Kitsunes

Holy Kitsune, Unaligned Kitsune, and Nogitsune are a very grey area. They can be both spiritual (Kitsune who do not physically shift), and they can be physical. Due to this, someone could be a spiritual kitsune but physically another type of shifter, or human. For ease of knowledge, we will be covering physical kitsune and not spiritual kitsune, although some information will over-lap.

There are 3 main types of kitsune, Holy Kitsune, unaligned foxes, and Nogitsune.

Holy Kitsune

Holy kitsune, also often called Tengoku or Myobu kitsune, are traditionally the "good" kitsune. They are like angels, and operate largely under the motto "Punish the wicked, Reward the kind." A holy kitsune may, for example, make an abuser lose their job or become injured, while supporting the abuse victim.

Their abilities are largely spiritual, Holy kitsune are masters of energy work, astral projection, spirit work, and in many cases, even possession. The japanese have a name for someone possessed by a kitsune, and it is Kitsune-tsuki.

A lot of their abilities challenge what we see with kinetic abilities and energetic capability.

All holy kitsune have "tama" instead of chakras or energy centers, and they use these tama to store large amounts of energy. A kitsune with one tail would have 8 tama, one in the third eye, one in the throat, one in the chest, one in each paw, and one in their tail. A kitsune with 7 tails would have 14 tama, A kitsune with 10 tails would have 17 tama, and so forth.

Contrary to popular belief that tails are gained one every hundred years, kitsune gain tails as they earn them; tails are not easy to obtain. Also, kitsune can have more than 9 tails. Many astral kitsune have upwards of 30.

For Physical shifting, holy kitsune can have any fur colour, and they shift into a human-sized fox with their number of tails. They need mass for each tail, so even if a kitsune has 20 tails, they may only be able to shift 5.

Contrary to many Nogitsune's beliefs, holy kitsune have free will. They are not mindless puppets, they are not at all comparable to slaves, and they are very very far from lacking individuality. They operate very similarly to how human society operates - If you do something wrong, you must face the consequences of your actions.

It is possible for a holy kitsune to become a nogitsune, as it is possible for an unaligned fox to become a holy kitsune or nogitsune, or a nogitsune to redeem themselves and become a holy kitsune. The types are fluid and are dependent on their actions.

In brief, a holy kitsune could be neutral, very few holy kitsune could be described as "lawful good", many are "chaotic good" or even neutrals.

Nogitsune

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In regards to nogitsunes, they could be described as the "evil" ones when it comes to these kind of spirit. Overall, their actions are quite variable, interactions with them aren't bound to be bad, but their morals could be considered quite questionable, many fall on the categories of what could be considered "evil." Many tend to just be around "neutral" and "evil" as they wont mindlessly just burn every single thing valuable for humans that they see, but they also are not likely to abstain from having "fun" for long periods of time. As always, the ways that they can have fun aren't limited to destroying something with material value, as they can essentially target nearly whatever they feel like targetting.

The nogitsunes that have certain extent of power, on certain contexts, can receive offerings from a cult, and may accept them depending on the request, on a similar way to how someone summons a demon to request something, this action was typically considered extremely risky, mainly by the fact that the nogitsune can just not accept the request but still take the offering, and perhaps mess with the summoners for shits and giggles, but that typically didn't happen much.

There is not much that separates holy kitsune and nogitsune apart from their morals and actions.