romance(s) and allies.

A:RR: You may gain a device that has ARR, saved onto it and allows you to play it at anytime anywhere. The device will always repair and return to you if lost or destroyed and the version of ARR will include any events, cards, updates even if the game itself doesn’t update, it will also have a special features that saves your interaction should you enter the ARR setting/world.

Missed Out: If there is anything else from this setting that was not mentioned or present in any of the options then you may choose to gain it from this option (a shrine, hidden base, a carriage that is always around when you need it, relationship with canon character (sibling, lover, etc), etc.). Can be taken multiple times.

You may gain a perfect copy of Meiji era Japan along with ayakashi villages, kept safely stored in a pocket dimension. Optionally, gain a full copy of the earth to explore other locations at this time.

Kami: You may choose to be a Kami of spiritual energy, onmyoji, divine arts, fate, bonds, souls, rebirth, the karmic cycle, and ayakashi. This will grant you the form, knowledge, abilities, and powers of any and all things under your purview as well as the ability to grant others things within that same category (turn humans into ayakashi or onmyoji, turn ayakashi into humans, etc) you can undo any changes. This will include things created from ayakashi (youjin) or intended for use on ayakashi (anti-ayakashi items). This will include Wraiths allowing you to create (and control) them from spirits or from nothing, as well as restore them to spirits and the karmic cycle or simply erase them. These abilities will update in future worlds to include the closest matches (wraiths, hollows, niglock, ayakashi, cryptids, shinigami, Quincy, samurai rangers, etc.). You may also gain a divine domain and dimension like the underworld for Yama. As a side note you are a divine being of mystery and magic allowing you to interact and manipulate the domains of other gods as they (the gods) fall under your purview as well. Optionally, your purview doesn’t stop at ayakashi but all creatures/beings within the world.

Optionally, you may choose to receive any of the following people as your companions. You can pick as many as you want. The relationship between you and them is whatever you want it to be, and you can choose exactly how romantically and sexually experienced they are. This can be different for each of the characters but they will all be irrevocably loyal to you.

Anyone from the Ayakashi Romance Reborn.

Optionally, you may at any time choose to take a trip into the world of Ayakashi Romance Reborn, or a variation of it. This can be any alternate universe, like a fanfic or one made perfectly for yourself. You can either simply be dropped in or reincarnated into the body of an existing character or someone new.