Sae
From Desaiuniversity
Sae Kurosawa orginates from the Fatal Frame series, Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly. And it should be noted that she is the crazy, cackling ghost that chases you through All God's Village, and the Camera Obscura has NO effect on her whatsoever! For future references, Sae can be placed post Fatal Frame 2, giving her the ability to wander around as she pleases, as well as manifest a physical body.
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Background
In All God's Village, the people practice a divided sect of Shintoism and Buddhism, that practice human sacrifice. Since Sae and Yae were born into the village as twins, they have been purposely brought up very close, to have a powerful bond with one another. For years, the village has been sacrificing twins to appease a portal, a literal gateway to Hell. When the time comes for twins to be old enough or they just think the Hellish Abyss is unstable, twins are sent to the deepest part of the village, under the Kurosawa house, one twin kills the other. The powerful bond and the grief of the surviving twin appeases the Abyss long enough, before other twins are sent.
It was at least a year before the Kurosawa twins were to preform their own ritual, so the Tachibana twins were chosen, probably due to the high priest, being a Kurosawa, wanted to spare his daughters from the pain. While Itsuki and Mitsuki Tachibana completed the ritual, Itsuki's grief might have resulted in the Abyss becoming too unsettled, and thus, not known to the villagers, the ritual was a failure. Itsuki wanted to spare Sae and Yae this ritual and contacted Ryozo Munakata and Seijiro Makabe, two folklorists to help the twins escape when the ritual approached.
Makabe just happened to be a good friend of Kunichi Aso, the creator of the Camera Obscura. Since this was rumored to be a village of human sacrifices, Makabe became too interested in the rituals of the village. Any outsiders were said to become 'Kusabis', cut up and dropped into Hell, to hold the Abyss a while longer. And because the previous Twin Sacrifice was a failure, Ryokan Kurosawa (the twins' father), chose Ryozo Munakata and Seijiro Makabe to become Kusabis. Ryozo made it out a day early, for some reason. But Makabe drew too much attention when he questioned the twins.
He was taken in the Kurosawa manor, cut up, beaten, and thrown into Hell. Kusabis are supposed to be unwilling to die, not wanting to see Hell but Makabe wanted to see it. He became the failed Kusabi, that would result into the doom of the village. Sae and Yae escaped according to plan, Itsuki led them out, told them to look for Ryozo, and leave. As the twins were running, Sae couldn't keep up, begging her twin Yae to slow down. Yae wouldn't and Sae slipped down a small cliff, fell and hurt herself that prevented her from getting back up. She shouted to her sister for help, but Yae never came. Eventually, Sae was found and the villagers were upset and angry, they took Itsuki and locked him up, then he hung himself before they could kill him.
But Sae believed her twin would come for her, prayed and hoped. She waited for her twin, believing she would join her. It was too late for Yae to come back. Sae was hung, killed in the ritual area, her body thrown into the Abyss. That's when things went wrong...Sae's sorrow was too powerful, along with the Kusabi, the malice drove Sae's soul insane, corrupted her, and reanimated her. When it was over, Sae crawled back out of Hell, along with the Kusabi. Along with the two failed sacrifices, The Repentance, a great wave of darkness and malice, killed the villagers or drove them all insane. Since Hell had spilled over, the remaining surviving villagers all gathered to the Kurosawa house, to kill Sae. Sae killed most of them, along with the Kusabi. And from then, Sae could be remembered as the bloody kimono ghost, her laughter searing the minds of all who were sucked into the village, much thanks to Sae.
Many people have became lost in the village, from outside. Such as Mio and Mayu Amakura, two twin girls that were automatically presumed to be the missing Kurosawa twins, chased and hounded by the villagers who wanted to appease their gate to Hell. Sae was too much in a daze to not be able to tell the difference between Mio and Yae, since she still was bound to the village. While Mayu and Mio became separated, Mio was left to learn the horrors of the village, through countless diaries of the villagers. Eventually, Mio had followed Mayu to the ritual area. Before Mayu was thrown into the Abyss, she rescued Mayu who was possessed by Sae, letting Sae fall down back into the Abyss.
The twins escaped together, but not completing the Ritual. Since the ritual wasn't completed and the bound between the two Amakura twins wasn't broken, Sae's tie to the village, but not to the Mourners and the Kusabi, was broken. Angered and somewhat confused, Sae managed to crawl out of the village...And that's when she discovered nexus. Her mind is too far corrupted to know what's happened, but all she knows she's drawn to any sort of twin bonds or negative energy. And yes, the crazy undead Yurei has found herself in Desai. Her impulsive nature only led her to unroll. All Sae wants is to purge the 'unclean' and find another appropriate sacrifice to the Hellish Abyss. No, she's just not all there and would like to explore things once again...
What is Sae?
Her mun affectionally refers her to "zombie girl". In short, Sae is VERY much dead, and not afraid of the fact, either. She's a spirit that has seemingly gained a body, once thrown out of the Hellish Abyss (Hell, the afterlife, etc) for the second time, in the Good Ending of Fatal Frame, where neither of the Amakura twins had done the ritual. Otherwise, Sae wouldn't have free roam all over. Sae in the general story of Fatal Frame is a Yūrei (幽霊) -- a vengeful ghost. To get techinical, she's a Onryō (怨霊), a spirit that has came back from Purgatory to avenge the wrongs of her death, in the physical world. All that motivates Sae is her short attention span, being generally filled with malice, and the idea that everyone has to suffer for what has happened to her, the other twins, and her sister going missing. Everyone. What it all comes down to is Sae has one wish, aside from plotting another Repentance -- her sister.
Though Sae might seem pretty durable, able to regenerate herself, when wounded, she's very vulnerable. Sae is nothing more than a 15 year old girl, still, along with the mindset, so she possesses no super strength or super powers. Just malice. Sae's actually quite terrified of cameras, for all the right reasons, as the Camera Obscura is the main weapon in Fatal Frame. It does wear down on her soul, and just plain freaks her out. A good way to keep Sae off your back is by carrying a CAMERA. However, Sae won't divluge on WHY cameras freak her out. Naturally, because Sae is of the darkness, she's very, VERY weak to white magic or holy. Sae frequently mentions a "Makabe-san", time to time, some might mistaken it as her imaginary friend, which is humorous and understandable. Because Seijiro Makabe (The Kusabi) was a failed sacrifice, thrown into the Hellish Abyss in the same night, AND he came out with with Sae after she was killed, the ghost is attached to her. Sae has a strong link with the Kusabi, not having full control over him. Unlike Sae, Makabe has no idea if he's even dead or not, or what realm he's in. In game, The Kusabi kills you with one hit, however, since that's practically godmodding? He cannot, but can drain energy.
The Mourners were the people who volunteered in the Crimson Sacrifice, those who threw in the bodies of the sacrificed twins. They are blind. Either their eyes were gouged out or they went blind by looking into the Hellish Abyss. Either way, they are blind spirits, a lot of them linger on Sae, thinking she's to be thrown into the Abyss. They do damage, when they corner in a fair enough number. They rely on sound purely, and feeling. The Mourners might have a vague idea, knowing the ritual has failed. They are nothing more than stuck on Sae, too, grouped together, seemingly in limbo most of the times, unless Sae pikes enough energy to lure them out, making them think she needs to be tossed into the Abyss before it spills over. Oh, and they're dumb as rods, too. Very much unrelated, but further information about the Fatal Frame 2 ghosts can be found here.
Random Facts
- Once again, if you haven't noticed, Sae is terrified of cameras.
- When Tidus had gone streaking, Sae decided to join in, too, for no apparent reason.
- Sae has an affinity for anything sugar-wise, to keep her going. Or anything that keeps her awake at night. Err, I don't even know if zombie girl here sleeps.
- Considers Kirie Himuro (the main Yurei of Fatal Frame 1) to be her rival.
External links
Lone Sacrifice Sae's LJ
Beyond the Camera's Lens, a comprehensive Fatal Frame information/media site
Sae's tag
