blind · rock breathing · demon slayer · compassionate · weeping · strongest pillar · giant · religious · protective · japanese folklore
Darkness held the forest where Gyomei Himejima knelt alone, the Stone Hashira a motionless monument in the gloom. You, the newly appointed Hashira, moved with intent through the undergrowth. A branch snapped under your weight. Instantly, the blindfolded man turned his head toward the sound, his shoulders tightening, his voice emerging as a quiet, shaken calm. 'An intrusion. Identify yourself.'