07-Ghosts and Verloren

According to a centuries-old myth, the God of Death Verloren committed a crime (of killing the chief of heavens' daughter) in the heavens and was forced to escape to the earth. As a result, the hearts of people were invaded by this evil god and they slipped into despair. Lamenting over their suffering, the Chief of the Heavens dispatched seven heavenly lights in order to punish the evil Verloren. Called "The Seven Ghosts", they are said to have sealed the detestable Verloren on this earth and are the guardians of the Empire. Mothers tell their children that if they're naughty, the Seven Ghosts will come to take them away.

Since Verloren has been sealed away, his messengers, the Kor, find and contact humans to bring them under his influence. If a contract is made, a mark appears on the person's chest. This is known as Verloren's curse, and indicates one's heart being eaten by darkness. The 07-Ghosts work is to fight against Verloren and his curse and try to stop contracts from being fulfilled. Only the Bishops can remove Verloren's curse, in a complicated ceremony.

Kor that grant 3 wishes become "Wars", people who can control them are called Warsphiles.

The 07-Ghosts are humans with such extraordinary Zaiphon abilities that they are considered to be blessed by God. The Ghosts' names are Zehel, Fest, Profe, Randkalt, Rilect, Ea, and Vertrag. Each of the Ghosts has a specific power; Zehel cuts a person's ties with misfortune, Fest binds souls together, Profe is capable of foresight, and so on. Their names, when written with kanji, give clues to this power. It is also known that 07-Ghost are actually made from fragments of Verloren by the Chief of heaven.

Even though Verloren had been sealed away in Pandora's Box for over 1000 years, he is freed and once again begins to invade the hearts of men.

The Ghost

Zehel - 斬魂 "the cutting spirit"

Feist - 繋魂 "the tying spirit"

Profe - 言魂 "the speaking spirit"

Randkalt - 消魂 "the extinguishing spirit"

Rilect - 遺魂 "the bequeathing spirit"

Ea - 醒魂 "the awaking spirit"

Vertrag - 契魂 "the pledging spirit"