The yatagarasu race is led by the kin'u, also known as the Golden Raven. When his son, the future kin'u, is ready to take a bride, noblewomen from the Four Houses are sent to the Cherry Blossom Palace to compete for the honor of his hand in marriage.
Once these strange, three-legged birds 
took human form and trod the earth,
بمجرّد أن أخذت هذه الطيور ذات الثلاث قوائم
،هيئة البشر ومشت على الأرض
Ces oiseaux merveilleux
à trois pattes, les yatagarasu,
Il loro uccello simbolo è un enigmatico corvo
con tre zampe,
В те далёкие времена трёхногие птицы
ходили по земле, приняв облик людской.