[center]
[img=http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss87/beloved_darling/Ikki28AMNESIA296001528649.jpg]
RAPHAEL SOHMA
An ancestor of the Sohma family, Raphael is an immortal supernatural being who used to work as an attendant for the master of the Velvet Room, Milton, alongside his brother Michael. One day he fell in love with a human, Iris Sohma, and he ran away from the Velvet Room to be with her. Milton was angered by Raphael's betrayal and cursed him, Iris, and their descendants. Iris was turned into a cursed spirit doomed to wander the earth, Raphael was stripped of most of his powers and forced to live the rest of his immortal life away from his family, and their descendants were cursed to turn into animals whenever they initiated intimate physical contact.The curse on the Sohma family was meant to make it harder for them to reproduce and eventually cause them to die out, but to Milton's irritation the family managed to survive and even became one of the most influential in the country. As generations have passed and the family forgot why they are cursed, the cursed members became known as the Zodiac. 

Raphael's curse makes it impossible for him to be near any of his descendants, so he roams the world looking for a way to break the curse. Raphael will try to ruin any of Milton's plans and in the past he has interfered with Velvet Room guests, such as when he joined a pirate crew who wanted to fight a werewolf Milton had been helping. Present day, he is investigating the Dark Hour the occurs in Japan because he is intrigued by the shadows and personas, and he has a feeling that Milton is involved with the strange occurence.

[img=http://i564.photobucket.com/albums/ss87/beloved_darling/Kayo28KengaKimi296001667850.jpg]
IRIS SOHMA
An ancestor of the Sohma family, Iris was a human priestess from Japan who was a guest of the Velvet room alongside her sister. She eventually eloped with one of the room's attendants, Raphael, but their happiness was cut short when Milton cursed them out of anger towards her husband. She was cursed to become a wandering spirit and Iris forgot everything she ever knew, and all that was left was a frightening spirit that people eventually named Ju-on. Ju-on is attracted to beautiful men and she follows them around, but only because some part of Iris survived and she subconsciously searches for Raphael. 

Only Iris and Raphael's direct descendants have a chance of being born cursed, so any Sohma descended from Iris' sister wont be cursed.
[/center]