Konnichiwa (Hello!) to our newest members: Lady Kodama Shikibu and Jenji Khan! Welcome to the Orient! You should find a flapping scroll in your home welcoming you. The message you will find there includes some fast links around our world. We'd love it if you would say hello and introduce your new persona here on this thread or in our Kublai Khantina (the watering hole and eatery for The Orient *s*). Or, if you prefer to make your introductions with a flair for poetry, why not try your hand at Haiku in our Falling Cherry Blossom haiku thread. If you're looking for avatar ideas, different pavilion names to suit your chosen region, backgrounds or other graphics, click on the image above and it will lead you to our 'Living in the Orient' thread. The Orient is a really friendly world so don't be shy - explore and meet some of our citizens. If you have any problems you can stop by the homes of our hard-working and very helpful scribes - (Feiyan Zhou, Jia Li Shen and Lara Vardhana) - or gram any scribe or demi via your com panel (that's the pop-up window you keep seeing!). I am Rachana Khan, and I am happy to help you in any way I can. Our patrons are very helpful too, so if you have questions I know they will do their best to help you out. Enjoy your new persona and welcome to The Orient! *Pretty graphic made by the Orient's own Shanti Ashoka. Click Here for a selection to suit each region and take home one for a house warming present :o)