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Onryō.

The Onryō are yōkai or the ghosts of those who died with such strong passions, such as jealousy, rage, or hatred - that their soul is unable to pass on, and instead transforms into a powerful wrathful spirit who seeks vengeance on any and everything it encounters.

Description[]

Onryō appear as they did when they died, except their skin becomes a deathly pale white color, their eyes become mildly bloodshot and their hair appears to move in an ethereal manner. They at times also have light navy blue skin. Often they were victims of war, catastrophe, betrayal, murder, or suicide, and they usually display wounds or marks indicative of the way they died.

Overview[]

Being vengeful spirits, their motive is always the same. Onryō are easily powerful enough to swiftly kill any person; however, they prefer letting the object of their hatred live a long life of torment and suffering, watching those he knows suffer and die. They inflict a terrible curse on the people or places that they haunt. This curse can be transmitted to others through contact like a contagious disease, creating a circle of death or destruction that is far more devastating than any ordinary ghost.

They make no distinction in whom they target with their grudge; they just wants to destroy. Moreover, this vengeance can never be satisfied as it can for most ghosts. While most yokai  only haunt a person or place until they are exorcised or placated, an onryō’s horrible grudge-curse continues to infect a location long after the ghost itself has been laid to rest. Whatever the origin, the onryō’s undiscriminating wrath makes it one of the most feared supernatural entities in all of Japan, so much so that a specific branch within the Kisatsutai organization is dedicated to finding and ridding the Earth of these vengeful spirits.

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