Seoul, South Korea, Summer 2030.
The bustling metropolitan city, home to various entertainment industries and opportunistic workers alike; the heart of entertainment, music, drama, you name it all! Even if the competition to soar to stardom is pretty cutthroat in the city itself, you find yourself here, willing to audition for inMOTION ENTERTAINMENT, an agency keen to debut the next generation of Demon Hunters to ensure humanity’s safety from the soul-stealing demons and spirits lurking in the dark.
Are you here to aim for stardom without knowing what you are getting into? Or are you just merely an opportunistic outsider returning to the country of your roots, or are just joining open auditions for fun with not much intention to succeed?
Though, some of you have a keen eye to spot odd spirits they call ‘Demons’ hiding around the dark corners of the lively streets (and stages) of the country, attempting to take over the world and harvest every single soul. Your choice is in your own hands whether you would like to intervene and save humanity, or let it fall to a foreseeable chaos.
It's the city of the lights
잠들지 않는 밤 touching the sky
보랏빛의 노을
This is my Seoul.
It's time to teach those Demons a lesson~!
The guardians of the Realm of the Living, where everyone resides. Powered by the will of the deities and voices, once stemming from an original trio of Mudang (shamans) in the olden days, the title of Demon Hunters has been passed around for generations, eventually falling to the hands of the current active trio in the form of the idol group, ⏾LUNAE, putting up performances on the dazzling stage to defend humanity.
Armed with blessed weapons containing channeled energy driven from their respective guardian deities to slay and send the Demons back to their place of origin, the trio wields their voices they power and erect the barrier called the Honmoon that separates and suppresses demons to stay in their own realm. The barrier does not stay on forever, and would need constant powering up to maximize its efficiency for mundane citizens to not lose their souls to the greedy demons lurking from the shadows.
In the big year of 2030, it's now time for the members of the current Demon Hunters to get their well-earned rest, and pass the baton to a new generation of Hunters.
We are Hunters, voices strong,
Slaying demons with our song.
Fix the world and make it right,
When darkness finally meets the light.
Our goal is to erect the Golden Honmoon.
Every generation of Hunters are tasked with erecting a magical barrier they call the Honmoon to repel demons from feasting on the souls of the innocents, and rampage the mortal plane. The magicked barrier forms from the resonance of emotions of the people as the Hunters deliver their songs to them, with the emotions empowering them to effectively slay and send the shadowy fiends back to their home turf.
It normally appears to be a bluish-iridescent color when powered up normally, though once it gains much power, it may further enhance itself to be in a gold color, and the Golden Honmoon was said to be able to seal away the demon world permanently… until further erection of the barrier is needed.
The Honmoon is interdimensional, able to extend from the human world to the demon world, acting as a net to prevent those from the demon world to slip out. Then again, the Honmoon isn’t permanent, and would need periodical reinforcement from time to time, as soul energy, the catalyst which is primarily used to fuel the Honmoon, is not permanent and would deteriorate over time..
??, Location unknown, suspected to be a parallel world to the country of South Korea.
A desolate, mist-shrouded cacotopia located beneath the Realm of the Living. Supposedly resembling a more demonic version of the beloved city of Seoul, this underworldly location bears striking similarities to its older counterparts with structures more akin to those from the olden days of the Joseon Era.
Its skies are constantly overcast, the surroundings dark and eerie. Crawling with a myriad of demons, spirits, and great beasts, its inhabitants seemingly have no good intent towards those in the mortal realm, constantly needing to pass through worlds to steal the souls of the living for them to grow into power through cracks of the Honmoon, earning the trust and empowering the current king and overlord of the demons, who just let its residents run amok.
In the center of the realm lies an altar where the ruler of the Demon World resides, lighting up in pink flames. The Honmoon actively suppresses them, thickening and solidifying the barrier between the Realm of the Living and the Demon Realm.
That's good, those words are good!
Let's dance shoulder to shoulder
Until we lose our minds and fall
Under the mountain god's fangs!