Chimper #794
The fishers who mend their nets downriver claim Kourai's intense gaze can freeze the mist from the great falls. Before earning any such reputation, they were just another trainee in a green bow uniform, their movements with a katana clean but unremarkable. To prove their resolve, they undertook the Silent Crest Trial: a three-day meditation at the very edge of the city, where the river begins its plunge. But on the second night, a freak frost descended, coating the stone in a treacherous, biting glaze. While others retreated, Kourai remained, embracing the cold as a final lesson in focus. They returned not with frostbite, but with a new stillness. The experience had chipped away everything but their will, earning them the moniker "the Frost-Nipped."
