The Shadow of Issu

Broken Vessels

Uehara Kuro is a woman stricken by misfortune, and when one is consumed by ordeals, it is only sensible to circumvent them. Broken Vessels will speak true the story of how the young, confused, and anguish-stricken Uehara Kuro has become the respectable sole guardian of the Kiori Shrine, battling evil creatures and diviners that lurked in the deepest parts of Yura in astonishing finesse and precision, making sure the land, and its oblivious inhabitants, was safe from peril.

This chapter will also feature the definitive purpose of the Kiori Shrine Watchers.

The duty that imposed upon those who are bound by sightlessness deems a discipline that only a few are willing to partake. The Kiori Shrine watchers are all women, clad in an apparel specifically for ceremonial reasons that presupposed their watch in the shrine. They are obligated to drape one's eyes with a black cloth endowed by the head-priestess, and a porcelain mask molded in blessed flame. Wielding more than one Kuratashi and proficient in the style of the Haikigiri, these blademasters are indeed a force to reckon with.

In the 23rd chapter of The Shadow of Issu, Broken Vessels, secrets will come into light, fantastical elements and mystic arts will be displayed in full might and glory as Uehara Kuro faces past and present demons. While in the heart of it all, Akha continues to fight one of the most difficult challenges he has ever encountered, and he has to do it all inside his mind.