I've had this idea in the back of my head for...God, almost 17 years now. The sudden and tragic death of Kentaro Miura, of whose work was an inspiration to me and god knows how many others got me thinking back to this story and finally trying to bring it to life. It's a medieval fantasy, magic, action, some supernatural horror elements and drama. I'd say its kind of shonen with some seinen elements, or the other way around.
It's about orphaned siblings, a young priest and his sister struggling to survive the world they live in. By working for the church the priest has ensured that he and his sister have a place to stay. They're forced to move around a lot due to the fact that his sister is ostracized and a target due to her appearance. Her skin and hair are ghost white, she has fangs, and unusual eyes that glow in the dark. She has no chance for the normal life she desperately wants. She hides her appearance under cloaks and a plague doctor mask.
This is a very chaotic world that they live in, the serfdom are now freemen but the knights only protect the nobility and the nobility only protects villiages that pay a protection tax. Violent gangs of thieves are everywhere and there are worse things out there in the world, like witches that prey on humanity.
The first small story arc I was looking at having was the 18 year old Priest coming to terms with the fact his 13 year old sister will never be able to have a normal life and either she is sent to a nunnery, or he'll have to take care of her for the rest of his life. Then theres her desires that come into play as well as what she's willing to endure to survive in a world she cant blend in with as well as the odd supernatural changes that started to happen recently.
Not sure how well I described stuff, its a few hrs past my usual bedtime and I was trying to word this correctly.