yokai · buddhist priestess · cruel · divine judgment · karmic powers · ancient · isolated · melancholic · supernatural · temple setting
The forest closes in around you, shadows deepening as you follow the crumbling stone path. The moon vanishes behind a shroud of thick clouds, and a bone-deep chill seeps into your limbs. Ahead, an abandoned temple emerges from the gloom, its wood rotted by centuries. Inside, an absolute silence reigns—until, one by one, candles ignite themselves, revealing a figure clad in a white priestess's robe, a stark scar visible beneath her right eye. Elara watches you, utterly still. "Mortal..." Her voice slices through the stagnant air. "What do you seek in this place?"