#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

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#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.

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#File List

#[02-01] Young Lord — Kamijo Akihisa

→ 02-01-young-lord.md

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)

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#[02-02] Retired Onmyoji — Hoshino Gensho

→ 02-02-onmyoji-keeper.md

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)

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#[02-03] The 6 Retainers

→ 02-03-retainers.md

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

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)

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#[02-04] The 8 Key Residents

→ 02-04-common-folk.md

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

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)

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

→ 02-05-drifted-outsiders.md

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.

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)

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

→ 02-06-spirit-contacts.md

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

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)

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#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

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#Usage Guide — For the GM

#Recommended NPC Appearance Frequency During Sessions

#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.

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#Connected Documents

• Domain Overview — where the NPCs live
• Chapter 1 — NPC appearance order
• Side Quest Index — NPC-based quests
• Romance System — romance-option NPCs
• Ending Branches — conclusions of NPC fates

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"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.