YOKAI SMP
Welcome to Yokai SMP, a survival multi-player Minecraft server! YSMP is a lore & event based SMP for Minecraft content creators!
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EVENTS & CONTENT
LORE: Roleplay often takes place on livestreams, with members telling a story through a character they portray. See the Lore page for more info!EVENTS: Every so often, YSMP will host Events in-game that can be anything from minigames such as mazes, escaperooms, and pvp tournaments, to pivotal lore climaxes, canonical holidays, etc. Oftentimes, Viewers will get to participate too in some way via the Community Discord.OBSERVERS: The SMP Viewers have a role to play here! The Community Discord and stream viewers play the role of the Observers, the unseen forces that are behind the mysterious phenomena and various mystical happenings. You are welcome and encouraged to talk to SMP members in their stream chats to influence the game.
You are also welcome to design Observer sona/OCs or create AUs/theories on how they may be affecting specific characters or phenomena! Have fun!
LORE SUMMARY
The world of Yokai, where no one can truly die.
That is, if the Familiars have anything to say about it.A mystical spirit revives anyone who dies under their watch, warding off death forever, or so it seems.
That’s how it’s supposed to be.Should the Familiar become… unavailable.
Now, that would be tragic.Should such a misfortune occur and a soul slips through the cracks… There is an Afterworld waiting for them.
A hollow realm, or a realm of light.It’s too bad it’s leaking.A Lost Soul must find someone to take their place in The Afterworld, if they want to return to the world of Yokai, of the living.--Yokai SMP world is a folklore-fantasy setting with a loose magic meshed with steampunk style. The spawn area was known as the capital of world chaos, but with the return of the Keeper, the chaos is at least no longer world-ending– it is, what the entities would call, a normal Tuesday.Strange beings haunt the world, and whispers from the unseen Observers direct entities to do their bidding. It is the age of innovation! With freshly built railroads spanning the lands, new cities under construction, technology under development, and never before seen magic on the rise, the Yokai entities find their way in a newly restored world.DEFINITIONS:
Entity: A player. Those within the world.
Observer: A viewer. Those outside the world.
Helper: An admin. Those who protect the world.
Keeper: A creator. Those that create worlds.TL;DR Season 1 Recap: The Calamity Crystal, teeming with the power to grant any wish at the cost of the user’s soul, finds itself in the hands of the entities of Yokai. The Keeper mysteriously disappears, banished by an evil Observer known as The Whisper who sets their eyes on the innocent souls. Deceived and guided by The Whisper, the entities open the End, break the World Borders, and freeze the Nether, causing the world to Corrode, with giant pits to the void forming as the World began to shatter.The Entities and Helpers sought to save their world falling apart at the seams without its Keeper. With the Helpers locked out of the World, the Entities made their way to Fell's Grave, the remains of the world before, to learn of The Whisper's origin, and his name. With his true name realized, it became a race against time to get to The Source Code and ban The Whisper. The Nether Fell, The End Fell, and just before the Overworld could Fall, the Entities succeeded. The World was restored.Click here for a document detailing the overarching lore concept + an index of all the known dimensions within the world for Season 1.-Season 2 DimensionsWORLDSPHERE:
Overworld: The world revolves around the Overworld. The Overworld is the most diverse place in terms of biomes, mobs, blocks, and anything you can imagine.
The Nether: A warm place.
The End: An empty place, created to store the Backup.
Kohanga: A magical place.
Varskspace: A connecting place.
The Void: Nothing here.AFTERWORLD:
Lostlight: A resting place.
The Hollows: A restless place.
Hashtola: A frozen place, the final place.
Limbo: A place in between.DREAMSCAPE:
The Dreamscape: An observing place.
The Outer Reaches: An unstable place.
Andvaka: A dreaming place.
The Nightwatch: A nightmarish place.
ARC ONE: The Keys
The Calamity Crystal, a highly desired and sought out item that grants wishes to any who keep it within their possession. However all magic comes with a price as the stone will also wither away the user's soul. To prevent the reckless Overworld inhabitants from misusing the stone, a Seraphim named Caesyum attempted to hide it away only for it to be stolen by a vengeful demon and her companions. Takolo, one of these companions, lost her life in this attempt to reclaim the Crystal and left Caesyum in contemplation as the others made off with the stone.Whilst pondering the uses of the stone Rax encourages the demon Ary to seek out an ambitious but possibly good ally in form of a human named Night. Night proved not to be the most easy ally to make as the two started their partnership with a little more than a disagreement, but ultimately ending with a collaboration on working with the Crystal. Whispers emitted from the crystal instructed the duo on how to create an End Portal and encouraged the two to destroy the border between the two dimensions. Night slowly agreed with Ary's plans whilst plotting to take the Crystal as his own.In attempts to dissuade the duo from entering the End, Lixue, a rabbit ice spirit, and Lou, a honey golem, fight but ultimately fail when Ary deals a killing blow to the Ender dragon, ignoring the warnings of the Guardian of the End named Misty and leaving the End in disarray.After, Night and Ary are guided by the voice to an old ruin and awaken an invisible entity who called themselves The Whisper. The Whisper promises to tell Ary where the creator of the world she wishes to fight— better known as “The Keeper”— currently resides. In exchange, Ary must assist the Whisper in breaking the World Borders of each dimension; for who wants to be trapped in the tiny space of the three dimensions?With the guidance of the Whisper, the two enlist the help of others to break the Nether’s World Border, and encounter the Lord and guardian of the Nether, a Ghast named Trick. He warns them of the danger from the other side of the border and claimed that Night was a fake and liar; all of which is quickly ignored as the group hurried to the Overworld border. Breaking the Border of the Overworld with ease, the group discovers glitched generation due to the world attempting to make its own border using world generation— a bug can only be described as akin to the Farlands. Caesyum desperately attempts to stop the group but is too late, and only succeeds in removing the group from the Farlands before its dangerous terrain can hurt them.In selfish pursuit of the Calamity Crystal, Night asks the Whisper for advice to retrieve the stone and is encouraged to urging Ary to use the stone more and wither away her soul.The group finally makes their way to the End to destroy the last World Border. Lixue, Lou, and Misty attempt to stop Ary and Night but the Border breaks. The Whisper tells Ary that they sent the Keeper to another world where they have no power, and that Ary could use the Crystal to reach them. After encouragement from Night to prepare for battle, Ary resolves to eliminate the Seraphim first.Ary invites Caesyum to her castle and kills the Seraphim by wishing on the Crystal for their powers to disappear, allowing her the opportunity to deal a killing blow. At the Crystal’s limit, Ary’s soul begins to wither, slowly killing her. She grants the Crystal to Night and begs him to wish the withering to stop, but Night refuses, laughing in her face, stealing the Crystal, and leaving Ary to deal with her agony alone without any allies to call for.Meanwhile, Caesyum respawns and leaves the World to search for the Keeper.
INTERLUDE
The Overworld was only creating more questions than answers, so Caesyum left the realm and searched for the Keeper in other worlds beyond Yokai. After several dead ends, Caesyum returned to the Outer Reaches of the Yokai world to a dimension designed to keep out evil entities and glitches named the Firewall.Within the Firewall a Monitor, guardian of the Realm, named Nary greeted the empty handed Seraphim. Nary explained to Caesyum that the Firewall had crashed several times and demons and glitches have escaped its prisons. The most notable of these escapees was a user by the name of Ary, who was imprisoned for being a Griefer.Caesyum then ventured further through the Yokai Realms to The Source Code, the core dimension of the world. Lazily lounging about his days Axosaltl (another Seraphim and long time co-worker to Caesyum) was unhelpful in answering any questions or giving any assistance to Caesyum about the world borders. Caesyum then turned to their last hope the Collector’s Library, desperate for any leads on where the Keeper had gone. They found a letter that had been sent by the Keeper, indicating that they are alive but trapped somewhere in a world where they have no power.The Keeper explained that they have chosen to stay regardless and investigate the Corrosion– a familiar phenomenon which causes the world code to slowly delete itself– that has begun to plague the current world they are trapped in. They requested that the world of Yokai be kept alive, stable, and safe until they find a way to return.The Seraphim declared their vacation over and left the Source Code.Caesyum returned to the Outer Reaches, a plane of lightning and electricity known as Varskspace, where they begin to construct a new body to replace the one Ary destroyed, and thus regain entry to the Overworld.Before they reach Varskspace, they stumble upon a dimension set in peaceful mode, with massive pillars rising from the waters and ominous swords of fallen Seraphim sticking out of the ground– all coated in fields of poppies and various flowers. Caesyum feels inclined to be at peace in this dimension, and as they wander on foot, they begin to forget their former resolve of keeping the world alive. Once separated from the land, Caesyum snaps out of this trance and realizes the emotions were inflicted by this alien dimension– the Farlands. The Seraphim identifies the Farlands as consuming the energy of the souls within, making it so they don’t want to leave, and growing close to the Yokai world to fuel itself off of its energy. Disgusted and panicked, Caesyum leaves for Varskspace, where they slowly begin to rebuild their body over the next several months.In the meantime, Ary respawns, her soul far more damaged after having lost a life. Takolo checks in and encourages her to make up for her mistakes and try to fix the World Borders and set things right.
ARC TWO: The Heart
After slipping into the overworld, A Monitor of The Firewall crashes into Salt’s (a former Observer) laboratory and is retrieved by Trick, the Lord of the Nether and protector of its Heart. This Monitor, known as Yokafee, recognizes the two as former inhabitants of the Keeper’s former world, Fell. Yokafee tells the two they can return to Fell if they assist the Monitor in rounding up the glitches that escaped from the Firewall during its crashes (notably Ary, the Griefer). While Salt quickly accepts this offer, Trick his ally is far less than trusting.Meanwhile, in the Seraphim’s absence, the Regions hold respective elections and nominate leaders to represent them. With new leadership comes new trials; Ary is tried in court for breaking the world borders, and Ace is tried for multiple counts of murder after being cursed.Lou vouches for Ary, bringing up the Whisper’s manipulation. Unfortunately Yokafee is on the Jury, and aggressively persuaded the others to vote guilty, planning to drag the Griefer back to the Firewall after she is arrested. Ary is pronounced guilty and sentenced to prison. However, before Yokafee can reach her, Ary is whisked away to that mysterious other world known as The Farlands by her lawyer, Lizzy, a fae who wishes to feed her home world.In Yokafee’s search for Ary, Lizzy drags her to the Farlands. Yokafee quickly finds Ary, but in an attempt to teleport them multiple times is impeded by glitches. In the end as the two escape the Farlands with their souls intact, Ary escapes.While in the Farlands, Yokafee stumbled across a portal and a key to the Firewall which leads to the perfect tool to supplement her inability to access commands.Back in the courtroom, Ace is tried and pronounced innocent due to being cursed, but Night manipulates Raxi into murdering Ace on the spot. This death throws Ace into a dimension known as Lostlight, which appears to be a sort of limbo. There they are approached by The Whisper, who promises to bring Ace back to life if they help fulfill the Whisper’s new goal: stealing the Heart of the Nether, the magical life source of the Nether’s warmth.Before long, The Whisper guides the entities once more to raid Aveyond, the city of Ghasts where the Nether Heart is held. To get there, the entities use an Aveyond teleporting scroll Lou discovered when snooping through Yokafee's base, originally given to her by Trick. Trick, the Heart’s original guardian, is assisted by Misty and a number of others to ward off Ace and Rax’s advances. Once the chaos dies down and the advances stop, a half-Phantom and former Fell resident, Socks, sweeps in and steals the Nether Heart while everyone has their backs turned.Devoid of its Heart, the Nether freezes over, killing two-thirds of its population and creating an empty, frigid dimension of ice and wither-waters renamed as The Further. Distraught over failing his Kingdom, Trick vanishes and retreats into the shadows.
The first to encounter the Further is Caesyum, who had just recently returned to the overworld, and mourns the lost souls, their resolve temporarily wavering.The former Nether residents are left wandering without the Heart to guide them, many souls slowly loose themselves to the Further, and the Overworlders are forced to fight the vengeful spirit of Moorsblight, an embodiment of the souls kept in the former Nether Hub.Unbeknownst to the others, Socks uses the Nether Heart to threaten the Dreamscape, begging for it to let him sleep and not phantomize, despite the warnings from another former Fell resident (the phantom cYoka who had doomed Socks to their fate and isolation within the Dreamscape). The Nether Heart burns a scar into the Dreamscape, which retaliates by locking Socks deep within itself.Desperate with the Nether frozen over, Yokafee sends Ary back to the Firewall through the Farlands portal, and sets her sights on other glitches such as Vel and Ace. Upon hearing of Ary’s imprisonment, Caesyum ventures to the Firewall and speaks to Nary the Monitor, requesting that Ary be granted clemency and help them in fixing the world. Nary eventually agrees, and reveals that Yokafee is a glitched Monitor who crashed the Firewall, which allowed Ary and other glitches to escape in the first place.The Calamity Crystal, not yet forgotten, gets swiftly passed through several hands as the Observers refuse to let it remain with one soul for too long. After being stolen from Night by a goat named River, it is used for information, before she is forced to barter for safety from a death game created by Salt. The Crystal is kept in Salt’s storage, but is quickly plucked away by a phantom child and forgotten. Observer voices whisper once more, guiding innocent souls to its location, desiring to see it used.
CHARACTER RECAPS
Individual Character Lore recaps will be added here! Some members may use carrds, docs, or social media accounts for their individual recaps.
CHARACTERS
Click any of the above names to view a short Character Profile!
ACTIVE YSMP STREAMERS:
OTHER MEMBER CREDITS:
Bolitamurcielago
Bowlnoodle4
Celi
DarkAura
Dr. Lessy
Krinosa
Loimi
LucaVee
MissEiah
Nightpxel
Nightwhiskr
Olivli
Raxifire
Scalfiire
Sketchlayer
Silverghost
SirIlysia
Sockswithacoffeecup
Spatziline
Tagzpite
TAZoh3
Tsururoach
TheNerdyBirdy
UnsaltedLIVE
YokaiSMP was created by Yokaiza in January 2022 and officially launched February 4th, 2022.A special thanks to the Admins and Helpers of YSMP!
Admins: Birdy, Mid, Salt, Silver, Jace, Yoka
Helpers: Celi, Dimby, Eleanor, Jack, Spatz, Scal, and all those Chaos Incarnate!
And a HUGE thank you to the YSMP Community of viewers who watch our streams and content!
Character Name: Ace O'rigin
Portrayed by: JaceAtion
Species: Avian
Pronouns: They/He
Homeland: Overworld, Glaciers
Occupation: Moon Bakery Owner
Favorite Thing: Prok, their partnerFun Fact: They sold one of their kidneys for diamonds.
About: They'll keep a nice face to anyone but the select few they truly cherish are showered with gifts, rambles and blunt honesty. Also, totally down for some chaos, as long as no one they care about gets hurt.Gallery:
Character Name: Lynn
Portrayed By: Ary
Species: Allay
Pronouns: She/Her, They/Them
Homeland: Dreamscape
Occupation: Pilot, Explorer
Favorite Thing: MapsFun Fact: high intelligence, zero wisdom
About: She used to be a simple dream, floating in the dreamscape. After turning into an Allay she now wants to explore the overworld and find the person who first dreamt her into existence.Gallery:
Character Name: N. Pythius Cimber
Species: Ventithrub
Pronouns: he/him
Homeland: Lostlight
Occupation: Debt collector
Favorite Thing: Glow Lichen (and also Bamboo)Fun Fact: Pythius is deep into pranks. Though, don't ask what a prank among lattices is
About: Pythius is a guide to new Entities in Lostlight. He will hang out with them, keeping an eye on new and interesting external materials he could collect.Gallery:
Character Name: Astrophel Sullivan
Portrayed By: DimbyWimby
Species: Wyvern
Pronouns: He/They
Homeland: Windhaven...?
Occupation: Scholar
Favorite Thing: The Stars! (And books!!)Fun Fact: He will tell you the chirping noises are not his. He is lying to you.
About: A wyvern dedicated to peace and protection to make up for past actions, he uses healing and scholarly research to tackle issues. But what happens when he fails?Gallery:
Character Name: Hemlock Nakahi a.k.a. Callum Finch
Species: Phantom
Pronouns: He/She/Any
Homeland: The Dreamscape
Occupation: Mailman, Courier
Favorite Thing: Axolotls & PufferfishFun Fact: A wet knifecat that delivers the mail!
About: Callum is the child of Yoka, the phantom that had a wing in destroying the last world, Fell. Her sins were passed on to her children, leaving Callum to desperately try changing, or breaking, whatever fate has in store for him.Gallery:
Character Name: Ceeb Hope Wheatflower
Species: Robot
Pronouns: He/Any
Occupation: Lock & Key (The Tavern)
Homeland: Overworld, Point Blank
Favorite Thing: MossFun Fact: He's as old as the clock that once powered him.
About: A curious robot with a soul, Ceeb is semi-bound to his coding, anything breaking that code causes a deep frustration at the least. Outside of that he is caring for everyone, especially those he counts as family, as he sees entities as all important to the world.Gallery:
Character Name: Cecil
Portrayed By: Celi
Species: Phantom
Pronouns: He/They
Homeland: The Dreamscape, The Spires
Occupation: Mapmaker, curator of dreams.
Favorite Thing: Amethyst geodes and axolotl <3Fun Fact: Cecil loves Unexpected Spellings and puns; they name all their tools. Their two fishing rods are named Marija and Mareeah.
About: Cecil is a phantom that lives to curate dreams. This is the only existence they remember. However! They will consistently lie about this fact. They are very paranoid about people in the overworld finding out what they are... Which makes it even more unfortunate that they are not a very good shapeshifter.Gallery:
Character Name: Ei
Portrayed By: MissEiah
Species: Oni
Pronouns: She/Her
Homeland: Overworld, currently residing in Windhaven
Occupation: Mercenary
Favorite Thing: Meat (STEAKS), Shiny things and elytra wings.Fun Fact: She will not back down from any challenge, never mind how dumb the challenge is. ESPECIALLY if “it’s impossible to do that” is pronounced. She NEEDS to try it at least once! “For science!”
About: An Oni who chose to follow the steps of her adoptive mother to become a mercenary.
After evading laws over and over, her luck finally ran out and she was captured before being sentenced to death for the murder of the prince and princess of [REDACTED].
During the night of her execution, Ei fell asleep and when she opened her eyes, she was in a vastly different place from her pitiful cell.
The city of Windhaven had taken her between its walls, saving her from her fate.Gallery:
Character Name: Ethan Dreamer
Portrayed By: DennCrow
Species: Phantom
Pronouns: He/Him
Homeland: Dreamscape, currently living in the ocean past Emberlan
Occupation: Animal caretaker
Favorite Thing: Puddle the axolotlFun Fact: He makes up a new funny story anytime someone asks about his arm. etc “A balloon stole it”
About: Ethan has been wandering The Overworld for a long time now in search of his little brother. He’s gotten a bit sidetracked however by the interesting lives of the other overworld residents. He does his best to help others anyway he can but isn’t always the greatest at it.Gallery:
Character Name: Jack Lark
Portrayed By: jack__lark
Species: Cat
Pronouns: All!
Homeland: The Woodlands
Occupation: Being the COOLEST CAT in town!
Favorite Thing: SALMON!!Fun Fact: Stole all of your fish!
About: Jack is a friendly cat from the Farlands! He loves to catch and eat salmon and create ugly builds on purpose. He has no memory before waking up in the forest outside the Yokai Manor one day. Jack loves his friends!Gallery:
Character Name: Krinny Shadowsa
Portrayed By: KrinnyKrinosa
Species: Shadow
Pronouns: She/her
Homeland: Overworld, Rabbiton
Occupation: Self-proclaimed villain
Favorite Thing: ObbyFun Fact: She can and will place ice cubes on your kitchen floor
About: A troll that was banished from another world and found herself in this one. She believes that the second worst state to be in than death is boredom, and that villains are crucial to preventing it.Gallery:
Character Name: Litoo
Portrayed By: Nymphagrim
Species: Enderian
Pronouns: He/They
Homeland: Lostlight
Occupation: Diamond Mall Employee
Favorite Thing: Amethyst ShardsFun Fact: If you raise your voice at him, he will stare at you and cry.
About: Despite being dead he has a passion for life, a true storyteller at heart, they travel the overworld in search of connections and answer's while also writing down and drawing the people and stories they learn along the way, insuring they have memories that wont fade with time.Gallery:
Character Name: Foxglove Nakahi aka Lock Donna
Portrayed By: Caesyum
Species: Phantom
Pronouns: They/He/She/Any/All
Homeland: Dreamscape, currently living in Point Blank
Occupation: Managing a Hotel and Bar
Favorite Thing: HoneyFun Fact: Foxglove can turn into a fox! :D
About: Lock is the youngest child of Yoka, the phantom that helped destroy the last world Fell. Living an extremely protected life, they have left the Dreamscape for the first time, hoping to make friends and avoid the fate of paying for Yoka's sins.Gallery:
Character Name: Lou
Portrayed By: KrashLite
Species: Honey Golem / Honey Bear
Pronouns: They/It/She
Homeland: Lostlight, currently residing in Gallus Nesting, a village in The Spires
Occupation: Innkeeper (Retired)
Favorite Thing: A chicken named Daisy (don’t tell its kids).Fun Fact: Lou can’t read.
About: Lou initially set their sights on fighting all that doomed the natural order. Now that The Whisper has been defeated, Lou is ready to be done with that life. They’re not a fighter, they’ve never been a fighter. She’d much rather live out the rest of their life offering rest to those who need it.Gallery:
Character Name: Prokary0te
Portrayed By: Caesyum
Species: Microbe
Pronouns: They/Them
Homeland: Outside of this world, Currently residing in Point Blank
Occupation: Mercenary
Favorite Thing: Ace, their partnerFun Fact: Prokaryote is a microbial version of Windhaven. A sentient colony of prokaryotic organisms.
About: Prok is pet to the Helper Caesyum and came with them on vacation. Now, married to someone in Yokai, Ace the Penguin, Prokaryote has decided to stay and make a home here.Gallery:
Character Name: Misty Dramon
Portrayed By: M1dn1ghtdramon
Species: Enderian Dracolyte
Pronouns: She/her
Homeland: The End
Occupation: Guardian of the End
Favorite Thing: BetterEnd DragonfliesFun Fact: She has no rizz but she can write some banger love letters.
About: Second-hatched Misty was crowned the Guardian of the End by her late mother, Midnight Dramon, shortly before she passed. With the End saved and under secure protection, Misty now roams the world of YokaiSMP, attempting to try living the life her Mother lived before her Guardianship.Gallery:
Character Name: Nightmare (Night)
Portrayed By: Nightpxel
Species: Human
Pronouns: Any/All
Homeland: Overworld, La Dimension Dernière, Ice Village (Last known location: Point Blank)
Occupation: Hater (mercenary/hunter/assassin)
Favourite Thing: Pumpkin PieFun Fact: Wishes he could've changed the past.
About: Left their home after tragic events ensued. Came to the woodlands and stayed for a while whilst manipulating the people around him, even killing some of them. Eventually became vice president of point blank. Then they mysterious disappeared...nobody had heard from them for a long while. He made his triumphant return eventually, although not to a lot of happy faces.Gallery:
Character Name: Vrax
Species: Varskdweller
Pronouns: He/she
Homeland: Varskspace
Occupation: Mage hunter
Favorite Thing: Thunderstorms, copperFun Fact: Vrax is totally blind. He 'sees' through electric pulses, like echolocation. His character design is based on an olm :3
About: Vrax taught herself forbidden magic to fight against the oppressive mages that ruled her home. After their defeat, she's travelled to the yokai smp to hunt down all remaining magic users who threaten the outer dimensions. She loves fighting, being a scary menace, and singing!Gallery:
