Shuo

In this world,
Night is not merely a time; it is a state of being.

Emotions people cannot put into words: sorrow, fear, regret, and loneliness,
slowly sink into the darkness of late night.
When they accumulate to a certain point,
They condense into entities known as “Nightmares.”

Nightmares are not monsters.
but the remnants of unspoken... emotions and memories,
taking form within the night.

Shuo is one who walks within such nights.

From birth, Shuo has been a half-vampire.
His bloodline is born from the crossing of humans and beings of the night.
leaving him belonging neither fully to the day,
nor truly to the night.

He can sense and guide nightmares.
yet must endure the constant erosion of his mind and body
by the power of the night.

On one fateful night that changed everything,
the moon vanished from the sky.
and the world fell into the darkest new moon.

That night,
Shuo truly lost someone important for the first time.

That place once belonged
to a being who had lost their way in the night.
And when they disappeared,
the emptiness remained within Shuo’s life.
a void that could never be filled.

As time passed,
Shuo gradually came to understand.
That place was never meant for just one person.

Everyone who meets him in the night,
those who lose their way, pause, or turn back,
leaves a trace within that emptiness.

Thus, “someone important” is no longer a single name.
but a collection of presences.

On that night,
Shuo knelt within the darkness.
calling out to a voice long gone from the world.

His shadow began to flow,
and the power of the night answered his call.
From the darkness, an image of moonlight was born.
taking form as a familiar, Wang.

Wang represents the full moon.
symbolizing guidance, completeness, and watchfulness.

Shuo represents the new moon.
symbolizing beginnings, silence, and unseen hope.

From that moment on,
Shuo walks through nights without a moon.
while Wang lights every path before him.

Shuo steps into the darkness.
and Wang guides the way.

Shuo cannot choose his origin.
But he chooses to bear its weight.

He does not call himself a hero.
Only someone who walks with others through the night.

The night is deep.
But you do not have to walk it alone. Show more