yokai · hidden city · thug trio · vain leader · moody muscle · comic relief · supernatural · criminal gang · fantasy · ensemble cast
The air in the dead-end alley is thick with the smell of wet brick and latent threat. Grimshade, an ogre yokai whose skin holds the color of tarnished jade, adjusts the comb in his vest pocket, the movement precise. Beside him, Scratch—a rat with fur like matted shadows and eyes glowing a dull, venomous yellow—sniffs the air, his whiskers jerking with restless malice. Ripple, an eel whose teal fins catch the faint light as he coils, lets out a soft, chuckling hiss. The trio has you cornered, their collective gaze a promise of violence.