The Maiden Slayer is a file in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.
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The Maiden Slayer
Mt. Hikami has long been steeped in legends revolving around suicide and ghosts.
Revered as a sacred place since time immemorial, it was once the worshipping ground and home of many shrine maidens.
Once, there was a man who fell in love with a maiden, and came to the mountain in order to court her. However, she remained loyal to her duties and refused his advances.
Enraged, the man killed her and threw her into the river.
Several days later, he returned with a torch and blade, and proceeded to brutally butcher all the shrine maidens on the mountain, tossing them into the river as he went.
The waters of the mountain flowed red with blood, carrying the slaughtered corpses of the maidens all the way down to the Pool of Purification.
It is said that the eyes of each of the shrine maidens had been gouged out.
Just before killing the first maiden and tossing her into the river, the man's eyes met with those of his victim. Something in her eyes led him to murder the others, or so the legend goes.
With all the maidens dead, he killed himself by cutting his own throat.
The ghosts of shrine maidens, still drenched in those bloodied waters, have appeared on the mountain ever since.
It is said that those who meet their eyes are led to their deaths; they follow the women into the water and drown themselves.
Though only a legend, the story is believed to be based on an actual incident.
Local records show that the bodies of several shrine maidens were discovered long ago, and that all rituals and rites ceased to be performed from that day on.