Seishin Yami

"'I - I'm so sorry. You should probably disassociate yourself with people like me. Death? Dear lord, I don't want that...'"Seishin Yami is the elemental of spirits. She is in charge of the dead, and is directly related to the darkness.

History
Since both of Seishin's parents were already dead when she was born (coffin birth), she grew up all alone in a cave. Since she was just a baby, she was looked after by the dead spirits she could summon. They taught her emotions, how to look after herself, and why she had to be careful with the power she could use.

The spirits told her that her parents died in an accident. But she realised that this was logically incorrect - if they died in a freak accident, her mother couldn't have a coffin birth due to the injuries she would likely have sustained. She never found out that it was Lord Seiko Chikatilo who killed them, and it is never mentioned either.

She was born with a shadow mark. All members of the shadow nation have them, but anyone get one easily if they get injured by a member of the shadow nation, or are gifted one by a family member. Shadow marks simply grant you the ability to see shadow nation members - you can't see anyone who physically lives in the shadow nation if they aren't in their respective underground city.

Growing up alone in a cave, she was finally granted the title of 'mature' by her spirit family at the age of 16. She set out to see the world in all its entirety. But she was dismayed to find that since she was a member of the shadow nation, she couldn't step out into the light. She was forced to retreat back to her cave and stayed there for several years, guarding the entrance to the spirit world in place of her late father and his spirit (which was a lot less powerful...).

At the age of 27, she is contacted by The Storyteller for the first time. She had not expected this at all, since she was a shadow-type elemental. At first, she just gets a truth scroll asking her to participate in mission ice. She travels by night. Unfortunately, upon finally meeting the elementals other than her, she is far too embarrassed as a shadow-type elemental, and abandons the mission.

She is contacted a second time after she arrives back at her cave, this time by The Storyteller's otherworldly spirit. She is unconvinced that she should step back into the light, however, since she knows she will die otherwise. The Storyteller does not attempt to make any further contact after this. She is then contacted by her ultra-ultra-ultra great great great great great great great great... you get the idea, grandfather, Lord Seiko Chikatilo. She doesn't want to be dark, which isn't what he'd expected at all. Unable to kill a fellow shadow nation member, he seals the cave in to make sure she doesn't interfere with his plans.

The seal is broken by Ki Chikara, when he is recruiting elementals to help in the final battle against the darkness, the battle of the elements. This time, she is convinced and joins the rest of the elementals as a comrade.

Personality
Despite Seishin's shadow nation family, she is unwilling to follow her parent's steps and become a fully-fledged shadow elemental. She is kind, generous and unusually shy for a well-acquainted person (with hundreds of dead spirits).

She's hurt easily, and never talks about her past at any point in the series.

Appearance
Seishin resembles a Victorian-style young woman, with a black laced dress and old boots. She always has at least some remnants of smoke around her, and a few spirits (often unnoticed by people without shadow marks) flying around. She's completely black and white, and even her eyes are black. She also has black wings and often carries a scythe around, which she should use to take life, but doesn't (because she's too nice...).

Relations
Seishin, despite her kindness, does not have good relations with people. She's the introverted one, and doesn't usually get called out. The only person you could really call her friend is Ki Chikara. He was the only person who managed to successfully allow her to have confidence in herself; he even succeeded where The Storyteller failed.

All but one of her living relatives are dead. Lord Seiko Chikatilo is directly related to Seishin, but neither of them get on well whatsoever. Seishin didn't like him in the first place, but it went a step too far when he failed to turn her to the shadow side and sealed her inside her cave.