"We are in Liminal Space," the Emperor says. "It is a place between worlds. You are here because my late sibling and colleague, Fortune, set the wheels in motion which bring mortals here. Every so often, groups of mortals will be pulled here to serve as our representatives in our on-going struggle of ideas, called Synodiporia. We divide them according to our Archetypes. You are a leader and a father to your men, Takashi Shirogane. I judged you to be very much one of mine."