Shiyokai



Shiyokai are evil spirits that have spawned from humans who died in bitterness. With unfulfilled desires they passed through Jigoku into Yume-do, and they roam the world caught between those two realms and Ningen-do. Their resentment of their own lives makes them uncapable of leaving others in peace, and they will attack the living until they have drained the vitality from them. They are the mortal enemies of the baku, and the two creatures will fight eachother upon sight. The Shiyokai have a human appearance from the waist up, if not a bit gaunt and elongated. Their eyes are pupil-less and bulging, and anything below their waist trails off into wisps. They enter the mortal realm only at night, and feed upon the dreams of others. Their victims feel a drain puon their willpower, as their hopes and aspirations are literally sucked out of them. When a Shiyokai has finished sucking every last ounce of aspiration from their victim the person becomes a shiyokai themselves. At dawn a Shiyokai returns to Yume-do, and remain there until nightfall. They communicate telepathically. (CoR3E p. 166)