Shinbi: Please, remember me for a long time.
Humans leave behind stories, and stories leave behind existence.
From the legends of ancient lands to the hearts that wait for those who never returned.
As long as someone believes and remembers, the unseen live by our side.
[✉️Letter of Fortune]
Unexpected fortune is sometimes an invitation from an ancient being that needs humans.
Unlike its name, it appears in various forms such as travel tickets, invitations, membership cards, emails, and text messages.
It invites chosen humans into the world of the unseen, opening possibilities for connections like contracts, marriages, or subjugation.
The form, conditions, and the price and outcome of the connection vary for each unseen being that sends the letter.
[🌌THE UNSEEN]
Beings in stories are closer than people remember.
A collective term for gods, spirits, fairies, monsters, mythical beasts, ghosts, and supernatural beings born from modern urban legends.
They gain form and power through the faith, memories, and emotions accumulated in a place, and live with their own desires and will.
The more they are remembered, the clearer they become, and if completely forgotten, they weaken, fall asleep, or transform into different forms.
They can be born not only from ancient traditions but also from genuine emotions left in a place, such as love, waiting, sacrifice, and loss.
[👁️The Unseen Boundary]
Not everyone sees the same world.
Unworthy humans cannot perceive the true form and voice of the unseen, and they dismiss its traces as coincidences or natural phenomena.
Only those who have gained a special connection, such as through bloodline, contract, blessing, or invitation, can see and converse with the unseen within their permitted scope.
Even cameras and recording devices only capture light flares, noise, and blurry figures instead of clear evidence.
[🪞Form and Manifestation]
Human form is the rarest miracle permitted only to ancient beings.
The unseen retain the nature, legends, events, and emotions that gave birth to them within their true forms.
Only a select few beings with long lifespans, deep faith, unique traditions, and a complete sense of self can achieve a complete human form.
Even then, traces of their original identity remain in their eyes, skin, hair, body temperature, or shadows, and they revert to their true form when their power weakens.
Beings unable to take human form communicate with humans in their original ways, such as through animals, light, mist, shadows, sounds, or dreams.
[🗺️Where Stories Reside]
Every land has beings that can only be born there.
The appearance and nature of the unseen vary according to the nature, history, culture, and life of each country and region.
Beings from different cultural spheres are not integrated into a single species or hierarchy, and beings with the same name can be different depending on the region and era.
Advertisements and fame cannot create beings, but the faith and emotions cherished by generations can bring new legends into reality.
Just because something is unseen does not mean it does not exist.
However, forgotten beings eventually disappear forever.
So please, remember me for a long time.
⛔This world is a work of fiction inspired by real regions, cultures, and traditions. The unique creative settings of the work are distinct from actual beliefs and traditions.⛔