Post by Monika on Feb 15, 2021 22:41:16 GMT
During less advanced times, many cultures believed that mirrors were windows into parallel worlds. Ethereal worlds. Worlds which mirrored ours, but really were very different.
The Ancient Chinese subscribed to this belief system. They thought that the reflections they saw in the mirror were not reflections at all, but were in fact, another species entirely – and one whose purpose in pretending to be our reflections was nothing short of ominous.
These creatures, according to Ancient Chinese folklore, only mimicked us so that they could learn our ways and eventually, when they were ready, emerge through the mirrors that served as windows into their worlds and take our places. Of course, since these evil beings were pretending to be our reflections, once they emerged, neither we, nor they would continue to have reflections.
Legend has it, that in Ancient China, these creatures once clambered forth through our mirrors and sprang a full scale attack on humanity, driving into our world by the thousands only to begin to devour their human counterparts once they arrived.
It is written that the attack was finally thwarted and thrown back, when the great Yellow Emperor, Huang Di, devised an alchemical trap which lured the creatures in and subsequently imprisoned them on their side of the mirrors once more.
There were said to be several ranks of demon that inhabited the other world. Those whose job was to mirror people and learn to behave as we do, were the lowest level of demon, their only interest was to kill us and devour our souls. Above them were the ranks of demons that were never seen, bringers of war whose abilities to shape shift would enable them to cause untold violence and destruction once they had access to our world. The highest rank belonged to their leader; a great tiger.
According to the legend, the tiger was discovered by Huang Di as it was trying to impersonate the form of one of his pet tigers, he then cast a spell which locked the demon general in the tiger form for ten thousand years. The emperor warned that the prison he had made for the creatures would not hold forever and they would return one day to try to take our world for themselves once again.
The final type of creature on the other side of the mirror was known as the fish. It’s told to be the flash of light that is sometimes seen from the corner of the eye as we turn towards or away from a mirror. These fish serve as gatekeepers to our world and Huang Di warned that the day we stop seeing them will be the day that the Fauna of Mirrors will once again have access to our world and that all of mankind will be in danger.
So when you think you see movement in the mirror out of the corner of your eye, rather than worry what it might be, or think you’re going mad, think about this; maybe it’s one of the gatekeepers. Rather than worrying about seeing things in the mirror that aren’t there, maybe it’s when we stop thinking we’ve seen something that we should start to worry …
Ten thousand years have passed since the Yellow Emperor sealed the gateways. Ten thousand long years the Tiger of the Mirror had been trapped in a single form. But now, the Emperor's seals have weakened. Will the world be invaded once more? Are there any out there who have prepared for this day? Or will the Tiger be successful this time?
Luckily, the Yellow Emperor had prepared for this day. A solitary heir to his legacy exists, but he cannot stave off the invasion on his own, if he even believed in the legend passed down through his family. There are others destined to help, but will it be too late?
The Emperor-