Shin【潭】

ミコトと対を成す存在の、ミコトの弟。
山の主であるミコトを守護るする、盾の役割を担う。
以前は外界との折衝はすべてシンが受け持っていた。
Mikoto's counterpart existence, and younger brother.
Taking on the role of a shield, he protects Mikoto, the master of the mountain.
He used to be in charge of all negotiations with the outside world.

遥か昔、空環の土地に住まう人間の人口増、勢力拡大に伴って食事の出来ないもののけが衰弱して行くのを看過できず、空環に「影」を繋ぎ、夜の時間を留めることに成功した。
Long ago, the increasing population of humans living on Utsuwa's land and their accompanying increase in influential power brought with it mononoke who, unable to obtain meals, began to weaken. Unable to shut his eyes to the situation, Shin filled Utsuwa with Shadows, successfully stopping time at night.

しかし、中には「食事」しやすくなったことを受けて暴食を繰り返すもののけもおり、悪食となった彼らを、自らの手で処分する破目になる。
However, now that Meals had become easier to obtain, there were mononoke who repeatedly overate, and he was stuck with the plight of having to destroy these akujiki with his own hands.

また、ミコトが気まぐれであやかしの力を与えた人間の少年・椿朱史に、繋ぎとめた影の封印を解放されてしまい、再び封印する為に自らの身体を楔として使った。身体から乖離した魂は朱史の肉体に憑依し、人里で暮らすことを選ぶ。憑依した体が限界を迎えるたび、新しい依代に魂を移して今現在に至る。
Furthermore, the young boy Tsubaki Akashi, whom Mikoto had given ayakashi powers to on a whim, released the seal that had tied down the shadows, and so Shin used his own body as a tie to reseal them. His now-homeless soul then possessed Akashi's body, and chose to live among humans. Switching out a new yorishiro for his sould whenever the possessed body reached its limit, he reached the present day.

現在は、シン自身は依代の中から静かに空環を見守っている。もののけも、椿の子ども達も、どちらもシンにとっては大事なこども達である。
Now, Shin is quietly watching over Utsuwa from within a yorishiro. To Shin, everyone - the mononoke, the children of Tsubaki, and everyone else - are all his precious children.
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- He has one tail.
- He could be tiny like Mikoto if he wanted. Pretty much all mononoke can use their powers to look whatever age they want.
- The siblings are really clingy with each other.