Okay.  This is not my character's complete background, this is only a piece of writing that details how he came to be part of the group...<br/><br/>Seeker in the Darkened Starlight, Sidereal Exalt, Chosen of Secrets, man of the Gold Faction, paused shortly to properly fix his attire before proceeding into the inner chambers of one of the many places in Yu-Shan.  He had been called here by a summons signed by a very, very important group: The Golden Circle, policymakers and the heads of his particular faction of the Five-Score Fellowship.  Why they wanted him…he had absolutely no idea.<br/><br/>Background.  Seeker in the Darkened Starlight had been just a boy living in the Scavenger Lands city of Great Forks until he had Exalted as one of the Chosen of the Five Maidens, and was brought to Yu-Shan for his training.  He was young, but despite that, he had shown promise as a Vizier.  Unlike most of his Oracle brethren, Seeker had chosen to work with the Gold Faction, instead of the Bronze that Chosen of Secrets so tended towards.<br/><br/>Stepping inside, closing the door behind him, Seeker saw the portion of the Circle that had awaited his arrival…including Ayesha Ura, the Chosen of Journeys that headed the Golds.  Oh, Jupiter.  If Ayesha was here…then he was either in very big trouble or was being given something very important.  He had met her once before.  ONCE.  As part of his initiation into the Gold Faction, he and his sifu had met her at the memorial to the Solars.  From then on, he had been one of them, seeking to place the Solar Exalted back into their rightful place as kings of Creation.<br/><br/>“Seeker in the Darkened Starlight, I’m glad you could make it.  Please, come, sit down.”  Seeker walked towards the singular chair seated opposite the Gold Circle members.  Okay.  So far, so good.  It didn’t sound like he was in any trouble.  “I understand you wanted to see me, ma’am.  Might I ask what this is about?”  Ayesha smiled.  “Straight to the point, aren’t you?  Just like Thunderhead and Moonsilver said.”<br/><br/>“You spoke to them?”  Thunderhead – full name Virtuous Thunderhead, a Gold Faction Chosen of Journeys – and Moonsilver – full name Heavenly Moonsilver Spear Bodhissatva, Gold Faction Chosen of Battles – were two of Seeker’s best friends and allies on the Five-Score Fellowship.  The move made sense to the young Oracle.  If someone really, really wanted to understand Seeker, they would talk to three people.  His sifu, Thunderhead, and Moonsilver.  “I did,” Ayesha replied with a gentle nod.  “And what they had to tell me was quite fascinating.  Which is why you are here.”  A brief pause.  “Tell me something, Seeker.  If I were to tell you that the Gold Faction is going to be in a position to strengthen itself and gain support for our vision, what would you say?”<br/><br/>“…”  A thought moment.  “I’d want to know what it was that was going to give us support, first.”  Ayesha inwardly marveled at the caution and seeking mind of the Oracle.  “Then you shall.  The Loom of Fate has foreseen a convergence, a massive event on the horizon related to the city of Chiaroscuro.  We’ve had our best readers working on it day and night, and as far as we can tell…the city is going to be attacked, but the Loom doesn’t say by who.”  Seeker frowned.  “Doesn’t say…that leaves one of only a few possibilities,” the young Vizier mused.  “My money would be on the Deathlords or the Yozis and their ilk – very little chance the Fair Folk could get that far into Creation without being spotted.”<br/><br/>“There’s more.”  Ayesha interrupted his thoughts.  “The Loom says that there will be a full Solar Circle at or near the city at the time of the attack, as well as a Dragonblood named Cathak Shizune.”  The Oracle did not like the sound of that.  “A Terrestrial of the Realm…that can’t be good.  She could bring the whole Wyld Hunt down on their heads.”  The millennia-older Harbinger corrected him.  “Shizune is a Realm defector, she’s been exposed to the Cult of the Illuminated and chosen to turn her back on the crumbling Scarlet Empire.  But she’s got a destiny. A very, very big one.”<br/><br/>“How big?”<br/><br/>“Big as the Empress herself.”<br/><br/>“That grand…”  Seeker mused.  “Someone with a destiny of that magnitude is bound to change the world in some way.  If she’s working for us now, this could be the tipping point we’ve been waiting for.”<br/><br/>“Not only that,” Ayesha went on, “but we think that somehow, the Solars are going to be in a position to rule the city.  And that’s an even bigger boon to us than Cathak.  Up to now, the Solars have had very few places in Creation they could go without Realm or Bronze interference.  And they’ve had no experience in running any sort of government.  If we can prove that the Solars are still capable of governing, then we might get the boost we need in order to help place them back in leadership again.  And that is why you are here.  You are being given a mission on behalf of all the faction: Get the Solars together.  Get them to Chiaroscuro.  Help the city survive the impending attack.  And prove to all Yu-Shan that the Solars can still lead Creation.”<br/><br/>For a moment, Seeker sat in shock.  This was big-no!  This was<em>huge</em>!  This was grander than any mission that he had been given in the past!  And it sounded like he was going to have to do it alone, at least in terms of visible support.  If this was indeed as important as he thought it would be…then there would be other faction members working behind the scenes to ensure success.<br/><br/>“Ma’am, I don’t think you have the right person for the job.  I’m not a soldier, I only kill when I have to.  I’m not an administrator, I know just enough bureaucratic kung fu to keep people from keeping me from doing my job.  And I’m certainly no speaker, I wouldn’t begin to know how to lead these people.  I’m a detective, I look for clues, I solve mysteries.  I don’t-”  Seeker was cut off by Ayesha, holding a finger a few scant inches from his lips.  “Chosen of Secrets, do you know why Sol Invictus made so many champions?”  Pause.  “To fight the Primordials, to increase the chance of winning against them.”<br/><br/>“True,” she returned, “but there is more.  He did it so that there could be variety.”  She continued with a very wise statement.  “Young Sidereal, the Solars don’t need someone to fight their battles for them – they have the Dawns for that.  And they don’t need someone to organize the peoples into a functioning government – they have the Eclipses for that.  And they don’t need someone to speak for them – they have the Zeniths for that.”  A moment of silence.  “So then…why send me at all?”<br/><br/>“Because, young Seeker,” Ayesha said, “they may not need<em>those things, but they still need</em>.  And they need two things, things you are able to give them.  One is help.  Champions of the Sun they may be, and the greatest Exalted known to all Creation, but they are only returning.  They are not entrenched, and you can rest assured that the Bronze Faction will do everything in its power to keep the Solars from retaking their rightful places as kings.  You can stall the Bronzes, give the Solars the time they need to fortify themselves.  And two is understanding.  Do you know why the Usurpation happened?”<br/><br/>“Of course.  It’s something taught to every Sidereal.  The Usurpation happened because of the tyranny of the Solars, which led to the Great Prophecy, and…well, all the rest is history.”  Ayesha nodded.  “All very true.  But, despite it being centuries, nay, millennia ago, there is something we don’t know.  Why did the Solars go mad?  For all our power and wisdom, we still don’t understand<em>why </em>it all took place.”  She straightened up fully in her seat.  “Success in Chiaroscuro, or even putting the Solars back on the throne, will mean<em>nothing </em>if we do not find a way to prevent another Usurpation.  And that is something you do – you look for clues, find evidence, put together theories and cases and make accusations against the criminals that infest the whole of Creation.  And when they try and evade justice, you bring it to them yourself.”<br/><br/>A look of comprehension and understanding passed over the young Sidereal’s face.  “Thank you, ma’am.  I don’t think I ever really saw it that way.”  A smile from the Gold Faction leader.  “One day, you will learn to, just like I can.  Now go.  Do what you must, because time is short, and all Creation may soon be in peril…”  Seeker rose from his seat, nodded to the Circle members present, and hastily left the meeting place to return to his celestial manse.  He needed to pack.  And he needed to get the stones rolling on this endeavor…because it might finally mean solving the goal of his obsession.