Post by Kitten4u on Sept 23, 2008 20:18:30 GMT -7
Hundreds of years ago the land now known as Gensokyo was an area in Japan that was infested with monsters, most of which malevolent towards humans. The land remained desolate; most humans even believed that it was haunted. One day, a group of strong, brave humans went to this area to seal the monsters so that they would not be able to harm the other humans. The battle between the monsters and these humans lasted for hundreds of years until the Hakurei Border was created in 1884 A.D.
The Hakurei Border is a powerful boundary that separates the world we live in from Gensokyo. It's the most powerful boundary in Gensokyo, and because of that boundary there has been very little contact between our world and Gensokyo. Occasionally a human will slip through the boundary and enter Gensokyo. This is often refered to as being "spirited away" in our world. However, that is really the only time people from both sides meet.
Gensokyo is mostly populated by monsters, though there are a good amount of humans living there too. Many of the creatures that live there do not mind that they were sealed away from our world, in fact some of them are actually glad that they were and helped strengthened the Hakurei Border when it was first created.
While this RP takes place in modern times Gensokyo isn't really modern at all. Because of the nature of the world it never really developed technology, instead it focused on magic and various other special abilities. Sometimes modern devices from our world will come across the border, but no one really knows what they do.
(The plot is mostly rumor based. You can see the major rumors on the second, left side table, get more information on them and read about some more minor rumors in The Bunbunmaru Newspaper)
The Hakurei Border is a powerful boundary that separates the world we live in from Gensokyo. It's the most powerful boundary in Gensokyo, and because of that boundary there has been very little contact between our world and Gensokyo. Occasionally a human will slip through the boundary and enter Gensokyo. This is often refered to as being "spirited away" in our world. However, that is really the only time people from both sides meet.
Gensokyo is mostly populated by monsters, though there are a good amount of humans living there too. Many of the creatures that live there do not mind that they were sealed away from our world, in fact some of them are actually glad that they were and helped strengthened the Hakurei Border when it was first created.
While this RP takes place in modern times Gensokyo isn't really modern at all. Because of the nature of the world it never really developed technology, instead it focused on magic and various other special abilities. Sometimes modern devices from our world will come across the border, but no one really knows what they do.
(The plot is mostly rumor based. You can see the major rumors on the second, left side table, get more information on them and read about some more minor rumors in The Bunbunmaru Newspaper)