"They were born in the time of the Red Moon, these were the forgotten."
About[]
The Red Moon Children or the Sekkekken, are a carnivorous and cannibalistic species that are able to feed on humans and other sekkekkyen, however most are prone to cannibalistic behaviors. They are as close to humans as possible: They normally have the same physical appearance and intelligence as a human with the exception of diet, mentality, and inner biology. If certain rare conditions are met, Sekkekken and humans (and other races) may even be able to have offspring, and a ghoul's organs can be successfully transplanted into a human to create an artificial hybrid.
They also believe in the Red Moon which is believed to be the origin of their people. They are currently leaded by the mysterious Sekkekken, Shi. Shi is the self titled disciple of the Chaos Goddess Joo, which brought about the Red Moon from another dimension.
The Sekkekkyu []
The Sekkekkyu or Red Blood is when one’s Twilight Chi becomes more like a predatory organ and functions as their weapon and claws. It is usually as red as blood, flexible like the flow of water, but firm and sturdy. When released, the user’s physique is strengthened, they are more resilient, and their mobility heightens. A Sekkekkyu is composed of special cells that are only found in certain bloodlines, which flow just like blood, can become as solid as teeth and can be described as "liquid muscles". These cells are released from either piercing the skin or concentration from the user, and the released cells form the Sekkekkyu. The Sekkekkyu are voluntary muscles as users can control them whenever they want and repeatedly harden and soften them at will. Sekkekkyu size depends on the user’s cells' quality and quantity while the shape depends on the creativity and intellect of the user.
Although a user's healing ability is high, the healing of wounds tends to be delayed if the wounds are inflicted by a Sekkekkyu. It is also evident that in order to counter a Sekkekkyu in battle, one must also have a Sekkekkyu.
There are four different cell types that form a Sekkekkyu: Tsubasa, Shoruda, Shokushu, and O. As a guideline, each type can characteristically subdue another type, although it may be different for two specific opponents.
o[]
A O Sekkekkyu typically has a tail-like appearance and is released around the tail-bone/coccyx. It is good for medium-distance attacks and has decent offense, defense and speed. Thus, they have no notable strengths or weaknesses like the Sekkekkyu based on other cell types, meaning the sekkekkyu itself is treated as a surprise "trump card." So far, the number of tails that a O user can create is one to four tails, but Shi has been known to create a vast number of them.
An O has better speed and durability against the brute-force, breakable Shokushu, allowing them to cut off the shokushu's Sekkekkyu. However, an O will be overwhelmed by the faster Tsubasa user and will lose against the Tsubasa's long-range attacks.
Tsubasa[]
An Tsubasa Sekkekkyu is spread out like feathers and is released from the shoulder area, it specializes in high speed attacks, most of the users seeming to have highly enhanced speed. The Sekkekkyu is lightweight and can be used to deliver high-speed attacks against an adversary, the primary method of attack is crystallizing their Red Blood to deliver a high speed torrent of spike-like projectiles, however whilst crystallized they are much stiffer and can't be used for short range combat; at least one Tsubasa-type can generate powerful lightning-like bolts, a possible rare ability. While the Sekkekkyu is suited both for short-distance and long-distance attacks, short-range is considered their weakness. They are able to use their Sekkekkyu as a shield and some users are shown to be able to shape them into sharp blades, to aid in close quarters, many have shown to be able to increase the flexibility of their Sekkekkyu for short-range combat, though this makes it ill-suited for their distinctive long-range attacks.
Altogether Tsubasa-type children have a high chance of ending a battle quickly, releasing their cells depletes stamina. Thus, Tsubasa-type users lack endurance and are at a disadvantage if the battle drags on for a long time. Tsubasa-type users can use their speed and mobility to shoot down O-type users from afar. However, a Shoruda-type user can suppress an Tsubasa-type user by successfully guarding against the Tsubasa-type user's attacks, leaving them vulnerable to counterattacks and exhausting the Tsubasa-type user in the long run.
Shoruda[]
A Shoruda Sekkekkyu is released below the shoulder blade. Due to its high density of the cells, it is heavy and extremely robust, giving it the greatest sturdiness and making them very well suited for defense. Normally, they are generally shaped into armors or shields, but on the offense, they can be shaped like melee weapons such as drills, hammers, blades, and swords.
Due to its high weight, a shoruda's speed is inferior to all other Sekkekkyu and the shoruda is difficult to wield.
A user can fend off an tsubasa onslaught using its guarding capabilities. However, a shokushu can deliver severe strikes against the slow shoruda, breaking their sekkekkyu and breaching their defenses.
ShoKushu[]
A Shokushu sekkekkyu has an appearance similar to scaled tentacles and is released at the back around the waist. A shokushu wielder has powerful regenerative abilities and some could even survive the most critical of damage. Its peculiar appearance and structure yield a superior striking power and they excel in brute strength. Some users are able to manipulate the shape of their sekkekkyu, such as changing its usual tentacle form into swords or claws.
This type's regenerative power is a result of the cells easily binding together. Their cells are similar to liquid. However, this means that the binding force among the cells are weak, therefore making the sekkeyu very soft and easy to break. But because their cells bind so easily, some shokushu can bind their multiple tentacle-like sekkekkyu together to make a larger, stronger sekkekkyu. So far the number of tentacles that users can create are from one to eight tentacles.
A Shokushu can deliver severe strikes against the slow shoruda, penetrating the sekkekkyu and breaching the user’s defenses. However, a shokushu has serious problems fighting against the balanced O sekkekkyu: A O has comprehensively high power, allowing them to fight against the brute-force shokushu, and the shokushu softness makes it comparatively easy for the O sekkekkyu to cut the user off. This disarms a shokushu no matter how much strength it may possess, leaving the shokushu at a disadvantage on the defensive. It has been shown that in some cases, a O attack can disable a shokushu’s regeneration.
