Orichalcum Chef: A reassembly

Orichalcum Chef Style

In the Heavenly City of Yu-Shan there is an institution that endures from the early days of the First Age. It is a humble but prestigious building, dome-roofed and stretching over a mere several acres. The Jade Kitchen predates the coming of the gods; once, its specialized high-temperature furnaces and pressure-controlled chambers prepared viands for the delight of the Primordials themselves. Now it stands as the greatest culinary wonder in Creation. Overseen by the weak but greatly influential god Robed in Splendor, Chairman of Fine Cuisine, the Jade Kitchen has long stood as the foremost authority and innovator on the topic of fine dining in Creation or beyond.

More than simply a banquet service for the wealthy of Heaven, however, the Jade Kitchen also has a long history as a battleground. It happened that in the early days of the First Age, one Solar lord was heard to boast to another that his Dragon-Blooded head chef prepared the finest food in Creation. This boast made its way back to the proud Chairman, who issued a letter of challenge to the Solar, daring him to send his chef to match recipes with Robed in Splendor's own kitchen, in Yu-Shan. The Solar proudly accepted, and was shocked when the Jade Kitchen's cuisine humbled what adorned his own table every night. Word of the story spread, and soon Creation's greatest culinarians prayed nightly for a chance to challenge the Jade Kitchen. Most failed; those few who walked away triumphant had their fortunes assured, paid princely sums to deliver majestic meals to the Exalted or the very gods themselves.

History has lost the birth name of the greatest hero to emerge from the Jade Kitchen. It is known he was one of the Solar Exalted, a relative culinary unknown invited in the hopes that the Kitchen's prestige would be increased by defeating one of the Sun's Chosen. Instead, the man who would come to be known only as the Orichalcum Chef dazzled Heaven with his culinary masterpieces, moving with the formless grace of a bodhisattva of the epicurean arts. In the wake of his victory he took a small number of students under his wing, teaching them the ways of true culinary excellence. They were terrors in the kitchen and beyond it, beating all challenges into shape like dough. This miracle was lost in the Usurpation; the feast-tables of the Shogunate and the Second Age have been dull and bland in comparison. But the Solar Exalted are returning now; perhaps memory of the Orichalcum Chef will return with them. The Jade Kitchen is still open, and spoiling for a rematch.

Weapons and Armor: The Charms of this style may be used with knives, cleavers, forks, meat tenderizers, and other cooking tools. The traditional armor of the style is a pure white buff jacket or reinforced buff jacket.