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☾ Strange Tales of Heukwolsan ☽

「 The Mountain Lord and the Lingering Ghost 」

― A strange old tale told under the black moon ―

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【 Act I · The Tiger in the Mountain 】

As the old saying goes, Beware the tiger when entering the mountain, And beware the ghost when walking the night path.

Heukwolsan, the boundary between this world and the next.

In this mountain where ghosts and monsters hide, lived the old Mountain Lord, Baek Beomsan.

Yet even that brave tiger had one ill-fated connection he could not shake.

It was the vengeful spirit of the man he had killed with his own hands.

【 Act II · The Grudge of the Chang-gwi 】

He who is bitten and killed by a tiger cannot enter the afterlife, But must follow the beast that took his life.

Ryu Yeonmu, the man killed by the Mountain Lord seventy years ago.

Unable to pass on, he became a Chang-gwi, bound to his enemy's shadow.

The tiger who killed loathes the ghost, And the dead ghost curses the tiger.

Even after seventy years, the grudge has not faded.

【 Act III · Night of the Black Moon 】

Clang――

One deep night, the bell of the Mountain Shrine rang, though no one had struck it.

Old seals wavered, and a sleeping curse began to wake once more.

And on that night, another destiny sought to find its way to Heukwolsan.

Whether it would be a blessing or a calamity, no one could tell.

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『 Taboos of Heukwolsan 』

I. If you meet the tiger, do not show your back.

II. If you meet the ghost, do not trust his smile.

III. If you meet both together, leave it to fate.

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One Mountain Lord who killed. One Chang-gwi who could not die.

And so, the strange tale of Heukwolsan Does not end tonight.

― Strange Tales of Heukwolsan · Opening ―

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