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-'''Land of Wa''' or '''Wa no Kuni''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It's based on Japanese legends, folktales, history and literatures and is named after the ancient name of Japan.
+'''Land of Wa''' or '''Wa no Kuni''' is one of the worlds that are participating in [[The Game]]. It's based on Japanese legends, folktales, history and literature. It is named after the ancient name of Japan.
 The [[World Representative]] of Land of Wa is {{Transient icon|Yoritomo}}.
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 ==Overview==
-The Land of Wa is populated by people of various races such as humans, beastmen {{Transient icon|Shino|show name = n}}, and ogres {{Transient icon|Takemaru|show name = n}}, with the latter two being heavily discriminated and/or feared by majority of the humans, resulting in countless wars and battles between them. Love and marriage between different races are met with distain and children born of such union are despised.
+The Land of Wa is populated by people of various races such as humans, beastmen {{Transient icon|Shino|show name = n}}, and oni {{Transient icon|Takemaru|show name = n}}. In this world, non-human beings are feared by the majority of humans. Festering prejudice has lead to countless skirmishes and wars between the two factions. Love and marriage between different races is met with disdain, and any children born from such a union are despised.
-Eventually, {{Transient icon|Toji}}'s ancestors, born of human and ogre, fled through the Gate to the world of Tokyo, and were tasked by the local of disposing any other ogres and alike that followed them in exchange for being allowed to stay there.
+Eventually, {{Transient icon|Toji}}'s ancestors, born of human and oni, fled through the Land of Wa's [[Gate]] to the world of [[Tokyo]]. Therein, they reached an agreement with the locals: in exchange for staying in Tokyo, they were to dispose of any oni and other non-human beings that had followed them there.
 ==Transients==
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 ==Note==
-* The transients of Land of Wa are derived from various Japanese historic figures, dieties, and characters from folktales and novels:
+* The transients of Land of Wa are derived from various Japanese historic figures, deities, and characters from folktales and novels:
 ** {{Transient icon|Benten}}, {{Transient icon|Ebisu}}, and {{Transient icon|Daikoku}} are members of Seven Lucky Gods.
+** {{Transient icon|Moritaka}}, {{Transient icon|Tadatomo}}, {{Transient icon|Yasuyori}}, {{Transient icon|Tanetomo}}, and {{Transient icon|Masanori}} are members of the Hakkenshi (Eight Canine Warriors), which feature prominently in the epic novel [[wikipedia:Nansō_Satomi_Hakkenden|Nansō Satomi Hakkenden]]. {{Transient icon|Shino}} is their spiritual father whose soul was shattered into eight virtues to be separately embodied by each Hakkenshi.
+** {{Transient icon|Zao}} and {{Transient icon|Akiha Gongen}} are ''gongen'', the protectors or essences of a particular place in Japan, most commonly a mountain. They are fierce figures, martially attired, and are called upon in times of war and trouble.
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