Editing Unicorn Clan (section)

===Exodus Of The Ki-Rin===
Seeing the vast devastation wrought by her fallen brother, Shinjo decided that she would best be able to serve Hantei by exploring the wider world in order to discover greater threats to Rokugan. Her siblings tried to dissuade her, but ultimately let her go upon realizing they couldn't stop her. They even gave her their last gifts of advice and artifacts to see her off. Even Bayushi gave her tips on how to notice and avoid deceptions, and Doji gave her a fan so that she'd always have a piece of home with her. Keep that trinket in mind, it's going to be very important later.

What followed could probably be described as a road trip right out of D&D. The Ki-Rin encountered a vast array of exotic lands and cultures, and faced the twofold challenge of surviving the journey while also preserving their own sense of identity. To answer these needs, they adapted to their circumstances by cooperating with outsiders and setting up various rituals and laws aimed at preserving their identity through adoption and blood rites to connect them to Shinjo's divine nature. They would welcome the help and learn from them, but they would still be Shinjo's children, united in the hope that one day they would return to their homeland while they served it from afar.

This journey would also change their lives in an important way: It was how they came across and started breeding the mighty ''gaijin'' steeds which would be their greatest strength and defining feature. For some context, the average Rokugani pony isn't all that large, and is mostly used for labor and baggage rather than rigorous riding or outright battle, its greatest strengths being its long lifespan and reliability in work. Maybe occasionally, they'd put a commander on them so that they could save their energy and look impressive on horseback. These gigachad quadrupeds, though, were to the native ponies as [[Space Marines]] were to Guardsmen, being larger and stronger with slightly less stamina. And the Utaku steeds were [[Primaris Space Marines|Primaris Marines]] by comparison, far faster and more muscular, but living half as long while needing way more food and water.

Later on in their journey, Shinjo herself would be lost to the Lying Darkness, but the Clan would continue to move on. They renamed themselves, seeing that they were no longer purely Rokugani, but a mixed people with the blood of all they had encountered. Thus, the Unicorn Clan was born.

That wasn't the end of their road trip, though. That came when they briefly got in touch with Shinjo, and she determined the final stretch of their journey: To get back to Rokugan, they'd have to charge through the Shadowlands.