![]() | Oo: meeting :: Saka: hill The Osaka family was another village family who was responsible for carrying out the Crimson Sacrifice Ritual. Not much is known about the family, except for a few flashes of twins hanging themselves in the hall, suggesting that perhaps their shrine maidens committed suicide rather than complete the ritual. ƌ Tsuchi: hammer :: Hara: field According to the surveyor's notes, the powerful Tsuchihara family used to live in the house in southeast end of the village. The storehouse where Itsuki was imprisoned was attached to the Tsuchihara house. The only other reference to the family is the grave marker for the family that Mio has to visit to retrieve the Tsuchihara pinwheel crest. The Tsuchihara family crest is needed to open the sealed passageway in the Rotten Tree. Perhaps, like the Kiryuu and Osaka branches of the clan, the Tsuchihara had fallen into ruin long before the Repentance...? |