
| In Japan's warring states era, the half-dog demon called Inu-Yasha tried to steal the shikon shard a jewel that when posessed can increase demonic power. The priestess kikyo, the protector of the jewel, shot the half-demon with a magical arrow pinning him to a tree for the next 50 years. Later the priestess dies from her wounds and is burned along the the shikon jewel. | ![]() |