Takaha

Takaha was once the best ramen chef in The Heart of the Forest. Their stall, a cozy nook carved from an ancient amber-leaved tree, was a place of warmth and laughter shared with a partner whose smile could outshine the sun. Then came the night of the splintered sky, when a stray shard of cosmic energy from a battle far above struck their home. Takaha survived; their partner did not. In the place of laughter and the scent of broth, a constant, silent beam of light now pierces the sky from Takaha’s own head. It is a source of incredible power, a gift others would kill for, but for Takaha, it is only a scar. It offers no warmth, only a cold illumination of what is gone. They still slurp ramen from a chipped bowl, the taste a bitter memory of a simpler, happier life.