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Steel Petal Force - anti-shamon secret defense-force.

The Steel Petal Force is a secret military branch tasked with defending the capital from shamon threat. They use the Imperial Café-Théâtre as a front.

The Imperial Café-Théâtre is a palatial western-style building of neoclassical architecture. The large T-shaped four-story building sports a large café on the main wing, with a stage used for all sorts of performances, from plays, dancing, musical performances, fashion shows, etc. The side-wings include all of the staff facilities, from kitchen to tailoring and gift shop. The upper floors are fitted as living quarters for the staff and the cafe's main stars and collaborators.

Staff/Personnel:
Manager / Commander: Shinzo Moriyama
Steward / Vice-Commander: Akira Hoshikawa
Intendant: Kanna Morinaga
Stage Director: Rin Asakura
Chief Mystic: Shunji Yogawa
Head clerk: Kasumi Emori
Scullery Maids
Gardener / Priestess: Ayami Inoue
Cook: Hajime Kuroda
Head Waitress / Quartermaster: Suzumiya Hoshino
Librarian: Sister Miyo Juujisan
Supply Master: Mamoru Kido
Doorman: Saburo Tsutsumi
Dressmaker: Rika Hoshikawa
Actors, singers and musicians

Divisions:
Acrux Division (main combat arm)
Mimoza Division (support and communications)
Gacrux Division (intelligence and reconnaissance)
Imai Division (research and development)
Ginan Division (mystic defense force)

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Shamons have been known since antiquity, as evil monsters who seem to feed on humans negative emotions. Their origins are uncertain, some say they come from the abyssal world, which is linked to humanity's subconscious and populated by these creatures. Most of their large scale manifestation in history have been suspected of being prompted by secret parties, though no clear evidence of that has yet been found.

Shamons come in a plurality of shapes and formats, making all attempts of cataloguing them failures. Their size is, on average, around 2.7 meters, for grunts, but special ones can be even bigger. They seem to have common types that are more frequent, with special, more powerful and intelligent ones being often considered as an unique individual. There have been rumors that shamons, specially for these more powerful kinds, are capable of assuming human disguises, or that they can lend power to humans or control them. No successful attempts of communicating with them are known by the public.

They all seem to be particularly vulnerable to the spiritual powers from the seisha, with seisha heroes being humanity's greatest defenders against these creatures.

Some sketches of common types, or 'grunts':