as time goes on, shana and yuji encounter several more flame haze, such as margery daw and wilhelmina carmel, and denizens in misaki city. an organization of denizens called bal masqué discovers that yuji possesses the reiji maigo and attempt to use the treasure tool on two separate occasions. bal masqué is led by three lords called the trinity: hecate, sydonay, and bel peol. they serve under a crimson god known as the , who resides within the reiji maigo. when the snake of the festival emerges, it merges its consciousness with yuji's, assuming command over bal masqué, and together they formulate an elaborate plan to create a parallel world called xanadu, which will serve as a paradise for denizens with unlimited power of existence. shana, and all of the other flame haze around the world, oppose the creation of xanadu, which would eventually cause a large-scale disruption in the human world, the crimson realm and xanadu itself.