"Gensokyo" is a name given to the barrier that protects a decently-sized village from the maddening effects of the world around them. How the barrier was made is a secret long since lost, but two things are known: the founding date, which is celebrated once a year. And that it is protected by the Hakurei line.
The shrine used to be praised with a highly-respected god and many donations, until one day when the barrier - after centuries of safety - cracked open from the inside, and the area started being tainted. The shrine slowly lost followers, the God slowly lost power, and Miko tried to hardest to repel the infestation with prayer and magic. Eventually, on one of her travels to the village for a ceremony, she would return to a destroyed shrine.
This would also be the day the Hakurei lineage decided to stop being one of protection and prevention, and one that actively got involved in problems to stop them. A travel to the Hakurei's God's sacred tomb and a period of deep prayer and reflection allowed the God to be "reborn", in a sense. It responded to Miko and passed on its true blessing to Miko - purification - and placed a highly-concentrated amount of this power in two scrying orbs used to pray to it.
Then, rather than training with her new power, Miko immediately went to fix the problem. What a go-getter.
Changes from Canon: Rather than two routes, the first story takes place in the course of one route with Konngara as the final boss and Sariel as the "extra" (or stage 6, if you prefer). Here's a shorthand of stage comparison for the lazy types.
The story starts at the initial break point of the barrier, then traveling into the dimension between reality planes to kick in the teeth of whoever broke through in the first place. Later on, between this game and the next, this specific dimension will be come to known as Makai and starts a whole new party of fuckery.
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Highly Responsive to Prayers
Date: 2013-12-23 04:55 am (UTC)The shrine used to be praised with a highly-respected god and many donations, until one day when the barrier - after centuries of safety - cracked open from the inside, and the area started being tainted. The shrine slowly lost followers, the God slowly lost power, and Miko tried to hardest to repel the infestation with prayer and magic. Eventually, on one of her travels to the village for a ceremony, she would return to a destroyed shrine.
This would also be the day the Hakurei lineage decided to stop being one of protection and prevention, and one that actively got involved in problems to stop them. A travel to the Hakurei's God's sacred tomb and a period of deep prayer and reflection allowed the God to be "reborn", in a sense. It responded to Miko and passed on its true blessing to Miko - purification - and placed a highly-concentrated amount of this power in two scrying orbs used to pray to it.
Then, rather than training with her new power, Miko immediately went to fix the problem. What a go-getter.
Changes from Canon:
Rather than two routes, the first story takes place in the course of one route with Konngara as the final boss and Sariel as the "extra" (or stage 6, if you prefer). Here's a shorthand of stage comparison for the lazy types.
Stage 1: Shingyoku
Stage 2: Yuugen Magen
Stage 3: Elis
Stage 4: Mima
Stage 5: Konngara
Stage Final: Midboss Kikuri, Boss Sariel
The story starts at the initial break point of the barrier, then traveling into the dimension between reality planes to kick in the teeth of whoever broke through in the first place. Later on, between this game and the next, this specific dimension will be come to known as Makai and starts a whole new party of fuckery.