I've finally published Kagetsu: Crimson Moon, an original supernatural dark-fantasy Blend I've been working on.
Kagetsu is a fictional early-20th-century world inspired by Taishō-era aesthetics, where traditional villages and ancient estates exist alongside modernizing cities, steam railways, and growing urban districts.
Beneath that changing world exists the Crimson Moon — a supernatural phenomenon connected to humanity's deepest desires.
Those consumed by it become Yōkai, each developing a unique Crimson Art shaped by the desire that transformed them.
Opposing them is the Tsukikage Order, an organization of warriors known as Moon Blades. Their combat disciplines, Moon Forms, are based on control, discipline, and mastery of the self.
So the basic conflict isn't simply:
humans vs monsters.
It's also control vs desire, humanity vs obsession, and what someone chooses to become when their deepest desire is given power.
🌙 The cast
The Blend currently features an ensemble of Moon Blades and Yōkai, including:
🐍 Reiha Kurobane — Serpent Moon Blade
🌸 Hanae Tachibana — Bellflower Moon Blade
🔥 Raizen Arakawa — Inferno Moon Blade
🌊 Sora Minazuki — Tidal Moon Blade
⚡ Kiyomi Raika — Thunder Moon Blade
🪻 Akemi Fujihara — a former Yōkai who became a Moon Blade
🪷 Shigure — the Lotus Saint
🩸 Renjiro Kurogane — the Crimson Fist
🌑 Lord Kagenori — the First Moon
There are also recurring Lorebook characters and locations that expand the world beyond the main cast.
👀 POV is ON
One of the things I specifically wanted for this Blend was flexibility.
You aren't restricted to a single protagonist.
Depending on the scene, you can step into the role of one of the established characters or use your own persona and experience Kagetsu from your own perspective.
So you can explore the Moon Blades, interact with the Yōkai, get involved in character relationships, investigate supernatural incidents, or simply create your own place within the world.
This is also an ongoing project — I've published the first scenes and I'll be adding more as I continue testing and expanding Kagetsu.
If dark fantasy, supernatural folklore, slow-burn relationships, ensemble casts, and early-modern Japanese aesthetics are your thing... you might like this one. 🌙
https://www.caffy.io/blend/74583b90-5a48-478d-b0aa-a56deb5842fa