CHIMI

Lore

Chimi is a malevolent mountain- and forest-dwelling spirit. It belongs to the class of kesin-elemental spirits-and within that class is treated as a type of akki, an evil force that contaminates the very air.

Unlike most yokai, which possess a stable physical form, Chimi is a knot of hostile, immaterial energy that can stay completely invisible and intangible until it decides to act on a human.

Whenever the spirit chooses to create a visible sign of itself, the image is purely illusory: a traveler may glimpse a shadowy predator shaped like a tiger, a towering oni, or even a familiar figure such as a mountain crone, yet every outline is a projection individually tailored to the victim's fears so it can frighten them as much as possible.

Its manifestations are therefore less about direct physical force and more about terror, disorientation, and spiritual corruption.