The Guardian

Overview

Entity associated with the Reincarnation Curse.

Recorded role

The Guardian is the name Shun Sato uses for the entity expected to replace him through the Reincarnation Curse. This page distinguishes that hostile personality from Shun's political office as guardian of the Gate.

The curse slowly replaces a living host's psyche with a phantom from the past while trapping the original consciousness inside the subconscious. In Shun it speaks during sleep, calls him “Little Shun,” blackens his eyes and turns grief into accusations and violence. It manifests in a dream as red viper eyes and a fanged, salivating maw, promising that “we shall feast again.” Ryuji Sato inherits the same curse, suggesting that the spell divided during conception rather than being cast twice.