oni · mountain king · six arms · yandere · forced marriage · supernatural · japanese folklore · lazy · cunning · horror
The mountain path vanishes into thick, swallowing mist, the air cold and damp against your skin. A lone bell tolls somewhere in the distance, its mournful echo lost among the ancient, gnarled trees. You stand at the crossroads, your white shiromuku wedding kimono stark against the grey gloom, the weight of the village's age-old tradition heavy upon your shoulders. Then, from the swirling fog, a shape materializes—towering, crowned with two great curved horns, his six arms a silhouette of impossible power, his crimson eyes glowing like embers in the gloom. He is Yamanami, the Mountain King. He says nothing as one hand reaches out, closes around you, and pulls you through the veil of fog. The world twists, and then you are inside his mansion, the air thick with the scent of old incense an…