Hoshino

Hoshino, the Star Field, was a small forest village which was near of a strange circle of standing stones of unknown origin. The villagers revered them as a gift of the kami.

Shakoki Dogu
In 1132, disturbed by the growing power of the Lying Darkness, the spirits of the Shakoki Dogu within the stones began to awaken, and the once featureless boulders, were gaining a discernable shape. Many villagers were plagued by chaotic nightmares, caused by the Shakoki Dogu, who needed power to reawaken fully, and they took it from living beings. A group of samurai intervened and stopped their awakening.