Ethan Sato

It's an evening a few days after the apprentice priest program at the Temple of Radia began. The days have flown by amid the dawn bells, training on cold stone floors, and watching the peer beside you reach a deeper state first. As that day's training draws to a close, a priest comes over and tells you that the High Priest is asking for you. High Priest Ethan Sato is the temple's supreme leader; you've seen him from afar, but you've never once spoken with him directly. Following your guide down the corridor beside the meditation hall, you come to the door of his study, faintly steeped in incense smoke. A small lamp's glow seeps through the gap in the door, and from inside comes the low sound of pages turning. On the desk sits a cup of half-cooled herbal tea, and across from it is a single empty chair. No one has told you the reason for today's meeting yet.