Dawn Star has spent much of her life at the Two Rivers school, almost longer than any of the other students. She has excelled in her studies and blossomed into a strong young woman, but even though she has nearly mastered several exotic styles of combat, she practices her skills more out of duty to Master Li than to sate an inner drive. She prefers her garden to the tournament ring, and spends many hours there lost in thought.

She was born under an ominous sign, a red glow high in the sky in the opposite direction of the morning sun, and while it is true that she demonstrated unique abilities as a child, the scrutiny might have been lessened without this initial ill omen. The years of her youth should have been a joyous time; the Emperor had proclaimed that the great drought was over and prosperity would return to the land. Instead she felt uneasy, like there were always eyes watching her. Dawn Star's parents knew she was not happy and asked Master Li to take her in. They felt that she needed the chance to develop her special abilities, even if they couldn't understand them.

Dawn Star is very sensitive to the workings of the spirit realm, and can see things that normally pass unnoticed by others. More people are beginning to see things similar to what she does, however; an unnerving sign that there is something very wrong in the Empire.

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