In this, the volatile Second Age of Creation, forces innumerable are at work.  The high-handed and overbearing tactics of the Realm, the subtle machinations of the Sidereal Exalted, the economic power of the Guild, and the Oblivion-seeking servants of the Neverborn are just a few.<br/><br/>To top it all off, the recent return of the Solar and Lunar Exalted has caused quite a stir amongst the chosen of Creation’s Gods – and the disappearance of the Scarlet Empress, the force holding together the Realm, have made this a time of change.  A time of heroes.  A time of villains.<br/><br/>A time for the birth of legends, great and small.<br/><strong><em><br/>The City of Lookshy, The Scavenger Lands, Creation</em></strong><br/><br/>In the city-state of Lookshy, built upon the First Age run of Deheleshen, a special day was happening.  Not in the city itself, per se, but rather, a special day for one particular denizen of this world.  But this was no ordinary mortal, oh no, this was one of the great Exalted, a champion of humanity that had been forged in the Primordial War against the titular beings.  And of all the Exalted, this one was one of the greatest of them all.<br/><br/>A Solar, champion of the Unconquered Sun.<br/><br/>Who is she, you might ask?  Her name is Yifa Kaneko, the daughter of another Solar, Yurgen, the famous (or infamous, if you talk to the Wyld Hunt or any member of the Realm) Bull of the North.<br/><br/>Yifa, seeking to leave her father’s shadow, had come to the Scavenger Lands seeking to establish her own power base and gain recognition in her own right.  Lookshy, with its anti-Realm stance, had been the perfect place for the young Solar.<br/><br/>Little did Yifa know, though, that the workings of the Loom of Fate in Yu-Shan held a much greater destiny for her…but that was not here nor there now.<br/><br/>For today, it was special because...<br/>