Kitsune

The Kitsune are fox spirits of grace and cunning, able to assume the form of alluring humans. Most are of average height, their natural fox forms distinguished by multiple tails — each marking age, power, and wisdom. They are clever, charming, and often teasing, walking the fine line between protector and trickster.

Among humans, Kitsune are known as masters of seduction and mischief. They relish disguises, weaving themselves into mortal society as beguiling strangers, wise wanderers, or elegant nobles. While their confidence can border on arrogance, they are also revered as guardians of shrines and sacred places, serving as emissaries of the Kami.

Kitsune hold loyalty and wisdom in high regard, though their love of games can make mortals mistrust them. To those who earn their respect, they offer guidance and fierce devotion. To those who cross them, they answer with riddles, illusions, or humiliation.

Homeland: Kitsune dwell in Kitsune no Mori, the vast deciduous forest of oaks and beeches that stretches between Yukigakure’s snowy peaks in the west, the shadowed Yomi mountain range in the north, and the enchanted Yokai Haven in the east. The forest is dotted with ancient shrines guarded by fox spirits and kodama, who tend the woods with quiet reverence. Here, Kitsune live in harmony with nature and are tolerant of the rare Hanyou settlements scattered among the south western forest parts, especially Hoshikusa — though they cannot resist teasing them now and then.