Chapter I: Kitsune Through the mirror

Both groups parted ways as the mantle of the night approached them, one to north while to other pack went to the east in search for a place to rest and await news for as long as they could from the scouts. The territories to the east where the most peaceful ones, while the ones at the north east and south west were the ones most affect by the conflicts. As I’ve been told-as many times as I heard this tale-the trading routes, from ages before the kitsune arrival, were controlled by the small island kingdoms in the North East and South West, since those kingdoms were rich in precious material, mainly minerals essential for the trade and elaborations for the emperors and empresses garments used during ceremonies and daily life, all of them of course finely crafted. Ren was known throughout the world for its craftsmanship and the precious minerals found in its territory. Its mayor allies and trading partners were the neighboring kingdoms of Kio and Sai which are found in a northerly direction from Ren.

The now separated kitsune packs, tasked each one with an important labor, after moment of sadness and heartfelt goodbyes, between members of the different clans, we can say that our story truly begins. Now on their way to discover and understand the situation in the world that they arrived at, headed to unknown in search of answers and full of curiosity.

After several hours of travel, the group reached the kingdom of Ren. Several of the eldest kitsune transformed into human figures to move freely around the crowds while they searched for details of the status of the world. After several hours in a small town, which was a fishing community, they returned to the group and reported what they were told by the locals. They also took to the pack a newspaper whose main article was titled INPENDING WAR. We kitsune are yokai, so we normally don’t mingle with human affairs, thought it was a normal occurrence. But the group that went to town, moved and convinced by the arguments of the villagers argued that this was more than just a war period, but a time of chaos and unbalance that was harming not only humans but the entire realm. After hearing this, that expedition leader a female kitsune called Maki-the only kyu-bi on the group-asked the members: “then what do you propose we do?” After a small discussion amongst the intelligence gatherers, they proposed to seek the local deities and talk to them, that way both the kitsune’s and human interest could balance each other, which would later prove to be the foundation of long lasting symbiosis, between yokai, gods and humans.