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DO YOU WEEP for the battered, empty heart of the gumiho? You should. Though she has often yearned for love, she has always been denied it.

There is a tale that takes place long after the first gumiho had become nothing but myth. And many more had risen to take her place as monsters of the night. Humankind traded stories of their existence like they were fables warning men against temptation. And only a few knew that there lay truth in the terrifying stories.

During this time lived the son of a poor scholar, bright and precocious.

Along the road to his private tutoring sat a Chinese Scholar tree.

All were warned not to stand under the tree at night since the spirits liked to visit it when the moon was high.

One night, the boy walked home long after the sun had set. He spotted a figure under the tree and app