English edition v1.3.3

#Kagamiyama Domain Character Map — NPC Index

Contents

27 NPCs who stand for the faces of Kagamiyama Domain's 800 people. They form the campaign's emotional ground.

Core References

- Required: Three Ways and Six Hearts · kokujin factions

- Reference: Romance System

- In this supplement: Domain Overview · Chapter 1


#Structure of the Index

This NPC section is arranged radially, from the center to the margins.

    [02-01] Young Lord (center)
       │
   [02-02] Retired Onmyoji (Barrier)
       │
   ────────┼────────
  │    │    │
 [02-03] [02-04] [02-05]
 retainers residents drifted outsiders
       │
    [02-06]
    Spirit Realm intelligences

The lord and the onmyoji are the story's twin axes. The 6 retainers are an extension of the party. The residents are the reason to protect the domain. The outsiders are a clash of cultures. The Spirit Realm intelligences are the possibility of negotiation.


#File List

#[02-01] Young Lord — Kamijo Akihisa

02-01-young-lord.md (Phase 2, 287 lines)

Summary: A 16-year-old kokujin. A young lord who endured his father's death and the domain's drift at the same time. 1st-dan samurai, Courage+2/Finesse+1/Physique+1/Wisdom+1. Three Ways and Six Hearts undecided (fixed by PC choice during the campaign). Affinity system applies, romance option (conditional). Akihisa's growth is a campaign-ending device.

Major Hooks:

  • His father's sealed scroll (unrevealed narrative)
  • Diary reveal conditions (Affinity-based)
  • 4 ending branches (return, settlement, transformation, tragedy)

#[02-02] Retired Onmyoji — Hoshino Gensho

02-02-onmyoji-keeper.md (Phase 2, 365 lines)

Summary: A 73-year-old 10th-dan onmyoji. The Barrier's only maintainer. A living time bomb. Tracks the expenditure of his life with the weakening system (0~10). No Renown Title selected. Three Ways and Six Hearts fixed as Truth. Akihisa's 2nd father.

Major Hooks:

  • Weakening accumulation → unavoidable death
  • Core essence sealing ritual (the only recovery)
  • 10th-dan Renown Title selection (last-resort ending)
  • Successor problem (Akihisa, PC, outside, or abandonment)

#[02-03] The 6 Retainers

02-03-retainers.md (Phase 2, recommended 500 lines)

Summary: NPCs who extend the party. They share expeditions, escorts, negotiations, rituals, and crafting with the PCs.

NPCAgePositionDanHeartRomance
Toma (藤馬)54old soldier, acting karo2nd-dan samuraiLoyalty
Kagemitsu (景光)22young samurai1st-dan samuraiHegemonyavailable
Komachi (小町)24woman shinobi3rd-dan ninpo userVoidavailable
Minako (美奈子)31woman physician1st-dan OutsiderCompassionavailable (cold love)
Yukichi (雪吉)48master blacksmithnoncombatantTruth
Ryozan (了山)68old monk, Exorcism assistant3rd-dan shugenjaTruth

Major Hooks:

  • Toma's resolve to retire vs duty to assist the lord
  • Kagemitsu's past (sole survivor of a defeated house)
  • Komachi's secret (double loyalty? unrevealed)
  • Minako's Nanban origin (knowledge of Western herbalism)
  • Yukichi's son (resident-side NPC)
  • Ryozan's Barrier assistance (can substitute when Gensho weakens)

#[02-04] The 8 Key Residents

02-04-common-folk.md (Phase 2, recommended 400 lines)

Summary: The faces who stand for the 800 residents. Sources for the morale system and individual quest hooks.

NPCAgeRoleThree Ways and Six Hearts
Old Woman Otone (お音)74elderly storytellerTruth
Boy Sanjiro (三次郎)13Yukichi's sonLoyalty
Fisherman Genbe (源兵衛)41fishery representativeCompassion
Children (4 of them)6~11symbolic figures
Village Head Heisaku (平作)58resident representativeLoyalty
Shaman Sayo (早夜)37folk sorcererVoid
Merchant Kyube (久兵衛)52goods brokerHegemony
Farmer Ume (梅)46farming representative, widowCompassion

Major Hooks:

  • Otone's memory (old legends from before the drift)
  • Sanjiro's running away (his father's opposition)
  • Genbe's missing son (Spirit Realm high tide)
  • The children's spiritual sensitivity (those who see the Spirit Realm child)
  • Heisaku's petition (demands that the lord reveal the truth)
  • Sayo's heterodoxy (possible conflict with the onmyoji)
  • Kyube's double ledger (hidden emergency rations)
  • Ume's loss (her husband died during the drift)

#[02-05] The 5 Outsiders Present at the Drift

02-05-drifted-outsiders.md (Phase 2, recommended 400 lines)

Summary: Outsiders who happened to be in the domain at the moment of the drift. Each has their own culture and knowledge, making them unexpected resources for the domain.

NPCOriginOccupationDanThree Ways and Six Hearts
Padre LorenzoPortugalJesuit priestnoncombatantCompassion
Peddler Tobe (渡兵)Edowandering merchant1st-dan OutsiderHegemony
Pilgrim Myoen (妙円)YamatoKoyasan devotee2nd-dan shugenjaTruth
Arms Dealer Godai (五大)Osaka Sakaiteppo and gunpowder seller1st-dan OutsiderHegemony
Exiled Samurai Kuroda Heizo (黒田 平蔵)Kaga Provinceronin4th-dan samuraiDemon

Major Hooks:

  • Lorenzo's Latin books (comparison between the 5 hell chapters and Christian hell)
  • Tobe's contact network (the only window into core-world information)
  • Myoen's practice (can assist the Barrier)
  • Godai's 3 teppo (Wounds variable)
  • Heizo's past (accused of assassinating his lord)

#[02-06] The 7~8 Spirit Realm Intelligences

02-06-spirit-contacts.md (Phase 2, recommended 500 lines)

Summary: Negotiable yoma, ghosts, and ancient spirits. Each is a diplomatic resource with a specified resident hell, negotiation condition, reward, and risk.

NPCSpeciesResidenceNegotiation Difficulty
Senmangu, Lord of Reviving Hell (千万苦)hell administratorReviving Helld100 60+
Hakario, Scale-Keeper of Black Rope Hell (秤王)measuring yomaBlack Rope Helld100 50+
Kirenu, Singer of Screaming Hell (切嘆)weeping spiritScreaming Helld100 70+
Honoome, Ashen Maiden of Scorching Heat Hell (炎女)fire spiritScorching Heat Helld100 65+
Otonashi, Silent One of Avici Hell (音無)supreme yomaAvici Helld100 85+
Ancient Spirit Mizukagami (水鏡)water spirit (neutral)boundary regiond100 45+
Ghost Princess Ayaka (綾香)human ghostReviving/Black Rope boundaryd100 40+
Forgotten God Isoragimi (磯良神)lost deitycoastal sanctuaryd100 75+

Major Hooks:

  • Recalculation trade with Senmangu (return of resident dead)
  • Hakario's scale (can measure Three Ways and Six Hearts)
  • Kirenu's song (extends Myoen's practice)
  • Honoome's promise (blesses Yukichi's fire)
  • Otonashi's silence (the path to reaching a Renown Title)
  • Mizukagami's mirror (restores forgotten memories)
  • Ayaka's grudge (the last link to a previous drifter)
  • Isoragimi's revival condition (restore the coastal sanctuary)

#Relationship Map

         [Akihisa]
         │
    ────────┼────────
   [Gensho]  PC  [Toma]
    │       │
  [Ryozan]     [Kagemitsu]
           │
       [Komachi]─[Minako]
        │
       [Yukichi]──[Sanjiro]
             │
          [Otone]
           │
         [Heisaku]─[residents]
           │
        ────┼────
       [Lorenzo][Tobe][Myoen][Godai][Heizo]
           │
        [Spirit Realm boundary]
           │
    [Mizukagami]─[Ayaka]
       │
   ────────┼────────
 [Senmangu][Hakario][Kirenu][Honoome]
       │
    [Otonashi]
       │
   [Isoragimi (hidden)]

Strong connection (-): constant contact Weak connection (...): event contact Opposition (/): wary relationship


#Usage Guide — For the GM

LayerRecommended AppearanceNotes
Lord and onmyojievery sessionopening and closing rituals
6 retainers1~2 per expeditionrotation
8 residents1 every 2~3 sessionsevent trigger
5 outsiders1 per chapterarc-specific
Spirit Realm intelligencesonly when neededpreserve scarcity

#Managing Player Attachment

  • 3-session rule: If a major NPC does not appear at least 1 time within 3 sessions, they fade from player memory. Watch the rotation.
  • Use their names: Deliberately place scenes where the NPC personally says a PC's name → the players feel the depth of the relationship.
  • Weight of death: Never treat the death of a major NPC as pure accident. It must be the result of a player choice.

#Romance-Option NPCs

This supplement has four romance-capable NPCs:

  • Akihisa (conditional — mind the age)
  • Kagemitsu (standard)
  • Komachi (after secret unlock)
  • Minako (cold-love trajectory)

For details, see Romance System.


#Connected Documents


"The weight of a domain equals the number of names it holds. The more people whose names you know, the heavier the lord's shoulders become." — Hoshino Gensho, to Akihisa.