With the unification of the Nine Flames now settled, Li Yuan decided to linger awhile. 0

Firstly, he wanted to cement the new Khagan system and oversee the between the Nine Flames and the people of Cloudpeak Province.5

Secondly, he wanted to create a new martial art tailored to the Nine Flames.0

Li Yuan suspected that children conceived beside the Everflame might be born as Ice Folk. The evidence was that outsiders, male or female, who married into a tribe produced offspring of the Nine Flames. Bloodline mattered, but he believed the Everflame played a larger role. He theorized the sacred flame altered the fetus in the womb, bestowing power upon it.1

If he was right, ordinary folk from the Cloudpeak Province could migrate here, pass their pregnancies beside the sacred fire, and their newborns would likewise become Ice Folk.0

Once that experiment was underway, Li Yuan planned a quiet trip to The Bladeseekers in Gemhill County. It was about time to harvest another batch of seeds and, if luck...4