Kimetsu no Yaiba; Journey to the West

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Welcome as noted in sign ups information you will need for the RP will be found here. As time progresses however team members, locations, terms and named enemies will be added here. It is recommended that you look back time to time if you join the rp, or if you are some sort of creepy stalker.

Basic Terminology and Setting

These are the sections you need to know the most about and some of this is conjecture that is based on the latest manga issues of Kimetsu no Yaiba. Off of this unless some major ass pull happens, Muzan is likely to be defeated, or at least in this run of things he will be considered as such.

• Nichirin Blades are special blades used by and made specifically for the Demon Slaying Corps to slay Demons. They are forged from an unique ore that constantly absorbs sunlight, one of demons only major weaknesses. Therefore, decapitation by Nichirin Blades is the only way a human can kill a Demon, besides the use of a Wisteria-poison coated weapon.
• In differing with the lore and the traditions and weapons of other nations, I would find a cleaving or overwhelming destruction of the head to be more than enough. A Mace, Broadsword or Warhammer should be able to do the job just as well as superior nippon steel. However the weapons being made of the same material is sound.
• Nichirin Blades take on a distinct color when first drawn by its owner, which is why they are also referred to as "The Color Changing Swords"

• Demons
  
  Developed via a drug, Blue Spider Lily, Demons are perhapes incorrectly named, they are immortal and malevolent beings. Most demons possess a murderous instinct to kill and devour humans and have lost most of their memories from their human life. Demons do still retain their personality, except it often turns into a twisted, dark version of it. There are a few Demons, who have retained their humans emotions and memories. Demons in terms of varying abilities, styles and powers, as well as a common weakness to sunlight, beheadings or coupled with heart staking, seem to hold up well to the legends of a huge number of myths of the period, from Vampires to Oni.
  
  Blood Demon Arts vary from demon to demon. They are capable of doing variety of different things. Some demons can alter their physical bodies and morph them into a suitable form for combat. Some are able to outright detach their own flesh to either create another entity or merge it with another physical object. It is also possible to transform your blood into a specific element such as wood, fire or ice to use in battle. One of the simplest abilities a Blood Demon Art can do is to simply manipulate your body to enhance your physical power.
  
  In the case of the RP, the Doctor who made Muzan into what he was, learned his skills from others and was not the first to make such beings nor the last. With the defeat of Muzan in around 1927-28, attention has been garnered upon the Demon hunters and silent agreements have been reached with outside powers. Though there are some troubling conflicts in data with a few targets in the old world.
  
  
  
  Abilities Related Sections.
  
  Breathing styles are a means that the Japanese developed to improve the human condition to be able to fight the demons toe to toe. I would think a system sort of like this would naturally develop along similar lines but with slight deviation, such as the Catholic church may have developed chants while Orthodox may focus on brute strength and harsh training. Overall, ones abilities should reflect to this scenario but with a regional twist or flair, alchemic could also be possible.

Breath Styles (It should be noted given a special happening as part of the "agreement" the sword special effects are more than artwork)

• Magic, is the practice of the Arcane, much of what is seen in low the medium fantasy would be acceptable here, such as a few examples from Berserk or non uber magic from the FE Series. Magic I am not sure would be able to kill such a being however aside from weaker ones. That being said Magic would likely be alchemic, runic or in the form of chants and spells. Magic by and large is rare in the "modern age" given how many "witches" and "sorcerers" were killed in the previous ages.
  
  Demon Blood Arts: While very unique and rare, some humans have gained abilities of the same nature of the Demons by consuming their flesh, somewhat making up for an inability to use more traditional techniques. However this is very rare and specilized.
  
  In addition to the above, Wisteria and maybe other such poisons work well on lower ranking demons, explosives are a question mark on the other hand.

Demon Slaying Corps Members

My characters to be added later obviously. Others tbd

Named / Special Enemies

Nothing here but us Trees.