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An '''Ao Andon''' (青行燈), also known as '''Aoandon''', is a ''[[yōkai]]'' | An '''Ao Andon''' (青行燈, lit. "blue {{Wiki|Traditional lighting equipment of Japan|lantern}}"), also known as '''Aoandon''', is a ''[[yōkai]]'' incarnated from the collective fear from a group of people. According to legends, it was said to appear only at the very end of the superstitious {{Wiki|parlour game}} ''{{Wiki|Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai}}'' (百物語怪談会; lit. "A Gathering of One Hundred Supernatural Tales"), during which participants would light 100 blue lamps in a room at night and gradually extinguish them as a test of courage with every ghost story told until the room was dark. The spirit appears like a blue-skinned demonic woman with two horns and sharp teeth.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Aoandon}}</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
In 1582, the ''yōkai'', disguised as a woman named Chitose, was on a task to meet and claim the soul of [[Mamushi]], a [[monk]]-turned-demon hunter, for his disbelief of their kind.<ref name="The Yokai"/> | In 1582, the ''yōkai'', disguised as a woman named Chitose, was on a task to meet and claim the soul of [[Mamushi]], a [[monk]]-turned-demon hunter, for his disbelief of their kind.<ref name="The Yokai">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[The Yokai]]</ref> | ||
During their travels, the Ao Andon came across a deranged and beastly monk in [[Kabasaka Village]], [[Tamba]]. While under the guise of Chitose, she and other villagers were held hostage by the monk, whose appearance and behavior led people to mistake him for the ''yōkai'' known as the [[Taka Nyudo (monk)|Taka Nyudo]]. The | During their travels, the Ao Andon came across a deranged and beastly monk in [[Kabasaka Village]], [[Tamba]]. While under the guise of Chitose, she and other villagers were held hostage by the monk, whose appearance and behavior led people to mistake him for the ''yōkai'' known as the [[Taka Nyudo (monk)|Taka Nyudo]]. The [[Japanese Brotherhood of Assassins|Kakushiba ''ikki'']] members [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] and [[Yasuke]] soon defeated the monk, prompting Mamushi to task them with investigating various ''yōkai'' claims. Chitose thanked them for their aid and left the village after stating her intent to meet Mamushi to tell him a "tale of her own."<ref name="The Yokai"/> | ||
At [[Nyoiji Daiji Temple]], the Ao Andon revealed their true form to Mamushi and confronted him. Taking the monk's life, the Ao Andon was soon found by Naoe and Yasuke, who were shocked to come face-to-face with a real ''yōkai''. As the Ao Andon closed the temple's door, they told Naoe and Yasuke how they had made Mamushi believe in their kind before killing him. They then appeared outside the temple and attacked the pair, though they were ultimately defeated and dissipated in blue smoke.<ref name="The Yokai"/> | At [[Nyoiji Daiji Temple]], the Ao Andon revealed their true form to Mamushi and confronted him. Taking the monk's life, the Ao Andon was soon found by Naoe and Yasuke, who were shocked to come face-to-face with a real ''yōkai''. As the Ao Andon closed the temple's door, they told Naoe and Yasuke how they had made Mamushi believe in their kind before killing him. They then appeared outside the temple and attacked the pair, though they were ultimately defeated and dissipated in blue smoke.<ref name="The Yokai"/> | ||
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Revision as of 03:00, 2 June 2026
An Ao Andon (青行燈, lit. "blue lantern"), also known as Aoandon, is a yōkai incarnated from the collective fear from a group of people. According to legends, it was said to appear only at the very end of the superstitious parlour game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会; lit. "A Gathering of One Hundred Supernatural Tales"), during which participants would light 100 blue lamps in a room at night and gradually extinguish them as a test of courage with every ghost story told until the room was dark. The spirit appears like a blue-skinned demonic woman with two horns and sharp teeth.[1]
History
In 1582, the yōkai, disguised as a woman named Chitose, was on a task to meet and claim the soul of Mamushi, a monk-turned-demon hunter, for his disbelief of their kind.[2]
During their travels, the Ao Andon came across a deranged and beastly monk in Kabasaka Village, Tamba. While under the guise of Chitose, she and other villagers were held hostage by the monk, whose appearance and behavior led people to mistake him for the yōkai known as the Taka Nyudo. The Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke soon defeated the monk, prompting Mamushi to task them with investigating various yōkai claims. Chitose thanked them for their aid and left the village after stating her intent to meet Mamushi to tell him a "tale of her own."[2]
At Nyoiji Daiji Temple, the Ao Andon revealed their true form to Mamushi and confronted him. Taking the monk's life, the Ao Andon was soon found by Naoe and Yasuke, who were shocked to come face-to-face with a real yōkai. As the Ao Andon closed the temple's door, they told Naoe and Yasuke how they had made Mamushi believe in their kind before killing him. They then appeared outside the temple and attacked the pair, though they were ultimately defeated and dissipated in blue smoke.[2]
Personality and traits
In their human disguise as the poet Chitose, the yōkai appeared a shy, timid, but cryptic woman. In their true form, the Ao Andon appeared with their characteristic blue complexion, dark forehead markings, twin horns, and sharp teeth. Along with their warped voice, they had the ability of telekinesis, superhuman strength, and wielded dual tantōs as their main weapons.[2]
As Chitose, she looks like a perfectly ordinary japanese woman, with chin-lenght black hairs, but with blue eyes.
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Ao Andon disguised as Chitose
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