Editing Feng Shui (section)

===Feng Shui 2===

In Feng Shui 2, the detonation of a Chi Bomb triggers a major shake-up in the junctures. The main junctures now are:

'''Ancient (690 AD):''' The closure of their original era thanks to the bomb forced the Eaters of the Lotus to find refuge in this new juncture, during the time of the Tang Dynasty, where Empress Wu Zeitan, China's only official female ruler, has begun her reign. Unfortunately for the Lotus, the Empress is not about to tolerate any threats to her power, and has purged her court of sorcerers, so the Lotus seek to undermine her and claim power for themselves.  They also accidentally left their evil boss back in 69, and are currently trying to open an unstable portal and get him back.

'''Past (1850 AD):''' Uniquely among the main junctures, this one remains attached to its original year, with the Guiding Hand seeking to remove foreign influence from China, the Ascended keeping the world free of magic, and any and all other 1800s-related adventures being open.  The book basically admits that, from a story perspective, this doesn't make much sense, but shrugs and admits you can leave it behind if you like.

'''Contemporary:''' The contemporary juncture advances with the passing of time, so it's always the present day, and the Ascended continue to maintain their dominion over the modern world.

'''Future (2074 AD):''' Thanks to the Chi Bomb, this juncture has gone from a dystopia to a post-apocalyptic wasteland along the lines of ''Mad Max'', with cyborgs, mutants and road warriors struggling to survive in a devastated junkyard world. In 2069, the '''Jammers''' detonated the Chi Bomb in an attempt to eradicate chi in all major junctures. Fortunately for the timestream - if not for those who survived - the worst effects were chiefly limited to their time period, killing 97% of the population, mutating many of the survivors, and laying waste to the environment. The Architects of the Flesh, as holders of most of the planet's chi sites, were wiped out. The Jammers, faced with the horrific disaster they'd brought about, split into two factions. The original Jammers now seek to claim sufficient chi sites in the past to induce a critical shift that undoes the Chi Bomb explosion. If people end up dying in the process, well, who cares? They're probably going to get erased when the critical shift hits anyway. The '''New Simian Empire''', meanwhile, seeks the establishment of a new cyber-ape empire, whether in this era or the past. This requires them to raid the contemporary juncture for technology, as the Jammer ape factories were destroyed in the chaos.

In addition, the Chi Bomb's explosion has also triggered the creation of pop-up junctures, temporary portals providing access to other time periods and a convenient hole for metaplot NPCs to fall down and never be seen again.  Just in case you really needed some 1920s mobsters and hardboiled detectives in the mix. (Or sure, fine, [[Nazi]]s, I guess.  If you're ''that'' uncreative.)