[Walking further along the path will bring you to a set of six different figures - each of them oddly shaped and looking a bit distressed.

A bandit. A jaguar. A koropokkur. A warlord. A fairy.

A samurai, who is apparently the only one who is capable of speech at the moment as they all turn to you - ]

Are you the warriors that have been sent to aid us? Come - we're running out of time. We must head toward the Great Spirit's chambers in order to wake Yoh-dono. One of us will accompany each of you in order to bring you further inside.

[Each character will be required to pick one spirit each!]