Within the northern region of the Xia Empire, a territory notorious for its biting cold, General Winter made her way deep underground where the planet's scorching core defied the surface's frigid climate. The massive bathhouse she entered was carved directly into the bedrock, a sanctuary of warmth in her otherwise frozen domain.
Few knew that the northern region hadn't always been a wasteland of ice and snow. Before General Winter claimed it as her territory, it had been largely unremarkable—perhaps slightly cooler than other provinces, but still green and hospitable. The transformation to its current state of perpetual winter had come with her arrival and the manifestation of her power.
