Backstory

Zaccai was actually born within the kingdom of Chikara, in a small village in the valley. He was born and raised to be a samurai, as most of his family members were currently or had been samurai. Following in his father and forefather's footsteps, he trained and ultimately became a samurai, serving the people of his village as his family always had. He ultimately revealed himself to be very heroic, as a rabid mountain lion found itself in town and was hunting the little ones of the village. Zaccai was quick to act, and engaged into a fight with the creature within his human form. He won, but gained multiple scars, and ultimately lost sight in his one eye, but he didn't rightly care. He had kept his village safe, and the people revered him a hero.

One day, he went to a more distant village to visit a temple and offer his reverence to Wicasa, The Great Lion, but upon coming upon the village he often traveled to just for this occasion, he found that the village was abandoned. Houses appeared ransacked and the temple was stripped of it's beautiful flags and tapestries that it once had flown with pride. He was quick to go into the temple, only to find three figures within the darkness, the candles long snuffed out. He drew his sword, though he could not see well, but was sent flying out of the temple by a strong gust of wind. He landed in the cold... a coldness that he had not felt moments before entering, and once he got his barring's, he looked only to see he was no longer in the village, but a place where snow was nearly endless, and the whiteness nearly blinded him.

He had to wander for some time before he found an abandoned cabin, and was quick to set up and make his base there. He wasn't quite sure how he was going to get back home, but the best he could do for now was survive. For the next three years, he learned to survive and thrive within this vast, white wilderness, taming the native creatures to use as pack animals along the way. His alternate form also adapted to the weather, as his coat grew thicker and warmer, allowing him to remain outside for longer periods of time.

It was only after much time had past that he finally found another person, a person whom his pack of snow bears had found in the snow. Feeling sorry for her in her state, he brought her back to his cabin and warmed her up, and eventually she told him her story and he told her his. They were stuck here, with no possible way out. But Zipporah was unwilling to just sit and survive. Liking her sort of tenacity, he opted to follow her and look for a way back home, but they are finding that there is more to the Ever Winter than meets the eye.