Setting of EoP

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Introduction: Touhou-Based Roleplay
A common misconception people will probably have is that we are a “Touhou Roleplay”. Well, we aren’t. Plain and simple. Rather, we are as the title to this section states; A “Touhou-Based Roleplay”. What is a Touhou-Based Roleplay? Why does it differ from a “Touhou Roleplay”? Well, essentially we take the characters, the locations, and the events that have happened throughout the entirety of the Touhou Project series, fill in the gaps, add our own ideas, speculation, and history, and then we expand on it with character development, plot, new events, etc. We don’t restrict ourselves to the source-material, and as such, our setting is more akin to an AU (Alternate universe), than a strict copy of “canon”. In other words, we take what the Touhou Canon has to offer to us, and add bits and pieces to it to make it more... fluid. More lifelike, if one can call deadly and supernatural creatures “lifelike”. We include ideas and concepts from mythology, history, fantasy, and other sources, while trying to maintain the overall feeling of “eastern fantasy” that makes Touhou unique. Ours is a world of Youkai, gods, and spirits, of eldritch monsters and mischievous fairies, of lethal barrages of magical bullets... and of tea. Here at EoP, we prefer quality and depth over just... Quantity and randomness. We value creativity, originality, and putting an interesting spin on old ideas, over blindly repeating fanon memes and the same tired jokes we’ve all heard a million times before. Some key points to keep in mind are:
 * We will take bits and pieces from different mythologies and various sources. An example would be the Lovecraft mythos, as well as numerous mythological sources from across the world and throughout history. Most of this was added because it fits in with our conception of the various entities and powers that might exist in a world such as our own, giving us a richer background from which to draw ideas.
 * Some subtle details will be changed from Touhou Canon and even excluded, depending on how well they fit the context. The reason for this is twofold: A) We’d like to ensure that events in the RP itself take precedence, in order to foster more growth and development, and B) Because the main canon is often somewhat lighter in tone than our setting.
 * “Touhou canon”, in this case, is primarily canon introduced by games or print works that were released after Ten Desires and Symposium of Post-Mysticism - all material up to that point will have already been reviewed and dealt with by the GMs of the EoP RP. All the events therein are accepted to have taken place more or less as described.
 * You are by all means free to offer additions to this canon by means of speaking to the Admins/General moderators, but any attempt to change/contradict EoP canon without proper consent can and will be rejected. In fact, the very reason for documents such as this one is so that people know what we’ve decided on, what’s still open for interpretation, and what they need to know to contribute in a valuable way to discussions on our canon.
 * As a rule, you’re always free to invent whatever headcanon you like for your own characters, as long as it doesn’t contradict with that character’s overall nature and the general themes/ideas of the RP. If in doubt, discuss it with one of the admins/GMs and they’ll try to help you find a balance and get the situation sorted out.
 * If you try to throw Touhouwiki links at us while screaming something along the lines of “NUNH-UH! TOUHOUWIKI SAYS THIS THIS AND THIS, YOU’RE WRONG!” You clearly have not read this document and will be promptly scolded/laughed at. Moreso if you throw wikia links at us.
 * As said before, this canon is fluid. As events come and go, more can be added to it. As needed, more history can also be added. You will most likely have some way of knowing such should you keep up with the forums or the wiki.
 * The idea behind all this is to create the type of setting where people can freely express their creativity and feel that their contributions have an impact on the world without the looming threat of future “canon” sweeping it all away and leaving them back at square one.

Introduction
Ours is a world in which magic is commonplace, where nearly everyone is capable of soaring through the skies, and arguments are solved through a remarkably dangerous sport. When not being considered neighbors at best, humans are seen as food for our locals, while culture buzzes with various influences, the greatest one being of a Japanese nature. Things such as traditional gender roles are irrelavent, and everyone tends to wear rather bright colors to go with their often-strange hair colors. This place, often called the Eastern wonderland, is known as Gensoukyou, or, literally, “Land of Illusions”.

Geography
The region of Gensoukyou was originally located within the Yatsugatake mountains, until it was divided from the world at large by the establishment of the Great Barrier.

Gensoukyou is comprised of a valley about 200 sq. km. in area, the boundary fencing it in being a circle of a radius of 8 km. It is actually well-separated from the outside world without the Hakurei Border. On almost all sides, it is surrounded by large, rugged, mountains, with only one outlet about a kilometer wide in the southernmost part of the valley that allows the river that feeds the many streams and the great Misty Lake.

Overall, the majority of Gensoukyou (roughly 70%) is covered by vast, ancient forests, with some trees being well over ten thousand years old. Due to the great reverence for nature that most creatures in Gensoukyou possess, as well as the great concentration of magic in the region that helps with re-growing the trees that are cut down, the forests are largely unaltered from how they were when Gensoukyou was first created. Areas not covered in these thick forests include the Misty Lake and a small area around it, the locations of such areas like the Human Village and the Hakurei Shrine, the Bamboo Forest of the Lost (which, while also forest, is of a completely different kind), and the mountains that are contained within the Hakurei Border, including the great Youkai Mountain that resides on the northern end of Gensoukyou. There are occasional clearings in these forests ranging in size from about half a square kilometer to roughly two square kilometers in size, as well. The mountains of Gensoukyou are capped with snow year-round, though the snow recedes considerably in the warmer months, allowing the river and its tributaries to swell to almost twice their size. The Misty Lake, Gensoukyou’s largest body of water located in the western half of the land, makes up about 7% of Gensoukyou’s total area, and contains perfectly fresh water suitable for drinking or whatever other purpose one might need it for. The Bamboo Forest of the Lost, in northeastern Gensoukyou, makes up about 8% of Gensoukyou’s landmass, and is, just as one may expect, a vast forest of bamboo, so thick that it proves disorienting to anyone but the most seasoned of explorers. The Hakurei Shrine is located near the southern end of Gensoukyou, near the river and the boundary, and also very close to the large geyser that erupted from the ground and allowed passage deep underground.

There are said to be other places that are located within the boundaries of Gensoukyou, such as the Sanzu River and what lies beyond, and the Netherworld, but these are places that are impossible to locate on a map of Gensoukyou, due to being impossible to reach by conventional means.

The climate of Gensoukyou is standard for southern Japan, a temperate climate with hot, rainy summers and cold, normally clear, winters. An average summer in Gensoukyou rarely exceeds 33° C (91.4° F), though there are said to be records of summers reaching over 40° C (104° F). While afternoon thunderstorms are not a daily spectacle, they do tend to happen after exceptionally hot days. Summer nights in Gensoukyou are oftentimes clear and perfect for stargazing if one can bear the insects and the chance of being attacked by a roving nocturnal youkai. On the other hand, winters in Gensoukyou, while snow often falls on the mountaintops, a snowfall in the rest of Gensoukyou is normally something that rarely happens more than three or four times during the season. However, when snow falls, it normally accumulates several inches and remains present on the ground for a couple weeks, perhaps with smaller snowfalls during the period. These winters, at their coldest, can reach as low temperatures as -10° C (14° F), though there are said to have been colder winters. Unlike the beautiful summer nights, winter nights in Gensoukyou are often cloudy, though clouds can easily be dispelled by the right youkai, and this will often be the case when there are particular astronomical events going on, such as a meteor shower or a lunar eclipse.

Culture
As should be obvious, the culture of Gensoukyou is largely based off 19th century Japan. This can be seen in a number of things; the language, the mannerisms, and the clothing. In this section of the “Introduction to Gensoukyou”, we will be explaining different parts of the culture in Gensoukyou.

Language
Gensoukyou's primary language is Japanese, more specifically, Early Modern Japanese ( Used during the "Edo" period, which is between ~17th century and mid-19th century ). This means it is a bit more respectful when it comes to speech patterns. Although this is the primary language, it is far from the only. Some other notable examples being Chinese and English, as well as other languages like Makaian, the language of the demons, or various Youkai languages.

A more in depth RP guide can be found in the Language and Mannerisms guide

Clothing
Beings that Gensoukyou is mostly untouched by the ever changing outside world, it is of no surprise that it follows the same clothing patterns as 19th century Japan, usually based off kimonos or something similar. Youkai, however, seem to have more distinct clothing to suit their nature a bit better, perhaps allowing for a bit more mobility.

Introduction to Youkai
One question someone may pose about Gensoukyou is, of course, “Do people live there?” The answer is yes-- many, many people live there. The human population, however, is small, consisting of stray folk that were lead away from the human world, or were promptly stolen away for further purposes. Gensoukyou’s “people” are not humans, but youkai. Of course, that brings up another question.. what is a youkai?

Plain and simple, “youkai” is the Japanese term for a supernatural entity. It’s an umbrella term that includes creatures like the well-known tanuki and kitsune, spirits such as tsukumogami (which are the spirits of household objects), and even beings such as ghosts and gods. However, gods tend to fall into their own category, and many ghosts have to have specific traits to be called youkai, such as the yuki-onna being a youkai that is the ghost of a woman that died in the winter snows. Either way, as would be expected of a magical land, a great many magical beings inhabit it.

Youkai arise in a great many ways. A multitude of them are born from human fear or other emotions: for instance, if the fear of spiders grows strong enough, then perhaps a powerful spider may become a self-aware youkai. They may develop powers based upon what made them frightening, maybe specializing in poisons and their various effects. Origin affects appearance, as well: a spider youkai may possess sharp teeth and claws, possibly have an extra set of eyes or arms, and would probably have bristly, short hair on their head that mimicks the bristles on a spider’s body. Since human fears and emotions are boundless, youkai are just as flexible, and may spring from any fear of any concept, given the emotion is strong enough. Their powers are just as variable and possibly infinite, given what feeds them.

In this manner and many others, youkai are, to a point, dependant on humankind. Youkai born of emotions such as fear or sorrow will develop the ability to exist upon these feelings in humans, and will require less physical substanance. Other youkai, such as magical animals, will exist as other livings things do, having diets of physical matter that is logical for their species. Some may even subsist on both a physical diet and a “spiritual diet” of human emotions, such as the cases of more monstrous youkai that terrorize humans. Of course, after a point, there are some times where youkai that are dependant on emotions and beliefs can overcome their dependencies, but that’s covered elsewhere.

Similarly, their behavior is also peculiar. Over the years, a sort of natural selection has occurred to favor playful, mischievous personalities in youkai. They are terribly whimsical beings that may be lazy or high-maintenence at the drop of a hat, and tend to act in ways that seem nonsensical to humans. Some may be more malicious, others may not, depending on the inspiration that they were born from, and what their resulting lot in life is. In a way, youkai can be more simple than humans, finding less things to worry about and often spending much of their time partying over tiny things.

Perhaps that would be because youkai can have ridiculously long lifespans. A great number of them are effectively “immortalized under time”, which prevents their aging processes and allows them to live as long as they can find sustanance. This may be in the form of their concept (such as human fear of a specific animal or idea, for instance) surviving, or by finding sources of emotion to draw from, or perhaps they may just require nutrition through their favored meats, grains or fruits. Some youkai, known as “fundamentals”, have existed for as long as their fundamental idea has existed, and will always be alive as that idea stays around. One notable example of such youkai would be Yukari Yakumo, who embodies boundaries, and has been alive since the very beginning of the universe, when matter and nothingness were distinguished. Perhaps, for that reason, and a thousand others, she is known as the first youkai, and the patron to all supernatural creatures.

What do youkai have to do with Gensoukyou, however? While a place abundant with magic and spiritual energy, it is not anywhere near as dynamic and ever-changing as its inhabitants. The truth would be this: Gensoukyou now exists as a paradise for youkai. Youkai depend on humans, but the human world has spread far and become a very dangerous place for supernatural creatures to live. Human belief in the supernatural dwindles, and weapons such as firearms pose a constant threat. Hiding amidst mankind is nearly impossible for all but the illusionists and shapeshifters, and to escape the reach of society is just as such.

In an answer to this, Gensoukyou was set aside. Originally a secluded part of Japan, it was cut off from the rest of the human world by a fantastic magical boundary, and it became Yukari’s playground. After assisting youkai with their migration to this new place, she introduced a group of humans to Gensoukyou in order to provide food for those she invited to live here, and everything fell into place under her watchful eye.

14 billion BCE - 5000 BCE

 * ca. 14 billion years BCE: Tiandao and Yukari are “born”. This event coincides with the start of the known universe.


 * 12-10 billion years BCE: Creation of various elder gods and other great beings, such as the Three Purities, etc. The dragon god, Ryujin, is also created to shape the physical realm. The Celestial Bureaucracy is formed as a way to govern the universe in a more organized fashion.


 * ca. 4 billion years BCE: Earth is created by Ryujin, who also creates four dragon gods from his own power to shape the earth and govern over the four directions. Ao Kuang of the East, Ao Run of the West, Ao Qin of the South, Ao Shun of the North.


 * Between 3 billion BCE and 5000 BCE: Earth’s native species begin to evolve and populate the planet over time. Around the same time, earthly gods start being created alongside the dragon kings.


 * ca. 2 300 000 BCE: Birth of the Bai Ze as the first Youkai on Earth. He travels frequently, documenting the world around him, and soon comes to be seen as a great sage by many different creatures.


 * ca. 45000 - 30000 BCE (Exact Date Unknown): A powerful nature spirit is "born" somewhere in the south-eastern regions of North America. It wanders for many thousands of years before encountering early humans. It preyed on them for many centuries, earning itself the name U`tlun'ta, as it possessed the strength to stab a man to death with its bare hands. The humans' fear was enough to transform this spirit into a Youkai, only increasing its power further. Eventually, the humans band together and attacked, seemingly defeating her. Unbeknownst to them, she had merely grown tired of them and left to travel the world. She would eventually come to be known as "Yuuka".

5000BCE - 1CE

 * ca. 5000 BCE: The Dragon God Ryujin creates a land for himself to rest in. This land is later to become the land of Gensoukyou, with the Youkai mountain being his resting place. This land is near perfect and mostly untouched by mortal hands at this point. It may be linked to the “Garden of Eden” as referenced by the humans in “the bible”.


 * ca. 4000 BCE: Yukari Yakumo creates a place in the southern Pacific Ocean for many of her eldritch companions to live, called R’lyeh.


 * ca. 3000 BCE: Shinki creates Makai as well as the demons that inhabit it. This and Jigoku are collectively known as “Hell”.


 * ca. 1000BCE - 500CE: Corruption begins to come together and form mass and even low levels of sentience. This corruption even starts to devour smaller, weaker demons within the deepest parts of Makai. This corruption later takes on a form in the shape of a demon. This low-level demon is called Kageki and is allowed to live for the fact that he manages the levels of corruption.
 * 700 BCE: The city of Samarkand is founded. Many of the people living there are secretly forced to work on the construction of a vast underground library, to serve as the personal archive of the Bai Ze.
 * ca. 600 BCE: Tiandao writes the Dao De Jing, the book that would later form the basis for both the philosophy and religion of Daoism.


 * c. 310 BCE: Some of the angels of Vesnic Soare descend to Earth in various regions, one of them being the cluster of mountains known as Mount Hermon. Among them is an angel of death, Sariel, who teaches some of mankind about magic and lunar cycles. She drifts away from her peers over time, and seems to vanish into obscurity.

1 CE - 1900 CE

 * 220-280 CE: The Han Dynasty collapses. In the time that follows, Tiandao assumes the guise of Sima Yi and begins the process of restructuring China. During this time, it matches wits with a cunning Yaoguai who is pretending to be Zhuge Liang. This Yaoguai would later take the name Zhuge Lin, and come to serve as Tiandao's shikigami.


 * 401-456 CE: Anaho is born as the second son of Emperor Ingyou. Throughout most his life he contends himself with being a somewhat minor scholar. Following the death of his father, he successfully wages a battle against his brother, and reigns briefly as Emperor Ankou until his death in 456. Following his death, his spirit began haunting the imperial palace, furious at watching his family fighting over the throne.


 * 476 - c.500 CE: The Roman Empire collapses when Germanic forces, with one Yukari amongst them, deposed Romulus Augustus, the last emperor. After this, Yukari begins to travel east. She settles briefly in a valley in the Kunlun Mountains, turning it into a paradise that she enjoys for about a decade before moving on. Around 500 CE, she finally sets foot in Japan.


 * ca. 700 CE: The events that make up the basis of the legend “The Flight of the Bamboo Cutter” occur. Soon afterwards, the Hourai Elixir makes its way to Earth before being stolen by Fujiwara no Mokou. Kaguya Houraisan and Eirin Yagokoro, much later, eventually escape to Gensoukyou.


 * 1029 - ca. 1040 CE: A human girl named Yuyuko is born in an isolated village outside of what will be known as Gensoukyou. She lives a life of poverty, only managing to survive on the benevolence of her dear friend Yukari Yakumo. After discovering her power to call spirits to death, she commits suicide under the grand demon tree known as the Saigyou Ayakashi, thus allowing it to be sealed away in the Netherworld. For her selfless act, Yuyuko is given the duty of ruling the Netherworld and tending to the spirits there.


 * ca. 1050-1300 CE: The “Holy Crusades” between the Christian and Levant/Muslim armies are caused by Kageki, under the name of “Vetis, The Tempter” and various other names. All the while, Kageki simply feeds off the corruption as it spreads.
 * 1109 - ca. 1130 CE: The Tanuki Mamizou Futatsuiwa is born. At a young age, she takes in a small chimera known as Nue Houjuu, and raises her for about three years, teaching her how to perfect her shapeshifting abilities. Shortly after this, political strife breaks out in Sado as two Tanuki, one being Mamizou’s brother, vie for position as chief Tanuki.


 * 1153 CE: The chimera Nue Houjuu makes her historical appearance in the city of Kyoto, plaguing the emperor and the other inhabitants of the city with terrible nightmares and sicknesses. After feigning death and evading the eyes of humans, she injures herself in an accident and is trapped in underground tunnels for the next eight hundred and fifty-six years.


 * 1368 CE: The Yuan Dynasty collapses, replaced by the Ming. The Hongwu emperor comes to power with the assistance of Xiangdeng Tiandao, and promptly moves to outlaw and suppress all Yaoguai hunters and their supporting organisations. During his reign, China becomes a virtual paradise for Yaoguai, culminating in the establishment of a "Yaoguai Empire" with its seat of power located on Mount Qingcheng.


 * 1502 -1515 CE: Rahela Ibanescu is born in a small village in southern Transylvania. Six years later, her sister, Florina Ibanescu, is born. They live a quiet life until October of 1515. Rahela is turned into a vampire, and, in order to save her life, turns her sister. The two then proceed to wander across Europe.


 * ca. 1515 CE: With the increasing number of explorers beginning to set sail for distant lands, the creatures of R’lyeh become increasingly wary of the threat of humans discovering their city. So, in order to prevent this from happening, Yukari moves her companions to a world in a distant part of the galaxy before hiding R’lyeh underneath the ocean. It is said, however, that one being, known as Cthulhu, refused to leave and thus remains underneath the ocean.


 * 1624 CE: The "White Sky Scripture" is penned by the Bai Ze, asserting the primacy of the Qingcheng Court as the ruling authority of all Yaoguai on Earth. Using this document as a guideline, Tiandao's followers begin waging a series of wars against other Yaoguai across Asia and Northeast Europe. Without the stabilising influence of the Yaoguai, the Ming Dynasty begins its steady downfall.


 * 1750 ~ 1758 CE: Many supernatural creatures begin to migrate away from Great Britain due to the rise of a famed vampire hunter by the name of Anniette Walt. In February of 1758, the killing streak ends in France, and Walt vanishes, assumed dead by the human populace. In truth, she becomes the personal servant of the famous Scarlet Devil, and takes on the name “Sakuya Izayoi”.


 * 1888 CE: The mysterious “Jack the Ripper” cases pop up in the Whitechapel district of London. The killer is none other than Sakuya Izayoi, who went missing 130 years before.


 * ca. 1890 - 2009 CE: The demon Kageki, now under the name of Rinraku no Youjin Kageki ( Literally: Demon God of Corruption, Kageki ), has become more refined over the past few hundred years. Having read nearly half of the books contained in the library and stolen countless others, including a grimoire that allows for the ability to teleport and hold infinite pages of information, Kageki finally makes his escape from Makai, finding himself in the land of Gensoukyou as the book had the location already in it. He then finds a cave and spends the next hundred or so years expanding it and changing it, experimenting with various forms of corruption on different wildlife.

1900 CE - Present Day

 * ca. 1900 CE: The land of Gensoukyou is claimed by Yukari after an agreement with Ryujin. The Hakurei border is created to separate Gensoukyou from the “outside world”. Ryujin leaves his essence with the land of Gensoukyou to keep it flourishing and then leaves to the cosmos.


 * 1912 CE: Summoned forcibly by the magical rituals of a young magician, Yukari Yakumo moves the Scarlet Devil Mansion to the land of Gensoukyou.


 * c. 1935 CE: Becoming increasingly annoyed with the encroachment of the Japanese people on the grand Hakurei Border, Yukari starts whispering in the ears of prominent Japanese figures and convincing them to invade Manchuria. This eventually leads to Japan’s full involvement in World War II, where Yukari was said to have influenced the sick and cruel experiments of a man named Shiro Ishii.


 * 1951 CE: With many Youkai sages having fled to Japan in the hopes of entering Gensoukyou, the Qingcheng Court finally consolidates its power over the world. Virtually unopposed, it becomes the central authority governing all Yaoguai affairs. Although a few scattered groups do not acknowledge its authority, it is generally content to ignore them. Documents of laws are drafted, and numerous commanderies are established across the globe to oversee the affairs of this "Yaoguai Empire".


 * (HRtP) 1996 CE: A young shrine maiden by the name of Reimu Hakurei finds that her beloved Hakurei Shrine has, behind her back, been left vandalized and askew by unknown forces. After doing her research about what kinds of creatures would do such a thing, and where they would live, she sets off to find the vandal, wandering through Gensoukyou until she finds a way into Makai. She survives there briefly, before meeting a sudden end from bursts of danmaku from the locals -and after dying, she is met by the angel of death, Sariel. Determined and unwilling to give up, Reimu ferociously fights off the angel and manages to reclaim her life. Then, forcing the angel to concede defeat, Reimu then visits Jigoku and corners Konngara, the perpetuator of the chaos at the Hakurei Shrine. After a vicious duel, she has Konngara return to the shrine and fix the damage done.


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 * (EoSD) 2002 CE: Desiring to go outside during the day without being burned by the harsh rays of the sun and without having to carry an umbrella everywhere she goes, Remilia Scarlet, with the assistance of Patchouli Knowledge, casts a thick mist all over Gensoukyou, thus blocking out the sun. What was supposed to be a bright, warm, and cheery summer thus became dark, cold, and gloomy. The combined force of Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame eventually pinpointed the source of the mist as the Scarlet Devil Mansion and, after fighting all of the denizens of the mansion, they eventually forced Remilia to concede defeat and made the mist dissipate.


 * (PCB) 2003 CE: Curious about tales of a corpse sleeping underneath the Saigyou Ayakashi, the princess of the Netherworld, Yuyuko Saigyouji, figures out that the only way to see this corpse for herself is to make the demon tree bloom fully. As such, she sends her attendant and gardener, Youmu Konpaku, to Gensoukyou in order to gather up all the spring so the tree can bloom. Youmu, successful, manages to steal most of spring, making it extend into May. In response to this incident, Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, and Sakuya Izayoi all go to the Netherworld in order to reclaim spring. All of the spring has caused the seal on the Saigyou Ayakashi to be greatly weakened, allowing the tree to temporarily take Yuyuko’s soul under its control and reveal to the heroines that it was, in fact, Yuyuko’s own body buried underneath its roots. After defeating Yuyuko’s possessed soul, they gather up all the spring and return it to Gensoukyou, making the long winter finally come to an end. After this, Yuyuko asks the three heroines to do a favour for her - go to the grand Youkai of boundaries, Yukari Yakumo, and remind her to fix the border between the Netherworld and Gensoukyou. The heroines do so and, after fighting off both the nekomata Chen and the Kitsune Ran, come face to face with Yukari. Accepting their challenge to a danmaku match, Yukari fights them and is eventually defeated. She does as she is asked, fixing the border save for one small portal so Yuyuko can come visit Gensoukyou whenever she pleases.


 * (IaMP) 2004 CE:


 * (IN) 2004 CE: On the eve of the harvest moon festival, Youkai begin to sense there is something wrong with the moon. Upon realizing the moon is a fake, many teams of humans and Youkai go out to restore the full moon for the festival. They find that the fake moon was put in place by Kaguya Houraisan so that she may sever the link between the earth and the moon. As such, by fighting their way into Kaguya Houraisan’s personal manor, Eientei, they convince her to resolve the issue. After the true full moon is returned to the sky, Kaguya Houraisan contacts the four teams of humans and Youkai that fought her before, and convinces them to find a young woman who lives in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. Amidst the bamboo, they find Keine Kamishirasawa, who exercises the full power of her half-Hakutaku blood on the night of the full moon - and with this great power, Keine attacks the many humans and Youkai, seeking to protect her friend further in the forest. She is shoved aside, and the four teams find the very person Keine was guarding: a Hourai’in named Fujiwara no Mokou. Soon after hearing the name “Kaguya Houraisan”, Mokou attacks the four teams, infuriated that they would be convinced by her nemesis, and a great fight breaks out. Dying more than forty deaths that night, Mokou eventually tires, and vanishes into the forest.


 * (PoFV) 2005 CE:


 * (MoF) 2007 CE: From the outside world, the Moriya shrine is moved to sit atop the Youkai Mountain of Gensoukyou. One of the gods that inhabits this shrine, Kanako Yasaka, starts aggressively seeking faith from the inhabitants of the mountain and many of those who live nearby, and this causes a disturbance amidst other shrines and groups that are affected. Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame set out to put down the beginnings of chaos, fighting their way up the mountain before coming to the Moriya shrine, meeting its shrine maiden Sanae Kochiya, and the goddess Kanako Yasaka, and challenging them to danmaku duels, one after another. The two heroines claim victory, and efforts to gain faith for the Moriya shrine continue, but a little more gently as to not disturb the peace.


 * (SWR) 2008 CE:


 * (SA) 2008 CE: The goddess Kanako Yasaka whispers into the ear of a hell-raven named Utsuho Reiuji, and convinces her to devour the remains of Yatagarasu, the three-legged sun-god. She then gains the terrifying power of nuclear fission and fusion. With this newfound power, Utsuho Reiuji causes a furious blaze beneath the earth’s crust, stirring up great activity in the Hell of Blazing Fires, and a geyser formed. As this subterranean flame posed a threat to Gensoukyou, and with help from outside sources, Reimu Hakurei and Marisa Kirisame brought a stop to this uncontrolled power.


 * (UFO) 2009 CE: After the events in the Hell of Blazing Fires, the geyser that resulted from the incident proceeds to create a great opening between the underground world and the rest of Gensoukyou. The Palanquin is freed from its underground imprisonment, and many Youkai follow it, including Murasa Minamitsu, Shou Toramaru, Nazrin, Ichirin Kumoi, and Nue Houjuu. Soon afterwards, the saint Byakuren Hijiri is freed from where she is sealed in Makai, and the Palanquin becomes the Myouren Temple.


 * (TD) 2011 CE: A numerous amount of powerful spirits and lesser spirits alike begin to gather at a mausoleum beneath the graveyard of Myouren Temple, eagerly awaiting the resurrection of Toyosatomimi no Miko, who is also known in history as Prince Shoutoku. The many inhabitants above ground are startled by the sheer amount of spirits, and go to investigate. Despite the fact that Toyosatomimi no Miko was more or less harmless after returning to the living world, she was promptly attacked and beaten up, as per the norm in Gensoukyou. Soon afterwards, she and her Taoist followers relocated. At the same time, a variety of Youkai were called into Gensoukyou to help combat the growing power of people such as Toyosatomimi no Miko, who would obviously side with humans and fight Youkai. One of these Youkai happened to be Mamizou Futatsuiwa, who was contacted by her old “friend”, Nue Houjuu, and travelled all the way from Sado to help.


 * 2013 CE: Present Day.

See the full timeline for more details.