Editing Lady of the Sunset (section)

=History=

Pre-Exaltation, she was a skilled mortal assistant to a Prince of the Earth – Vermillion Wind - who specialised in making clockwork contraptions that he sold to rich Guild merchants or tithed to the Blessed Isle. Her parents had given her into the care of the Artisan as an indentured apprentice to teach his trade and ensure a better future for the family once she came of age. She was released from her apprenticeship as a journeyman travelling through the Threshold; well on her way to becoming a Master following the steps her life seemed to lay out before her.<BR><BR>

Then Bao nu Shi entered her life and altered her destiny forever. Under the guise of an eccentric old merchant he caught the ear of the young woman and told her fantastic tales of a better time. Of a time when flying vehicles were common, homes were all temperature controlled, when the clockwork toys she laboured so hard to create were fully fledged automatons that could think and act of their own volition. Of Heroes and Enlightenment that was a blinding beacon compared to the Age of Sorrows. Bao nu Shi told her of the First Age. And of where such knowledge could be found. The tales spun of golden cloth shone behind her eyes and made her dream of what could be. Then she drew her Second Breath.<BR><BR>

Exploring old ruins and sunken manses, Unamed One found lost and forgotten history and partial design books for artifacts vanished from the face of Creation. She sought and found people who did not fear knowledge, but rather welcomed it. Bao nu Shi initially mentored her while growing into her Solar birthright. She bartered with spirits and Avatars for the secrets of Celestial magic and learned of a wondrous manse called a ‘Factory Cathedral’ and the things it could produce.<BR><BR>