The Valley of Spirits is the home of the Falcon Clan. Located between the Shinomen Forest and the Twilight Mountains, the valley is an intensely spiritually active place, with vengeful ghosts rising as a result of untimely deaths and ancient spirits walking between the trees. The valley is surrounded by a series of watchfires and lanterns which are designed to help keep the hostile spirits at bay. The few times during the history of the Empire when they were not lit, the valley was inundated with spirits and ghosts.
The actual home of the Toritaka is a very small and modest castle in the center of the valley. Its only distinctive feature is the large mews built off of the main keep, where dozens of falcons and other hunting birds are kept and trained.