Takiha

Takiha remembered the scent of scorched rock after a storm, the day they first shared a meal with another soul in The Dragon Wastelands. Before then, life had been the cold weight of their skull protector and the familiar balance of their ancestral blade. But this other chimp’s quiet presence unraveled a knot Takiha never knew they carried. The power that surged through them weeks later, an uncontrollable awakening during a skirmish with a ghost dragon, felt born of a desperate need to protect that quiet. They sought out Tedi afterward, not to master their new strength for battle, but to still the trembling in their hands. They are learning that true intensity isn't in their eyes, but in the fierce, terrifying calm they feel whenever their companion is near.